April 2011

Biglaw

NALP 2011: Performance-Based Compensation Systems

The official title of the NALP conference panel that I attended on merit-based compensation contained a playful shout-out to Sarah Palin: “How Is That Performance-Based Compensation System Working for Ya?” The panel was originally supposed to have featured a representative of the now-defunct Howrey law firm. So the snarky answer to the question presented might […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.29.11

* I want to smoke so badly. Maybe tonight will be the night that I light up again, and then continue until I die. But if I do, that’ll be my fault, not the tobacco companies’. [WSJ Law Blog] * Mike Tyson’s face tattoo artist is holding up the release of Hangover II. Surely the […]

Old People

Should Ruthie Stay Or Should She Go?

Here’s the question swirling through the blogosphere today: Should Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg resign now — because if she dies under a Republican president, it will be a disaster for every ideal she fights for? The question was teed up on the WSJ Law Blog this morning after an AP report noted that some liberals […]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.29.11

* In Connecticut, going to grade school in a rich white neighborhood while black is now a crime. Brb, putting on my chunky racebaiting heels. [New York Times] * People in glass houses shouldn’t throw Air Jordans. A pair of new sneakers settled a wrongful death suit in Baltimore this week. [Baltimore Sun] * Florida […]

Celebrities

The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 3)

Ed. note This is the final installment in London-based journalist Alex Aldridge’s series of stories for Above the Law about the royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. You can read the prior posts here and here. Well, they got married. Best man Prince Harry remembered the ring. None of Wills’ disgruntled exes […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.28.11

* Here are some first hand accounts from Alabama Law students about the tornadoes. Finals have been pushed back until Monday. [National Law Journal] * This post contains some notes on the tornado relief efforts, as well as information on where you can help. [An Associate’s Mind] * Skadden will make Forbes’s list of largest […]