Airplanes / Aviation
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Airplanes / Aviation, Disasters / Emergencies, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Tort Reform
Will the Great Blizzard of 2010 Lead to a Storm of Lawsuits?
Here in New York City, the headquarters of Above the Law, we’re still dealing with the aftermath of the Great Blizzard of 2010. Check out our slideshow for some images (like the one at right). Although the snowstorm ended on Monday, and it’s now Wednesday night, many streets remain unplowed and many sidewalks uncleared. Mayor […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, Hotties, Videos
Slightly Crazy Blonde Disrobes for TSA
I’m surprised we’re not seeing more of this. As TSA continues to scan and/or feel-up everybody who gets on a plane, raising questions under the Fourth Amendment, an Oklahoman woman stripped down to her underwear to prove a point. According to a report by News 9 – Oklahoma, Dr. Tammy Banovac, 52, arrived at the […] - Sponsored
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Airplanes / Aviation, Boutique Law Firms, Deaths, Partner Issues, Texas
Greg Coleman, Leading Appellate Litigator and Former Texas Solicitor General, RIP
We’ve received a number of email messages from readers today conveying some very sad news. In the words of one correspondent, “Texas lost one of its finest lawyers, as well as a great man and father, last night.” On Tuesday night, prominent Texas lawyer Gregory Coleman — name partner at appellate boutique YetterColeman, former Solicitor […]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Federal Government, Lunacy, Police, Social Networking Websites, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Brit Twit's Sense of Humor Does Not Appeal
This morning, the Senate had a TSA oversight hearing to discuss serious issues around secure air travel, notably the use of see-through-your-clothes scanners and aggressive “crotchal area” patdowns. A highlight was the TSA head offering any of the senators that wanted one a sample patdown to experience it for themselves. No happy ending guaranteed. For […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, Privacy
Can You Fly the Friendly Skies Without Being Seen Naked?
Taking off your clothes and getting fondled is usually fun… except when it happens at the airport. Going through security before flights has gotten increasingly humiliating over the years. Watching people prepare themselves for inspection by stripping off their shoes, belts, jackets, and sweaters is like the least sexy and most frustrating strip tease ever. […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Gay
JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater Pleads Guilty
In a reader poll we took back in August, 80 percent of you expressed the view that JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater, famous for his on-board meltdown and dramatic exit, is not a criminal (or shouldn’t be treated as one). Well, now he is. This morning Steve Slater pled guilty to second-degree attempted criminal mischief, […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, Crime, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Gay
Did the JetBlue Flight Attendant Go Down the Slippery Slope Slide to Criminality?
We touched upon this issue in Morning Docket, both today and yesterday: Is Steven Slater — the JetBlue flight attendant who reportedly unleashed a profanity-laced tirade over the airplane’s public-address system, before fleeing the plane via the emergency-evacuation chute, beer in hand — a criminal? Slater was hit with felony charges of criminal mischief and […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Layoffs, Quote of the Day, Unemployment
Quote of the Day: Curbing Desires During Unemployment?
Part of the frustration is this incredibly long build-up to nothing. Like, ‘Why did I spend 22 years getting A’s and studying for the chance to eat canned chili?’ … I was in the airport watching people move bags from the curb to the curbside check-in, thinking, ‘At least they do something all day long, […] - Sponsored
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Advertising, Airplanes / Aviation, ATL Idol
Law Firm Mascot of the Day: Lady J.
[Ed. note: This post is by EXLEY, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Exley’s avatar (at right).] We apologize for the delay in bringing it to you; we received it later than the other submissions. Alas, the demands of Biglaw […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Bad Ideas, Crime, Dubious Defenses, Fashion, Free Speech
From the Department of Dubious Defenses: Shouting Fire in a Crowded... Airport?
In the wake of our recent post about a dubious defense, here’s another one: A lawyer for an MIT student held at gunpoint after she walked into Logan International Airport wearing what authorities believed was a bomb asked a judge to throw out the charges Friday, saying the device was a legitimate form of free […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Breasts, Law Schools, Nude Dancing
Throw Your 'Legs in the Air' Like You Just Don't Care?
