Canada
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Canada, Law Professors, Law Schools, Student Loans
Blame Canada -- For Its Crappy Law Schools
The Canadian legal blogosphere has been buzzing this week over an article penned by last year by a retired Canadian law professor. In it, University of Western Ontario emeritus professor Robert Martin likens Canadian law faculties to “psychotic kindergartens” and offers other hilarious taunts about the quality of Canadian legal education. The Guardian highlights this […] -
Canada, Judge of the Day
Verdict of the Day: Canadian 'Asshole'
We expect judges to not let their personal opinions influence their judicial decisions. But it’s silly to expect judges to be automatons with no feelings. They hurt, they cry — and just like everybody else, they get angry when they have to deal with assholes. Sadly being an asshole isn’t a crime, and so one […] - Sponsored
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Canada, Lawsuit of the Day
Canadian Lawsuit of the Day: Lawyer Not Charmed By Witch's Ruse
Some stories really write themselves: Vishwantee Persaud allegedly defrauded a Toronto lawyer of tens of thousands of dollars by telling him she was the embodiment of the spirit of his deceased sister, come back to help him in business. Ms. Persaud now faces charges under a rarely used section of the criminal code for pretending […]
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Canada, Deaths, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Road Raging Lawyer of the Week: Former Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant
Documentarian Michael Moore would have us believe that everyone in the Great White North is friendly and loving, leave their doors unlocked, and have no need for guns. Well, there are definitely some crazy, violent types residing in Canada. Like the Greyhound bus killer. And Ontario’s former attorney general. Michael Bryant, a Harvard LLM graduate […] -
Biglaw, Canada
Canadians Know How To Stimulate The Legal Economy
Have you noticed that every time we run a story about the legal market in Canada there are a bunch of commenters telling us how great things are for lawyers in the great white north? Well, now we know why. The American Lawyer reports that the Canadian government has been pitching in to help Canadian […] -
Canada, Dreier, White-Collar Crime
Founding Partner, Left Higher and Dreier? Blame Canada
Prominent New York litigator Marc Dreier — founder and managing partner of Dreier LLP, former head of litigation for Fulbright & Jaworski (NY), and former litigation partner at Rosenman & Colin — was arrested in Toronto on Tuesday. The arrest was carried out by Canadian law enforcement. The alleged offense appears to be financial in […] -
Canada, Douglas Berman, Drinking, Federal Judges, Hillary Clinton, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Sex Scandals, Yul Kwon
Non-Sequiturs: 01.16.08
* Calling all cougars — and the young studs who love them. If you’re a single female who earns more than $500,000 a year (e.g., a Biglaw partner), you should check out this event. [DealBreaker] * Canadian lawyers are horndogs, too. [Legal Blog Watch] * “Though I did not think Judge Kopf owed me anything, […] -
Canada, Lawyer of the Day, Sports
Lawyer of the Day: James Creighton
In an homage to the start of the NHL conference semifinals today, the Lawyer of the Day is James Creighton. Creighton, a Canadian lawyer in the late 1800s, helped found and popularize modern ice hockey while he was a law student at McGill University in Montreal. Here is his stub bio from Wikipedia: James George […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Canada, Food, Pets
ATL Public Service Announcement: Pet Food Is for Pets, Not People
[Insert pro forma “dumb Canadians” joke here.] (And if you’re a plaintiffs’ lawyer who would love to turn this into a class action, you’re too late — a class action lawsuit was filed last week.) Woman Sick After Eating Recalled Pet Food [Canadian Press] Class action suit filed against Menu foods [CNN] -
Benchslaps, Canada, Conrad Black, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Trials
Lawyer of the Day: Edward Greenspan
Former media magnate Conrad Black is currently on trial in federal court in Chicago. Lord Black (at right) stands accused of fraud, racketeering, tax violations, obstruction of justice, and money laundering — serious stuff. He’s being defended by Edward Greenspan, one of Canada’s most colorful trial attorneys. Greenspan — who went to law school with […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Canada, Gay, Gera Grinberg
Brokeback Lawfirm: Five Facts About Gera Grinberg
