June 2012
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Caption Contests, Contests, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Winner: Columbia Law Provides Quality Street Construction Materials
Here's the winner for our latest caption contest... -
Intellectual Property, Sports, Trademarks
No One Messes with the U.S. Olympic Committee, Not Even Naïve Internet Knitting Enthusiasts
Turn back now, all ye who might dare cross the U.S. Olympic Committee… - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Comment of the Day
Comment of the Week: Prostitution Plea of the Week
The comment of the week is about our favorite prosti-lawyer...
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Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Loyola Law School, Nauseating Things, Rudeness
Lawyer of the Day: No, a Man Cannot Just Have 'His Fly Undone'
Our Lawyer of the Day apparently needs to learn to keep his tiger in its cage, especially on an airplane… -
Law Schools, Rudeness
Dear Law Schools: It's A Little Too Early To Start Pestering The Class Of 2012 For Money
Law schools already want your donations... -
Fashion, In-House Counsel, Women's Issues
Moonlighting: Putting Your Best (Flat or Heeled) Foot Forward At The Office
If the choice is between paying rent or putting on a skirt and a pair of heels for the interview process, it won’t take most women very long to conform to the stereotype... -
Copyright, Lawsuit of the Day
'Durantula' Infringement Suit Against Kevin Durant May Have Legs
Kevin Durant is caught in a legal web over ownership of his 'Durantula' nickname... - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
5th Circuit, Copyright, Defamation, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Facebook, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.22.12
* Dewey still have some folks who owe us money? Yes we do. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Facebook will change its terms of service, specifically regarding the way it handles “sponsored stories” in order to settle a large lawsuit [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* A man opposing a Virginia attorney in a child custody hearing shot at the lawyer outside the courthouse. Luckily, he missed. [Gettysburg Times]
*The Fifth Circuit said yes, the law firm of Smith & Fuller is on the hook for $30,000 for accidentally releasing its client’s secret information. [ABA Journal]
* Recently released interviews with George Zimmerman tell his side of the death of Trayvon Martin. [New York Times]
*The Electronic Frontier Foundation is stepping in represent Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal and the defendant in this mess. [Electronic Frontier Foundation]
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Bar Exams, BARBRI, Law Schools, Videos, YouTube
Mr. Bar Exam: Bar Exam Is A Big Party, If You Don't Need To Know The Answers
Mr. Bar Exam tells about girls who like to study for the bar and party... -
California, Deaths, Facebook, Federal Judges, Free Speech, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.12
* Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Joe Amendola, has a very lawyerly license plate — and expired tags, too? [Deadspin] * In other sports law news, Darren Heitner says at least one football helmet manufacturer should be afraid, be very afraid, of concussion litigation. [Forbes] * A pop culture blogger, Jenni Maier, is rudely awakened to the boring, sexless, receding-hairline-filled real world of jury duty. [Crushable] * A pair of former Lawyers of the Day, Michael Tein and Guy Lewis, are in trouble again — this time for allegedly acting “recklessly and unprofessionally” towards the judge in a wrongful death case they were handling. [Miami Herald] * The Minnesota Supreme Court rules that a Mortuary Science student was legally flunked for making fun (on Facebook) of the cadaver she had to dissect. Chalk up another point to the Facebook Fun Police. [City Pages] * Senior U.S. District Judge Robert J. Kelleher, the oldest serving federal judge, died at 99 in California. [Associated Press] -
Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
Law School Lunch Fights Revisited: Biological Warfare
It's the newest trend in law school lunch theft... -
9th Circuit, California, Conferences / Symposia, Quote of the Day, Ridiculousness
Quote of the Day: It's Not Like They're Flying to Guam
The Ninth Circuit catches flack for holding a judicial conference… in the Ninth Circuit.
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Jobs
Corporate Counsel: Consumer Lending Regulations
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Associate Advice, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Client Contact
"Client contact" is not necessarily a bed of roses, but that doesn't mean it's not important. -
Biglaw, Music, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Stories: Summer Puts On A Show At The Apollo
When failure is not an option, you have to succeed... -
Breasts, Cocaine / Crack, Constitutional Law, Drugs, FCC, Health Care / Medicine, Paris Hilton, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Is Fair To Crack Dealers, Corporations Paying Fines, And Those Who Use Profanity, Less So To Unions
Still no health care ruling, but the Court did issue four opinions today, in some of the big cases on its docket. -
Attorney Misconduct, Breasts, Crime, Hotties, Legal Ethics, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Reema Bajaj: The Morning After(Including revelations about Reema from a friend.)
After her conviction for prostitution, can Reema Bajaj still practice law in Illinois? And what led her into this life of prostitution? A law professor tackles the first question, and a friend of Reema discusses the second. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings
Best Law Schools For Biglaw
Which law schools excel at sending their graduates to large law firms? If you want to get into Biglaw, you better get the Ivy... -
Health Care / Medicine, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Kids
Inside Straight: What Happened To The Careers?
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann wonders whether law is actually any worse off than many of the other career fields that face challenges today.