May 2012
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Breasts, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Gloria Allred, Hotties, Jews, Lawsuit of the Day, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
Lawsuit of the Day: Yet Another Woman Claims She Was Fired for Being 'Too Hot'
Yet another woman is suing because she claims she was fired for being "too hot." Who is she, and what does she look like? -
Bar Exams, Law Schools, New Jersey, Screw-Ups
Could New Jersey Get Its Act Together For The Bar Exam?
As usual, people don't really understand what is happening with the New Jersey bar exam.... - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Lawsuit of the Day
Cretaceous Law: It Belongs In A Museum
This dinosuit should make a bunch of lawyers feel like a kid again...
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Art, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Gloria Allred, John Edwards, Money, Morning Docket, Sex, Sex Scandals, Student Loans, Trademarks, Trials
Morning Docket: 05.22.12
* Yesterday marked day two of jury deliberations without a verdict in the John Edwards campaign-finance violations trial. The former presidential candidate says he’s “doing OK,” but you know he’s secretly pissing his pants over going to prison. [ABC News]
* Martin Weisberg, a former Baker & McKenzie partner, pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. He faces up to 15 years for both crimes. Like he wasn’t earning enough as a Biglaw partner. [New York Law Journal]
* A judge told two fashion houses to leave it on the runway, and not in the courtroom, but that’s not going to stop Gucci from collecting its due. Guess owes the company $4.66M for trademark infringement. [Bloomberg]
* If you’re wondering what you’re going to have to do to get your student loans discharged in bankruptcy, it’s really quite simple. Get diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, and you’ll be set. [National Law Journal]
* What’s the difference between looted art and art looted by the Nazis? The Hitler part. Proposed art legislation will ban all museum recovery claims, except those of families affected by the Holocaust. [New York Times]
* “”I can’t believe f**king Allred called you!” In a total attention whore battle royale, Okorie Okorocha has sued Gloria Allred for allegedly stealing both of his clients in the John Travolta gay sex scandal. [CNN]
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dewey Ballantine, Dissolution, JPMorgan Chase, King & Spalding, Kramer Levin, Lateral Moves, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Dewey Partners Get Any Capital Back? Good Luck With That!(Plus more partner moves, including Ralph Ferrara.)
What will happen to the capital contributions of former Dewey partners? And on that subject, who are the latest defectors, and where are they going? -
Blogging, Defamation, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Prisons, Rape
Non-Sequiturs: 05.21.12
* There’s a war on prison rape. I’m excited about this. I can’t wait to bang prison rape in the ass. [Simple Justice] * Meanwhile, there’s more rape probing on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn front from a French prosecutor. [Fox News] * On the eve of his law school graduation, a student reflects on “the most colossal f*** up of [his] life.” [Shady Nation] * Jamie Dimon has had better months. [Dealbreaker] * Defamation by half-truth. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * There are a lot of bones to pick with this week’s Blawg Review. [Cyberlaw Central via Blawg Review] -
Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
Are Social Media Companies Really Going to Start Endorsing Privacy Protections?
While Mark Zuckerberg was going public and getting married this weekend, the folks at Twitter made an unexpected endorsement of increasingly popular privacy protection technology… -
California, Facebook, Family Law, Quote of the Day, Weddings
Quote of the Day: Now I Ain't Sayin' She a Gold Digger...
Should Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg have gotten a prenup before he got married? - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Small Law Firms
The Practice: The Mid-Representation Conversation
Here is a "best practice" for lawyers committed to client service. Are you following it? -
California, Cars, Crime, Deaths, Small Law Firms
Bay Area Attorney Arrested In Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident
This San Francisco-area attorney is in hot water for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident that led to a bicyclist's death. -
Elena Kagan, Immigration, Kids, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Everyone Is Being Reasonable
What happened at the Supreme Court this morning? Several decisions came down. Which ones? Any biggies? -
Crime, Gay, New Jersey, Sentencing Law
Dharun Ravi Sentenced
Dharun Ravi just got sentenced. What did he get? -
California, Cars, Litigators, Rudeness, Trials
Law License Plates: 'I Object, Yo Honor!'
It’s been a while since we last discussed law-related vanity license plates. Today, we’ll be writing about lawyers who have succeeded both before and behind the bench...
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Federal Judges, Kasowitz Benson, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Scott Rothstein, Screw-Ups
Greenberg Traurig and the TD Bank To-Do: What Happened at the Contempt Hearing?
Remember the discovery dust-up involving Greenberg Traurig, which gave rise to contempt proceedings? The two-day hearing took place last week. What happened? -
Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: On Crossing The In-House Rubicon And Law Firm Stupidity
Why can't a senior in-house lawyer go back to being a Biglaw partner if he wants to? And what are some mistakes that law firms make in their lateral partner hiring? -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, California, Canada, Celebrities, Facebook, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weddings
Morning Docket: 05.21.12
* With more allegations of misconduct revealed, the Canadian Judicial Council met to discuss Justice Lori Douglas’s sex scandal inquiry. Unlike her legs in her nude picture spread, this media circus will likely close in July. [Winnipeg Free Press] * “I want to apologize. Obviously, mistakes were made.” Admitting you’ve got a problem is just the first step. Greenberg Traurig’s executive director apologized for the Biglaw firm’s apparent screw-ups in a Rothstein-related trial. [Miami Herald] * Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng will be enrolling at NYU Law School on a fellowship. The administration is giving him a ritzy faculty apartment that comes complete with a kitchen full of Chinese food. He already knows how to eat like a law student. [New York Times] * Facebook is being sued in an amended consolidated class-action complaint for $15B over privacy issues, but Mark Zuckerberg was too busy getting married to Priscilla Chan to let it bother him. [Bloomberg] * “What [the f**k] comes next?” That’s what law school grads asked themselves when their commencement speakers tried to slap on a happy face and speak positively about the job market. [Connecticut Law Tribune] * But perhaps future law school grads will be able to find jobs more easily thanks to class offerings geared toward in-house counsel lawyering skills. Keep on dreaming that impossible dream. [Washington Post] * How does a small-time DUI attorney from California go from being an unknown to being a household name overnight? By filing a lawsuit filled with tawdry allegations against actor John Travolta. [Los Angeles Times] -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dewey Ballantine, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Partner Issues
Dewey Have Plans To File for Bankruptcy? Sources Say Yes
Dewey have plans to file for bankruptcy? Apparently so, sources say. -
6th Circuit, Drinking, Federal Judges, Intellectual Property
Wow, This Sixth Circuit Judge Knows A Lot About Bourbon
It's not every day that a federal appellate ruling doubles as an informative history lesson about bourbon whiskey. -
California, Cars, Deaths, Drugs, Facebook, In-House Counsel, Non-Sequiturs, Sexism
Non-Sequiturs: 05.18.12
* This NYU Law professor’s apparent hypocrisy makes me want to chew on gravel. Seems like he has earned the digital tar and feathering he’s getting. [Inside the Law School Scam] * So, Facebook went public today. The life of Facebook’s GC is about to change in big, big ways. [Corporate Counsel] * The city […] -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Law School Sales Pitch Doubles Down On The 'Getting Rich' Rationale For Law School
A law school sales pitch might require a close read...