March 2012
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Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Small-Firm Lawyers Need Recess
Valerie Katz found an article that confirms her long-held views on how to succeed as a small-firm lawyer: take frequent breaks, go on vacation, nap, and wear sweatpants. Don't believe her? Check this out -
Advertising, Career Center, Clerkships, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Making the Judicial Clerkship Work for You
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Facebook, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Facebook Moves to Dismiss Ceglia Ownership Suit
Attorneys for Facebook went on the offensive yesterday, filing a bold motion to dismiss Paul Ceglia‘s lawsuit, which claims a 50 percent ownership stake in the company.
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Crime, Fame Brief, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
Fame Brief: The Busy Lawyer's Guide to 'Aggravated Pimping'
DSK’s most recent charge raises an important issue: What is aggravated pimping? And if pimpin ain't easy, isn’t all pimping “aggravated pimping?” -
Anthony Kennedy, Election 2012, Federal Government, Health Care / Medicine, Paul Clement, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Obamacare Goes to Court, Day Two: The Search for Anthony Kennedy's Soul
Obamacare Day Two: What kind of health care will Justice Kennedy allow us to have? -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Labor / Employment, Paralegals, Small Law Firms
The Plot Thickens: Some 'Orange Workers' May Have Been Protesting After All
It's been revealed that some of the orange-shirted support staff at this Florida firm may have been protesting after all. Almost half of them have lawyered up. But what, exactly, were they protesting? -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Partner Issues, Willkie Farr
Dewey Know How Many People Can Manage a Firm at One Time?
Dewey is creating a "chairman's office" of five co-equal members. Yeah, that will work.... -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2013 U.S. News Law School Rankings (15 - 29)
The latest U.S. News law school rankings are out, and you know what that means. It’s time to allow students and alumni to weigh in on their law school and their brand new rank. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Federal Government, H. Rodgin Cohen, Money, Student Loans, Wall Street
An Oracular Utterance from Sullivan & Cromwell on Spring Bonuses
David Lat asked H. Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell about spring bonuses. What did Cohen have to say on the subject? -
Bankruptcy, Facebook, Health Care / Medicine, Howrey LLP, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, Prostitution, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, U.S. News
Morning Docket: 03.27.12
* Was the Obamacare case brought prematurely? Did the Supreme Court’s judicial intervention come too soon? Yesterday’s arguments before SCOTUS can be summed up in four simple words: “That’s what she said.” [New York Times]
* Howrey going to get out of this one? The defunct firm’s bankruptcy trustee, Allan Diamond, is trying to decide whether he’ll be bringing adversary claims against the dissolution committee and its members. [Am Law Daily]
* U.S. News is doing what the American Bar Association refuses to do: make law schools its b*tch. Listen up, administrators, because your next “reporting error” could cost you your ranking. [National Law Journal]
* Armed with a treasure trove of new evidence, Facebook has moved to dismiss Paul Ceglia’s lawsuit. What does his lawyer from Milberg have to say? A hacker planted all of the evidence, duh. [Wall Street Journal]
* Apparently Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s got hos in different area codes. He’s been keeping his pimp hand strong — so strong, that he’s been charged with aggravated procurement of prostitutes. [Bloomberg]
* Broke your nose trying to walk through a glass wall at the Apple store and now you’re suing for $1M? That’s an app for that! It’s called common sense, and for a limited time only, it’s being offered free of charge. [Forbes]
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Boutique Law Firms, California, Small Law Firms
Did This Asbestos Litigation Firm Steal a Competitor's Client Files?
Last week, a former attorney at a major asbestos plaintiff's firm sued his former colleagues. Joseph C. Maher II made some pretty intense allegations of lawyerly espionage that one blogger called a combination of the “lawyering skullduggery of The Firm with the medical malpractice aspects of The King of Torts." -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.26.12
* This is a great debate among law professors about the Affordable Care Act. [PolicyMic] * Honestly, calling female law students “sluts” is just not a way to win an argument. [Stop the Harvard Law Hate] * Dear God, I don’t want go to prison. [Dealbreaker] * Dewey know the number for the lenders? [Legal Week] * Judges who behave like “supervillans.” [Cracked] * How many pictures of critically thin women can you solicit before it becomes wrong? [Fashionista] * With the re-start of Mad Men, I’m wondering if this season might be the best race-baiting seasons of television in history. [Slate] -
Alex Kozinski, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: You're a Muppet!
Who does Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit think the law is for?
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Biglaw, Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures
Caption Contest: The Hunger Games -- Biglaw Style
Would death matches be a more appropriate way to screen Biglaw candidates? Apparently, at least one firm thinks so. Here’s the photo for our latest caption contest.... -
Small Law Firms, Technology
The Practice: The Great (Stupid) Office Debate
Everyday you’re around others, you’re developing relationships, you’re saying hello to other lawyers, other business owners and the public. At some point in your practice, moving away from a business district may be OK, but why start out that way? -
Cars, Deaths, Drinking, DUI / DWI
Northwestern Law Student Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident
Over the weekend, a Northwestern 3L was hit and killed by an allegedly drunk driver in downtown Chicago. This is not the kind of story we like to write here at Above the Law... -
Health Care / Medicine, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Obamacare Goes to Court, Day One: Juris-My-Diction Crap
SCOTUS debates Obamacare: Day One. -
Education / Schools, Gay, Lawsuit of the Day
Lawsuit of the Day: No Gay Prom Royalty for This High School
It looks like one high school in Georgia wants to keep students’ memories of prom as heterosexual as possible. Let’s take a look at the allegations made in our Lawsuit of the Day.... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Is This Dean the First 2012 Casualty of the U.S. News Law School Rankings?
Law school falls in U.S. News rankings, and the law dean gets fired. Coincidence? -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: 'Litigation Highlights!' And Law Firm 'Annual Reviews'
An in-house lawyer receives an e-mail from a law firm with the subject line, "Litigation Highlights!" Does she pop it open? Probably not; it sounds like an advertisement. Is there a subject line that stands a better chance of success?