Fast Food
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Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Fast Food, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
HappyMealGate: An Update on the Fry Guy
Earlier this month, we wrote about how William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and head of its bankruptcy department — landed himself in the deep-fat fryer. Smith unwisely told a bankruptcy judge, in open court, that she was “a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal.” Well, Judge […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Death Penalty, Fast Food, Iraq, Morning Docket, Prisons, Torture, U.S. Attorneys Offices, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 05.10.07
* Inmate’s last request: pizza for homeless. [CNN] * Iraqi death row inmate claims innocence, confession by torture.[CNN] * Brit convicted for leaking secret Bush-Blair memo. [AP] * AG Gonzales feels he has weathered the Attorneygate storm… [New York Times] * … Meanwhile, another US Attorney firing is revealed. [Washington Post]
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Anthony Kennedy, Celebrities, Don Imus, Fast Food, Martin Garbus, Morning Docket, Racism, Sports
Morning Docket: 05.07.07
* Justice Kennedy profile: “The Sphinx of Sacramento.” [Slate] * NBA refs give a new meaning to DWB. [SI] * Imus plans lawsuit based on contractual language that acknowledged irreverence. [MSNBC] * Trans fat lawsuit against KFC deep fried, disposed of properly. [CNN] * Indian judge who issued Gere warrant transferred. “Routine”? [MSNBC]
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Fast Food, Hillary Clinton, Kids, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, Sex
Morning Docket: 02.28.07
* North Dakota legislators are not comfortable with these sitcom-like living arrangements the kids (and senior citizens) are doing these days. [MSNBC] * If they think college students are vain, imagine how a study of law students would fare. [CNN] * Hillary Clinton selects general counsel. [WSJ Law Blog] * Is Big Food the next […]
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Advertising, Fast Food, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Perverts, Religion
Non-Sequiturs: 02.20.07
* Filet-O-Fish creator never got a dime off his religion-inspired fish sandwich, yet remains grateful for all he did achieve. That is the spirit of Lent (which starts tomorrow!). [Cincinnati Enquirer] * No one disses Nike. [The Guardian] * Inventor of the Electric Slide says Teri Hatcher is doing it all wrong. [MSN Technology via […] -
Biglaw, Fast Food, Food, Money
"First, Kill All the Transactional Lawyers?"
That’s the provocative question Professor Stephen Bainbridge poses in his TCS Daily Column. We say: Don’t give the clients any ideas. (Of course, if the dying lawyer writhes on the floor in agony for six minutes before expiring, expect to get billed for that tenth of an hour.) Professor Bainbridge asks this rhetorical question: “[W]hy […] -
Animal Law, Antonin Scalia, Book Deals, Eliot Spitzer, Fast Food, Federal Judges, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.05.07
* Chickens help us cope with “chronic anxiety” too. After they’re ground up and turned into McNuggets. [Nasty, Brutish & Short] * “DO NOT put any person in this washing machine.” Unless they’re really smelly — and small. [Overlawyered; Associated Press] * Eliot Spitzer has a man-date. In more ways than one. [New York Daily […] -
7th Circuit, Chadbourne & Parke, Department of Justice, Fast Food, Food, Frank Easterbrook, Morning Docket, Peter Lattman, Richard Posner, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, WSJ Law Blog
Morning Docket: 12.26.06
As previously mentioned, we’re on a reduced publication schedule this week. We’ll be doing a daily news round-up (and maybe a few other random posts here and there). We’ll return to our normal diarrhea of the keyboard publishing schedule on January 2. * Civil libertarians, just raise the white flag. The Justice Department knows what […]
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Crime, Death Penalty, Fast Food, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Lunacy, Morning Docket, War on Terror, Weirdness
Morning Docket: 12.06.06
* How crazy are bedbugs, exactly? [CNN] * Which of your personalities is the arsonist?. [CNN] * Yo quiero to sue Taco Bell. [WSJ Law Blog] * Chinese Gitmo detainees say the same evidence being used to detain them was used to clear five others. [Jurist] * Maryland Court of Appeals considers same-sex marriage. [Jurist]
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Deaths, Fast Food, Food, New Jersey
Are We Prophetic, or What?
