Celebrities
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Celebrities, Football, Romance and Dating, Sports
Which T14 Law School Is This Super Bowl MVP Repping?
Celebrity mags are all abuzz over this new romance. We're more interested in why he's wearing a law school shirt. -
Alan Dershowitz, Books, Celebrities, Law Professors, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, O.J. Simpson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Trials
An Evening With Alan Dershowitz
The celebrated litigator and law professor looks back on his life and career. - Sponsored
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Books, Celebrities
A Conversation With John Grisham
John Grisham has been making lawyers interesting since 1987. Let's have a chat with him.
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Celebrities, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Videos
Preet Bharara's Awesome Harvard Law Commencement Speech
Who knew a U.S. Attorney could be so entertaining? -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Ronan Farrow's $1.5 Million Bachelor Pad
Ronan Farrow leads a charmed life; check out his $1.5 million apartment. -
Celebrities, Commencement, Law Schools, Videos
Mindy Kaling Reminds Harvard Law Grads That They're Evil
You'll soon wish Mindy Kaling was your commencement speaker after hearing this awesome speech. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Celebrities, Commencement, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues
Morning Docket: 05.29.14
* Barnes & Thornburg’s managing partner is planning to step down after almost two decades in the firm’s top leadership role. His tenure ends on a high note: 2013′s gross revenue was up by 12% and PPP was up by 8.2%. [Am Law Daily]
* “To terminate Jones Day at that point is an incredibly bad idea. I hope the mayor hears me.” Judge Steven Rhodes politely called Detroit’s mayor a moron after the city official declared he’d fire Jones Day in September. [Detroit Free Press]
* “When you’re giving anything to a judge, you try to be careful about it.” In 2012, law schools paid federal judges almost $2M to teach and lecture. A useful way to spend tuition dollars? [National Law Journal]
* San Diego Law School, a branch of San Francisco Law School, is open for business. It’s being marketed as a “fresh start” — if you failed out at another law school, come join the party here! [Daily Transcript]
* If you weren’t aware, Mindy Kaling gave a commencement speech at Harvard Law this week. She praised the graduates’ dedication to tedium, and kindly reminded some that they were evil. [Boston.com]
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Celebrities, Jury Duty, Madonna
Madonna Got Out Of Jury Duty -- Because She's Madonna
Madonna bails out on jury duty and leaves her fans in the dust to serve their civic duty with hangovers. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Beyonce, Celebrities, Depositions, Music, Quote of the Day, Rap, S.D.N.Y.
Jay-Z Has More Important Things To Do Than Sit Down For Some Dumb Deposition
Hova is much too busy to deal with your silly little $7 million lawsuit. -
1st Circuit, Biglaw, California, Celebrities, Confirmations, Crime, Football, Gender, Lateral Moves, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Texas, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 05.23.14
* Congrats are in order for David Barron. The Harvard Law professor was confirmed to the First Circuit in a close vote (53-45), despite his apparent allegiance to our new drone overlords. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Another one bites the dust: Weil’s London banking leader Stephen Lucas decamped for Kirkland & Ellis. The firm retorted by saying: “We have got 40 finance lawyers left.” Aww, yay for you. [The Lawyer]
* We already know that state prosecutors are very poorly paid, but let’s go one step further and see if women are paid less than men. Shockingly enough, women are getting the shaft in Texas. [Texas Tribune]
* Dean Jack Boger of UNC Law is stepping down, but he’s proud of keeping legal ed affordable. “[B]y relative standards, we’re still doing that,” he said. It’s ~$39K for out-of-state students. [Chapelboro.com]
* O.J. Simpson’s lawyers submitted a gigantic legal doc in an attempt to get him a new trial for his armed-robbery case. Court word limit: 14,000. Words in the Juice’s motion: 19,993. Rules: LOL. [NBC News]
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Benjamin Brafman, Celebrities, Election Law, Media and Journalism, Politics, S.D.N.Y., White-Collar Crime
Selective Prosecution Or Equal Justice: What Kind Of Example Does Dinesh D'Souza Set?
