2013
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Antonin Scalia, Labor / Employment, Paul Clement, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg Swats Down Paul Clement's Latest Attempt To Blow Up Recess Appointments
Paul Clement tries to get back atop the conservative world's list of heartthrobs by killing off recess appointments. -
Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Politics
Blood-Soaked White Paper Outlines Legal Reasoning Behind Drone Assassinations
The imperial presidency is alive and well and violent. - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: The Biglaw Report Cards
Financial reports for Am Law 100 firms are starting to trickle in. What to make of them? Anonymous Partner opines.
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Art, Barack Obama, Biglaw, California, Department of Justice, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disability Law, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Lesbians, LSAT, Lunacy, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.05.13
* As President Barack Obama’s position on gay marriage continues to “evolve,” we’re left wondering what exactly Solicitor General Donald Verrilli will say come Supreme Court oral arguments showtime in late March. [New York Times]
* “This is a chilling document.” The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived: the DOJ memo about the Obama administration’s most secretive and controversial policy, the legal justification of drone strikes against American citizens, was leaked. [NBC News]
* In the litigation blame game, the Department of Justice has a lawsuit cooking against Standard & Poor’s, the supposed “key enablers of the financial meltdown,” over the agency’s mortgage bond ratings. [Reuters]
* Many pieces from Dewey & LeBoeuf’s massive art collection were auctioned off on Friday for $528,120. The failed firm’s creditors must be chomping at the bit as they wait to receive the proceeds. [Blog of Legal Times]
* You must remember Cynthia Brim, the Chicago judge who was declared “legally insane.” She’s too insane to be found guilty of a battery charge, but not quite insane enough to lose her reelection bid. [Chicago Tribune]
* Apologies to those with disabilities in California, but this ruling has given the Law School Admissions Council free reign to continue to flag your applications if you got extra time on the LSAT. [National Law Journal]
* GW Law School is adding a new question to its application to gauge the LGBT status its applicants. Not sure how this will affect cratering applications, but drink more of the Kool Aid if it makes you feel better. [GW Hatchet]
* Here’s some sage advice from our managing editor: “If you’re not okay with working for free, don’t take the internship.” Or, in the alternative, you can sue, and win a fat settlement check. [International Business Times]
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Books, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
It's Justice Sotomayor's Beloved World; The Rest Of Us Are Just Living In It (Plus Tales From Her Honor's Neighbors)
So what's Justice Sotomayor like as a neighbor? Fellow residents of her condo have the 411. -
Blogging, Books, Canada, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Richard Posner, Sports, Videos, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.13
* Dear professors, please try to understand that most people who experience normal, human emotions are more concerned with the future of American law students than they are with whether or not American law schools can survive by bilking the hell out of foreigners. [PrawfsBlawg] * In Canada, they raided somebody’s Super Bowl party to bust up an illegal gambling ring. They never would have done this during the Grey Cup. [CTV News] * Apparently some kind of law something happened on Downton Abbey last night? I missed it, because staring at a dark stadium is literally more interesting than that freaking show. [Law and More] * Thomson Reuters is getting out of the academic book publishing business. If only law professors would do the same thing. [TaxProf Blog] * Is Washington & Lee’s “experiential” curriculum working? [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Just to be clear, torturing people only works in the movies and television. [Politics USA] * Cleary might become an ATL feeder firm. [Legal Cheek] * Here’s an excerpt from a fun interview with David Lat, in which he talks about asking Richard Posner out on a date. [California Lawyer] And there’s video, which you can watch for CLE credit, after the jump…. Lat participated in Legally Speaking, a series of in-depth interviews with prominent lawyers, judges, and academics, co-produced by California Lawyer and UC Hastings College of the Law. You can watch Lat’s interview with Professor Evan Lee via the embed below. You can check out earlier interviews — with luminaries like Justice Stephen Breyer, Professor Alan Dershowitz, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Professor Harold Koh, Professor Larry Lessig, and novelist Scott Turow — over here. California CLE credit is available for watching each video. -
Lawyer Advertising, Small Law Firms, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
The Practice: Blogging And Other Social Media, Like A Search Engine Whore
Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum has some advice for the loyal adherents of internet marketing and lawyer advertising. -
Banking Law, White-Collar Crime
Which Bank Deserves Criminal Prosecution? The Smallest One, Obviously!