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Investigations are underway — and lawsuits can’t be far behind. And when the plaintiffs are ready to file suit, they can turn to law firms that actually specialize in E. coli litigation. Take, for example, Marler Clark, which touts itself as “the nation’s foremost law firm with a practice […] -
7th Circuit, Fast Food, Federal Judges, Food, Frank Easterbrook, SCOTUS Potential
It's Official: Say Hello to Chief Judge Easterbrook
Back in September, we reported that Judge Frank Easterbrook — “a veritable judicial hottie, a possible SCOTUS nominee, and brother of well-known author and ESPN.com commentator Gregg Easterbrook” — would be taking over in November as the chief judge of the Seventh Circuit. The passing of the torch has now come to pass. From a […] -
Crime, Deaths, Family Law, Fast Food, Intellectual Property, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Sex, Supreme Court, Tort Reform
Non-Sequiturs: 11.28.06
* Thesauruses can still do the trick. Who knows if I would have passed AP English without one? On the other hand, one of the perks of public high schools is having your Cliffs Notes-cribbed essay graded by a teacher qualified only to teach woodshop and coach girls’ softball. [New York Times] * What would […] -
Crime, Fast Food, Kids, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Police
Non-Sequiturs: 11.20.06
* For you law review nerds out there, some direction as to the citation of new species of sources. But *sigh* you probably already know all of this. [Slaw.ca] * Law students bring logic and order to child-bearing… It’s a shame that we have to forego all that spontaneity and excitement of unplanned pregnancies. (Like […]
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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 […] -
Fast Food, Food, Reader Polls
ATL Poll Results: Un Burrito No Es Un Bocadillo
Inspired by litigation taking place in Massachusetts, we recently polled you on this question: Is a burrito a sandwich? The poll result was clear, and in accordance with the ruling by Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke: No, a burrito is not a sandwich. It’s gratifying when the law coincides with the commonsense conclusions of ordinary […] -
Fast Food, Food, Reader Polls
ATL Reader Poll: Is a Burrito a Sandwich?
We seem to be on a Mexican food kick here at Above the Law. Our first post of the day was about Taco Bell. And now, just in time for lunch, we bring you this weighty legal issue: Is a burrito a sandwich? For explanation, check out this AP article (which Stella Q linked to […] -
Crime, Drugs, Fast Food, Food, Police, Violence
It's Not Just Burger King
When you patronize other fast food establishments, you could be taking your life into your own hands. And we’re not talking about transfats and the adverse health consequences of eating fast food (which have already spawned various lawsuits). Take Taco Bell. Just like Burger King, they stand accused of serving drug-laced food: Phillip Dagget, 27, […] -
Biglaw, Crime, Fast Food, Feminism, Food, Interview Stories, Murder, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Racism, Supreme Court, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 11.13.06
* In law school, a burrito was not only a sandwich, but breakfast, lunch and dinner. And midnight snack. [AP via Yahoo! News] * When you have too much self-respect for a reunion tour, or another farewell tour is just not feasible, or you haven’t securitized your music catalog, then this may be your last […] -
Crime, Deaths, Fast Food, Murder, Violence
Burger King: Vector for Criminality
What is in the frying oil over at Burger King? First they’re accused by cops of lacing their burgers with marijuana. And now, this: A Burger King restaurant manager is being charged with shooting a teenage boy dead the two argued, and the boy spit in the manager’s face. Police say 16-year-old Shaka Walcott and […] -
Drugs, Fast Food, Food, Lawsuit of the Day, Marijuana, Police
Lawsuit of the Day: "Have It Your Way," Indeed
Back when we worked at McDonald’s, customers would ask us if we sold onion rings. We would tell them, with suppressed exasperation, that no, sorry, we don’t. If you want onion rings, try Burger King. And if you want your food laced with pot, try Burger King, too. From the AP: Two police officers sued […]