Disasters / Emergencies
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BP, Disasters / Emergencies, Jamie Gorelick
Can Jamie Gorelick Clean Up BP's Mess?
Jamie Gorelick is a Washington D.C. power lawyer. She’s a former Deputy Attorney General, former general counsel to the Defense Department, and current partner at WilmerHale, where she chairs the national security and public policy practice groups. She’s had — and continues to have — an amazing career. But does she really want to be […] -
Disasters / Emergencies, Federal Government, Technology
Snow Day!!!
Yay. Snowpacolypse 2.0! Snowmageddon! The Snopture! (Wait, there’s more….) Dandruff 2010. The Winter of Our Snowcontent. Weekday of Marital Sex — 2010. Waiting for Snowdot. Entirely Seasonal Weather for February! (Okay, I’m finished.) Who has the day off? More to the point, does having a “snow day” even matter anymore? Telecommunication kills the snow day, […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Bad Ideas, Disasters / Emergencies, LSAT
Snowpocalypse LSAT at Georgetown
We were beset by technical difficulties here at ATL yesterday (as we explained in our Twitter feed). We apologize for the site outages; hopefully the situation will be better next week. At least we didn’t have to go out in the snow. Our brethren in D.C. were not as fortunate. The Washington Post reports: The […]
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Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Holidays and Seasons
Winter Storm Warning: D.C. and Philly Firm Closings?
I’m not a meteorologist, or a groundhog, but it looks like D.C. and Philadelphia are totally screwed today. A D.C. tipster called it a “snowpocalypse.” (Judge for yourself – the image above links to Weather.com’s live radar map.) Our own Kashmir Hill — who has lived in D.C. and, inexplicably, liked it — claims that […] -
Akin Gump, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disasters / Emergencies, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Hogan & Hartson, Sonnenschein, Venable
Update: More Law Firms Help Out Haiti
On Wednesday, we commended the firm of Paul Hastings for moving so quickly to support Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Since then, a number of other top law firms have pledged their support to this worthy cause. (Okay, Rush Limbaugh questions the worthiness of the cause. But we suspect that Limbaugh’s position — like that of […] -
Disasters / Emergencies, Immigration
U.S. Temporarily Halts Haitian Deportations
Yesterday the United States officially halted the deportation of Haitian illegal immigrants, on a temporary basis. The New York Times reports: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Haitian deportations would be halted “for the time being,” without specifying a time period. Immigration officials said it was clear they could be putting Haitians’ safety at risk […] -
Disasters / Emergencies, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Paul Hastings Helps Out Haitians
Large law firms have a track record of stepping up to the plate and providing aid when major disasters strike. For example, back in spring 2008, several leading law firms made sizable donations to support China earthquake relief efforts. Last night, a major earthquake — the worst in the region in more than 200 years, […] -
Disasters / Emergencies
Courthouse of the Day: Broward County
Broward County has given us many, many Judges of the Day in the past. Now the county has earned the dubious distinction of our first ever “Courthouse of the Day” award. The central courthouse building is a disaster area. From Courthouse News Service: A 2-inch pipe burst on the second floor, courthouse communication center, damaging […] - Sponsored
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Disasters / Emergencies, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Houston Lawyers Get Back To Work After Ike
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Houston legal community is getting back to work. WRAL news channel 5 reported that Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell expects to reopen Wednesday. Andrews Kurth has their attorneys working remotely. According to the WRAL report, an Andrews spokesperson said, “all of our BlackBerrys are working.” Other Houston area […] -
Disasters / Emergencies
Louisiana AG is a rattlesnake... in a good way
With the hurricane season upon us, residents of coastal states are watching the radar and making storm plans. While New Orleans residents are wondering whether it’s safe to go home after Hurricane Gustav, their attorney general wants to make sure it’s affordable to come home. Louisiana Attorney General James D. “Buddy” Caldwell plans to crack […] -
Disasters / Emergencies, Police, Prisons
Hurricanes Make Strange Bedfellows
As was widely reported in yesterday’s coverage of Hurricane Gustav, quick thinking and brute manpower relieved the pressure on a private levee in Plaquemines Parish. The levee protected a subdivision of a couple of hundred homes. Nearly 400 people participated in saving the levee. Their ranks included residents, first responders, the Army Corps of Engineers… […] -
Disasters / Emergencies
Why Does Tropical Storm Fay Hate UF?
Tropical Storm Fay — what a beeatch! Doesn’t she know the job market is tough enough as it is? The rising 2Ls at the University of Florida are really getting screwed because of Tropical Storm Fay. This thing hasn’t even hit land and is not even remotely near our school (but admittedly, probably is near […] -
Bar Exams, Disability Law, Disasters / Emergencies
A Room of One's Own? Disabled Student Fails WV Bar, Then Sues (And: Unequal treatment of earthquake-affected test takers in CA?)
Apologies for the tardiness — this news is from last month. But it’s about the bar exam, which is still fresh in the minds of many, so it’s fair game. Some of you who took the New York bar exam last week complained of a loud, distracting, feedback-type noise in one of the rooms at […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Bar Exams, Disasters / Emergencies
Bar Exam Open Thread: So How Was Day One? (Earthquakes aside.)
Our apologies to those of you who sat for the bar exam today. We forgot to wish you good luck, unlike the QuizLaw kids: It’s a special day for the country’s future lawyers — over the next two to three days, thousands of recent law graduates will take the bar exam. Most will pass, some […] -
Bar Exams, Disasters / Emergencies
Breaking: Earthquake Hits California on Day 1 of the Bar Exam!
Because the bar exam isn’t scary enough without the occasional act of God. This just in, from tipsters: “Earthquake just hit LA and the epicenter was just next to Ontario, CA, where the CA bar exam is being administered!” “I hope you are going to open a thread about those poor people taking the CA […] -
Disasters / Emergencies
Humanitarian Crises in Asia: Law Firms Respond
Some people question whether large law firms do enough to make the world a better place. These people wonder: Are Biglaw partners letting Third World babies die, just so they can enjoy their Ferraris? Or is the “Baby vs. Ferrari” choice a false dichotomy? Here’s another way of looking at it. Lawyers at large law […] -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disasters / Emergencies, Heller Ehrman
Humanitarian Crises in Myanmar and China: What's Your Firm Doing?
Props to our friends over at Dewey & LeBoeuf. Sure, Denim Day is great at all, and their wine-and-cheese events sound like a lot — maybe too much — fun. But DL also thinks of the less fortunate. From an internal email that went around recently: As news of the devastation in China and Myanmar […] -
Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Billable Hour Credit During Emergencies or Disasters?
Emergency kits, like the ones doled out by Davis Polk, are nice. But billable-hour credit during an emergency is even nicer. From a curious correspondent: Here’s a question you may want to pose to your readers: How has your law firm dealt billable hour requirements when the office if officially closed due to an emergency […] -
Crime, Disasters / Emergencies, Insurance, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, Politics, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 10.24.07
* Mistrial in case against Muslim organization; retrial likely. [AP; New York Times] * California wildfires lead lawyers to flee from their homes and offices… [The Recorder via Law.com] * … and may give rise to insurance battles, too. [CNN] * Ex-stripper convicted in “Last Seduction” trial. [MSNBC] * White House accused of doctoring environmental […]
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Disasters / Emergencies
An Open Thread on the California Wildfires
During past disasters, such as the steam pipe explosion and the subway flooding in New York, ATL served as a clearinghouse for interesting stories about how lawyers and law firms were dealing with those emergencies. Today the headlines are dominated by news of the devastating California wildfires, which have burned 269,000 acres and caused the […]