Non-Sequiturs: 12.19.08
* This celebrity lawsuit round-up has Billie Jean suing Michael Jackson. She says she was his lover, and that his kid is her son. [Popsquire Beat]
* Looking to apply for the federal bail-out? This application is “so simple and easy to use that even Skadden Arps should bill no more than $2.7 million to review it.” [Vanity Fair]
* Law school selling naming rights to everything but the bathroom. [TaxProf Blog]
* U.N.says don’t hate on other people’s religions. [Reuters]
* Laid off? Look at the upside. This associate is celebrating: “Unemployment is awesome. I read books all day, lay out in the sun, watch TV, visit friends (you know, all the stuff you can never do when working for a NY law firm).” [Greedy Associates]
* We love those Alaskan family values. The grandmother of Bristol Palin’s unborn child has been arrested on drug charges. [Politico]
* Biglaw bonuses may be less, but at least they’re in cash. How would you like a “”partner asset facility” in your stocking? (Ed. note: We’re pleased to see the term “half-Skadden” adopted by the WSJ.) [WSJ Law Blog]
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I thought drugs were legal in Alaska. Why else would anyone live there?
I didn't think anyone posted at Greedy Associates anymore. Then I went over there to look, and I was right.
Moose and baby wolf hunting. It is so awesome.
Wow, 2 beat me to the punch.
Hey -- in other news, Paris Hilton's home was robbed of $2MM in jewelry and other items.
However, it is reported that the robbers did not take away her dignity.
Once again, the U.N. sucks.
Latham pays sub-market salaries.
Readers' note: every time Mystal uses "half-Skadden" I want to vomit.
It's fucking tired, asshole.
7 -- not that it really matters, your point still holds and you should still regurgitate (it will keep you slimmer, too!), but this was posted by Kashmir...
i'm at a small insurance defense firm in san diego...i'm to busy billing to reading atl that often but i've noticed that there a lot of bonus talk here...i just received mine today--$3500, but it was a pretty busy year here. i billed almost 2600 and potentially will go over that depending on how crazy its in the next two weeks.
how does this rate against some of you other socal non biglaw folks?
9 -- i'd kill me if i were you.
lol @ 9...except i'm not sure you have that right...i think you meant "i'd kill myself if i were you" if you were me you wouldn't want me to kill your, right?!?!?! lol
so it's bad huh? thats what i thought
I'd kill 10 as well.
I'd also kill someone who tried to rip off $2mm from my house, but that's just how I roll.
I turned down UPenn Philly campus for Widener. Best choice I ever made.
You might have wanted to point out which "grandmother of Bristol Palin's unborn child" you were talking about. Because, you know, it'd be a slightly bigger story if it were the other one.
14:
I think the piece would have been worded differently if it actually was Sarah Palin. It probably would have merited its own article as well. Why waste copy on the name Sherry Johnston?
10.
10 thousand.
10 thousand pay cut.
At Laaaathaaaaaam.
I heard that Kenyon guy got laid off because he kept bringing his "piece" of mind to work and everyone was totally grossed out and stuff...