Kashmir Hill
Posts by Kashmir Hill
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Sports, Trials
The Verdict in the Bluegrass State’s Sordid Sports Trial is In: Karen Sypher is Guilty
Just because a man deposits on your leg doesn’t mean you can take him to the bank. The jury in the Karen Sypher eight-day trial began deliberating yesterday at 3 p.m., and finished up today after about five hours — an eternity in Rick Pitino time. While it may have been embarrassing for Louisville basketball […] -
Chadbourne & Parke, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Summer Associates
More Summer Associate Classes With 100% Offer Rates
Some summer associates are ending their summers on a very positive note. Quite a few firms have already informed law school students that after this summer fling, they’re interested in a more serious relationship. Since our last round-up of offices extending offers to 100% of their summer associates, we’ve heard from a few more contented […] - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.05.10
* SCOTUS to 3 lady justices! The Senate will vote to confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court today. [Associated Press] * Can you hear me now not being evil? Google and Verizon’s talks are making net neutrality advocates very nervous. [New York Times] * Rudy Giuliani is tough on crime, but how tough will […]
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Crime, Kids, Layoffs, Perverts, Pornography
When Jones Day Laid Off a D.C. Employee, It Discovered a Surprise in his Desk
Firing people sucks. The fired feel lousy about themselves. Those doing the firing feel like jerks. The day the ax falls is a dark one for everybody. But it’s darkest for the ones who lose their jobs. Especially if they have to leave the building immediately. And don’t have time to clear out their desks. […] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Partner Issues, Skaddenfreude
Nixon Peabody Partner Gets Chastised by a Federal Judge for Work Hoarding
Nixon Peabody was a winner in Signature Flight Support Corp. v. Landow Aviation, a dispute between two aviation companies at the Washington Dulles airport. Nixon landed a victory for Signature Flight, and filed a motion for Landow to pay attorneys’ fees in the case. Landow thought Nixon’s fees were sky-high and opposed the motion, resulting […] -
Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Not a Quick Fix
I am not the Maytag repairman of federal judges desperately hoping for something to do. — Nevada Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen, explaining why it took her so long to issue a scathing sanction [PDF] of defense counsel. (Gavel bang: Las Vegas Review-Journal via ABA Journal.) -
Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals, Skaddenfreude, Sports, Trials
The Bluegrass State's Sordid Sports Trial (Or: University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino must really hate Karen Sypher)
Every sports fan we know is bugging us to cover the prosecution of Karen Sypher, a former car-show model and auto-glass saleswoman, who is being tried for extorting University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, lying to the FBI, and retaliation against a witness. Since it concerns balls, it seems like a natural fit for […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.03.10
* Apparently, the FBI doesn’t have better things to do than this. The Bureau asks Wikipedia not to use its seal. [New York Times] * Freedom, privacy, and Crackberries. [New York Times] * Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli II takes a page from Arizona’s law book on immigration. [Washington Post] * Your transcript matters more than […]
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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… -
Blogging, Law Schools
Sticky Drama's Christopher Stone Is Stuck on Southwestern Law School
On Southwestern Law School’s Web page for prospective students, the dean writes: “A remarkable number of major figures in the legal and business sides of the entertainment industry also come from Southwestern — as do many leaders of more traditional legal careers in both private and public sectors… We encourage you also to remember that […] -
Privacy, Technology
Would Everybody Please Chill Out About the Facebook Hacker Story?
Last week, MSNBC ran an alarmist article entitled “Details of 100 million Facebook users published online,” after a hacker security consultant compiled a list of the 171 million Facebook users who have their profiles set to show up in a public search. Any story these days with “Facebook” and “privacy” in it tends to set […] -
Courtship Connection, Romance and Dating
Courtship Connections: A Dog of a Date
Spring is usually thought of as the time when dating season goes into full swing, but we think summer is when it really heats up — perhaps because of the way that clothing disappears as temperatures skyrocket, as noted in this New York Times piece about half-naked people at a MIA concert on Governors Island. […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.02.10
* Judge Susan Bolton, who took the teeth out of the Arizona immigration law, has been getting lots of hate mail, including death threats. But loyal readers of Above the Law know it’s not the first time for her. [Chicago Sun-Times] * The ball is in Blake Strode’s court: pro tennis or Harvard Law School? […]
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Summer Associates
Things Are Looking Up: More Summer Associate Classes Get 100% Offer News
We feel like we’re taking magic Biglaw pills today and having hallucinatory flashbacks to 2006. The good news has been rolling in. Just today, we covered raises at Sheppard Mullin, and a 100% offer rate for D.C. summer associates at Latham & Watkins. And over at Am Law Daily, Zach Lowe predicts good things for […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Winner: Stalled
Happy Friday, Above the Law readers. Last week, we gave you this photo of a law grad at Georgetown taking a break from bar exam studies. Instead of cracking under the pressure, he was covering the cracks. We asked for possible captions for the photo. You submitted reams of them, and we chose our ten […] -
Arnold & Porter, Biglaw, Munger Tolles & Olson, Rankings, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2011, Vault rankings
Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 21 – 30 (2011)
We’re rolling through the Vault 2011 list of the “prestigiest” firms in the land, so that you can comment on what it’s like to actually live, work, and breathe those firms (when you’re not choking on all the prestige in the air). We’ve covered #1-10 and #11-20. Here’s the next round-up. Now it’s time for […] -
Blog Wars, Blogging, Law Schools
Christopher Stone Is Not Actually a Trojan Man
Gawker posed a very inflammatory question yesterday: How Did the Owner of a Barely-Legal Teen Gossip Blog Get Into a Prestigious Law School? The law school in question is USC Gould School of Law, currently ranked #18. Gawker commenters wondered whether this was a misuse of the term “prestigious.” The gossip blog owner in question […] -
Career Alternatives, Food
Career Alternatives for Lawyers: Open a Museum
Are you a foodie? Are you committed enough to the gustatory world to leave the awful taste of the law behind and start a museum about your favorite food? Wisconsin lawyer Barry Levenson was that devoted. Sadly, his favorite food is mustard. Levenson got a shout-out on NPR this morning for his National Mustard Museum. […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.29.10
* The Seventh Circuit benchslaps Judge James Holderman mid-trial. [Chicago Tribune] * Last night, we asked if there was a loophole in the Financial Reform Bill for the SEC with respect to public disclosure requests. The answer: no. [Washington Post] * Have you wondered what the man who claims he owns a big chunk of […]
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Vault 100 Open Threads: 2011, Vault rankings, White & Case
Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 11 – 20 (2011)
The 2011 Vault prestige rankings are out, giving meaning and purpose to those whose firms ranked in the top 20, and giving those further down the list inferiority complexes. (We’re talking to you, #21-formerly-#18.) This thread covers the firms ranked #11 through #20. This is your chance to discuss these firms — their upsides and […] -
Cars, Privacy, Quote of the Day, Weirdness
Quote of the Day: Acura-ate Description?
It’s an entry-level luxury vehicle. It’s the sort of car you might see a first-year lawyer driving. — Jalopnik editor Ray Wert, discussing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Acura TSX. Since Zuckerberg has professed not to believe in privacy and has helped to eradicate it with Facebook, Gawker gave him the paparazzi treatment, and discovered that […]