July 2009

  • Sonia Sotomayor

    Smooth Sailing for Sonia Sotomayor?

    At least that’s what it’s looking like, according to the New York Times and the Washington Post. Today Justice Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee drew to a close, and no major bombshells were dropped. A Senate vote is expected in early August. Update: Gibson Dunn partner Tom Dupree, who served in the […]
  • Career Center

    Career Center: Paging Summer Associates

    What’s your summer been like? Though the summer of 2009 has seen some exciting events, the summer of 2010 is shaping up to be very different, as summer programs are already under siege. Before the summer slips away, and those lucky few of you getting wined and dined are again on a steady diet of […]
  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 07.16.09

    * I know I’m just a muggle. But the economic strength of the Harry Potter series is simply mind boggling. No offense to J.K. Rowling, but she is living proof that the devil exists, and he is willing to listen to offers. [Halogen Life] * Are women having an easier time finding legal jobs than […]

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  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 07.15.09

    * Not surprisingly, New York personal injury lawyers have a pretty different take on the litigiousness of New Yorkers. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * Don’t be a limp litigator. But you shouldn’t be an a-hole attorney either. [Underdog] * Clients are just hammering lawyers over their fees. Who do they think they are? […]
  • Money

    New York City, Haven For Litigants

    A new Forbes report (hat tip: Overlawyered) has some pretty shocking statistics about how much money New York City spends on lawsuits: New York City spends more money on lawsuits than the next five largest American cities–Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix and Philadelphia–combined. The city’s $568 million outlay in fiscal year 2008 was more than […]
  • Andrew Cuomo, B for Beauty

    Andrew Cuomo's Beauty Crackdown

    It’s not often that the worlds of law and fashion intersect. There’s much more overlap between the worlds of law and finance, ably covered by our colleagues at Dealbreaker. But an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into the practice known as “astroturfing” offers us this opportunity to give a shout-out to the […]
  • Sonia Sotomayor

    Two More Senators For Round 1 Questions of Sotomayor

    We’re going to finish off this live blog of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings with a bang. The last two Senators to ask questions of Sotomayor will be the very experienced Arlen Specter, and the Senator in his first week on the job, Al Franken. This morning we learned that 70% of Above the Law readers […]