In the past few days all of the biggest law firm news wasn't covered here. I like your style ATL, but you've got to cover the relevant news. Try to step it up next week. Thanks.

2, why? I don't come here for relevant news. I come here for shits and giggles with a smidgen of legal relevance.

2 - What stories did they miss? They had the Arent Fox news.

The winning caption truly is excellent.

3 again. For that matter, if this were a real "legal news" I wouldn't read it, because I don't really care about most of the stuff on, e.g., the WSJ's law blog. But I do care about Elie's latest rants, about judges going comically ballistic over typos, and about the jurisprudence of bestiality. It's not "the world of law," it's "the world of law if everybody had the sense of humor of Judge Kozinksi and didn't always take the whole thing so goddamn seriously."

4 - From the ABA Journal, the result of Skadden's one day offer strategy.

From the WSJ, an interview with Peter Kalis of K & L Gates, in which Kalis said that no one should go to law school. (Good stuff, right?)

ATL only linked to the "biglaw has weathered the worst of the recession" story in the morning docket. After a full story every time a firm lays off a receptionist, a broad and far reaching study that finds biglaw is emerging again is cast aside? Why?

This is just three examples. I'm not a journalist, but I just did a better job of "cross-sourcing the news" (or whatever the hell Lat says) than ATL.

Anyone who cares about Elie's latest rant is truly pathetic. That's you 6.

6 - ATL bills itself as the one-stop shop for all biglaw news. That is how they get away with just re-posting everyone else's reporting. Because, even though it is other people's news, at least we can see it all in one place, and maybe get some insight from a unique perspective. At least I thought that was the idea. Additionally, I'll second number 8.

- 2/7

9, I like your post.

19

First, this is a caption contest. As such, having dialogue as an option--let alone as the winner--is both distasteful and fallacious.

Second, J is humorous only if you do not appreciate hard work or if you do not work hard.

Keep sniveling, serfs.

8, we're all truly pathetic. It's just that some of us think we're "elite" because we choose to sneer at, rather than chuckle at, the crap we read.

You must be reading this, Mr. Loeb, so let me congratulate you. This was a really funny prank. I hope the federal judges you face in court have a sense of humor about it.

BTW, I agree with whoever observed that you have the only credible shoveling grip and stance in the photo.

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE ON THE DEPAUL STORY. THANK YOU.

As the writer of the caption "someone tell the Mexican-looking judge we don't actually have to dig" caption (and someone who is planning to go into anti-discrimination law as a career) I have to say I'm thoroughly disappointed by the humorless assclowns that run this site. Thanks to all my fans. PEACE

I can't say that I understand this picture. What exactly are they so proud of? That the taxpayers bought them a new courthouse? It reminds me of when Partner Emeritus staged a ribbon-cutting ceremony after purchasing his (first) second home paid for with the outrageous legal fees he charged my preeminent peer investment management firm - for the meaningless drivel he passes off as quality legal work - nothing to be proud of really....

Oh and Jake...Incidentally, I was unable to secure a trustworthy day laborer to mow the lawn of my Montauk estate. If you're up for it, there's a 20 dollar bill in it for you. And please send over your LIRR receipt.

Does anyone else think that the fact that this caption won emphasizes that this site is followed mostly by law students?

17, relatively few law students have spent much time working at law firms lately. Practicing lawyers are far more likely to appreciate and enjoy the winning caption.

This post is addressed to Commenter #16:

You blew your schtick on Day One: http://abovethelaw.com/2009/09/judicial_pay_follow-up.php?show=comments#comment-1242626

17 here: I'm no doubt jaded by my own experience, but I think the idea of how the billable hour works as reflected in the winning caption represents the common thinking of people who have never worked under the billable hour. In reality, partners can't bill a client more than a reasonable amount of time to complete a given task--and even then they may be under pressure to cut it down or have pre-negotiated discounts. Partners don't want to bill a client a lot for something and they really don't want to write time off--particularly in the current economic environment. I think a partner's attitude would be more along the lines of: "Finish that hole in a reasonable amount of time, then do ten more so you can make your hours." But then again maybe I'm just biased because I voted for option B, I think it was.

Lulz.

This post is addressed to commentor #19.

JaKe,

You are such a dissapointment. The best part of you ran down your momma's legs. Now get over to CE's house and do yard work boy.

fuck.. upenn lost in football to iowa. i guess that's what happens when you're an ivy league school.

It's not an f'n backhoe.

Join the Unemployed Lawyers Club!

http://groups.google.com/group/unemployed-lawyers-club?hl=en

By our powers combined, we can get a job!

Two questions PE:
1. Did you really mean to misspell disappointment?
2. Is the 23 right? Is UPENN an ivy league school?

Fail: That's a front end loader, not a backhoe.

"We have all had oral from Katten Corporate TTT pussy pass associate."

There are at least two frauds posing as PE these days, each with slight misspellings of the user ID. More significantly, their posts are completely out of character with the real PE.

All of the emeritus schticks are getting out of hand. There was a time when people ran schticks on ATL that were witty, and clever. Schticks that said their piece when it would be in character to comment, and then knew when to shut up. PE was a good schtick at first, but he ruined it. Everyone who's character ends in emeritus should go away.

That goes for any variation on "emeritus" as well.

Anyone who yells at me on this comment board needs to happen over Tuesday in Wings.

Anyone who cares about the status of schticks on an ATL comment board needs to get a fucking life.

Anyone who cares if people care about schticks on ATL needs to get a fucking life.

Thank goodness my character does not end in emeritus or any variation thereof, and I care neither about the status of schticks nor about people who care about the status of schticks.

I still think the best caption was not included in this poll. While the quality of Kashposts is normally quite high. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed Kash is King. The two-eyed Kash is Kute.

20 - ROTFL at your naivete. Anyone who has actually practiced at a law firm understands the caption.

I, for one, prefer fishschticks. You, 19, like fish dicks.

Well done 35.

Hi. I'm Lance Layne. I went to Massachusetts School of Law. It's not ABA accredited.

Too many words. Needs snap.

Associate: "What about that backhoe?"
Partner: "F*%& that. We bill by the hour."