Cyrus Vance is pressing criminal charges against a small bank. Does he just not see the big ones? - Sponsored
Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
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Caption Contests, Contests, Money, Pictures, Technology
Caption Contest Winner: Because The Pay Is Better Than Doc Review
Why review documents when you can win money in the eDi$covery Cab? Check out the winner in our latest caption contest! -
Judicial Divas, Music, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Let Your Inner Diva Shine, RBG!
According to Beyonce, a diva is a female version of a hustler, but you don't need to tell that to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. -
Defamation, Family Law, Lawsuit of the Day, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Manhattan Lawyer Happy To Help Out Brother-in-Law By Banging His Wife
This lawyer's version of helping out his brother-in-law is a problem... -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Media and Journalism
Greetings From Your New Assistant Editorial Overlord
ATL has a new assistant editor reporting for duty. He's our new Kreiger. -
Celebrities, Depositions, Labor / Employment, Music, Rudeness
Lady Gaga Is the Most Foul-Mouthed Deponent of All Time
Lady Gaga is famous for her music, but now she's being made famous for her abusive deposition testimony.
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Diving Into Generative AI: A Practical Guide For Law Firms Starting From Scratch
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Craigslist, Job Searches, Labor / Employment
Terrible Job Watch: Employer Claims To Offer Job Worth More Than Money, So He Won't Pay Anybody
If you are going to work for free, work for somebody who will invest in you, not exploit you... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Assuming That People Are Idiots
What is the "rule of negativity," and what does it mean for you? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
Biglaw, Defamation, Education / Schools, Gender, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Ridiculousness, SCOTUS, Sexism, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Texas, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 02.04.13
* Aside from writing powerful opinions that will last the ages, being a mentor “is the most valuable thing” this Supreme Court justice can do. Sonia Sotomayor: motivational speaker? [New York Times]
* Aww, poor Biglaw partners. You want bigger cuts of your firm’s profits, but according to the latest Peer Monitor report, expectations like that are incredibly “unrealistic.” [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* This actually isn’t something women like to shop for: the $200 million class action suit over the Greenberg Traurig “boys club” is currently being held up in two federal courts by arbitration and forum shopping issues. [Am Law Daily]
* With news that the legal industry is shedding jobs faster than the ABA can accredit more unnecessary law schools, career services officers must be hanging their heads in shame. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Dear law schools, your crappy business model is making us take a look at all crappy higher education business models, and we don’t like what we’re seeing here. Pls hndle thx. XOXO, Moody’s. [Washington Post]
* This is justice, Texas style: District Attorney Mike McLelland says the reward fund for tips in the brutal slaying of ADA Mark Hasse will grow to an “astronomical amount” until the killers are found. [Dallas Morning News]
* This lawyer allegedly had a fling with his sister-in-law out of the goodness of his heart, and in return, she accused him of sexual assault. Now he’s suing her for $7 million. You can’t make this sh*t up. [New York Post]
* In trying to get $700 in tickets dismissed, this lawyer says the U.S. Postal Service is immune from state and local traffic regulations. Other USPS immunities include not losing my mail on a regular basis. [USA Today]
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Job Searches, Legal Ethics, Reader Polls
And This Is How We Turn Good People Into Unethical Lawyers
Is this offer more of a poison pill? -
Bloomberg, Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Job Searches, Lindsay Lohan, Non-Sequiturs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 02.01.13
* There’s an interesting take here by Scott Greenfield on Glenn Reynolds’s op-ed suggesting there be a “waiting period” before new legislation to try to make sure everybody at least reads it first. Personally, I’m a little more concerned with getting longer waiting periods before people can buy guns and shoot me. [Simple Justice] * Funny to see Lindsay Lohan as the plaintiff, instead of the defendant. [Los Angeles Times] * When reached for comment about the weakness in the U.S. legal job market, clients responded, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” [Associate's Mind] * And now we’re back to the argument that allowing non-lawyer ownership of law firms will magically give clients a better experience. Yes, because whenever I’m on hold with Time Warner, I think, “Man, these business people sure get customer service.” [The Economist] * R.I.P. Mark Hummels. [Huffington Post] * It feels like it’s been a while since we made fun of Oklahoma. [Legal Juice] * After the jump, Bloomberg has a fun video on whether Wall Street should fear Mary Jo White…. -
Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: A (Chicken)Pox on Your Law School!
Don't go anywhere near this law school if you don't want to catch the chickenpox! -
Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Racism, Religion, Texas
Judge of the Day: Lynn Hughes Strikes Again
Judge Hughes is at it again, according to a new recusal motion.