Kenneth Starr
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Akin Gump, Blogging, Google / Search Engines, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Kenneth Starr, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, S.D.N.Y., Technology, Trials, White-Collar Crime, Yolanda Young
Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.11
* Is concern for “privacy” simply a justification for censorship on the internet? Some thoughts from a lawyer for Google. [Peter Fleischer: Privacy…? via Kashmir Hill / Forbes] * What’s the secret to lawyer happiness? And no, it doesn’t involve illegal drugs or porn stars (Charlie Sheen isn’t a lawyer). [Slaw via Legal Blog Watch] […] -
10th Circuit, Federal Judges, Kenneth Starr, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Judge Tacha To Take Over as Dean of Pepperdine Law
Here’s a new mini-trend: federal judges leaving the bench to lead law schools. In 2007, David F. Levi stepped down as chief judge of the Eastern District of California, to assume the deanship of Duke Law School. Today, Pepperdine University School of Law announced that Judge Deanell Reece Tacha — who has served on the […] - Sponsored
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Kenneth Starr, Musical Chairs, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Winston & Strawn Tries To Rewrite History By Editing Out a Problematic Partner
It’s clear that Winston & Strawn isn’t happy about all the publicity it’s getting over Jonathan Bristol, the Winston partner — or former partner? — who has gotten entangled with Kenneth Starr In case you haven’t been following the case of Kenneth Starr — not the one who brought us the delectable Starr Report, but […]
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Education / Schools, Kenneth Starr, Law School Deans, Law Schools
Musical Chairs: Ken Starr Stepping Down as Pepperdine Law Dean
We heart Kenneth Starr. Aside from his platinum-plated résumé — Supreme Court clerkship, D.C. Circuit judgeship, service as Solicitor General — Starr brought us the most entertaining political scandal ever: the Monica Lewinsky affair. Don’t you long for a return to the pre-9/11, pre-Iraq / Afghanistan War, pre-Great Recession days, when our nation’s greatest worry […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Kenneth Starr, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Firm Retreats
Our series of open threads on the workplace perks provided by large law firms continues. How could it not? The fringe benefits of Biglaw are seemingly unlimited. Today’s reader request: Another perk post option: a thread exploring BigLaw firm retreats, and other company-sponsored social events. We like this idea. We’ve heard of firms holding lavish […] -
Biglaw, Hillary Clinton, Jamie Gorelick, Kenneth Starr, Money, Politics, Ted Olson
Biglaw and Big Politics: Which Way Does Your Firm Lean?
With the 2008 presidential campaign dominating the airwaves, despite being over a year away, everyone is talking about politics (and watching awesome, politically-themed music videos). Here’s a question that a law student posed to us: Are there differences between the politics of firms, roughly distinguishing between liberal and conservative, or are they all pretty much […] -
Advertising, Alberto Gonzales, Anna Nicole Smith, Department of Justice, Drinking, Email Scandals, Kenneth Starr, Morning Docket, Technology
Morning Docket: 04.10.07
* Coke sues film makers for showing Jesus drinking a Coke and saying, “My God, what a testimonial.” [BLT] * Dean Ken Starr visits HLS for a reenactment of Dred Scott arguments. [CNN] * Howard K. Stern hires Lin Wood in Anna Nicole Smith case. [CNN] * AG Gonzales avoids e-mail altogether… Should you? [ABA […]
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Education / Schools, Free Speech, Kenneth Starr, Pictures, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Bong Hits 4 ATL: A Photo Essay (Part 2)
On the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, after his oral argument in Morse v. Frederick, Dean Kenneth W. Starr has an epiphany. He realizes why he decided to take on this case, pro bono. It’s because his client, petitioner Deborah Morse — a curvaceous, dark-haired beauty — reminded him of a young woman he […] - Sponsored
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Kenneth Starr, Pictures, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Bong Hits 4 ATL: A Photo Essay (Part 1)
The U.S. Supreme Court building at One First Street, on the morning of Monday, March 19. Like rock star groupies, SCOTUS fans camped out overnight for a chance to breathe the same air as the nine robed ones. As we previously explained, we didn’t make it in to see the argument in Morse v. Frederick, […] -
Kenneth Starr, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Bong Hits 4 ATL: Kenneth & Me
Yesterday, while waiting in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court, we saw a tall gentleman and two younger associates walking down the street. His black hat was pulled far down, but there was something familiar about the eyes, the glasses…. Then it came to us: It’s Kenneth Starr! We’re huge fans of Ken Starr, because […] -
Bill Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh, Hotties, Jury Duty, Kenneth Starr, Monica Lewinsky, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Politics, Sex, Sex Scandals
Congratulations to Ms. Monica Lewinsky!
America’s SweeTart just graduated from the London School of Economics with an M.S. in Social Psychology. Interestingly enough, her LSE master’s thesis was law-oriented: an examination of the effect of pretrial publicity on jury selection. (Monica: Please don’t treat that rolled-up diploma like a cigar. Thank you.) Lewinsky graduates from London School of Economics [Reuters […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Bush v. Gore, David Boies, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Eyes of the Law, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Kenneth Starr, Laurence Silberman, Michael Chertoff, Nina Totenberg, Paul Clement, Robert Bork, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ted Olson, Weddings
The Eyes of the Law: Ted Olson's Star-Studded Nuptials
This past Saturday, October 21, Washington superlawyer Ted Olson and his fiancee, Lady Booth, were married. The wedding ceremony took place at the stunningly beautiful Meadowood resort, in Napa Valley, California. Olson, a giant of the Supreme Court bar, served as Solicitor General — the federal government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court — from […] -
Antonin Scalia, Hurricane Katrina, Kenneth Starr, New Orleans, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Morning Docket: 8.30.06
* The number of women clerking at the Supreme Court has fallen to the lowest level since 1994. It’s all Scalia’s fault. Oh wait, no it isn’t — he never hires women anyway. [New York Times] * Former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr has asked the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a high school […]
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