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Morning Docket: 07.21.08

DBL with bobbleheads.jpg* With mergers and merger rumors galore, the Philly Inquirer asks "how large does a law firm need to be?" [Philadelphia Inquirer]

* It's a new era. The Washington Post has started a new "green section" for news on the environment. [Washington Post]

... * and one of its first articles is on the EPA's warning that global warming is a major threat to humans. So WP asks why the agency decided not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions after the 2007 Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Air Act. [Washington Post]

* Polish police have found a way to deal with illegal street racing. They stepped in to organize the races. [New York Times]

* Beijing institutes special traffic rules to combat pollution in the lead-up to the Olympics. No more traffic jams! Maybe L.A. should sit up and take notice. [Associated Press]

* A victory for antiabortion forces: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit lifted an injunction against a mandatory script for South Dakota doctors.
[Washington Post]

* We got scooped! We hear Lat is relocating to NYC. [BLT: The Blog of Legal Times; Legal Blog Watch; ABA Journal]

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1 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:14 AM

Philly firms suck. Especially Flaster Greenberg and Lavin, Coleman, Ricci, Finerelli & Grey. Pepper sucks too.

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2 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:18 AM

I wonder how many trees got taken out to make the extra paper for the "green section" of the Post?

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3 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:18 AM

Philly = TTT

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4 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:19 AM

Congratulations to Lat on his promotion. Please don't substitute your posts with SEN posts. Her articles were so bad they dissuade people from reading ATL.

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5 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:25 AM

Is that Jackie Chan?

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6 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:28 AM

With Supreme Court bobbleheads in the background?

7 Posted by t14lawDOTblogspot | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:36 AM

Any advice for which firms I should just cut right off my on-campus interview list?

Obviously the firms that are laying off attorneys should be cut, but what firms typically have miserable/ugly attorneys?

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8 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:37 AM


Kash, you're the best.

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9 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 10:50 AM

Like the shirt.

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10 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 11:05 AM


Lat, as Yale Law, 9th Circuit clerk, WLRK associate, and AUSA has unparalleled credentials and a matchless network. Kash and the rest of the gang you've assembled are great, of course, but . . .


David, we need you to keep putting the smackdown on law firms, law schools, and others who step out of line. I'm still send all of my tips to you. Don't stay away for too long- keep coming back to break big news.

Love,

A huge ATL/Lat fan

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11 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 11:35 AM

David, if that's a recent picture, congrats. Looks like the diet has worked.

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12 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 11:54 AM

Lat's current Facebook status:

"David lost another pound last week. Total weight loss since starting Project Truman Show (Google it if you're not familiar): 16 pounds.."

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13 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 12:03 PM

Congrats on the promotion, David. (And these nifty little comment counters on the right; will commenters start referring to each other as # 13, etc., I wonder? That aside, I still hate the new format).

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14 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 12:11 PM

This blog needs a fresh voice.

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15 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 12:36 PM

SEN is not that fresh voice.

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16 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 12:59 PM


Congrats to Lat on the promotion. And on the diet - he is looking good in that picture.

The bobbleheads in the background are a nice touch, but when will they start making a David Lat bobblehead?

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17 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 1:10 PM


Seriously. If they sold David Lat bobbleheads, I'd buy one and leave it on the managing partner's desk in the middle of the night.

"He sees you when you're sleeping; he knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness' sake. . . ."


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18 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 1:41 PM

Maybe Lat has been dieting to get in shape for his bobblehead?

Woudn't want to be immortalized in a pudgy bobblehead.

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19 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 2:33 PM

We'll miss having you full-time, Lat. (And as others have noted, you are looking good--congratulations.)

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20 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 2:52 PM

Also looking good is Lat's new apartment in NYC:

http://curbed.com/archives/2008/07/21/happy_endings_inside_a_2br_sky_house_apartment.php

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21 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 3:07 PM

congrats lat

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22 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 3:37 PM

Congrats to Lat on the promotion....and to the BigLaw partners who are happy to have Lat out of their hair...but boohoo for the loyal ATL readers.

A large part of the reason many of us read this site--and UTR before this--is David Lat. Not just for his writing and insight, but because we trust him. I remember reading ATL a year or so ago and noticing that there were no privacy policies/user terms of services. And yet people sent tips in, posted comments, and the like. Why? Because something about Lat made them trust that he wouldn't out them to their bosses, publish their IPs, etc. Maybe people felt this way because of Lat's track record with UTR, maybe it is the result of an impressive resume, maybe it is just something about him.

This new editor will have to work to earn and establish the trust of the ATL readership if ATL is going to continue to thrive.

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23 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 4:36 PM

Congrats Lat, and thanks for all the raises. Don't be a stranger, ya hear?

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24 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 6:51 PM

I want a Lat bobblehead.

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25 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 6:54 PM

No bobbleheads, but other Lat-themed merchandise:

http://www.cafepress.com/illegalbriefs/3262244

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26 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 7:19 PM

Congrats on the promotion and the apartment, Lat!

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27 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 7:35 PM

Wow, what kind of salaries do bloggers make so they can afford a $1.5 million condo?

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28 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 8:00 PM

It's probably the cash Lat saved while at Wachtell.

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29 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, July 21, 2008 9:11 PM

@guest in comment #2 - the beauty of the washington post's new green section - is it's online only - so no trees were harmed or hurt to create it.

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