Drugs

* Legal hiring binge? We like the sound of that! [Washington Post via ABA Journal] * What were the odds? The Third Circuit upholds the U.S. ban on Internet gambling. [Wall Street Journal (subscription) and Las Vegas Review-Journal] * Marijuana can make you do dumb things. [Gothamist] * …But Maryland is kind of okay with […]

Can you imagine rolling on your parents in an attempt to get out of a drug conviction? What if your parents were both attorneys? According to the Boston Globe, one kid attempted to throw his cool sounding parents right under the bus: Two prominent attorneys are under police scrutiny after their son, arrested on charges […]

Here’s a story that might interest the “legalize cannabis” crowd. From our friends at Fashionista: This is turning into the summer of the fashion crowd running into trouble with the law. Last week, a major drug bust went down in Ralph Lauren’s tony New Canaan, CT store. The stock manager, 34-year-old Ricky Sullins, was arrested […]

John Belanger, who appears to be a rising 3L at the University of Connecticut, will likely be deferring his third year of law school. He has some bigger legal issues to deal with. Belanger, 27, was arrested last week for his role in running an international drug ring. From the Watertown Daily Times: Federal authorities […]

If you like the fast life, look out for opportunities in your firm’s offices abroad. Judging from the Russian tales of Deidre Dare and the new memoir, China High, by the pseudonymous “ZZ,” life in Biglaw’s foreign offices is full of drugs, sex, and nonstop clubbing. Of course, these two are no longer with their […]

How should the federal and state governments deal with their depleted coffers? Here’s one idea, from Nick Gillespie of Reason.com, in yesterday’s New York Times: Legalize drugs and then tax sales of them. And while we’re at it, welcome all forms of gambling (rather than just the few currently and arbitrarily allowed) and let prostitution […]

Allison Margolin, whom we have written about before, is an HLS grad who practices law in Los Angeles. According to her website, she “handles all criminal cases from murder to medical marijuana.” But the latter would appear to be her passion, judging from how she wishes to be reached: You can call her at 1-888-DOPE-LAW. […]

As we’ve previously noted, when it comes to disputes between lawyers and their former firms, there are several sides to every story. For example, compare Yolanda Young’s claims against Covington & Burling with the firm’s response (PDF). We try to cover both sides of these controversies. Having previously covered Roofiegate — aka Moor v. Bingham […]

* In case you are wondering, I’m in the foreground on the right in this artist’s depiction. [Courtoons] * Are doctors now more hated than lawyers? That probably depends on how sick you are. [What About Clients?] * Should you friend your boss on Facebook? [Corporette] * It might be in poor taste, but Ruth […]

We expect ATL friend Mark Herrmann at Drug and Device Law to weigh in on this matter fully and with much glee. But in the meantime, we wanted to alert the more botanical subset of our readership of some breaking news: if the cops surprise you, you don’t have to drink the bong water. At […]

[Ed Note: Do you have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com] Dear ATL, As a 3L, coasting through his last year of school, I find the occasional moment to partake in a bit of “relaxation” by way of an unmentioned illegal plant. I’m wondering though, other than a question about this […]

Back in the eighties, the popular myth was that all Manhattan attorneys had a leather briefcase, a good blue pen, and a Scarface-sized bowl of cocaine on their desk. Sadly, by the time I got to Biglaw the briefcase had been replaced by a canvas bag with a gaudy firm emblem emblazoned on the side […]

Five women embarked on Starline’s Haunted Hollywood Tour, expecting to hear celebrity tales of sex, drugs, and depravity. But it sounds like they inadvertently signed up for an immersion tour, with a guide who was drunk, high, and verbally and sexually abusive. Now they’re suing. From Courthouse News Service: Five women say their host on […]

Everybody wants to be a part of a protected class. Trust me, it’s great fun (right up until the moment I try to get a cab home in the rain tonight). But unless you are a racial minority, a woman, or have suffered some sort of horrible disability, the joys of having to go through […]

But it didn’t result in a front-page New York Times story on the Zyprexa settlement talks. Apparently reporter Alex Berenson had independent knowledge of the settlement negotiations, and this knowledge was the basis for his story. Details over at Drug and Device Law. In our brief and breezy post, we never claimed that the email […]

* New accounting rules for M&A. [DealBook] * Lilly contemplates $1 billion payment to settle civil and criminal investigations relating to its marketing of Zyprexa. [New York Times] * NYPD officer accused of pimping child. [MSNBC] * Ex-priest jailed for murder via exorcism. [CNN] * Indiana man arrested for making his own crosswalk. [The Indy […]

* Resignation in Detroit text-message scandal (previously discussed here). [Detroit News] * A proud American tradition unknown in the rest of the world: bail for profit. [New York Times] * Legal luminaries at the SOTU. [WSJ Law Blog] * Trial begins in alleged microwaving of infant. [CNN] * TRO against Patriots’ Moss extended until after […]

Thanks to the many readers who have alerted us to the lawsuit that Roger Clemens just filed against his ex-trainer. From the AP: Roger Clemens beat Brian McNamee to court, filing a defamation suit against the former trainer who claimed to have injected him with performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens filed the suit Sunday night in Harris […]

With the police, who pulled you over for a traffic infraction. But the good news is that you’re getting it back. From CBS: Eight grams of medical marijuana seized from a Garden Grove man during a traffic stop must be returned to him, according to an appeals court ruling directing local law enforcement to uphold […]

* Bong hits 4 farmers. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * If looks could kill, then maybe this guy would have had a defense. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Privacy is so 20th century. [Reno Gazette-Journal] * Good for him I guess, but isn’t this a little weird? [CNN]