Food
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Biglaw, Food
Which Biglaw Firm Is Being Compared To A 'Sweatshop'?
Has this high-powered Biglaw firm been running afoul of state labor laws all this time? -
China, Food
KFC China Does NOT Use 8-Legged Chickens. Okay? That Is NOT True.
Are you telling me you wouldn't eat an eight-legged chicken? - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Biglaw, Food
Will Biglaw Sue This Restaurant Out Of Existence?
After dispensing with its previous neighbor, a Biglaw firm hopes for better relations with the new restaurant downstairs.
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Food, Law Schools
Law Student Loses His Mind In Nasty Note, Wishes Decades Of Debt Upon Classmates
Feast your eyes upon the ramblings of a pissed-off law student. -
Food, Ridiculousness
Lawyer With 3 Harvard Degrees Loses His Mind Over $4 Chinese Food Overcharge
Please, hate this lawyer -- it's what he deserves. -
Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, Crime, Food, Law Schools
Law School Threatens To Report Student Lunch Thieves To State Bar
If you plan on stealing other people's food at this law school, you better pray that you don't get caught. -
Billable Hours, Food, Gambling / Gaming, Health Care / Medicine, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 11.11.14
* Law students (and prospective law students)! Figure out your expected class rank with this handy calculator. [Witnesseth]
* Elie wonders if law students are getting dumber. [Redline]
* Great law review article, or greatest law review article? Judge M. Margaret McKeown’s “Culinary Ambiguity: A Canonical Approach To Deciphering Menus.” [Harvard Law Review]
* Remember the lawyer caught billing 29-hour days? The guy pleaded his case to the Ohio Supreme Court and they won’t give him the time of day. [Ohio Supreme Court]
* Veterans Day seems like the right time to remember the Feres Doctrine, which bars armed forces personnel from suing the government for negligence. How ridiculous is the Feres Doctrine? Justice Scalia thinks we need to allow more negligence suits! [Legal Funding Central]
* A sad story of a married partner romancing a married young associate that ends in her death. [Missouri Lawyers Weekly]
* If you support Obamacare, is there any reason for optimism in King v. Burwell? [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* In case you were ever interested in eminent domain in a galaxy far, far away. [The Legal Geeks]
* Casino sends promotions to “compulsive gamblers” on a voluntary opt-out list. The casino calls it a “software issue.” What are the odds on that? [Ars Technica]
* A former Texas judge earned a reprimand for violating the state constitution and seven ethical canons in three years. Gauntlet thrown, judges aspiring to enter our pages. [Houston Chronicle]
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Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Rudeness
T14 Law Student Loses His Mind In School-Wide Email Over Stolen Apple
Which law school was host to this vicious snack thievery? - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Food, Intellectual Property, Technology, Trademarks
Pizzeria Attempts To Trademark The Flavor Of Pizza. Yes, Seriously.
Well this is just astounding. -
Clarence Thomas, Eyes of the Law, Federal Judges, Food, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Justice Alito Turned Away From Sunday Brunch
Not even the justices are above the law -- the law that you must make reservations for Sunday brunch. -
Food, Quote of the Day, Trademarks
Cease & Desist Letter Met With Hardcore Trolling
Don't use the word "cronut." Unless you're prepared to publicly mock the trademark holder. -
Brett Kavanaugh, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Food, Immigration, Quote of the Day
Dissenting Judge Has A Beef With Steakhouse's Logic
Why does this feeder judge hate... food? -
Food, Labor / Employment
Jimmy John's Serves Up Sandwiches And Oppressive Non-Compete Agreements
In other words, non-compete are not intended to keep 18-year-old delivery drivers from seeking employment. Yet that's exactly how bread and meat purveyor Jimmy John's uses them.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Food, Football, Non-Sequiturs, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 10.13.14
* Florida State QB Jameis Winston is still in a heap of legal trouble and it turns out his best legal move might just be to drop out. It’d save him the trouble of getting demolished by Mississippi State. [Sports Illustrated] * A follow-up on the Yale Law/Colombia Prostitution/Secret Service/Obama scandal. An amateur poet was hot on this story from the start and sent cryptic verse about it to a Yale student paper way back in the day. [Ivy Gate Blog] * Ron Swanson explains lawyers. Best line, “The man who kills me will know.” [Legal Cheek] * Remember when the Texas Supreme Court cited Walter from Big Lebowski? Now we have the proper citation form for the occasion. [The Legal Satyricon] * Perdue has settled two lawsuits against it over the use of the phrase “humanely raised.” Apparently its chickens were “not that.” [Salon] * One lawyer explains why it’s high time we eliminate this holiday. [Katz Justice] -
Blind Item, Clerkships, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Food, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Blind Item Revealed: A Judge Whose Clerks Must Cut His Grapefruit
Should a high-powered clerkship require clerks to cook? -
Food, Rudeness
'I'm A Lawyer' Threat Ends In Internet Humiliation
A lawyer tried to bully a non-takeout restaurant into sending him takeout because, of course, "I'm a lawyer." The restaurant disagreed and posted an epic takedown to the Internets... -
5th Circuit, Fast Food, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Lesbians, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Morning Docket: 10.07.14
* Since SCOTUS punted on same-sex marriage, people in states where gay marriage bans still exist are wondering when it will be their turn. It’s just a waiting game from here on out. [USA Today]
* Babies wait for no one: a pregnant lesbian couple fighting the Texas ban on gay marriage filed an usual request asking that the Fifth Circuit hurry up and schedule arguments. [WSJ Law Blog]
* The “puff, puff, pass” defense? Robel Phillipos, friend of accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, claims he was so high during the aftermath he can’t remember a thing. [Bloomberg]
* When should you apply to law school? When you can get into a top school, have clear career objectives, and won’t have to take out loans. You’re preaching to the choir. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* A Burger King customer is suing because he claims the restaurant’s manager attacked him with a knife and a Taser. This all allegedly happened over some cold onion rings, of course. [New York Daily News]
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Fast Food, Federalist Society, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Politics
Is It Ever OK To Serve Chick-Fil-A? An ATL Debate
ATL editors David Lat and Joe Patrice debate: When is a chicken sandwich just a chicken sandwich? -
Fast Food, Federalist Society, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, listserv
Fed Soc Chapter Offers Chick-fil-A At Gay Marriage Event With Disastrous Results
Chick-fil-A: because it tastes like hate. -
Career Alternatives, Food, Quote of the Day
You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree -- Like Sell Cake Pops!
Because baking is better than lawyering.