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Facebook, Small Law Firms, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Practice: Does Anyone Want a Mentor Anymore?
Some Gen Y lawyers think their elders want them to fail, are scared of them stealing clients, and only offer criticism for these reasons. I hate to break it to you kids, but I want you to succeed, and my clients aren’t hiring you. They’re not hiring your website or your Facebook Fan Page. Really, they’re not... -
Facebook, Pictures, Police, Quote of the Day, Rank Stupidity, State Judges
Quote of the Day: Florida Has Idiots, Too
Protip: you probably won't be accused of stealing a judge's nameplate in Florida if you don't put pictures of it on Facebook. - Sponsored
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Facebook, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 03.08.12
* “Joe the Plumber” and the GOProud are friends again. I’m sure there is a joke there that would be wildly inappropriate. [MetroWeekly] * Apparently, being a partner at Morgan Lewis makes you too liberal to be Senator from Texas. [Am Law Daily] * Workout regimes of people truly rich enough to not work out […]
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Facebook, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Rudeness, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Is There A Facebook Snitch In Your Class?
Yesterday we got something that we don't see a lot: a letter from a law student complaining about the way her classmates use Facebook and Gchat. Let's delve into the mind of a person who wants to be the boss of you... -
9th Circuit, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Eric Holder, Facebook, Jed Rakoff, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, Trials
Morning Docket: 03.06.12
* Due process, judicial process, yeah, yeah, same difference. Not so, says Attorney General Eric Holder — especially when it comes to assassinating killing Americans abroad. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Now that BP has settled claims made by private sector plaintiffs, state and federal government lawyers are getting ready to wait “months, not weeks” for their new trial date. [Financial Times]
* Newt Gingrich wants his “Eye of the Tiger” copyright infringement suit to be dismissed. Listen, judge, if he can’t play this song, we won’t get our moon base or cheaper gas. [The Caucus / New York Times]
* As if being a Mets fan wasn’t bad enough on its own, Judge Jed Rakoff has struck again. He refused to dismiss Irving Picard’s lawsuit, and now the team’s owners must go to trial over millions. [Businessweek]
* Lawyers from Milberg will be joining Paul Ceglia’s legal team. They must not have checked this dude’s Facebook timeline — this is the the fifth firm to sign up for a Gibson Dunn sucker punch. [Bloomberg]
* Thanks to a decision by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, Jared Loughner will continue to be forcibly medicated. What better way to restore him to competency than to shove pills down his throat? [Reuters]
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Drinking, Facebook, Quote of the Day, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
Facebook Status Update of the Day: In Whine There Is Truth
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Airplanes / Aviation, Facebook, Non-Sequiturs, Screw-Ups, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Trials
Non-Sequiturs: 03.01.12
* Defense lawyer: “I think you’ll be returning a verdict of ‘guilty’ on each and every one of these counts. I mean, crap… Scratch that, reverse it.” [NewsNet 5 Ohio] * It really stinks that Chick-fil-A is a little bit evil, because their food is SO GOOD. [TaxProf Blog] * Attorneys with more pronounceable names […] -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Facebook
What's Next for Paul Ceglia's Facebook Suit? Secret Email Addresses and a Possible Winklevoss Connection
Paul Ceglia‘s war with Facebook is the ridiculous lawsuit gift that just keeps on giving. We have covered the inveterate scam artist’s losing court battle for an ownership stake in Facebook time and time again. We can’t help it, because the stuff still being disclosed continues to be so absurd. Last time we mentioned the […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Facebook, Social Networking Websites, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
You Got Served -- By Facebook
Working as a process server is a tough job. It might be one of the few modern professions where “don’t shoot the messenger” still has literal meaning. Seth Rogen made it look kind of cool in Pineapple Express, and he got to wear disguises. But that movie wasn’t exactly realistic. But what if there was […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Breasts, Facebook, Morning Docket, Police, Stephen Breyer, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain, White & Case
Morning Docket: 02.22.12
* Vedel Browne, the man charged with robbing Justice Stephen Breyer, will enter a plea of not guilty. Why turn yourself in and then claim innocence? That makes no sense, mon. [Washington Post] * Guess which Biglaw firms helped to broker the $173B Greek debt deal? Cleary Gottlieb, Allen & Overy, and White & Case. […]
