Time to resume our lateblogging — or can we call it early-blogging, in light of the morning hour? — of the Federalist Society’s 2009 National Lawyers Convention. If you’re a conservative or libertarian lawyer (or law student), this is an event well worth attending every year. In addition to the lively and informative panel discussions […]
We continue our lateblogging of the Federalist Society’s 2009 National Lawyers Convention. The conversations at the conference are always interesting. As far as we’re concerned, this has to be one of the most painless ways to rack up CLE credits. Here’s the next panel discussion that we attended: Regulation of Financial Institutions Hon. Paul S. […]
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Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of attending the Federalist Society’s 2009 National Lawyers Convention, down in Washington, D.C. As in past years, conservative and libertarian legal luminaries were plentiful, and the panel discussions and other events were excellent. Some folks — e.g., Josh Blackman — were liveblogging the proceedings. We’re only writing up […]
Over 3500 votes are in. Here is our winning caption: We are not currently conducting any 3L hiring, but we will keep your resume on file as our needs change. Despite a plethora of non-recession submissions, the economy’s dire straits continues to hold the greatest appeal for our caption contest voters. This is starting to […]
* Generation X = The Lost Generation? That really bites. [Law and More] * Meep. [The Legal Satyricon] * Outsourcing the marketing of attorneys could lead to ethical problems. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * Public opinion on some hot button legal issues. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * There are all sorts of ways unscrupulous […]
I don’t know anything about My Community Legal Network. Its website tells us this: Introduced in 2009, My Community Legal Network scoured through millions of legal and financial professionals looking for the most knowledgeable and sophisticated providers. Then we took the collective bargaining power that comes from millions of Americans and negotiated wholesale prices from […]
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
Ed. note: Welcome to ATL’s first foray into serial fiction. “My Job Is Murder,” a mystery set in a D.C. appellate boutique, will appear one chapter at a time, M-W-F, over the next few weeks. Prior installments appear here; please read them first. The author, a former appellate lawyer, wishes to emphasize that any resemblance […]
The Supreme Court decided it wants no part of the Redskins case, and Quinn remains victorious over Native American activists who want to change the team’s racially charged moniker. The WSJ Law blog reports: The Redskins on Monday got a bit of good news from the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined cert filed by Native […]
Portland, Tennessee high school math teach Sandy Binkley was convicted of statutory rape back in September. The 37-year-old woman had sex with a 17-year-old student in a locker room. Binkley argued that the 17-year-old student raped her. She gave an interview to Tennessee News Channel 5 before her trial: “There was one incident with one […]
A Biglaw traveler checked in with us from Minnesota airport: I almost spat out my Caribou Coffee when I saw this ad next to my gate. Apologies for the pic quality–a little blurry from combination of crappy phone pic and shaky hands from said latte. Here’s said ad: Which firm is breaking down its lawyers’ […]
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Many law firms have figured out that the best way to stop the spread of swine flu is to have their sick people stay home from work. Last week, we mentioned that Akerman Senterfitt had explicitly told its associates that staying home because of swine flu would not count against their vacation time. The stay […]
That’s the most shocking revelation in an interesting New York Times profile of H. Rodgin Cohen, the nation’s top banking M&A lawyer and chairman of the venerable Sullivan & Cromwell. From the NYT: After [Cohen and his wife Barbara] had paid their [restaurant] check, they went to fetch the car, and Mr. Cohen, a Boston […]
* The Wall Street Journal digs into the Scott Rothstein scandal. “The Rothstein story is also a quintessential tale of the Sunshine State, where wealthy retirees and other well-heeled investors have been known to chase outsize returns while ignoring myriad warning signs.” [Wall Street Journal (subscription) and WSJ Law Blog] * How do you defend […]
Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks, which has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker. This week, economists missed on the good side — initial jobless claims fell by more than expected. The 502,000 applicants are the fewest since January […]
* What does it take to legally disturb a grizzly bear in San Francisco? [Lowering the Bar] * Apparently, some people thought I was defending the Columbia professor who punched out a woman. I was not. [True/Slant] * The benefits of being a Twitter snob. [Simple Justice] * Is there enough political balance at law […]