July 2009
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Salary Cuts
Troutman Sanders 'Temporary' Salary Cut is Retroactive
Last week, we reported that Troutman Sanders instituted a 10% associate pay cut based on performance. Those salary cuts were supposed to be temporary. The pay cuts apply from August through December — though we don’t know if that pay will automatically bumped up on January 1, 2010. Notwithstanding the definition of “temporary,” it now […] -
Morning Docket, Rod Blagojevich, Yolanda Young
Morning Docket 07.27.09
* Crocs have no teeth when it comes to fighting legal battles. The footwear company has settled five design defect lawsuits filed by parents whose children suffered escalator injuries. [On Point News] * Yolanda Young’s suit against Covington & Burling is back on. [BLT] * The ATL editors are not the only legal groupies in […]
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Real Estate, Screw-Ups, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
A Very Expensive Typo?
We realize that we make our fair share of typographical errors here at ATL. But this is just a blog, not a document being sent to a client or filed with a court, and we’re more focused on substance than style, due to the speed of the news cycle and our desire to be… FIRST! […]
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9th Circuit
Weekend Non-Sequiturs: The Ninth Circuit Conference
Here’s a final collection of links from the recent Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, an event we were privileged to attend and to speak at last week. We thank the Ninth Circuit for the generous hospitality and warm welcome. * We shared the stage with Nina Totenberg, Linda Greenhouse, and an esteemed federal judge (Judge Robert […] -
Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Orrick Shacks Up With Wachtell
Mega-fraudster Marc Dreier, who recently traded a magnificent penthouse for a cell at the MCC (look him up in the handy Inmate Locator), isn’t the only New York lawyer with new digs. The iconic CBS Building (aka “Black Rock”), longtime home of Wachtell Lipton, has another prestigious legal tenant. From the New York Observer: Law […] -
Law Shucks, Layoffs
This Week in Layoffs: 07.25.09
[Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] We may not have seen the worst yet, the last few weeks’ progress in the American economy has turned slightly for the worse this […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI
Last Weekend Before the Bar Exam: Open Thread
So. There’s this thing called the bar exam taking place next week. (Exact dates vary by jurisdiction.) As bar exam candidates enter the home stretch, they exhibit a wide range of emotions. Some are cool as cucumbers, so confident of passage that they spend bar review classes making origami creatures. Others are panicky, hot messes […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.24.09
* Isn’t lugging around casebooks one of the only ways for law students to get any exercise? If you digitize them and put them on the Kindle, law students will lose bone density like astronauts do when they are in space. [Ideoblog] * Harvard Law School is threatening a student over her role on a […] - Sponsored
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Football, Going Concern, Sports, Tax Law, Television
A Tax Break For Burning Down Your House? Yep. That Sounds Like A Buckeye To Me.
Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN commentator and former quarterback of The Ohio State University football team, let the fire department burn down his house. As fans from Michigan know, this is classic Buckeye behavior. Herbstreit thought he’d get a tax deduction for his charitable gift of flammable substances. “Not so fast, my friends.” Click on the link […] -
Anal Sex / Butt Sex, Asians, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law Schools, Li-ann Thio
New From 'Thio-Breaker': Dr. Thio's Resignation Letter to Dean Revesz
Above the Law’s commitment to bring you all of the latest details about the crazy saga of Dr. Li-ann Thio is unmatched. On Wednesday night, we broke the news that Dr. Thio decided against teaching at NYU Law School this fall. Now we have Dr. Thio’s official statement explaining her decision to withdraw as a […] -
Alex Kozinski, Elena Kagan, Fabulosity, Fashion, Shoes, Solicitor General's Office
At the Ninth Circuit Conference: Elena Kagan Likes Sensible Shoes
What should a female Solicitor General wear to the U.S. Supreme Court? It’s a hot-button issue. For some excellent analysis, see Dahlia Lithwick. The topic of SCOTUS-appropriate attire for a Solicitrix General keeps coming up. It popped up yesterday in Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s interview with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, at the Ninth Circuit Judicial […] -
Blank Rome, Job Searches, Summer Associates
Step Away From The Ledge: Blank Rome is Coming to Penn
Obviously, things are not well in Pennsylvania. Ballard Spahr has canceled its 2010 Summer Program. Dechert is laying people off. Drinker Biddle is changing the nature of the Biglaw experience. WolfBlock … does not exist. So it’s not surprising that people are becoming concerned about another titan of the Philadelphia market, Blank Rome. The firm […] -
Federal Government
Economic Stimulus Money for... Wait for It... Debevoise and Paul Weiss?
A partner at a top New York law firm — we have more partner readers (and tipsters) than you might think — sent us an email with this subject line: “Stimulus Money for Law Firms?” The email directed us to two links on Recovery.gov, the disturbingly expensive website devoted to tracking where the federal economic […]
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Harvard, Police, Racism, Vicious Infighting
Gatesgate: A Legal Hypothetical
Elie here. On Wednesday, I took a closer look at the woman who called the Cambridge police on Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. I wondered if she could be held liable under a good Samaritan statute, and asked if we should hold good Samaritans to a higher standard. Most readers felt that the woman […] -
Law Schools, Summer Associates
Confident In Canada? Maybe Not This Year.
It looks like our little legal meltdown is spreading fear and decreased job prospects to our neighbors up north. A tipster reports that rising 2Ls at McGill Law School are having the same problems as schools in the states: [A]t McGill this year, only 4 firms are participating in OCIs (Paul Weiss; Ropes; MoFo; Chadbourne […] -
Job Searches, UVA Law
News From Upside Down World
We are living in a bizzaro world. Check out this fact pattern: There’s a partner at Morgan Lewis with 18 years of experience. Morgan Lewis cancels its entire 2010 Summer Program. Partner leaves Morgan Lewis. For a more lucrative gig? No. He leaves to be the new head of career services at UVA Law School. […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.24.09
* Making law is hard to do: health care reform probably won’t pass before the August recess. [Washington Post] * Why is New Jersey so ethically challenged? [WSJ Law Blog] * The investigation into Michael Jackson’s death may be evolving into a manslaughter probe. [AP] * Gatesgate update: The Cambridge police chief comes to the […]
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Craigslist, Lawyer Advertising, Violence, Weirdness
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Legal Ninja For Hire
A reader sent this Craigslist ad along, noting the “uninhibited freedom of expression afforded to smaller firms” in their advertising as opposed to “uber-processed biglaw ads.” Yes, MidLaw and SmallLaw, thank you for providing the fuel for our Adventures in Lawyer Advertising series. The advertising California-based firm, Le Pelletier, has one of the strangest websites […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.23.09
* Here’s an in-depth analysis of the Big Boob Fridays. It’s an analysis of the complaint, not the boobs. [Connecticut Employment Law Blog] * Note to men in Miami: Please stop falling in love with porn stars, it always ends badly. [MSNBC] * Oakland imposes a tax on marijuana. All that has to happen is […]