March 2011
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Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Not Going Commando Underneath Her Robe
One day, after I had been questioned for weeks at a time, I was so frustrated I looked at my assistant and said ‘I think they already know the color of my underwear.’ — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, complaining about the intrusive questioning she was subjected to during the Supreme Court nomination process, in an appearance […] -
Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Latham & Watkins Enters the Boston Market
The global megafirm of Latham & Watkins is in full expansion mode. The firm recently picked up a trio of real estate partners from Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, for example. And even though it’s not yet listed on the firm website, we understand that LW has quietly opened a Boston office. The official announcement […] - Sponsored
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Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connection: Get Some Sleep Prior To A First Date
This installation of the Courtship Connection has some important advice for blind daters. If you are feeling sick or if you are feeling exhausted, or if you are suffering from those two conditions combined, you should just reschedule. (Last week, one of our participants was sniffly on her date and still managed to make a […]
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Advertising, Biglaw, Law Schools, Practical Law Company (PLC), Shameless Plugs, Small Law Firms, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad
A Special ATL Event for Law Students
Are you a law student concerned about this upcoming summer? Perhaps you haven’t figured out what you’ll be doing yet. Or maybe you have landed a coveted summer associate position, but want to make sure that you land that full-time job offer (and don’t get no-offered). If you’re looking for advice on how to make […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Associate Salaries, Banking Law, Biglaw, Bonuses, Boutique Law Firms, BuckleySandler, Clerkships, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money
Clerkship Bonus Watch: BuckleySandler to $60,000!
What’s going on with clerkship bonuses? The last time we really checked was over a year ago. We might do a follow-up; if you have tips — not questions or requests for advice, but hard information about clerkship bonus amounts — please email us (subject line: “Clerkship Bonuses”). In our last look at the subject, […] -
Breasts, Celebrities, Food, Intellectual Property, Music, Trademarks, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Lady Gaga, There's No Use Crying Over Spilled Breast Milk(Or: Another intellectual-property hypothetical.)
Under normal circumstances, Lady Gaga can do no wrong in my eyes. After all, she’s done a lot for me. When I was sad, she advised me to just dance, because it would be okay. When I was drunk, she reminded me that I can’t text with a drink in my hand. When I was […] -
Copyright, Crime, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Rankings, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. News, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.08.11
* Obama has created an indefinite detention system for prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Because he’s too soft on terrorism to make it definite. [Washington Post] * Utah’s new immigration laws will create a legal storm. El Niño! Spanish for The… Niño! [USA Today] * Lilo finally starred in another movie, and former wet poodle […]
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Minority Issues, Racism, Trials, Weirdness
Idaho's Main Exports: Potatoes and Racism?
I don’t think Idaho gets enough credit for being positively weird. Sure, Napoleon Dynamite did a good job of highlighting that state’s peculiar relationship with llamas and quesadillas. But what of the insane racial animus that resides in the Potato State? (I don’t know if Idaho is the potato state. It should be, right? We’ll […] - Sponsored
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7th Circuit, Document Review, Federalist Society, Gay, Gay Marriage, Non-Sequiturs, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 03.07.11
* The Supreme Court opens the door, but just a crack, to prisoners seeking access to DNA evidence. [SCOTUSblog] * The legal job market is getting better, right? Right? [Vault] * Hall, J., dissenting — from the grave. [How Appealing] * Harvard Law School is always ready for its close-up: first The Paper Chase, then […] -
Career Alternatives, Fast Food, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools
The Cupcake Stop... Stops
Today is a sad day for businesses established by lawyer-entrepreneurs. First we learned that David J. Stern, the South Texas Law grad who went on to become “Florida’s Foreclosure King,” will be relinquishing his crown and closing his once-thriving practice. And now we hear that Lev Ekster, the New York Law School alum who founded […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Intellectual Property, Money
Associate Bonus (and Salary) Watch: Fish & Richardson
A day without bonus news is a day without sunshine. We wouldn’t let this Monday pass without giving you some new compensation information to wrap your heads around. Today’s bonus news comes from the prominent intellectual-property firm of Fish & Richardson. Fish’s approach to associate compensation is closely watched by other IP shops, so we […] -
Career Alternatives, Lawyer of the Day, Money, Real Estate
Is the Florida Foreclosure King Abdicating? David J. Stern Will Close His Law Firm
Back in September 2010, we bestowed Lawyer of the Day honors upon David J. Stern, aka Florida’s “Foreclosure King.” We noted Stern’s rise into the ranks of self-made millionaires, despite not having attended some fancy first-tier law school. (Stern graduated from the South Texas College of Law, a fourth-tier school.) We marveled at Stern’s wealth: […] -
Federal Judges, Food, New York Times, Quote of the Day, Richard Posner, Romance and Dating, Weddings
Quote of the Day: Relationship Advice from Judge Richard Posner
Plus, you always surrender in an argument with your wife, right? Isn’t that the formula for marital happiness? — Judge Richard Posner, quoted recently in the New York Times in an article about “sell by” or “use by” dates for food.
