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Asians, Biglaw, Blog Wars, Blogging, California, Politics, Reader Polls, Weirdness, Women's Issues
An Update On Mayer Brown's Curious And Controversial Case
Should Mayer Brown be ashamed of taking this case? -
California, Layoffs, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: A Double-Digit Dump
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New Report - Are Small Firms Achieving Their Legal Tech Goals?
In this new report of more than 100 professionals at small and smaller midsize law firms, iManage and Above the Law shed new light on… -
California, Job Searches
Lawyer, Too Poor To Network, Fears Homelessness
When you can't get legal work, it's okay to give up and get paying work.
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Airplanes / Aviation, California, Cocaine / Crack, Crime, Drinking, Drugs, Police, Quote of the Day
Public Defender Drunkenly Asks Police For Drugs, Sets Résumé On Fire
Sounds like this PD had one drink too many. -
Asians, Biglaw, Blog Wars, Blogging, California, Politics, Reader Polls, Weirdness, Women's Issues
A Biglaw Firm's 'Disgusting' And 'Despicable' Lawsuit?
Is this lawsuit, filed by a leading law firm, deserving of condemnation? Or is it just par for the Biglaw course? -
Bar Exams, California, Screw-Ups, Technology
California Bar Software Gets Drunk
This is what happens when you don't take the bar in pencil. -
California, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Pictures
Anti-Paparazzi Law Effectively Meaningless
It should be interesting to watch the first prosecution under this law and any subsequent appeals. -
Boutique Law Firms, California, Small Law Firms, Technology
Pilot: When It Gets Real, It Gets Real -- Pistol Whippings and Maintaining Confidence
The technology industry is male-dominated. What happens when a firm run by two women gets involved? - Sponsored
The Ethical use of Generative AI
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California, Craigslist, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools
Parent Begs Firms To Hire Son -- Offers To Pay Part Of Son's Salary
Going on Craigslist to beg for a job for your son. -
Blogging, California, Celebrities, Crime, Media and Journalism
On The Merits Of Celebrity Legal Gossip
Why should lawyers care about celebrity gossip? New columnist Jenny Brandt explains. -
California, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rudeness
Would-Be Law Student Weasels Acceptance Out Of Law School After Being Rejected -- By Suggesting He'll Sue
Getting rejected from law school can be traumatizing. Don't get mad, get even. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, California, Fabulosity, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Money, Small Law Firms
The $160K-Plus Club: A Boutique With Biglaw-Beating Bonuses
Which litigation boutique pays base salaries and bonuses that handily beat Biglaw? -
Animal Law, Attorney Misconduct, Baseball, Biglaw, California, Contracts, Death Penalty, Disasters / Emergencies, DUI / DWI, Kids, Lateral Moves, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 02.05.14
* Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees, has left Akin Gump’s dugout. He hopes to hit it out of the park and slide into his new home at Jackson Lewis. Please, no more baseball references. :( [Am Law Daily] * Thanks to Virginia, the electric chair may be making a comeback when drugs for lethal injection aren’t available. OMG, that’s so freakin’ lame. Bring back the breaking wheel or death by disembowelment. [Gawker] * A lawyer won’t have to pay an ex-law student $1M after making a hyperbolic challenge in a TV interview. Better luck reading the Leonard v. Pepsico case next time, pal. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Protip: when you’ve been suspended for your “contemptuous attitude,” bragging that one of the judges who disciplined you thinks you’re “probably the best DUI lawyer” isn’t smart. [Santa Barbara Independent] * If you watch The Walking Dead, you’ve probably wondered if all of the killing was legal — because you’re a lawyer, and you can’t enjoy anything anymore. Here’s your answer, from a UC Hastings Law prof. [GQ] * If you’d like your chickens to live a life of luxury before you eat them and their eggs, then you’re going to love this law in California. If not, you can move to Missouri. See Elie squawk about it here. [ATL Redline] * Ian Whittle, a recent George Mason Law grad, took a break from watching the saddest Super Bowl ever to save a little girl from drowning in a pond. Check out the news coverage, after the jump. [CBS 6 WTVR]
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Alex Kozinski, Books, California, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Job Searches, Lawyer Advertising, Non-Sequiturs, Sonia Sotomayor, Student Loans, Videos, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.14
