December 2011

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.13.11

* Remember Catholic Witch hunter Rebekah Nett? Now she’s got the Catholic League on her ass. Yep, Super Christ, Bat Priest, Wonder Nun, and Father Flash (is he wearing anything under his robes), are all out to defend Catholics everywhere. [St. Paul Pioneer Press] * When a hostile deal is not at all hostile, just […]

Education / Schools

Size Matters: Back to School?

The issue du jour is whether or not it is worth getting more education to get a (better) job. Valerie Katz is talking about the Small Business LLM from Concord Law School. Tuition is $600 per credit hour, or $14,400 for the program. Is it worth it? Let’s discuss the pros and cons....

Bad Ideas

Suing Google to Remove Results About Your Alleged Orgy Won’t Work

Chris Danzig had never heard of Max Mosley until yesterday, when he read he was suing Google in Europe to block all search results regarding his alleged participation in some sort of Nazi sex orgy. Ironically, when you search for Mosley's name now, you get a zillion news stories with headlines like "Max Mosley sues Google over 'Nazi orgy' search results‎." Let's learn more about Mosley, the former president of Formula One, and his decidedly unsexy legal battle against Google....

Football

Quote of the Day: Wait, Who Should We Call?

I suggest you dial 1-800-REALITY. — Joe Amendola, attorney for accused child predator Jerry Sandusky, suggesting in a press conference held earlier today that a reality check was in order for anyone who believes Mike McQueary witnessed a rape, reported it, and nothing was done about it. (So what is 1-800-REALITY? It’s pretty amazing, actually. […]

Associate Bonus Watch 2011

Associate Bonus Watch: It’s Cahill Time (aka Time for Cravath Associates To Feel Bad, Again)

Last year, Cravath initially low-balled the bonus market, and Cahill Gordon made them look foolish by using the Cravath scale as a floor for its bonuses. This year, Cravath has come out with another crappy bonus scale, and Cahill is beating the bag out of it again. This year, Cahill is making a "special bonus" payment right now, in time for everybody's next paycheck. This is before they even delve into the regular year-end bonuses that Cravath has set at such a low mark. So just how special are these special bonuses?

California

Morning Docket: 12.13.11

* The Supreme Court will hear Obama’s challenge to Arizona’s immigration law. Upside: we can probably expect a decision by June. Downside: Lady Kaga has to sit her ass out. [New York Times] * Depressing fact of the day: unless you’re earning six times your law school’s annual tuition, you’ll probably never be able to […]

Hotties

So You Failed the MPRE… Now What?

Last week, we mentioned in Non-Sequiturs that the results for the November administration of the MPRE had been released. While most were elated with their scores, others had a serious case of the WTFs (i.e., “WTF, how did I fail this stupid multiple-choice test?!”). If you’re a member of the latter camp, you might be […]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.12.11

* Is taking down the government easier than taking law school finals? [McSweeney’s] * If you are a card-carrying member of the ACLU, do you keep your mouth shut when you go in-house? [Underdog] * A lawyer claims he was fired for not meeting an “unrealistic” requirement to bill 3,000 hours. Dude, I’ve seen people […]

Associate Bonus Watch 2011

Associate Bonus Watch: Paul Weiss Matches

Bonuses have just been announced at Paul Weiss. The firm is matching what we’ll call the Cleary Gottlieb scale, which seems to be the most generous bonus schedule among the main-line law firms (i.e., excluding outliers like Boies Schiller and Wachtell Lipton). The Cleary scale provides for (1) prorated bonuses for class of 2011 members […]