Accounting / Accountants
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Accounting / Accountants, Admin, Books, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 04.16.13
* Lat’s turning his serialized web fiction into a real live book, scheduled for publication in 2014. Congrats, Lat! [Supreme Ambitions] * REMINDER: If you’re looking to enter the annual ATL Law Revue Video Contest, send us that submission by THURSDAY, APRIL 18, at 5:00 PM (Eastern time). That’s not a soft, law school deadline; it’s a hard, law firm deadline. [Above the Law] * A reminder that yesterday’s events may be more aptly compared to the Atlanta Olympics bombing than 9/11, at least with regard to the targeting of a public event, regardless of the media’s inclinations. [Balloon-Juice] * Employees around the country are wildly abusing Twitter’s new app, Vine, exposing themselves to retribution and disclosing confidential information. And I’m highly looking forward to the first “Biglaw associate abuses Vine” tip showing up in my inbox. [Connecticut Employment Law Blog] * Congratulations CPAs! You’ve survived tax season and Broadway wants to punish reward you with free tickets to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. [TaxProf Blog] * Bear Lawyer comments on the Bitcoin debacle. [Bear Lawyer] * Congratulations to NYU Law for winning its 5th Straight Deans’ Cup over Columbia on a last second play. I’ve been waiting for video of this ever since I learned that the game ended on a buzzer beating 3-pointer when an unknown NYU student informed me of it on the subway platform that night. Well, now we have our video and it is highlight worthy…. -
Accounting / Accountants, Clarence Thomas, Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Pregnancy / Paternity, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 01.15.13
* Wait, auditors agree that auditor letters are pretty much a waste of time, but they still want them anyway? As I learned in Civ: “The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency.” [Going Concern] * Yes, the legal world is still buzzing because one of the nine most powerful people in America deigned to utter a few words in court. I hope Thomas appreciates that his obituary is going to prominently include references to his confirmation hearings and his well documented muteness. [ZombieLaw] * This Die Hard director picked a bad day to try hard to stay out of jail. [The Hollywood Reporter] * You know, there are laws against firing pregnant people. [Pregnant and Fired] * Bottom line, I don’t want to be on the side of praising SEC enforcement actions. [National Law Journal] * I hope Obama is well armed, because the only thing that stops a politician in the pocket of the gun lobby are the people holding their votes to the heads of their Congressmen. [Blog Briefing Room / The Hill] * Same-sex marriage should be legal because gay people should be allowed to save money too. [The Atlantic] - Sponsored
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Accounting / Accountants, Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Stop The Audit Letter Lunacy!
In his days as a law firm partner, Mark Herrmann assumed that audit letters served some purpose. Since going in-house, his opinion has changed....
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Accounting / Accountants, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Student Loans, Unemployment
Dear Prudence: My Husband Is Contemplating Ruining Our Lives By Going To Law School
Dear Prudence sets the record straight for the wife of a future law student when it comes to student debt and entry-level jobs. -
Accounting / Accountants, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Ridiculousness
Accountant Claims Wrongful Termination Essentially Because Her Job Was Too Hard
Woman files lawsuit over stressful job... -
Accounting / Accountants, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 05.30.12
* Man, the economy is so bad, monks are having to go to court to fight for a new revenue stream. [WSJ Law Blog] * We have peace between a Texas auction house and the President of Mongolia over the ownership of a Tyrannosaur skeleton. While we’re here, should anybody wish to invite me to a pre-screening of their inventive dinosaur park, I’d like to note that I’m not the type of bloodsucking lawyer who leaves children behind. [Heritage Foundation] * Did you know Sullivan & Cromwell got involved in the birther controversy? The first one, the legitimate one with Mitt Romney’s father. Not the ridiculous one that Romney’s been embracing. [Reuters] * Speaking of Mittens, did you know he supports for-profit colleges? That’s like supporting people jumping off the Empire State Building, so long as they pay to get in. [Salon] * Could an accounting firm pull a Dewey? [Going Concern] * Have an idea for how to improve the Constitution? Share it with the good folks over at Slate. [The Hive / Slate] -
Accounting / Accountants, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lateral Moves, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Tax Law
Dewey Know How To Do The Taxes?
Dewey know how to do the partnership's taxes? Some D&L partners are confused by the updated K-1 tax forms issued to them by the firm. And, speaking of Dewey partners, defections continue.... -
Accounting / Accountants, Document Review, S.D.N.Y.
KPMG Recieves an E-Discovery Smackdown
I don’t always cover electronic discovery, but when I do, I prefer juicy court decisions. And that’s what we have today. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York released a blunt, controversial ruling last week, slamming down accounting firm KPMG for requesting a less intense preservation obligation. The case has […] - Sponsored
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Accounting / Accountants, In-House Counsel, Money, Tax Law, Wall Street
Moonlighting: Things Not to Say In-House - 'I'm Bad at Math'
It’s one of the biggest cons going around. I cringe whenever I hear it. A lawyer laughs and says, “I’m not good with numbers — that’s why I became a lawyer.” On the surface, it seems to make sense; it sounds like it should be true. For some, it might even be true. After all, […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Drugs, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Music, Plaintiffs Firms
Inside Straight: Learning Who To Hate
Cops learn to hate people. Basically everyone they encounter is a criminal, so cops soon come to believe that everyone is a criminal. Litigators — or perhaps litigators who are repeat players in a particular field — learn to hate people. Personal injury insurance defense counsel come to believe that all plaintiffs are lying fakers. […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Baseball, Books, Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Prostitution, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 12.21.11
* A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that selling sex for Phillies tickets doesn’t make you a prostitute. She was already a Phillies fan, so calling her a whore was redundant. [Legal Blog Watch] * Occupy Wall Street is looking for a few good accountants. Man, they are about six months from telling us that some […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Going Concern, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Student Loans
Quote of the Day: If I could save just one lamb....
I recently graduated from a state school in the California State University system as a Philosophy major. My original plan was to go to law school, but I am now thinking I may want to go into accounting instead (due to the terrible job market for lawyers and the 150k debt I’d be faced with). […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Fashion, Going Concern, Shoes
Porsche v. Crocs?
We are not fans of Crocs here at Above the Law. We stand by this position, even though First Lady Michelle Obama — aka She Who Can Do No Wrong — has been spotted in them. Apparently we are not alone in our opposition to Crocs. It seems that the people at Porsche — yes, […]
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Accounting / Accountants, Barry Ostrager, Going Concern
Accountants Help Keep Lawyers in Business
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. From our sister site, Going Concern: [A] judge in Seattle has allowed a revised lawsuit to proceed that lists “Washington Mutual officers and directors, underwriters, and the auditing firm Deloitte & Touche” as defendants. The revised lawsuit was trimmed down to a “concise” 267 pages from […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Brett Kavanaugh, Going Concern, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wall Street
Will the Supreme Court Knock SOX's Socks Off?
Is the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board unconstitutional? This admittedly boring-sounding entity has the important task of overseeing accounting firms, who in turn keep an eye on the balance sheets of corporate America, through such mechanisms as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. The constitutionality of SOX and the PCAOB is at issue in Free Enterprise Fund v. […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Admin, Announcements, Going Concern
Making Accounting Sexy: Meet Going Concern
The Breaking Media family of sites — which until now consisted of Above the Law, Dealbreaker, and Fashionista — continues to grow. Today ATL welcomes a little sibling: Going Concern, a blog for accountants, CFOs, and business finance executives. Going Concern will be similar to ATL, but aimed at CPAs rather than JDs, or the […]