* Elizabeth Wurtzel: “I am a lawyer. The first rule of law: All the promises will be broken. Attorneys could not be in business if people did not fail to do what they agreed to do all the time — and lawyers are very busy.” [Nerve.com] * Laura Ingraham clerked for SCOTUS, so presumably she knows that Puerto Ricans are American citizens. [Media Matters] * Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, known for zero tolerance of prosecutorial misconduct, has written the foreword to a new book on the subject. [Facebook] * In addition to the one we mentioned yesterday, here’s another petition for the Obama Administration that’s aimed at addressing the student debt crisis. [WhiteHouse.gov] * Thomson Reuters Concourse keeps getting bigger and better. [Thomson Reuters] * Appellate law? In California? What’s not to like? Check out these job openings in the California SG’s office. [California Department of Justice; California Department of Justice] * Want to know the backstory behind the awesome Jamie Casino Super Bowl ad? Keep reading…. Georgia personal injury lawyer Jamie Casino spoke with Mike Sacks of HuffPost Live about the lawyer ad heard around the world. What kind of reactions has Casino been getting to the ad? Is the kid in the video really his son? And does Jamie Casino harbor any Hollywood ambitions? Watch the video to find out. -
California, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Paralegals
Stephen Glass Isn't A Lawyer Just Because Of The Whole 'Serial Lying' Thing
California refused to admit Stephen Glass. Were they right? -
Bar Exams, California, Law Schools
California Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread (July 2013)
The school-by-school breakdown of the California bar exam results is out. Let's take a look! -
California, Football, Hotties, Labor / Employment, Quote of the Day, Sports
Cheerleader Proves To Be Less Than Cheertastic After Suing Her Team
Will this Oakland Raiders cheerleader be able to win? -
California, Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Fabulosity, Law Schools, Music
From Rock Star To Law School: Meet William Tell
William Tell went from being a rock guitarist to a law student -- and fiancé of television personality turned entrepreneur Lauren Conrad. -
California, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, FCC, Federal Judges, Gay, Gay Marriage, LSAT, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.15.14
* The D.C. Circuit just spanked the FCC and its net neutrality rules for the second time in a row, but at least the court was polite enough to give the agency a reach-around by saying that it had authority to govern broadband providers. [National Law Journal]
* Current and former judges of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court wrote a strongly worded letter in opposition to Obama’s proposed surveillance reforms. Apparently they don’t want their secret workload to increase. [Washington Post]
* Oooooooklahoma, where gay marriage comes sweepin’ down the plain! A federal judge ruled that the Sooner state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, issuing a stay pending the obvious appeal to come. [BuzzFeed]
* California can prevent LSAC from notifying law schools when prospective law students were given extra time on the LSAT. LSAC values its ability to discriminate, so expect an appeal. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* Yo, Kanye West, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish… I’m sorry, but Coinye had one of the best bitcoins of all time. ONE OF THE BEST BITCOINS OF ALL TIME. [MoneyBeat / Wall Street Journal]
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2nd Circuit, ACLU, California, Constitutional Law, Divorce Train Wrecks, Facebook, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Morning Docket, Police, Privacy, Shira Scheindlin, Social Networking Websites, Utah
Morning Docket: 01.03.14
* Now that a federal judge has ruled against the NSA’s domestic spying program, maybe government prosecutors will cut Edward Snowden some slack — or maybe haha, yeah right. [WSJ Law Blog]
* On that note, the ACLU is appealing the other federal ruling that says the agency’s activities are constitutional. The NSA will let you know what the Second Circuit’s decision is this spring. [Guardian]
* Alas, Judge Shira Scheindlin knew from the get-go that her stop-and-frisk ruling would be contested, and she even warned the lawyers involved that they ought to consider a jury. [New York Times]
* “How do you say, ‘I’m married, but not really? I’m divorced, but not really?’” Thanks to Utah’s same-sex marriage ruling, unhappy gay couples who married in other states are rejoicing over the fact that they can finally get divorced. [Deseret News]
* Facebook, a social network that constantly changes its privacy settings to make your life less private, is being sued over its alleged interception and sharing of messages with advertisers. Shocking. [Bloomberg]
* It goes without saying that Sergio Garcia is having a happy new year. The California Supreme Court ruled that the undocumented immigrant will be able to legally practice law in the state. ¡Felicitaciones! [CNN]