* The lawyer for University of Alabama – Huntsville professor Amy Bishop says his client is insane and can’t remember Friday’s shootings. [Associated Press] * Judge Denny Chin says he does have an open mind and will need some time to review the Google Books settlement. [New York Times] * John Edwards might get the […]
One blogger teed up a story about celebrated legal and political journalist Jeffrey Toobin being sued for paternity with this quip: “This Might be Scandalous If Anyone Watched CNN.” But people also read the New Yorker, where Toobin is a longtime legal correspondent, as well as Toobin’s bestselling books — including, most recently, The Nine: […]
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* ‘You’re admitted. Whoops. No. You’re not.’ [Washington Post via Tax Prog Blog] * The story behind the Austin, Texas plane crash. [Going Concern] * The woman at the heart of the Duke Lacrosse case finds her way back into the news. [New York Times] * Volunteering can interfere with your welfare benefits. [Fox] * […]
Although our colleague Elie Mystal is on vacation this week, he took some time today to sit down with Fox Business News, where he discussed how some large law firms enjoyed record profits in 2009 — thanks, in part, to record layoffs. An added bonus: he offered weight loss advice! No donuts involved. Check out […]
We are excited to announce that in the near future we will be launching a completely revamped Career Center, with more information and resources for all of our readers. In preparation for this, we are looking to add additional writers and researchers to our Career Center team. We are looking for people who can commit […]
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to [email protected]. ATL, So today I told the head of our group and the assigning partner that I was done with empty calorie document review (yes, I used that term). Their response was less than understanding — something about my needing to have a […]
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Google launched its version of a social networking site last week with Buzz. Many people were royally pissed dismayed by the privacy flaws in the initial launch. Google took the list of people that users emailed most frequently and created a public “friend list.” As TechCrunch pointed out, “merging something designed for public broadcasting (Buzz) […]
Earlier this week, a reader drew our attention to an interesting development. The biography of Patrick Bradford, a prominent New York litigator and the first African-American partner at the white-shoe firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell, has been removed from DPW’s (hottie-laden) website. “No idea why,” said our source, “but Davis seems like a place […]
Received last Friday from a tipster at Winston & Strawn (who was unhappy with the firm’s double salary freeze): To add major insult to injury — especially after Sidley Austin’s announcement [of a raise] this afternoon — the Managing Partner of Winston just accidentally emailed a memo to ALL ATTORNEYS (including all associates) which he […]
Many have lauded the secret surveillance powers of Mac laptops. See, e.g., Engadget’s HOW-TO: Turn your laptop into a home security system. There have been nifty stories about people having their laptops stolen and then activating their cameras remotely to catch the thieves. Now we’ve got a not-so-nifty story. A school district in Pennsylvania brings […]
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The benefits of approval are bounded only by the limits of human creativity and imagination. — Google, to Judge Denny Chin, in a brief before today’s hearing about Google’s class action settlement with authors and publishers over Google Book Search.
A 2009 Georgetown Law grad, Russ Ferguson, has penned a column for the conservative American Spectator suggesting that deferred associates who have signed up to work in the public interest may not want to take Biglaw spots when they open up to them. What’s that sound we hear? Oh, it’s the class of 2010 singing […]
* Eight of the ten Americans detained in Haiti on kidnapping charges have been released, by order of a Haitian judge, and have returned to the United States. Congratulations to WilmerHale (which, as we previously noted, represented one of the detainees). [CNN; WilmerHale (press release)] * The North Carolina Innocence Commission exonerates a man who […]
* Will Please Rob Me turn into Please Sue Us? Kash thinks it might (although we’re not so sure). [True/Slant] * Florida Coastal defeats Harvard Law in a moot court competition. For reals. [Florida-Times Union] * Does Bank of America hate black people? One ex-employee claims that BofA = Bank of Apartheid. [Dealbreaker] * These […]
Is Biglaw getting over the gloom of the recession? Back in October, Morrison & Foerster was feeling pessimistic about attorney salaries. It decided to cut salaries for first-year associates from $160,000 to $145,000. Only associates in pricey New York and Asia — MoFo has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, all expensive cities […]