We previously issued a request for any and all information, however trivial, about Gera Grinberg — the mysterious Sullivan & Cromwell associate who worked closely with Aaron Charney, plaintiff in Charney v. S&C. We received a few responses. The tidbits we received are rather insignificant. But considering how secretive Gera Grinberg appears to be — […] -
Biglaw, Canada, Job Searches, Music, Sex, Tim Wu, Videos, YouTube
Canadians Really ARE Funnier Than Americans
According to the recent lawsuit filed by Aaron Charney, Sullivan & Cromwell thinks that Canadians are “irrelevant.” We have a different view of our neighbors to the north. We think Canucks are horny. And pretty damn funny. This music video, Promiscuous Firm, is from the 2007 University of Alberta Law Show. And it’s far more […] -
Canada, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Porn Names, Sex, Sex Scandals
Lawyer of the Day: George Hunter
If Aaron Charney’s lawsuit against Sullivan & Cromwell is to be believed, some S&C lawyers think that Canadians are “irrelevant.” Feel free to debate the relevance in Canadians in the comments. One thing that can be said for them, though, is that their lawyers have pretty good sex scandals. From an article in the Toronto […]
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Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Canada, Gay, Television, Videos
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: Aaron Charney Is Ready for His Close-Up
We’ve been running the same still photo of Aaron Charney, the plaintiff in Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell, over and over again. You’re probably sick and tired of seeing his mug (appealing though it may be). But now we have more to offer you. If you’d like to see and hear an animated Aaron Charney, […] -
Aaron Charney, Anal Sex / Butt Sex, Biglaw, Canada, Eric Krautheimer, Gay, H. Rodgin Cohen, New York Observer, Pro Se Litigants, Sexual Harassment
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: Does S&C Hate Gays (and Canadians)?
Are you a gay law student or lawyer? Are you thinking about possibly working at the New York powerhouse law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell? Before you apply to S&C, you might want to first check out this complaint, filed today in the New York Supreme Court (a trial court, despite the misleading name). Allegations […] -
Canada, Crime
Criminal Justice, Canadian Style: Part Two
We tend to think of Canadians as such softies progressives. They have universal health care. They allow same-sex marriage. They don’t have the death penalty, and their criminal justice system is kinder and gentler than ours. At least most of the time. Sometimes individual judges go off the reservation. Last year, a judge in Canada […] -
Arlen Specter, Bad Ideas, Canada, Deaths, Gay Marriage, Kids, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Violence, Weddings, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 12.08.06
* Thou shalt not kidnap your child to keep her from getting married. [CNN] * This really happened? [CNN] * Supreme Court takes antitrust case involving investment banks. [New York Times] * Specter introduces legislation designed to blunt the effects of the Thompson memo. [WSJ Law Blog] * Same-sex marriage still legal, eh? [Reuters via […]
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Biglaw, Canada, In-House Counsel, Musical Chairs, White House Counsel
Musical Chairs: 12.07.06
At the White House: * On the heels of Christopher Oprison and Cheryl Stanton, former Wilmer Hale partner Paul Eckert joins the White House Counsel’s Office. Lateral Moves: * Nicholas H. Politan, to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (NY), from Bingham McCutchen, where he served as co-head of the project and structured finance group. (Wild guess: […] -
Biglaw, Canada, Eliot Spitzer, Football, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 11.10.06
* A rather innocuous profile of New York’s new first lady, ex-attorney Silda Wall Spitzer (who was an up-and-coming corporate superstar at Skadden, but aren’t they all). She was previously married to a Harvard Law classmate for 29 days. Another HLS classmate, Jim Cramer, thinks she’s pretty, and the journalist probably does not understand the […] -
Canada, Perverts, Sentencing Law, Sex
If We End Up Getting Stuck With That Perv... Blame Canada
The United States and Canada are playing “hot potato” with sex offender Malcolm Watson. Here’s the latest development in the story (which we’ve been following): An American teacher allowed to serve probation in Ontario for a misdemeanour sex offence was never “exiled” to Canada as was widely reported, the U.S. judge who approved the deal […]