August 2012
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Crime, Gambling, Gambling / Gaming, Jews, Sports
Sports Law, Spaw, Lorts: Spo' Bettor Blues
In today's sports law column: sports betting, a Nancy Kerrigan update, Delmon Young, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Office Gossip -- It’s Not High School; It’s Much, Much Worse
Some thoughts on why people gossip at work -- and suggestions for how to resolve your issues with co-workers. - Sponsored
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Baseball, California, Email Scandals, Job Searches, Law Schools, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Rudeness, Sports
Law School Dropout Extends the Padres a Counteroffer to 'Suck [Her] Dick'
This is perhaps the best response from a disgruntled job seeker that we've ever seen...
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Bad Ideas, Cardozo Law School, Contests, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Trials
July Lawyer of the Month: Girls Just Wanna Have 'Fun'
Who won July's Lawyer of the Month competition? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Boutique Law Firms, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, No Offers, Summer Associates
IP Boutique Blind Item: When The Managing Partner's Boyfriend Allegedly Pulls A Gun On You
It's so awkward when you touch the managing partner and her boyfriend pulls a gun on you, isn't it? -
2nd Circuit, Akin Gump, American Bar Association / ABA, Arent Fox, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Breasts, Divorce Train Wrecks, Dorsey & Whitney, Duane Morris, Education / Schools, John Roberts, Law Professors, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Pornography, Privacy, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Sheppard Mullin, Supreme Court, Texas, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 08.10.12
* “I’ve been a restaurant waitress, a hotel hostess, a car parker, a nurse’s aide, a maid in a motel, a bookkeeper and a researcher.” This SCOTUS wife was well-prepared to give a graduation speech at New England Law. [Huffington Post]
* Sniffling over lost profits is the best way to get a court to take your side. Biglaw firms have asked the Second Circuit to consider reversing a decision in the Coudert Brothers “unfinished business” clawback case. [Legal Intelligencer]
* James Holmes, the alleged Aurora movie theater gunman, is being evicted from his apartment. Guess he didn’t know — or care — that booby-trapping the place with bombs would be against the terms of his lease. [Denver Post]
* The ABA has created a task force to study the future of legal education, and its work is expected to completed in 2014. ::rolleyes:: Oh, good thing they’re not in any kind of a hurry — there’s no need to rush. [ABA Journal]
* Indiana Tech, the little law school that nobody wants could, has hired its first faculty members. Thus far, the school has poached law professors from from West Virginia, Florida A&M, and Northern Illinois. [JD Journal]
* When divorces get weird: is this lawyer’s soon-to-be ex-wife hacking into his law firm email account and planning to publish privileged communications online? Yep, this is in Texas. [Unfair Park / Dallas Observer]
* Breast-feeding porn: yup, that’s a thing, so start Googling. A New Jersey mother is suing an Iowa production company after an instructional video she appeared in was spliced to create pornography. [Boston Globe]
* If someone from your school newspaper asks you for a quote about oral sex, and then you’re quoted in the subsequent article, you’re probably not going to win your invasion of privacy lawsuit. [National Law Journal]
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Biglaw, Contests, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Fabulosity, Parties, Reader Polls, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest: The Finalists
Which firm had the best summer associate event of 2012? It's time to vote on the five finalists. -
Movies, Music, Pircher Nichols, Rank Stupidity, Romance and Dating, State Attorneys General, State Department
Non-Sequiturs: 08.09.12
* A few weeks back, we mentioned some legal lessons gleaned from Jay-Z’s 99 Problems. Turns out, you might not need law school to become a lawyer. Maybe all you need is a Spotify subscription and a good set of headphones. [FindLaw] * Government security guard finds suspicious bag and stashes it under his desk, where it chills out for a couple of weeks. Oh yeah, I should probably mention — there was A BOMB in the bag. Nice work, Sherlock. [CNN] * If you rat someone out, you might avoid prson. But in Illinois, if you end up in prison, don’t be surprised if you end up with a real rat as a cellmate. Maybe a roach too, if you get particularly unlucky. [WBEZ] * Former Judge of the Day John Wulle, who yelled at a teenager in court and suggested the teen might be “stupid,” just lost his bid for reelection. I think the appropriate statement here is: Stupid is as stupid does. [The Columbian] * I’m pretty sure everyone knows politicians are not exactly truthful all the time. But which politicians are the heavyweight “Liar, liar, pants on fire” champions? [Daily Dolt] - Sponsored
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California, Contempt, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Just Don't Do It Again, OK?