Remember Kyla Ebbert, the comely young woman whose sexy outfit was deemed too revealing for flight by Southwest Airlines? We mentioned her story in passing back in this post (fourth link). Well, it seems that Ms. Ebbert is back in the news — er, nude. From the AP: A 23-year-old college student who was told […] -
2nd Circuit, Airplanes / Aviation, Fashion, Federal Judges, Michael Mukasey, Non-Sequiturs, Sentencing Law
Non-Sequiturs: 09.21.07
* As a judge, Michael Mukasey cited Shakespeare in snarking on — and striking down — the federal sentencing guidelines. [AP] * Speaking of district judges, the well-regarded Judge Paul Cassell (D. Utah — at right) is resigning from the bench — partly due to low judicial pay. [Sentencing Law & Policy via WSJ Law […] -
Advertising, Airplanes / Aviation, Job of the Week, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs
Job of the Week
Here’s the latest Job of the Week from Lateral Link, ATL’s career partner: Company: Eclipse Aviation Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Description: This Albuquerque, NM-based company, which makes personal passenger planes, seeks a General Counsel to head overall management of the legal and regulatory functions within the Company and to oversee all […]
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ACLU, Airplanes / Aviation, Fashion, Racism, War on Terror
Lawsuit of the Day: Jarrar v. Harris
Some fashion advice for Arab-Americans traveling by plane: leave the Arabic-slogan t-shirts at home. Unless you want to become the plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit. Consider this recently filed case: The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Andrew Speaker, Reader Polls
TB Andy: What Do You Think?
Yesterday’s Lawyer of the Day here at ATL, Andrew Speaker, is a 31-year-old personal injury lawyer from Atlanta. He is currently infected with a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis. He got married and honeymooned in Europe, then returned home — initially flying into Canada, from which he drove back to the United States — to have […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Drugs, Education / Schools, Immigration, Kids, Labor / Employment, Marijuana, Non-Sequiturs, Sex Scandals, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.07
* Will Yalies respond with an NYU-esque gimmick? [Balkinization] * And some people say raising kids and taking care of the house is a full-time job. Looks like the monetized value of a stay-at-home mom is not always so inflated after all. [Christian Science Monitor via CrimProf Blog] * You just know that after a […] -
9th Circuit, Airplanes / Aviation, Alex Kozinski, Blogging, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Judicial Divas, Kids, Marsha Berzon, Screw-Ups
A Response to Judge Alex Kozinski
Some time ago, we posted an anecdote about the family travel mishaps of Judge Marsha Berzon, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Many ATL readers enjoyed the story. But Judge Berzon’s colleague, Judge Alex Kozinski — one of the federal judiciary’s most brilliant thinkers and talented writers — was less pleased. […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Masturbation, Nauseating Things, Perverts
Best Way To Get an Upgrade
What is it about being 30,000 feet in the air that makes people so horny? First this. Then this. And now, this disturbing news story: An off-duty Northwest Airlines employee was arrested after a woman on a flight from Seattle complained that the man had ejaculated on her. The FBI identified the man as Samuel […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Bad Ideas, Crime, Fashion, Free Speech, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Sexual Harassment, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 02.23.07
* Jurors become instant BFF over testimony of an intimate and sexual nature. [Los Angeles Times] * Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] * Turns out you actually can’t dance if you want to. [Newsday] * As kids, my brother and I were familiar with only this constitutional amendment because […] -
Affirmative Action, Airplanes / Aviation, Celebrities, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Sex, Sex Scandals
Non-Sequiturs: 02.12.07
* A flight attendant was suspended for merely taking a bathroom break. Of course, this “break” involved Ralph Fiennes’s penis. Wrongful termination or not, it would have been worth it. [The Daily Telegraph] * Was this a way out of CLE requirements? [San Francisco Chronicle] * Too many lawyers, not enough nuts, fruits or flakes. […]