October 2009
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Caption Contests
ATL Caption Contest Finalists: Spooky Services
We launched our Spooky Services caption contest yesterday evening, giving ATL readers just over 17 hours to submit captions for this photo: To our horror, you buried us with over 400 entries. We nearly laughed ourselves to death. See the finalists after the jump. If you dare. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Congratulations to WilmerHale on a Major Pro Bono Win(Plus the WilmerHale warning, and thoughts on law firms trying to crack down on leaks.)
Congratulations to WilmerHale and two of its associates, Ross Firsenbaum and Shauna Friedman. They just scored a big-time victory in a pro bono case. It’s a story straight out of the movies. WilmerHale’s client, Dewey Bozella, a 50-year-old African-American man, was released from custody earlier this week — after serving 26 years in prison for […]
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Donald Trump, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Professors, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.25: Trumped Up
There’s nothing scary about this Halloween edition of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. Our featured newlyweds include two Skadden associates, a SCOTUS clerk, and a famous heiress / model / entrepreneur. Here are our fabulous finalist couples: 1. Limor Robinson and Jordan Mann 2. Heather Elliott and Stuart Rachels 3. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner […] -
Drugs, Lawyer of the Day, Nude Dancing, Police
Lawyer of the Day Week: Roland Corning
If you’re going to have a little afternoon delight with a stripper, why not head to the local cemetery? We applaud South Carolina deputy assistant attorney general and former legislator Roland Corning for really getting into the Halloween spirit this week by getting his jollies at the graveyard. Unfortunately, his Monday lunch treat got tricky […] -
Baseball, Prostitution, Sports
Female Phillies Fans are Easy
What would you do to score World Series tickets? If you aren’t willing to do what this Philadelphia Phillies fan had in mind, then you aren’t really trying. Earlier this week, the New York Post reported: A rabid Philadelphia fan — apparently believing the “P” on the team’s cap stands for “prostitution” — was busted […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Rudeness, Swine Flu
Ropes & Gray: Stockpiling Swine Flu Drugs
According to the Center for Disease Control, these are the groups most at risk for swine flu: * Children younger than 2 years old; * Adults 65 years of age or older; * Pregnant women and women up to 2 weeks postpartum (including following pregnancy loss) * Persons with the following conditions: * Chronic pulmonary […] -
Killing Lockstep, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Drinker Biddle Continues to Cut
Back in May, Drinker Biddle came up with a radically different program for first years. For the first six months, first years at Drinker are more like apprentices than traditional first years. They get intensive training, but are only paid $105,000. Despite those changes, the firm has still decided to lay off attorneys. Multiple tipsters […] - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.30.09
* Schools warn parents that their children shouldn’t wear scary Halloween costumes. [New York Times] * Under New York employment law, companies that require a uniform are supposed to provide that uniform for their employees. Apparently that is not happening at Hooters. [Daily News] * Cancer patients want to put bone marrow on the open […]
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Accounting / Accountants, Barry Ostrager, Going Concern
Accountants Help Keep Lawyers in Business
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. From our sister site, Going Concern: [A] judge in Seattle has allowed a revised lawsuit to proceed that lists “Washington Mutual officers and directors, underwriters, and the auditing firm Deloitte & Touche” as defendants. The revised lawsuit was trimmed down to a “concise” 267 pages from […] -
Caption Contests
ATL Caption Contest: Spooky Services
An ATL reader sent along this holiday-themed photograph from the career services office of his top 20 law school. The picture struck us as perfect for a caption contest. Same rules apply as always: Submit possible captions in the comments. We’ll choose our favorites — with preference given to those with a legal / law […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.29.09
* TP-ing is still an effective deterrent. [Going Concern] * Could getting braces hurt a 1L’s job prospects? It’s hard to say, since there are no jobs for 1Ls anyway. [Corporette] * Proskauer partner Jon Oram, a rising star of the sports law bar (and Lat’s law school classmate), was heavily involved in the sale […] -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Holidays and Seasons, pls hndle thx, Sex
Pls Hndle Thx: The Haunting of Facebook
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL, Should I be paranoid about pictures from Halloween being posted on Facebook? Some people don’t have their profiles set to private, and I’m worried it will come up in a Facebook or Google search (eek!). Maybe I’m being too paranoid? […]
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Music, Reader Polls, Technology
Brooklyn Law Won't Proactively Rat Out Its Students
Yesterday we reported on this announcement by Brooklyn Law School: This semester we have received several warnings from our Internet service provider that copyrighted movies and TV shows are being downloaded illegally via our wireless network. The Information Technology office is now ascertaining who is doing this. Once we have names of the individuals involved, […] -
In-House Counsel, Ridiculousness, Screw-Ups, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Legal Secretary of the Day: Pepsi's $1.26 Billion Mistake
Faithful Coca-Cola drinkers can laugh about this one. PepsiCo is having a rough month, reports the National Law Journal. PepsiCo’s purified water brand, Aquafina, has cost it a pretty penny. Charles Joyce and James Voigt of Wisconsin sued PepsiCo earlier this year for stealing their idea of bottling and selling purified water. They claim that […] -
Cars, Deaths, Plaintiffs Firms, Texas
John O'Quinn Dies in Car Accident
We wanted to give people an opportunity to reminisce about John O’Quinn, the legendary personal injury attorney, who apparently died this morning in a car accident. The Houston Chronicle reports: Prominent Houston attorney John O’Quinn was one of two men who died this morning when their SUV slammed into a large tree on Allen Parkway […] -
Start Dates
Kaye Scholer: Splits First Year Class into Two Groups
Kaye Scholer has announced that its incoming first year associate will still be starting in January. All of them. But there is a catch. Kaye Scholer will split the class into two groups of full time associates. One group will work for the firm’s paying clients and get paid the normal first year starting salary. […] -
Salary Cuts
Nationwide Salary Cut Watch: Foley Hoag Slashes Salaries to 'Improve Associate Development'
Don’t you love it when a firm cares so much about associate development that it’s willing to cut associate salaries? That’s what Foley Hoag is doing; the firm announced today that it was slashing salaries, in part to help associate development and recruitment. Here’s a screen shot of the firm wide memo (click to enlarge): […] -
Admin, Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
A quick word of thanks to this week’s advertisers on Above the Law: American Bar Association The Atlantic Kinney Recruiting Lateral Link LexisNexis Soul Calibur 4 PSP University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Isenberg School of Management WesCary3D If you’re interested in advertising on Above the Law or any other site in the Breaking Media network, download […] -
Judge of the Day
Judge of the Day: Jerk Chicken Judge
Way back in the day — I’m thinking circa 1,000 AD — most problems could be solved through an exchange of food. It was a simpler time when disputes were settled without interrogatories, and transgressors made restitution with meat and mead. With that in mind, I applaud Joliet Judge Robert Livas and his truly old-school […]