Morning Docket 4.23.09
* Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is opening a new firm with four offices in Boston, St. Louis, Austin, and Dallas, each to be headed by Bush appointed federal prosecutors. [The Wall Street Journal]
* The Supreme Court had a an energetic discussion yesterday about the use of race in hiring and promotion when arguing about the New Haven firefighter’s case. [The New York Times]
* A judge ruled that Blockbuster will have to go to court after allegedly sharing customer’s video purchases with their Facebook friends as part of a targeted advertising campaign. [Geek.com]
* Former broker Kosta Kovachev pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring with Marc Drieir. [Reuters]
* The New York tax lawyer who killed his wife and two daughters before committing suicide may have run a $20 million ponzi scheme. [Bloomberg.com]
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These pretzels are making me firsty!
Every time I hear a bell I punch myself in the nuts. Am I prestigious?
2 = fail.
What is the difference between:
http://abovethelaw.com
and
http://beta.abovethelaw.com
Dear Eliza,
When using a possessive form of a plural word, the apostrophe goes on the end. So a case brought by multiple firefighters is the firefighters' case. And the video purchases of multiple customers are the customers' purchases.
You're welcome.
What is the difference between:
http://abovethelaw.com
and
http://beta.abovethelaw.com
what is the difference btw
beta.abovethelaw.com
and
abovethelaw.com
What is the difference between AIDS and Texas Big AIDS?
ATL, please inquire about whether the Ashcroft firm is deferring associate start dates.
Does self abuse count towards pro bono hours?
Drieir?
USNEWS: Hastening the death of PARTTIME PROGRAMS?
Drieir? Way to play it safe with i before AND after e...
UVA gave me Spinal bifida
9 - Texas Big AIDS are 3500 sqft.
Why does Ashcroft's firm need 16 offices ("Ashcroft is opening a new firm with four offices in Boston, St. Louis, Austin, and Dallas")? You'd think he'd need just one in Austin, anyway.
Everything in Austin is huger. Don't even get me started on the size of things in Dallas.
I sweat when I breath.
Probably wouldn't be bad as a young associate to get in on the ground floor of something like this Ashcroft firm, but, as a conservative, if there are two people I don't respect because they're everything that's wrong with Republicans today, it's John Ashcroft and Johnny Sutton.
Sigh, in this economy, they're probably not hiring anyway.
The Ashcroft offices will be placed on the outskirts of the cities at each of the four compass points, so that when Judgement Day comes, the armies of the Lord will be spotted approaching, and the senior partners will be able to prepare for the Rapture. It will all be explained in the firm's next press release.
"The Supreme Court had a an energetic discussion"
Who is Eliza Gray?
21 - That's Elie's drag name. You should see "her" cabaret show!
I would like an update on the USF law student who sent out the email after not getting picked to be the graduation speaker.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/12/60minutes/main4666112.shtml
20 - awesome
ELIZA GRAY:
Are you the same Eliza Gray that did the "Epilepsy: Life on the Frontlines" story in Newsweek a few weeks ago?
If so, well done. It was one of the best articles that I have read in that magazine in a while. My wife, a pediatrician, also though it was great.
It was, Justice David H. Souter said, a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.”
Do you think Souter just hasn't read Washington v. Davis? Something something intentional discrimination actionable; something something discriminatory impact not actionable.
ELIZA GRAY:
Are you the same Eliza Gray that did the "Epilepsy: Life on the Frontlines" story in Newsweek a few weeks ago?
If so, well done. It was one of the best articles that I have read in that magazine in a while. My wife, a pediatrician, also though it was great.
I think that I found where Alberto Gonzales can find a new job.