August 2012
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In-House Counsel
Moonlighting: Office Gossip -- Good for You??
Is there anything beneficial about gossiping at work? Susan Moon provides some tips. -
Advertising, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Modern Times Call for Modern Billing
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Comment of the Day, Law Schools
Comment of the Week: You've Been Trolled
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Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Football, Reality TV, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sports
Sports Law, Spaw, Lorts: Mostly Football Extravaganza
In today's sports law column: Chad Johnson, workers' compensation in the NFL, and Jim Donnan. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Student Loans, Unemployment
ATL Debate: Should This Kid Take A Year Off From Law School?
Should this law student take a year off from school? Your editors debate -- and you can vote in our reader poll. -
Defamation, Gay, Quote of the Day, State Attorneys General, Unemployment
Quote of the Day: Andrew Shirvell Is Now Just Another Poor, Unemployed Law Grad
What does Andrew Shirvell have to say about the multimillion-dollar judgment against him? -
Biglaw, Lawyer Advertising
Wachtell Finally Updates Dreadfully Boring Website
Wachtell has a new website. Is it any better than its last, which was called one of the worst websites in the legal industry? -
Education / Schools, Kids, Sex, Sex Scandals, Texas
Texas Teacher on Trial for Allegedly Participating in a Gang Bang With Students
Everything's bigger in Texas -- including the allegations of student-teacher gang bangs... - 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… -
Bankruptcy, Baseball, Biglaw, California, Defamation, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Pornography, Prostitution, Sex
Morning Docket: 08.17.12
* “I don’t think I should have to pay anything back, because I wasn’t part of the management that drove the firm into the ground.” Dewey know when it’s time to stop complaining, pay up, shut up, and move on? [DealBook / New York Times]
* Good news, everyone! According to the Citi Midyear Report, based on the first half of 2012, Biglaw firms may have trouble matching last year’s single-digit profit growth. You thought the worst was over? How embarrassing for you. [Am Law Daily]
* Apparently Andrew Shirvell didn’t do a very good job questioning himself on the stand, because the former Michigan AAG now has to shell out $4.5M in damages for defaming Chris Armstrong. [Detroit Free Press]
* Six of one, half a dozen of the other: Barry Bonds’s lawyers filed a reply brief in their appeal of his obstruction conviction, arguing that his statements were truthful but nonresponsive, as opposed to being misleading. [AP]
* “We’re crazy about sex in the United States. I call it ‘sexophrenia.’” The Millionaire Madam’s attorney had a nutty yesterday after a judge refused to dismiss a prostitution charge against his client. [New York Daily News]
* The opposite of a fluffer? Los Angeles officials seeking to enforce the city’s new adult film condom law are beginning a search for medical professionals to inspect porn shoots for compliance. [Los Angeles Times]
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Benchslaps, California, Cocaine / Crack, Federal Judges, Intellectual Property, Judicial Divas, Patents, Ridiculousness, Technology, Trials
Benchslap of the Day: Are You On Crack?
Apple v. Samsung moves right along and still manages to maintain the crazy. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Breasts, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Partner Issues, Privacy, Racism, Screw-Ups, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 08.16.12
* A St. Louis plastic surgeon has been sued for allegedly posting topless photos of her breast augmentation patients online — with their names attached to the photos. It’s just more evidence that sooner or later everyone will be naked on the internet. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] * Dewey have enough partners to make the Partner Contribution Plan viable? It seems that we do! [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Wow, the miracles of technology. Now if you have a paternity dispute that you need to clear up, you don’t need to go on Jerry Springer. All you need to do is visit your local taco truck DNA testing van. [Legal Blog Watch] * You know that scary feeling when it seems you have forgotten something but you can’t figure out what it is? Well, you forgot your toddler — at the grocery store. There, fixed it for you. [Legal Juice] * Oh boy, another misbehaving state judge. This one, from Georgia, allegedly pre-signed arrest warrants and hit on a woman who appeared before him in court. Sounds like quite the stand-up dude. [Atlanta Journal Constitution] * What are the top five movies all law students should watch? Let the arguing over this list begin… [Greedy Associates] * I’m sure there must have been a legitimate reason for a federal judge to compare the civil liberties of Muslim Americans to a “hideous sea monster,” but c’mon, really? [Chicago Tribune] -
Blogging, Cars, Cheapness, Deaths, Insurance, Money, Reader Polls, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Traffic Accidents, Twittering
Progressive Professes the Insurance Company Creed
After being attacked for allegedly defending the driver who killed one of its insureds, what does Progressive Insurance have to say for itself? Here is their statement. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Stay Hungry, Not Desperate
Staying hungry in all its forms is essential for law firms, particularly for new solo or small firms. Here's some advice from Tom Wallerstein on how to do it effectively...
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Pro Bono, Public Interest
New York's New Pro Bono Requirement Succeeds in Pissing Off Law Schools Nationwide
Will New York's new pro bono requirement for bar admission cause law school tuition to rise? -
Animal Law, Career Alternatives, Pets, Weirdness
Career Alternatives: Rattlesnake Venom Extractor, a.k.a. 'Pure Badass'
if you get tired of being a lawyer, there are always other career options, like milking poisonous snakes… -
Crime, Lawyer of the Day, New Jersey, Romance and Dating
New Jersey Attorney Accused of Extorting Cash and Jewels From Lawyer She Was Having an Affair With
A New Jersey attorney has been accused of trying to extort her married ex-lover -- another attorney. What a hot mess... -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Dewey Have Data on How Much Partners Got Paid? Yes -- Thanks to the Partner Contribution Plan
Here are spreadsheets showing how much Dewey's 109 most highly compensated partners earned in 2011 and 2012, along with how much they are being asked to contribute in "clawbacks" under the "Partnership Contribution Plan." Enjoy! -
Job Searches
'Aggressive' Associate Wanted, Albeit One With Extremely Low Expectations
How little are you worth? A Chicago firm hopes you think poorly of yourself... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Minority Issues, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Women's Issues
Inside Straight: Analyzing 'Black-Box' Compensation
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a "black box" compensation system, in which nobody knows how much anyone else is earning? -
Benchslaps, Facebook, Kasowitz Benson, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Is Paul Ceglia a Glutton for Benchslaps?
Paul Ceglia, the plaintiff in long-lasting litigation against Facebook, is on the receiving end of yet another benchslap...