February 2011
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Defamation, Football, Kids, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sports
Lawyers Are Just Hype Men
Tonight America comes together to celebrate its most important holiday. Whether you’re Christian or other, tonight you will plop down on the couch, crack a beer, wait with bated breath for the first commercial break, likely have a heart attack, and definitely beat all holy hell out of your wife. Some say football is America’s […] -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs
Howrey Holding Up This Weekend? Some Updates
Yesterday we passed along a rumor that Barbara Werther and some of her colleagues in government contracts were leaving Howrey. We have since received additional confirmation of this report. According to one source, Werther informed Howrey partners of her departure on Thursday, and her office was cleaned out on Friday. As we previously mentioned, a […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Federal Judges, Free Speech, Judicial Nominations, Legal Ethics, Politics
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski Defends Free Speech for Judges
Given my prior stewardship of Underneath Their Robes, it should come as no surprise that I like my judges to exhibit some humanity. My favorite judges are those with personality, spunk, and a sense of humor, not the judicial automatons who just crank out dry opinions. Sometimes judges can be, well, all too human. They […]
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Ann Althouse, Blogging, Media and Journalism, New York Times, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.11
* A Valentine’s Day deportation that separates a loving couple sounds exactly like something that would make Jesus happy. Oh wait a minute, that’s not right at all. [Stop the Deportations: The DOMA Project] * Virginia Thomas, Clarence Thomas’s wife, is now a lobbyist. Well, one of them has to talk, I guess. [Politico] * […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
WHERE ARE THE SPRING BONUSES?
Let’s say you’re an associate at Skadden — or Davis Polk, Weil Gotshal, Debevoise & Plimpton, or any other top law firm that has not yet joined in the springtime bonus fun. On Friday afternoon, a favored time for spring bonus news, you get an email from someone in recruiting / human resources. The email […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Deans, Law Schools
Villanova Law 'Knowingly Reported' Inaccurate Information to the ABA
In a letter just released to students and alumni of Villanova University School of Law, Dean John Y. Gotanda admits that Villanova Law knowingly reported inaccurate admissions information to the American Bar Association, for years prior to 2010. The school has conducted an internal investigation and has been independently audited by Ropes & Gray. In […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: More Howrey Departures
We’re hearing rumors about a few additional departures from Howrey…. -
Baseball, Bernie Madoff, Sports
Nothing About the Madoff Thing Surprises Any Mets Fans
I’ve been avoiding writing about Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of getting money for the victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, and his lawsuit against New York Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz. It’s too painful. It’s like being close enough to see Oliver Perez’s face just as you know things are […] - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Fame Brief, Family Law, Television
Fame Brief: Martin Sheen to Seek Conservatorship Over Charlie? (Or: Not Another Charlie Sheen Post)
When Charlie Sheen heard the news that Charlie Sheen was found naked and coked out of his mind in a trashed suite at the Plaza with a porn star hooker locked in the bathroom, Charlie Sheen knew he had to do something drastic – something epic – to top himself. Last week, the Two and […] -
Advertising, Job of the Week, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Job of the Week: A Compliance Position for a J.D.
This Job of the Week is for an attorney who is looking to switch gears and join a newly formed marketing compliance group at a top bank. This is one of many in-house positions throughout the country that Lateral Link is working on, so if you are interested in making a lateral move in-house or […] -
Deaths, Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, Suicide
John Taylor Skilling Found Dead
John Taylor Skilling, the son of former Enron executive Jeff Skilling, was found dead in his apartment in California. The Associated Press says that a bottle of medication was found next to John Skilling, and they report that he had been distraught over a recent breakup with his girlfriend. His father, Jeffrey Skilling, served as […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Lewis & Clark Law School Subtly Insults Its Alumni
Recent law grads already know this, but humor me for a moment while I bring the law students up to speed. Dear 3Ls, if you graduate with no job, your school will start telling you about how your law school’s career services will still be available for you after you graduate. It’s February, so expect […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.04.11
* The Cooch has demanded immediate Supreme Court review for Obamacare. Is this just “grandstanding by Ken Kookynutty”? [Virginia Politics / Washington Post] * Holy benchslap, Obama! Judge Feldman basically spanked Barack’s entire administration and told them all to go to their rooms over some offshore drilling shenanigans. [Bloomberg] * Only in Alabama is it […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Canada, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Nude Dancing, Perverts, Pictures, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Madam Justice Lori Douglas: Underneath Her Robe
Here are the nude photos of Madam Justice Lori Douglas -- naked pics of Her Honor, in the flesh.... -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.03.11
* Foreign journalists risking their lives to cover the story in Egypt should remind everybody why we have to pay for reporters. [Huffington Post] * The California Supreme Court will soon decide whether or not it wants to decide anything on Prop 8. [Poliglot / Metro Weekly] * A tipster has the credited blurb: “When […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Bonuses, Career Center, Job Survey, Money, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey Results: Get Your Bonus ... And Stay
In Tuesday’s survey, we asked whether you left your firm after collecting your 2010 year-end bonus (paid in December for 43% of respondents). About 14% of respondents reported jumping ship after their bonus checks cleared, while another 8% were in such a hurry to leave that they couldn’t bother waiting around for their bonus money. […] -
Crime, Rudy Giuliani, S.D.N.Y., Television
Next-Level Law & Order Analysis
In the blogosphere the people are divided into two seperate yet equally important groups: the producers who research new content, and the commentators who analyze and talk about it. This is a story of what happens when it all comes together. [ding ding] DET. GREEN: We’ve got a man here, a single man, who has […] -
Advertising, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Announcing the New Above the Law Job Board
We previously mentioned it in passing, but in case you missed it, here’s the news: Above the Law has launched a new jobs board. This is a feature that readers and advertisers have been requesting for a while, and we’re delighted to roll it out. Right now the job board is in its infancy; it […] -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Mergers, Musical Chairs
Howrey Going to Survive the Storm? Board the Winston Lifeboats, Leaders Urge
Accept your offers. It’s wise advice for 2Ls going through fall recruiting, and it’s wise advice for partners of the rapidly unraveling Howrey law firm, most of whom have offers to join Winston & Strawn. Last weekend, Winston made offers to a little over 75 percent of Howrey partners, with responses requested in 21 days. […] -
Biglaw, Blogging, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism
Inside Straight: The Illusion of Perfection
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. When you write for as large an audience as reads “Above the Law,” you get a huge variety of responses to your posts. But two recent posts illustrated that point in a remarkable […]