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Cyberlaw, Facebook, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Sex Offenders, Welcome to Facebook (Well, Kind Of)
Sex offenders are the easiest people to take away rights from. Even other criminals hate sex offenders. Their crimes are heinous, it’s unclear if recurring sex offenders can ever be “cured,” and if they ever get out of jail, even most progressives are happy to severely curtail their rights and freedoms. It’s tough to take […] -
Facebook, Pro Se Litigants, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
No, You Can't Sue Your Uncle For Putting Embarrassing Family Photos On Facebook
At this point, nearly everyone has at least one friend who finds perverse joy in posting stupid, unflattering photos of their friends to Facebook. Maybe drunk photos or maybe just dorky, grody ones from right after you ran a marathon or something. In these mildly annoying situations, most people would untag the photos and then […] -
Basketball, Biglaw, Drugs, Facebook, Federal Government, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 02.15.12
* A tentative deal to extend the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits has been reached. Is anyone else having a serious case of déjà vu right now? Didn’t we do this already? [Washington Post] * Investigators in Whitney Houston’s drug probe want her prescription records. We should take Tony Bennett’s advice: if all drugs […]
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Facebook, Law Schools, Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Law Student of the Day: Max Schrems
While most law students are shaking off the winter break and settling back in for the second semester, Max Schrems is busy doing his best to bring Facebook to its knees. Last year, the 24-year-old University of Vienna law student spent a semester abroad at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. His privacy law professor […] -
Facebook, Free Speech, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
The University of Minnesota Is the Facebook Fun Police
The battle between educational institutions and loudmouth students who fight for the right to say dumb things is a rich area of recent American history. A student says something inflammatory. The school suspends/fails/disciplines the student. The student sues, and everyone has a big First Amendment debate party. Usually, I have a lot of sympathy for […] -
Biglaw, Facebook, Letter from London, Plaintiffs Firms, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: U.K. Law Firms Set to Cash in Facebook-style
History is littered with examples of Aussies sticking it to the Brits: from early convict rebellions to the time Rupert Murdoch bought our favourite tabloid newspaper, The Sun, and had a photo of a topless woman placed on its inside page each day — a tradition that continues to this day (semi-NSFW link). Last week […] -
Crime, Facebook, Police, Rank Stupidity, Rape, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
He Trolled the Law, and the Law Won
It's always tempting to call people like the guy in this story the stupidest (alleged) criminal ever. But, somehow, the bar for getting arrested via internet idiocy keeps getting set lower and lower. Until yesterday, we'd never heard of a wanted man posting on his local sheriff's Facebook wall, commenting on a story about the fact that police were looking for him. Wait, did we say commenting? This dude started a whole thread. You can't make this stuff up.... -
Adoption, Biglaw, Books, California, Cars, Facebook, Fashion, Fenwick & West, Law Schools, Morning Docket, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 02.02.12
* How many friend requests did these firms just get? Fenwick & West and Simpson Thacher are the Biglaw stars of Facebook’s S-1 filing for its $5B initial public offering. Like. [Am Law Daily] * The prosecution is expected to make its arguments today in Julian Assange’s appeal of his extradition from the U.K. to […]
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Biglaw, Edwards Wildman, Election 2012, Facebook, Jersey Shore, Lateral Moves, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Politics
Morning Docket: 02.01.12
* Florida: a place where people don’t care about your income tax returns. Mitt Romney dominated the state’s primary, grabbing all 50 of the delegates needed for the Republican nomination. [New York Times] * Entry-level hiring might be down, but lateral hiring is being approached like an NFL draft. Biglaw firms want the best of […]
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Disability Law, Facebook, Job Searches, Law Schools
How Much for an Ivy-Educated Scribe?
Given the tough job market, law students are doing everything they can to get a leg up on the competition. Whether that means showing up with freshly baked cookies before the interviews, or pumping out handwritten thank you notes after you meet people, students are going to the mattresses. But why should a law student handwrite his own handwritten thank you card? Surely, there is a law student out there who is just desperate enough to write another law student's thank you cards. At least that's what one student at a top law school was hoping for....