Now that the sex lives of Supreme Court justices have become grist for commentators, we are finally free to discuss a question formerly only whispered about in the shadows: Why does Justice Antonin Scalia, by common consent the leading intellectual force on the Court, have nine children? Is this normal? Or should I say ‘normal,’ […]
When it comes to deferring incoming associates, what is the new normal? A couple of months ago, we reported that Mintz Levin was deferring its class of 2010 associates to 2012. At the time, Mintz Levin didn’t reveal any information about its deferral stipend. Today, tipsters are telling us about the Mintz Levin stipend. Let’s […]
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Elena Kagan has the face that launched a thousand comparisons. TMZ thought she looked like Kevin James. The man wooing her via Craigslist thinks she’s a cross between Carrie Fisher, Laura Linney, and Bette Midler. We polled you, and the results are in. Who is the winner of the Elena Kagan Look-Alike Contest?
I recently had a birthday. I’m 32-years-old, but my liver has to be at least 60. It’s pretty close to mandatory retirement age. But I’m just getting back from Vegas (full report on twitter) and I can tell you that my liver will not go quietly into the good night. And so I have a […]
It takes balls to file this kind of lawsuit. A man working for the British firm Eversheds filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit after being fired from the firm. He claimed that the firm should have fired a woman out on maternity leave — but Eversheds didn’t because it was worried that the woman would file […]
Given how desperate legal job seekers are getting, one law firm is doing away with interview niceties. The job market is like a vast desert. Those crawling through it are desperate for a little drink of employment. In order to get a sip from this firm, though, applicants have to go through some serious hoops. […]
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* Civil rights groups file a class-action lawsuit against Arizona over its new immigration law. [Los Angeles Times] * “Hold up! That’s valuable…” Princeton issues a take-down notice on Elena Kagan’s college thesis. [TechDirt] * Here’s one way to get into the Ivy League: Harvard undergraduate charged with faking his way into the university. When […]
That’s the question the Supreme Court answered in the negative today, in Graham v. Florida. The Court’s opinion was by Justice Kennedy, whose vote usually controls on Eighth Amendment issues, and it was joined by the four liberal justices. The case generated oodles and oodles of pages and a welter of separate opinions. Thankfully, the […]
* If your sandwich is a “footlong,” come up with something else to call it. [WSJ Law Journal] * Orin Kerr’s heading to the Hill to help Senator John Cornyn come up with some questions for Elena Kagan. [Volokh Conspiracy; Politico] * BLT has posted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questionnaire for Kagan, while Slate has […]
Back in February, we wrote about various compensation developments over at Pillsbury Winthrop. At the time, the firm said it was considering moving away from a lockstep model in favor of a more performance-based compensation system. The firm has not yet killed killed lockstep — a move that has historically generated mixed to negative reviews […]
When I was an academic, I’d sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh…. [W]hether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question. — Cass Sunstein, the Harvard law professor now heading the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
We don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who hurt themselves in stupid ways. When we’ve featured personal injury firms in our lawyer advertising feature before, it’s usually been to make fun of them. In this case, the personal injury firm, Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, is in on the joke: Their commercials got picked […]
Summer is just around the corner, with Memorial Day just a few weeks away. Summer associates are starting to arrive at law firms. Meanwhile, in government, many law clerks are getting ready to leave chambers. Summer is traditionally the season when clerkships turn over. (At the Supreme Court, July is the magic month for the […]
There’s a long tradition of seeking Supreme Court love via Craigslist (see here and here). And the tradition continues. From a Craigslist posting entitled 40-something SJM ISO Elena Kagan (we’ve added some links to clarify various references): I’ve had a crush on you for almost twenty years (and you deservedly made fun of me when […]
Since Judge Denny Chin is moving on up to the Second Circuit, the S.D.N.Y. cases pending before him have to be redistributed. Lawyers for Bank of America, which has 15 civil shareholder lawsuits on Chin’s docket, sent the chief judge a letter requesting that the cases be reassigned using a lottery system. As we mentioned […]
