December 2009

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 12.14.09

    * Jurors friending each other on Facebook and doing Wikipedia research cause mistrials in Maryland. [ABA Journal] * A candid conversation with Elie Mystal. Bonus: a slideshow! [Legal Broadcast Network] * University of Massachusetts board ignores Elie’s warning and approves first public law school. [Telegram] * Blago’s defense attorney gets his stolen laptops back. [Chicagoist] […]

  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 12.12.09

    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 recession is turning out to have all of the unemployment and none of the rebound of the recession in the early 1980s. Unemployment is […]
  • 'Tis the Season for Mystery Meetings

    Earlier today, we reported on a mystery meeting taking place at K&L Gates next week. Apparently K&L is not alone. Seyfarth Shaw is also calling all of its associates together just before the holidays. Yuletide cheer is sure to follow: Please join Steve Poor for a national videoconference with all Seyfarth associates on Monday, December […]
  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 12.11.09

    * What you need to know about Justice Sotomayor. [Jezebel] * Running makes Lat happy. Is running anything like sitting very still while you smoke cigarettes and watch television? If so, I might have to give this “running” thing a try. [The Happiness Project] * McDermott Will & Emery partner Lisa Linsky slams the New […]