Email Scandals
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Art, Email Scandals, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, Trademarks, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 03.05.07
* This really could happen to anyone who uses public transportation. Seriously, slow down people — that extra 5 minutes isn’t going to tear off three of your fingers and half your palm, or turn you into a deserving-yet-questionable plaintiff. [Gothamist] * I love it when the art world gets nasty. [New York Sun] * […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, Reader Polls, White & Case
Morning Docket: 12.20.06
* Maryland becomes the latest state to temporarily halt lethal injection executions, this time because of procedural issues with the way the lethal injection protocol was adopted. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * Church burners expected to plead in Alabama [CNN] * No good deed goes unpunished in Libya. [Jurist] * First the minimum was […] - Sponsored
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Banking Law, Crime, Email Scandals, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 12.08.06
* Can an IP expert explain how it is legal for Blockbuster to use Netflix’s name in this promotion? (And the promotion continues until December 24.) [PRNewswire – FirstCall via Yahoo! Finance] * Chelsea Clinton’s boyfriend’s dad — putting a face to those Nigerian e-mail scams. [ABC News] * I would feel safer opening up […]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Anna Nicole Smith, Cyberlaw, Email Scandals, Gender, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, Real Estate, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 12.01.06
* “[P]rosecutors will be investigating the backdating of stock options by companies for ‘years to come.’” [WSJ Law Blog] * “A state appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a boy who wanted to compete on his high school’s girls’ gymnastics team.” [Sports Illustrated] * Anna Nicole gets booted from another ex-boyfriend’s mansion. [CNN] […]
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5th Circuit, Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Fast Food, Federalist Society, Food, Judicial Nominations, Politics, R. Ted Cruz, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sex, Week in Review
ATL Week in Review: November 13-17
* Emily Pataki, the attractive and accomplished daughter of New York governor George Pataki, failed the New York bar exam — and sent around an office-wide email about it. The story was broken by the mainstream media. * We heard from some of Emily’s law school classmates about the incident. In a reader poll, you […] -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Email Scandals
When It's Okay To Send a Firm-Wide Email
We recently quoted from this reader comment: Repeat after me: an office wide email is never, ever a good idea. This advice, while generally sound, is slightly overbroad. We can think of at least one occasion when an office-wide email is appropriate. When you leave a job, it’s perfectly appropriate to send around a farewell […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Reader Polls, White & Case
ATL Poll Results: Emily Pataki's Post-Bar Exam Email
Both Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes have a “message recall” feature. Of course, it’s a bit late for Emily Pataki to invoke it, so as to retract the office-wide email she sent to her White & Case colleagues about failing the New York bar exam. But if Emily agrees with the majority of you, she […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Blogging, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, New York Observer, Politics, White & Case, WSJ Law Blog
The Emily Pataki Story: Credit Where Credit Is Due
PG of De Novo, in a post entitled Bad Judgment at White & Case and ATL, had this to say about our Emily Pataki coverage: I’m disappointed to see that someone forwarded this to David Lat, and that he chose to publish it. The July 2006 New York Bar Exam pass list is not yet […] - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, White & Case
Emily Pataki: Her Law School Classmates Weigh In
As we discussed yesterday, Emily Pataki — daughter of lame duck New York governor George Pataki, a graduate of Columbia Law School, and now an associate a supervised legal intern at White & Case — did not pass the New York bar. This fact became widely known after Emily sent around an office-wide email about […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, Reader Polls, White & Case
Yes, We Have Heard About Emily Pataki
Failing the New York State bar exam. And emailing her White & Case colleagues about it. We’ve already covered this story; click here. But since it’s what everyone is buzzing about today, we’ll give in to your appetite for more discussion. Two requests for your assistance: 1. If you work at White & Case, went […] -
Bar Exams, Email Scandals, Emily Pataki, Politics, White & Case
Political Kids and the Bar Exam: What Gives?
The late JFK Jr. failed the New York State bar exam twice, before passing it on the third try. And now Emily Pataki, the highly attractive daughter of outgoing New York governor George Pataki, is halfway towards matching that feat. Here’s the email message that Emily, an associate a supervised legal intern at White & […] -
Bad Ideas, Email Scandals, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court Clerks
The Messy Love Lives of Supreme Court Clerks
Normally we might think twice about posting an e-mail like this, since it’s somewhat personal in nature. But it has been making its way around the D.C. law firm email circuit, and we’ve received it from multiple sources. By now, dozens of Biglaw associates in Washington have a copy of this email in their inbox. […] -
Email Scandals, Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Ridiculousness, Sentencing Law, Sex Scandals, White-Collar Crime
Supplemental Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.06
Delightful links, hand-picked with loving care by Stella Q, will appear later today. For now, here a few other quick links that caught our eye recently: * Curious about how many Americans share your full name? Now you can find out. [TaxProf Blog] * “Zagat’s for prisons.” Good stuff. [WSJ Law Blog] * Professor Dimino […]
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Contests, Email Scandals, ERISA, Hotties, Sarah Downie
ERISA Hotties: A Behind-the-Scenes Look
Two updates in our post-results coverage of ERISA hotties: 1. We are happy to report that, as requested by one of the winners, tiaras will be provided to the two winning ERISA hotties: Professor Bruce Wolk and Sarah E. Downie. The tiaras will be furnished courtesy of acclaimed wedding tiara designer Christina Garcia. We will […] -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Non-Sequiturs, Parties, Stuart Rabner
Non-Sequiturs: 8.31.06
* Corporate associates, listen up: sometimes that mind-numbing due diligence actually matters. Sometimes. [The Recorder] * Oooh, we no likee. Will this prevent us from forwarding embarrassing summer associate emails to 50 of our closest friends? [WSJ Law Blog] * What the “Burning Man” cultural festival shares in common with a law firm: “It’s a […]