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Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Reader Polls, Technology, Travel / Vacation
Would you want a vacation from your Blackberry?
Bloggers tend to be so hyper-connected that being away from Internet service for more than two hours can feel like an eternity. Due to the numerous e-mails flying around law firms, and the expectation of rapid response, lawyers tend to have a similar connectivity addiction. The Blackberry is the sweet, sweet drug that feeds the […] -
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Beware Your Blackberry!
We’ve blogged before about the danger of Blackberry addiction. However, the latest research linking cell phone use with brain cancer risk is much scarier than Blackberry orphans. We first started worrying about cell phone radiation at the ending of the film Thank You For Smoking. It was easy to dismiss a Hollywood quip, but it’s […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Kids, Layoffs, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity
What's Up at Milbank Tweed?(Parental leave, for one thing.)
Despite the recent turmoil in the economy and the stock market, all appears to be well at Milbank Tweed Hadley McCloy. A tipster provided us with the highlights of chairman Mel Immergut’s “State of the Firm” address from last week: 1. Primary caregiver leave is now 18 weeks paid. 2. Blackberries will get replaced every […]
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BlackBerry Outage: Oh Noes! Open Thread for Tales of Woe
Here’s some news that must have had many lawyers tearing out their hair (or what’s left of it). From the AP: A major service outage afflicted users of the popular, addictive BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and Canada on Monday. Officials with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless said BlackBerry maker Research in Motion […] -
Bad Ideas, Blackberry-Crackberry, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Email Scandals, Jews, Rudeness
Dewey & LeBoeuf: A Bunch of Nazis?
The firm of Dewey Ballantine was never known for being particularly PC. From a 2004 article by Anthony Lin, for the New York Law Journal: Nearly one year after lawyers at Dewey Ballantine infuriated members of the Asian-American community by performing a stereotype-laden parody song at their annual dinner, the law firm is again dealing […] -
Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Reader Polls, Rudeness, Technology
To Blackberry, or Not to Blackberry? That Is the Question
Recently submitted to Fortune magazine by “Bored in BlackBerryLand”: I am a recent law-school graduate and, though I’m not yet working at a law firm, I have friends who are. I understand that things in international firms happen 24/7, 365 days a year, and I want to be as supportive of my friends’ careers as […] -
Blackberry-Crackberry, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Morning Docket, Politics, Prostitution, Sex Scandals
Morning Docket: 07.20.07
* Let’s just steal Drudge’s tagline: “JUDGE: PLAME HAS NO GAME.” [Washington Post; Associated Press] (But she does bear an uncanny resemblance to Patricia Wettig, who plays Holly Harper on Brothers and Sisters. See photos at right.) * A lawsuit against Hillary’s pollster, Mark Penn, has been dropped. [AP] (Watch out: your employer might be […]
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Blackberry-Crackberry, Shopping, Technology
iPhone = The New Crackberry*?
Hi, Billy Merck here once again, hosting through the end of the week so that Lat can take another brief vacation. No intro post this time; check here or here if you don’t know who we are. But enough of that, let’s get right to it. The Wall Street Journal has this article about the […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Screw-Ups, Technology
If You Left Work Early Yesterday, You're Probably In Trouble Today
Are you a Biglaw associate who left the office early last night, relying upon your trusty Blackberry to keep you posted about what was going on back at work? If so, your reliance was misplaced. From the NYT: Technical problems at Research in Motion cut off wireless e-mail service to millions of users of its […] -
Blackberry-Crackberry, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Football, Romance and Dating, Sex, Weddings
Lawyerly Lives and Loves: A Linkwrap
In the past week or so, the romantic exploits (and misadventures) of lawyers and law students have been in the news. Here are a few noteworthy links: 1. ‘ABORT’ SHOCK IN GIANT DIVORCE [New York Post] Football star Amani Toomer (at right), a wide receiver for the Giants, is divorcing his wife, Dr. Yola Dabrowski. […] -
Blackberry-Crackberry, Donald Stout, Fabulosity, Fred Fielding, Intellectual Property, Money, Patents, Real Estate, Television
Lawyerly Lairs: Check Out "The Stouthouse"
Fred Fielding, the incoming White House counsel, did pretty well for himself when the Blackberry litigation was settled. His firm, Wiley Rein & Fielding, represented NTP, the patent holding company that won a $612.5 million settlement from Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry. Wiley Rein took the case on a contingency-fee basis. Ka-ching! But […] -
Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Kids, Pictures
Accept the Things You Cannot Change: Blackberry Addiction
A 12-step program for Blackberry addicts strikes us as an exercise in futility. When we worked at a law firm, we took our Blackberry with us everywhere. Once we Blackberried a paralegal from the dentist’s chair — while waiting for the anesthesia to wear off, after having four wisdom teeth removed. In fact, establishing “Blackberry-free” […] -
Blackberry-Crackberry, Intellectual Property, Patents
Time for Treo Owners to Fret
During the long-running patent litigation between NTP and Research in Motion, Blackberry uses periodically had to confront the possibility of having their happily vibrating devices rendered useless. Such an apocalyptic scenario was averted when RIM settled with NTP — for the handsome sum of $612.5 million (of which $200 million wound up in the coffers […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Blackberry-Crackberry, Celebrities, Lindsay Lohan, Running, Service of Process
Lindsay Lohan Gets Red Carpet Service
Last Friday, at the Annual American Cinematheque Awards ceremony (honoring George Clooney), scandal-prone starlet Linday Lohan was slapped with a subpoena. And it happened on the red carpet. Was Lindsay being haled into court for her hideous keyhole-front halter gown, made of restored 14th-century chain mail, and trimmed with packaging twine? Actually, no. Lindsay was […] -
Bad Ideas, Blackberry-Crackberry, Food, Insider Trading, Pictures, Scott Black, Securities and Exchange Commission, White-Collar Crime
Law Firm Associates: How Not To Deal with the Late-Night Munchies
“No,” Daddy tried to explain, “it’s not THAT kind of blackberry…” Photograph provided courtesy of a former Wachtell Lipton colleague of ours, Scott L. Black (whom we identify here with his permission; our default rule is anonymity for tipsters). Meet the absolutely adorable Shoshana Black, daughter of Scott and Marnie Black, a high-powered exec at […]