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Education / Schools, Intellectual Property, Jews, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Pornography, Religion, Ridiculousness, Trademarks, Trials
Non-Sequiturs: 01.30.07
* The Guber Downward-Facing Dog Trial coming soon. [De Novo; MSN] * If you don’t know who’s the “real lawyer” at the table, it’s you. [PrawfsBlawg] * Kosher-ness may be inapplicable to porn, but I would not want to venture a guess as to Mr. Cohen’s idea behind his trademark. [Likelihood of Confusion] * Another […] -
Celebrities, Cheapness, Jews, Real Estate, Religion, Television
Rich Celebrities Trying To Stiff Their Broker: "What's the Deal With That?"
It’s not as awful as being recorded on video using racial epithets. But this must still be pretty embarrassing for comedian Jerry Seinfeld: Supreme Court Justice Rolando T. Acosta has ruled that Seinfeld must pay a real-estate broker a commission of at least $98,750 for the $3.95 million townhouse he and his wife purchased in […] - Sponsored
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Boutique Law Firms, Jews, New York Times, Politics, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: December 3, 2006
Because of Bonusmania, we’ve fallen behind a little in Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. In this post, we discuss lawyer weddings from the weekend of December 2-3. The most high-profile wedding that week was between media heiress Anne Hearst, sister of Patty Hearst, and novelist Jay McInerney (announcement here). But there were also three marriages involving […]
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9th Circuit, Crime, Drinking, Enron, Football, Holidays and Seasons, Jeffrey Skilling, Jews, Morning Docket, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 12.12.06
* A unanimous Supreme Court overturns a Ninth Circuit ruling in a criminal (habeas) case. In other news, this morning the sun rose from the east. [New York Times; Washington Post] * Enron’s Jeff Skilling may get to pass “Go” on his way to jail after all. [WSJ Law Blog] * BCS vs. the Electoral […]
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Celebrities, Football, Holidays and Seasons, Jews, Morning Docket, Prisons, Religion, Sentencing Law, WSJ Law Blog
Morning Docket: 12.11.06
* Congrats to Troy Smith on winning the Heisman. As always, there’s a legal connection, which this time involves Ohio State, the Heisman, Archie Griffin, and Woody Hayes. [WSJ Law Blog] * All Christmas trees have been removed from the Seattle airport, after a rabbi threatened to sue unless an eight-foot menorah was put up. […]
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Alan Dershowitz, Jews, Laurence Tribe, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Legal Fee Voyeurism, Money
Legal Fee Voyeurism: Burt Neuborne, Five Million Dollar Man
Recently we asked you for juicy gossip about gigantic legal fees. We didn’t expect to receive a response so quickly. From the WSJ Law Blog: NYU Law School professor Burt Neuborne worked for nearly eight years to help Holocaust survivors win a $1.25 billion settlement from Swiss banks accused of helping the Nazis steal Jewish […] -
Colbert Report, Divorce Train Wrecks, Feminism, Jews, Merck, Non-Sequiturs, Oy, Parties, Ridiculousness, Sex, Shameless Plugs, Shopping, Ted Frank
Non Sequiturs: 09.29.06
* Bill Childs disses AEI’s parties. He just doesn’t appreciate a good formal gala. [TortsProf Blog] * FAA regulations: comply with weirded-out flight attendant at all times, no matter how irrational she is. [Prettier Than Napoleon] * Apple claims right to word “podcast”; next: all soundwaves between 4500 and 6000 MHz. [Overlawyered] * Blogs can […] -
Admin, Announcements, Bad Ideas, Boring Stuff, Cheapness, Jews, Shameless Plugs, Ted Frank
Guest-blogger checking in
Good morning. David Lat is in Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand for the weekend for what has been euphemistically called “elective surgery.” Rest assured, D-Lat will return Monday, safe, sound, and happy to blog, if having to sit on a comfy pillow to do so, and we should all be supportive of the very […] - Sponsored
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Alan Dershowitz, Conferences / Symposia, Dubious Conferences, Jews, Oy
Oy Vey: Is This A Superfluous Conference, or What?
For those of you in the New York area, here’s an event next month you might be interested in: Sunday – Tuesday, October 22-24, 2006Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Three-day conference: “Jews and the Legal Profession”, at 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street. Participants include Alan Dershowitz, Stuart Eizenstat, and many others. For more […]
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