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Biglaw, Small Law Firms
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: T-Bone, Esq.
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Small Firms, Big Lawyers, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. Let’s get one thing straight here. It’s a universal law: You can’t give yourself a nickname. Only someone else can give you a nickname, and it has to happen pretty much organically. There’s […] -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Names, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Dewey Have Enough Partners to Mess Up the Winston / Howrey Deal?
As we mentioned in our last story on the embattled Howrey law firm, the remaining partners will vote this week on whether to wind down the 55-year-old shop. According to Am Law Daily, that vote is set to take place on Wednesday. For the past few weeks, Winston & Strawn has been waiting in the […] -
Breasts, Free Speech, Google / Search Engines, Health Care / Medicine, Privacy
An Allegedly Botched Boob Job Leads a Plastic Surgeon to Try To Give His Google Search Results a Facelift
A cutting-edge legal complaint in Europe over internet reputation could force Google to rethink how it handles individuals’ control over the search results for their names. Spanish plastic surgeon Hugo Guidotti Russo wanted Google to liposuction from his results a 1991 news article about a patient angry about an allegedly botched breast surgery. The article […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Politics
Inside Straight: Oy, Libya!
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. The Libyan rebels have it easy. All they have to do is overthrow a megalomaniacal dictator who has mustard gas. But in-house lawyers? Now, they have it tough. (I write these columns several days […] -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Lawsuit of the Day, Litigators, Litigatrix, Loyola Law School, Romance and Dating, Small Law Firms, Weddings
Lawsuit of the Day: Jilted Lawyer Bride Sues Sidley Associate for Wedding Expenses
Associates in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin seem to be doing a lot of walking these days. Last week, for example, bankruptcy associate Tyler Coulson announced that he was leaving the firm in order to walk across the country with his dog. Today we bring you the tale of Sidley IP associate Robert Leighton, […] -
Crime, Education / Schools, Jeffrey Epstein, Judicial Nominations, Morning Docket, Munger Tolles & Olson
Morning Docket: 03.07.11
* Doing hood rat stuff with your friends is less likely to land you in the adult court system now. [New York Times] * The Quinnipiac Law School registrar might be headed to the pokey on mortgage fraud charges. Add/Drop is now… CLOSED!!!!! No idea what that means. [Hartford Courant] * Law prof Liu lingers […]
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Admin, Announcements, Tobacco / Smoking, Travel / Vacation
Elie's Vacation Memo: Time To Turn Over a New Leaf (And Try Not To Smoke It)
As regular readers know, this is usually the time of year I go to Vegas, blow my bonus, and come back to work a week later angrier than ever. Well, this year, it’s going to be different. Oh, don’t worry, when I return to Above the Law’s pages on March 14th, I’m sure I’ll be […]