What should we make of this pundit's prosecution? Some thoughts from conservative columnist Tamara Tabo. -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Celebrities, Copyright, Depositions, Legal Ethics, Music
Lawyer Suing Usher Gets Benchslapped Into The Stone Age
There is conduct that receives warrantless benchslaps from cranky judges. This is not that conduct. -
Celebrities, Document Review, Pictures, Technology
What Morgan Freeman's Face Teaches Us About Metadata And E-Discovery
What lessons does an online controversy about a celebrity image have for e-discovery?
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Celebrities, Commencement, Law Schools
Commencement Speakers (2014): Any Controversial Choices?
Graduation season is upon us, but has your law school selected a “crappy” commencement speaker? -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Romance and Dating, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weddings
George Clooney Engaged To One Of The 'Hottest Barristers' -- Who Is She?
It's official: George Clooney popped the question to a lawyer! -
Celebrities, Crime, Reality TV, Television
The Real Housewives Of Atlanta Fight
Crimes were committed during the filming of the reunion episode. What happened? -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Law Schools, Layoffs, Morning Docket, Murder, Prisons, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Staff Layoffs, Supreme Court, Tax Law
Morning Docket: 04.16.14
* Noah “Kai” Newkirk, the protestor who disrupted Supreme Court arguments in February, was sentenced to time served and barred from the court. Don’t worry, we’ll get you all the SCOTUS clerk news you need, cutie. [Associated Press]
* “There are still a lot of firms out there hoping the good old days are going to return, and are finally coming to the realization that that isn’t going to happen.” More on Biglaw layoffs. [Am Law Daily]
* Yet another law school gets its rating downgraded by Moody’s. As a standalone school with “substantial declines in JD enrollment,” Vermont Law’s outlook is now negative. Sad trombone. [Moody’s]
* Jason Bohn, the heavily indebted law school grad once profiled by the New York Times, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend last month, and now he’s been sentenced to serve life in prison. [New York Post]
* “Is the Tax Code really 70,000 pages long?” No, not really. We wonder who started the rumor that it was so long, because in reality, it’s only about 2,600 pages long — which is still way, way too long. [Slate]
* It appears that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree with this celebrity family. Lindsay Lohan’s mother, Dina Lohan, pleaded guilty yesterday to drunken driving and speeding charges in New York. [CNN]
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Celebrities, Crime, Football, Sports
Not A Good Week For The NFL
Lots of star football players are in trouble with the law right now. -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Christopher Christie, Crime, LSAT, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey
Morning Docket: 04.15.14
* Gibson Dunn released the records for all interviews it conducted in order to clear Gov. Christie’s name in the Bridgegate scandal. They all said he was too busy working out to know. [New Jersey Star-Ledger]
* Maryland Law named Donald B. Tobin its new dean. We hope he’ll assist in not jumping the gun on mourning the death of civil rights leaders before they’ve actually died. [Baltimore Business Journal]
* “You understand that you can’t have two defenses?” The prosecution is accusing Oscar Pistorius of changing his testimony mid-trial, and it seems at this point he’s got no leg to stand on. [Bloomberg]
* If you’re still thinking about going to law school, you should probably brush up on the logical reasoning section of the LSAT… because you’re not very good at it now. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* If you feel like stepping out on your spouse, you might consider moving to New Hampshire. The state is about to repeal its adultery law which makes the act of cheating a Class B misdemeanor. [Post-Standard]
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10th Circuit, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Social Media, Sports, Trademarks, Twittering, Utah
Morning Docket: 04.11.14
* A three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit seemed a bit torn as to the constitutionality of Utah’s same-sex marriage ban during oral arguments yesterday. This one could be a contender to go all the way to the Supremes. [New York Times]
* Another concussion lawsuit has been filed against the National Hockey League by a group of former players, this time alleging a culture of “extreme violence.” The pleadings are a bit… odd. We’ll have more on this later today. [Bloomberg]
* “We’re not going back to 2006 anytime soon,” says NALP executive director Jim Leipold. The legal sector lost lots of jobs in the recession, and they’re not likely to come back. Happy Friday! [National Law Journal]
* It’s never too soon to start writing your law school application essay. Please try not to bore the admissions officers — make sure you have a “compelling” topic. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* Katherine Heigl (remember her?) probably needed some cash, so she filed a $6M lawsuit against Duane Reade for posting a picture of her carrying one of the drugstore’s bags on Twitter. [Hollywood Reporter]