September 2010
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.24.10
* Lindsay Lohan is going back to jail. At least she’ll be in a place where her breast implants can’t hold her back. [Gawker] * A law firm’s naked team building exercise might have made some people uncomfortable. I can’t imagine why. [The Careerist] * More raving, threatening email from the guy who is all […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Rundown: The Week in Legal Technology 9.24.10
We are at the end of another busy week in the world of legal technology. A major acquisition of a legal technology company took place. The DC Bar is expanding its interest in e-discovery. I do a quick update on a conference I attended last week. There are also a few articles I want to […] - Sponsored
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Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Duke Law School Asks: Why Do Black People Hate Us?
Duke Law School is known for a lot of things: its top 14 ranking, 100% employment rate, and crown as douchiest law school in the nation. It’s not known as a friendly school towards black people. Why? Well, that’s what Duke Law wants to find out. A tipster reports that Duke Law has been sending […]
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Fabulosity, Facebook, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Quote of the Day, Shoes, Shopping
Facebook Status Update of the Day: But Were They Peep Toes?
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Associate Advice, Music, Parties, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Night at the Roxbury, With Partners
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com ATL: So I was invited to a rock concert in California with a couple of young, “normal” partners. Presumably it was because I expressed interest in the music (and would have attended anyway). What is the expected protocol for concert attendance in […] -
Football, Sports, Tax Law
How to Take Down the BCS? The Same Way We Got Capone: Tax Law
I have friends who support the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) as an effective non-playoff means for determining the national champion of college football. These friends say that the BCS preserves the sanctity of the college football season (“Every game is a playoff”). They say it gives power conferences (like the Southeastern Confederacy and the Big […] -
Department of Justice, Student Loans
Student Loan Relief for Public Defenders and Prosecutors
We have good news on the student loan front. Really good news if you are a public defender or prosecutor. The Blog of the Legal Times reports that the Department of Justice is making $10 million available in loan forgiveness for PDs and prosecutors. So if you want to live the Law & Order dream, […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.24.10
* The F.D.A. has moved to significantly restrict the sale of diabetes drug Avandia. Reached for comment, Wilford Brimley gruffly barked “DIABEETUS!” [New York Times] * Teresa Lewis was executed in Virginia last night. [Washington Post] * Texas children are getting all kinds of left behind. [Dallas Morning News] * A Spanish court held that […]
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Affirmative Action, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Federal Judges, Minority Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Racism, Securities Law
Racial Quotas? So Ordered! (Or, Judge of the Day: Harold Baer)
We’ve come a long way from the days when federal courts issued orders banning racial discrimination. Now federal judges hand down orders mandating, or at least encouraging, race-based discrimination. As reported in the American Lawyer, earlier this week Judge Harold Baer (S.D.N.Y.) issued an unusual order. On Monday, Judge Baer directed two firms serving as […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.23.10
* Maybe Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller learned his gun-toting behavior trying to survive on the mean streets of New Haven while he attended Yale Law School. [Salon] * The editors of our sister site, Fashionista, are also wondering about Lindsay Lohan’s breasts today. [Fashionista] * A New Yorker quiz seeks to test your knowledge […] -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Health Care / Medicine, Labor / Employment, Privacy
Biglaw Blind Item: Who Has Herpes?
Actually, we’re not sure that it’s herpes; that’s just a guess, based on context clues. But apparently some prominent, white-shoe law firm has been hit by an outbreak of a sexually-transmitted disease. Check out this Biglaw blind item…. -
Television
The Whole Truth About, Well, The Whole Truth
Another year, another legal pilot. But this year, ABC bet the farm on a new series called The Whole Truth, the only legal drama in its fall lineup. With Jerry Bruckheimer as its producer, the show promises to offer a novel twist on the typical courtroom drama. How? “No one ever knows what really happened […] -
Biglaw, Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Have Law Blogs Failed to Live Up to Expectations? Biglaw Partners Opine
“The secret to happiness in life is setting low expectations.” — My Uncle Lyman Over the past few weeks, in the comments to my ATL posts, there have been a number of questions about whether or not large law firms are bringing in real clients through their law blogs. While we have seen some instances […]
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Blogging, Politics, Small Law Firms
Do Small-Firm Attorneys Care Enough About Their Own Agenda?
Some of you will recall that in my manifesto, I expressed the view that we need more clearinghouses for information on small law firms. Well, it turns out I’m not the only one hoping for a gathering of small law practitioners. Over at MyShingle, Carolyn Elefant posted a great piece about the need for a […] -
Breasts, Celebrities, Crime, Drugs, Fame Brief, Hotties, Lindsay Lohan, Movies, Paris Hilton
Fame Brief: Lindsay Lohan and Breast Implants, the Gateway Drug
If you’re like most people who have an important drug test coming up — say, for a new law firm job or for probation (kind of the same thing) — you probably prepare by doing things such as guzzling water, sucking pennies, or ladling your roommate’s urine into a pocket flask. A somewhat less effective […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Are You Deciding Where to Summer?
Summer associate survey results have been out for a while. If you’re trying to decide where you’d like to be a summer associate, be sure to check out the profiles below, to see which firms scored big with its summers — and which firms could use a little improvement. Before accepting that summer associate offer, […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Real Estate, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Lawyer of the Day: Squattenfreude
Back in 1961, a photographer snapped a picture of President Kennedy that would later be titled “the loneliest job in the world.” It was full of symbolism and it was black-and-white and Kennedy would be assassinated two short years later and Jesus, does anyone really care about all of this? Probably not. Sorry. Anyway, earlier […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Money, Nauseating Things, Sweet Hot Justice
Poor You! (Literally.)
Picture, if you will, my lawyer friend, Caitlin. She’s a mid-level finance associate at one of New York’s biggest lawyer factories. She’s been at the Big Law game long enough to be depressed on the good days and on the hunt for sturdy noose material on the bad days — which is to say most […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.23.10
* Prosecutorial misconduct: when keeping it real goes wrong. [USA Today] *Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy, which begs the eternal question: How the hell is Radio Shack still in business? [Bloomberg] * Suspicions abound as single employees at some mortgage lenders sign off on up to 10,000 foreclosures a month. I don’t see anything wrong with […]
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Baseball, David Boies, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Screw-Ups, Sports, Susman Godfrey, Trials
Will a Boo-Boo By Bingham Decide the Dodgers Divorce?
It’s actually not the divorce of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the divorce of real estate mogul Frank McCourt and his wife, Jamie. Some call it the Dodger Divorce, however, since this bitter litigation could determine the fate of the storied baseball team — an asset worth hundreds of millions. The couple is fighting over […]