August 2010

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  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 08.16.10

    * When in Starbucks, do as the baristas do. [New York Magazine] * A warning to Biglaw ladies: don’t make more money than your husband or else he’ll cheat on you. Really, at all times women should just assume they’re married to a bonobo. [Gawker] * Columbia wants more space in Harlem. It claims the […]
  • Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Parties

    Would You Want to Join the 'Big Law Society'?

    A D.C.-based friend of Above the Law sent us an email Friday, with very simple instructions: LOL … please find out more about these d-bags: http://biglawsociety.eventbrite.com/ The link took us to an invitation to the launch party for the “Big Law Society.” It’s tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at the BlackFinn American Saloon. While BlackFinn […]
  • Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Suicide

    Craigslist Killer's Self-Imposed Death Sentence Leaves Some Unsatisfied

    Here’s an interesting issue for the pro-death penalty crowd: If killing violent offenders passes as justice, are they happy when a violent offender kills himself? That’s the question being bandied about the blogosphere in the wake of Philip Markoff’s apparent suicide. Markoff was in jail awaiting trial as the “Craigslist Killer.” He allegedly murdered Julissa […]
  • Biglaw, Billable Hours

    Drinker Biddle's Latest Attack on the Billable Hour

    Have you ever heard of a “chief value officer”? Let’s assume your answer is “no,” because you don’t spend your free time reading synergistic white papers produced by McKinsey & Co. But that’s something the good people at Drinker Biddle would like to change. The Legal Intelligencer reports that Drinker Biddle is creating a new […]