A lawyer held in contempt because he double-booked his court appearances gets a reprieve. Kind of. -
Jobs
Corporate & Securities Associate
The Cleveland office of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP is seeking an associate for its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of experience in matters of general corporate counseling, corporate governance, merger and acquisition activity, securities compliance, capital formation, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Candidate should have significant supervisory […] -
Admin, Advertising, Announcements, Drinking, Food, Shameless Plugs
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Plaintiffs Firms
University President Claims He Intended to Terminate Ex-Dean's Appointment, Hires Personal Injury Attorney as Interim Dean
More news on the dean resignation dust-up at St. Louis University School of Law. Who will be the interim dean? The choice might surprise you.... -
Intellectual Property, Litigators, Litigatrix, Patents, Screw-Ups, Susan Estrich, Technology, Trials
What's Really at Stake In Apple v. Samsung?
We step back and look at the broader context of Apple v. Samsung. And we check out the latest controversy in the case, involving a prominent lawyer's admission to practice in the Northern District of California…
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Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Kissing Frogs
When it comes to client pitches, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you land the big fish... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Rank Stupidity, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law Schools Misreport Debt Figures to the ABA; To No One's Shock, the ABA Does Nothing
Which law schools have reported inaccurate figures for their graduates' average indebtedness? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: The Illusion Of Proactivity
How can you project the illusion of proactivity? And how can you actually BE proactive? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann has some advice. -
Law Schools, LSAT
Law School Application Advice, Given While Drunk After Watching The Olympics
Honestly, the advice I give to law school applicants when I'm drunk isn't all that difference from the advice I give when I'm sober... -
Antitrust, Drugs, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Marijuana, Money, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Prostitution, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
Morning Docket: 08.09.12
* Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may be the oldest member of the high court, but she’s still one bad ass bitch. She broke two ribs in June, and still fulfilled all of her duties on the bench. We <3 RBG! [Reuters] * While merchants will now be able to charge more when customers use credit cards, they might not get much else from this Visa / MasterCard settlement because of an American Express catch-22. [New York Times] * The Garden State just got a little greener (in a sticky icky way): starting today, doctors in New Jersey will be able to register their patients for the Department of Health’s medical marijuana program. [Star-Ledger] * After some highly questionable opposition from government officials, the city of Macon, Georgia, has approved the placement of a park bench in memory of slain Mercer Law grad Lauren Giddings. [Telegraph] * Kansas Law received a $1M donation to support scholarships. The dean is thrilled, because the school will be able to compete to attract and retain students who will someday be unemployed. [Lawrence Journal-World] * The verdict is in on who reigns as the highest paid TV personality. Even if you pee on her leg and tell her it’s raining, Judge Judy will be able to afford the dry-cleaning bill, because she’s loaded. [New York Daily News] * Even if you’re a ho fo’ sho, that doesn’t mean you can’t do business in a ho-tel, mo-tel, or Holiday Inn. An Australian court ruled that denying prostitutes rooms was discriminatory. [International Business Times]
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Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Some Comments on Capital Calls (and a Closer Look at Greenberg Traurig's)
Why is Greenberg Traurig issuing a capital call to its partners? And are any other firms following in its footsteps? -
Drinking, Non-Sequiturs, Rank Stupidity, Rape, Tobacco / Smoking
Non-Sequiturs: 08.08.12
* This guy gets an A for imagination, but he fails the whole “How do you not realize that emergency dispatch will not send you a ride to go on a beer run, even if you call 911 nine times” test. [WCTI12] * You know you’re addicted to cigarettes when you’ll smoke cigarettes that were hidden in a baby’s diaper. Then again, smoking already involves inhaling something covered in s**t. [Legal Juice] * If you think tenants should get screwed because of a landlord who can’t pay his bills, you’re probably a horrible landlord. [The Consumerist] * A 49-year-old attorney is charged with sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman in her room at the Chicago W Hotel. Bad news Bears. Seriously, ugh. [Chicago Tribune] * Just give me all the foreclosed homes you have. Wait, wait. I worry what you just heard was ‘give me a lot of foreclosed homes.’ What I said was: Give me all the foreclosed homes you have. Do you understand? [My Fox Detroit via Legal Blog Watch] * Whoever produces public-service announcements forgot that not only are drugs bad but so is a propensity toward violent anger. One could argue the latter is more likely to land you in jail. Either way, hilarious. [Buzz Feed]