Happy Blogiversary to… Us! Above the Law Turns Three
Three years ago yesterday, on August 30, 2006, Above the Law was born. Read the letter from the editor that started it all. (If you find this site occasionally immature, cut us some slack; we’re three years old.)
Reaching the three-year mark is a notable milestone for a blog. According to Jim Beck and Mark Herrmann, over at Drug and Device Law:
Legal blogs are like small businesses: Half of ‘em fail in the first year, and 90 percent of ‘em fail in the next five.
But we’re still here. Our traffic (and revenue) continue to grow, knock on wood. And we have you — our readers, sources, advertisers, and friends — to thank. So, thank you.
If you’d like to send us birthday gifts — a reader sent Roxana a lovely Starbucks card the other day, and the rest of us are jealous — our snail mail address is 262 Mott Street, Suite 102A, New York, NY 10012. The third anniversary — or blogiversary, as the case may be — is the leather anniversary. So you can give Lat a leather business card holder, Kash a leather laptop case (or a leather fringe bikini), and Elie the rest of the cow.
(You can also send us news tips or juicy documents by snail mail. They’d be a nice change of pace from our usual hard-copy mail: handwritten letters from prisoners, alleging they were framed.)
In any event, thank you for joining our ATL community. We deeply appreciate your visits, tips, and continued support.
Earlier: Happy Labor Day! (And Happy Blogiversary to ATL)
Happy Birthday to ATL — and Happy Labor Day to All!
Letter from the Editor: Welcome to Above the Law
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Happy Birthday! Why am I up so early?
2nd
We'd all be better off without you Lat.
"If you find this site occasionally immature, cut us some slack; we're three years old.)"
Closing parentheses mark without an opening parentheses mark = TTT = Eli MysTTTal PosTTT. Happy birTTThday. When do you euthanize the retarded infant?
The posters on this site are a-wipes. Even with all of the layoffs, the posters continue to be a-wipes. I sugggest more women post. They at least have parts.
The posters on this site are a-wipes. Even with all of the layoffs, the posters continue to be a-wipes. I sugggest more women post. They at least have parts that I like.
I love this site- as much as I also like to poke fun at it.
Happy birthday!
Fail. Birthday was yesterday then today is too late. Stop seeking attention and get over it. You're like Molly Ringwald in 16 candles.
Now take off you hose-head.
Mmmmmm Kash in a leather bikini mmmmmmm
It was my 45th bday on the 30th. Did you get ME anything ATL?
I thought Lat would want the leather fringed bikini?
Yom Huledet Sameach! Lat - you're an honorary member of the tribe...
and many more. I like the site, even when the posts are stupid and ill conceived -the comments are sometimes the best part.
if i get elie that leather swimsuit, will we get posted pictures of him wearing it?
Post something about morgan lewis massacre
elie needs more than one cow to cover up/keep his belly content.
10 = Kash
Elie needs a bigger cupcake
How long a term was Elie "elected" as Editor? Seems like there should be another vote soon.
3 = Big Law partner
(All the partners at my firm read ATL, even though they won't admit it.)
Kash, what size do you wear?
THIS SITE SUCKS.
- D-bag commenter who visits AboveTheLaw ten times a day
That 90% statistic is a sham. Guys in my high-school used to run blogs for 5 years all the time, it was no big deal.
21 - I bet she is a regular / medium.
23
Guys used to attend your high school for five years all the time. It was no big deal.
Three years - for some reason it feels like ATL has been around for longer than that.
How was Roxanna able to afford the Starbucks card?
25
Actually, you're right. When I was in high-school in Canada, we had a "Grade 13" or OAC year.
HTH
~23
I think we need to know Kash's measurments to get her that bikini.
27 - D'oh. She was GIVEN the card. Perhaps she should get your job, you're clearly under-qualified.
Happy Blogiversary. Keep up the good work and keep outing the douches.
30 - At the time 27 posted, that sentence was worded more ambiguously. It was clarified after the fact.
29 - She can always exchange / return if it's not the correct size, right?
Happy Birthday, but you can't fish for presents!
Happy Birthday!!! I enjoy your website.
Your momma turns three years old.
-Skip
so far, ATL has 9 times the longevity of a Latham first year
3 years ago I wasn't in a good place.
is that 90% of the remainder, or 90% of the initial group? these are the questions we need answered...
Happy Blogiversary! Thanks for being a welcome distraction while doing mundane nonsense like reviewing a record on appeal for objections.
Happy Birthday, ATL. I miss working for you. =(
I remember when I first started this job, I said, "I believe that my personal opinions and beliefs should be as far removed from the content that I post as possible." See here, http://abovethelaw.com/2008/08/meet_new_editor_elie_mystal.php
I knew that wouldn't last long. When I talked Lat into letting me unleash my brilliance on the world, I thought he was happy I decided to break my campaign priomise (I'm one in a long line of Mystals that break campaign promises). Little did I know it would lead to my undoing.
But I do not habor resentment. And I do believe that now that I have travelled back in time from the 2020s, to now, that Lat, Kash, Present-Day Elie, and I, can change the future together, and prevent me from being fired undeservedly.
So, Happy Birthday, ATL.
41 - Thanks for traveling back in time to post this excellent avatar photo. ROTFLMAO
Elie the rest of the cow = ATL to 190