What did you miss if you didn’t peruse last Sunday’s NYT weddings section? The marriage of Theodore Roosevelt V, for starters. Also, a whole lot of gayness! We counted seven same-sex weddings on this week’s list, which we suspect is a an all-time high. (And how sociologically interesting that all seven were men marrying men!) […]
* Monkeys are funny. But chimps on a porsche are just weird. [Tulkinghorn / The Lawyer] * I do not think that word means what John McCain thinks it means. [Firedoglake; Stephen Bainbridge] * Are firms suffering from a generational divide? [The Complete Lawyer] * For those interested, USC has started a Charlie Whitebread Scholarship […]
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Joseph Petcka, who had bit part in Sex And The City and an even less useful role as a New York Mets minor league prospect, has been charged with brutally murdering his girlfriend’s cat. His trial started yesterday. In her opening statement Assistant District Attorney Leila Kermani said: The defendant, in a fit of anger […]
Talis Colberg, Alaska’s Attorney General, has stepped into Sarah Palin’s troopergate issues. He is trying to quash subpoenas sent to state employees as part of the ongoing investigation. But we’re not sure why. He had been running his own investigation, at Palin’s request, since July. Then Palin authorized Stephen Branchflower to run an independent investigation […]
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that women in legal occupations earn 51% of what men earn. That is not a typo. Some people will no doubt say something like “women are secretaries and men are attorneys,” before clubbing their mates into submission. But according to the report: [T]he salary gap was the largest among judges, […]
A few days ago, we asked whether going in-house was still a viable option for Biglaw associates. Today we look at whether those who leave can ever come back. The National Law Journal did a follow-up piece on Bear Stearns attorneys who weren’t able to move over to JP Morgan after the merger. They report […]
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There is so much blame to go around over the AIG debacle that even “Governor John” Eliot Spitzer is getting knocked around. Remember Attorney General Spitzer orchestrated AIG founder Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s resignation, back in 2005. But since then some of the charges against Greenberg have been dropped, while Greenberg continues to fight other allegations. […]
You’ve got to, get yourself together You’ve got stuck in a moment, And now you can’t get out of it Don’t say that later will be better, now you’re stuck in a moment And you can’t get out of it — U2 Heller Ehrman is in trouble. They’ve been spurned again and again by merger […]
We’ve been providing extensive coverage of the unfolding financial crisis (as have our colleagues at our sister site, Dealbreaker). In several recent posts — see, e.g., here and here — we’ve discussed the Biglaw winners and losers with respect to the Wall Street meltdown. One evident winner: Davis Polk & Wardwell. Several DPW sources forwarded […]
* The fiscal crisis continues to escalate. The Fed and Treasury Department are making historic, rapid-fire decisions every hour. But in Congress, lawmakers are just sitting around, twiddling their thumbs. [Washington Post] * John Grisham is deemed “the innocent man.” Judge dismisses libel suit against him. [Associated Press] * It’s not just Biglaw sharing office […]
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Rebecca Cohn was a California assemblywoman representing Buena Vista, Burbank, Cambrian Park, Campbell, Fruitdale, and parts of San Jose and Santa Clara. After losing to Jim Beall, she decided to matriculate at UC Davis School of Law (King Hall). Cohn said that her lifelong dream was to attend law school. But she apparently couldn’t shake […]
* Yeah. Justices are “impartial” all the time. You’ll never ever see a respected SCOTUS Justice openly campaigning against a particular political candidate. [WSJ Law Blog] * Projected 2009 tax brackets are out. Plan your charitable giving accordingly. [TaxProf Blog] * Female paralegals don’t get paid as much as male paralegals. There is not even […]
Another day, another market massacre. Right now the SEC is meeting about “improper short selling” of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs stock. The Dow is down nearly 450 points. We have definitely entered the “dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria” phase of this meltdown. But while everybody is running around trying to CYA, the […]
We’d like to take a moment and acknowledge the great life and career of Professor Charles H. Whitebread. Professor Whitebread passed away Tuesday, in Santa Monica, California. Professor Whitebread was a legend at the USC Gould School of Law, but most attorneys will remember him for his BAR/BRI Criminal Law lectures. We fondly remember the […]
Some of you might remember that there is a presidential election going on. Turnout is expected to be high and many voters will be participating for the first time. However, if you are a federal clerk you had better keep your political opinions to yourself. Free speech does not exist for you. One of our […]