April 2012

Remember all the rumors about Baker & McKenzie's San Diego office closing? Did that ever come to pass?

Bill Keller of the New York Times hates on hate crime laws...

Obama scolds SCOTUS. Does SCOTUS care?

* I love this. Since the police didn’t do its job, it falls to the internet to put George Zimmerman on trial. [Slate] * The Ninth Circuit smacked down affirmative action, again. This time they wiggled out of Grutter with a straight face. I’d be more shocked, but the Court is about to use Fisher […]

A win for the salt of the Earth?

* New Orleans Saints players may face criminal charges in the wake of the bounty scandal. This could open up the way for Giselle Bundchen to be charged with murdering the Patriots Dynasty. [Yahoo] * I wish this weren’t an April Fool’s joke. [Election Law Blog] * Professors try to save students a bit of […]

The Supreme Court ruled today that law enforcement is justified in strip-searching anyone, for any offense, before admitting them to jail...

There's good news and there's bad news coming out of Dickstein Shapiro. Let's start with the good news....

How do you grow your small firm?

Dead of Admissions at Yale Law teaches other law schools a lesson in ethics...

Above the Law talks to veteran SCOTUS litigator Carter Phillips about last week's Obamacare arguments.

It appears that Russell Brand is a fan of Bloomberg Law television. Who knew?

Someone in the company is going rogue: The person proposes to do something brazenly illegal, or slightly illegal, or perfectly legal but sufficiently immoral that the conduct would turn any reasonable person's stomach. The rogue is not listening to logic. The person is ignoring everything that your local in-house lawyer is saying. What's the appropriate response from the law department?

* Thinking of going to law school and leading a stereotypical Biglaw life of luxury? Perhaps you should consider taking ex-K&E partner Steven Harper’s class at Northwestern. You might just change your mind. [Chicago Tribune]

* The HuffPo’s unpaid bloggers are going to stay that way for now, because Jonathan Tasini’s $105M class action suit has been dismissed. Perhaps he’ll get another SCOTUS case under his belt. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]

* Parts of Junie Hoang’s lawsuit against IMDb have survived dismissal, but she can kiss her $1M damages claim goodbye. Too bad, because at her age, she could really use the retirement money. [Hollywood Reporter]

* Hofstra’s going to Havana, but it’s not to get career advice from Fidel. Instead, students will learn about U.S. export law. Sigh. You don’t need to go to Cuba to find out you can’t bring back cigars. [National Law Journal]

* Who’s the latest lady love in Lindsay Lohan’s life? Shawn Holley. LiLo reportedly whispered sweet nothings into her lawyer’s ear after she was freed from the bonds of supervised probation. [Los Angeles Times]

The Daily Kos reports that Senator Joe Lieberman is proposing to strike Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. What does that mean for you?