Larry Sonsini
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Advertising, Boalt Hall, John Yoo, Larry Sonsini, Law Schools, Marsha Berzon, Rank Stupidity, Reader Polls, Ted Olson
Renaming Boalt Hall: Please Cast Your Vote
As we mentioned last week, U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law hired a brand consulting firm to come up with a new name for the school. The effort ended somewhat anticlimactically. Boalt paid $25,000 to Marshall Strategy Inc., which came up with this brilliant new moniker: “UC Berkeley School of Law.” Oh well. But […] -
Biglaw, Fred Fielding, Larry Sonsini, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: 'W' Firms, and Morning Open Thread
We don’t have memos, but we can confirm associate pay raises at two large law firms: (1) D.C. powerhouse Wiley Rein & Fielding, former home of the new White House counsel, Fred Fielding; and (2) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, home of Silicon Valley legal god Larry Sonsini (although a god who, in the past […] - Sponsored
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Antonin Scalia, Deaths, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Federal Judges, HP, Larry Sonsini, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Politics, State Judges
Morning Docket: 12.15.06
* Justice Scalia on judicial paychecks. [Associated Press] And meanwhile… * “It was just a matter of time before well-heeled business and other interests would expand their influence-peddling efforts, and begin pouring large amounts of money into previously sleepy judicial campaigns.” [TimesSelect (pass-through link) via How Appealing] * No more melting coins for the value […]
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Asians, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Food, HP, Larry Sonsini, Law Professors, Supreme Court Clerks, Viet Dinh
Viet Dinh Is One Hungry Guy
Remember Professor Viet Dinh? If not, here’s what we previously wrote about him: Dinh represents venture capitalist god Thomas Perkins, in Perkins’s (rather tense) dealings with HP’s board and lawyers [concerning the HP spying controversy]. Dinh, for those of you visiting from other planets, is one of the highest-flying legal eagles in the country. He’s […] -
9th Circuit, Department of Justice, Larry Sonsini, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.04.06
* An investigation by the Justice Department Inspector General reveals that the Bureau of Prisons doesn’t have enough staff to monitor communications of imprisoned terrorists with the outside world, including mail and phone calls. [Washington Post] (And what about Instant Messenger? “What ya wearing?” “A burka.” “Love to slip it off you…”) * The Supreme […]
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Ann Baskins, Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, HP, Larry Sonsini, Oy, Rank Stupidity
The HP Debacle: Babies, Candy, Etc.
We are guilty of dereliction of duty. We’ve neglected to write about the Hewlett-Packard leak investigation scandal, now unfolding in all of its glory before Congress. (Yes, that Congress: a body that knows all about unethical behavior, illegal conduct, and mind-blowing stupidity.) We’ve been avoiding this scandal for two main reasons. First, it’s a story […] -
9th Circuit, Akin Gump, Ann Baskins, Federal Judges, HP, Judicial Conference, Larry Sonsini, Manuel Real, Morning Docket, Stephen Breyer, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 09.20.06
* The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making body for the federal judiciary (but not the SCOTUS), has announced measures to improve the judiciary’s self-policing and public accountability. They include required installation of “conflict checking” software — get with it, Your Honors, that’s long overdue — and enhanced disclosure concerning judicial junkets. [New […]
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HP, Larry Sonsini, Manuel Real, Morning Docket, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 09.19.06
* More back-and-forth between the Bush Administration and Congress concerning rules to govern the interrogation of terror suspects. The White House sent Congress a revised proposal last night; a deal could be reached by the end of this week. [Washington Post] * More developments in the HP leak investigation scandal. The most interesting: even Larry […]
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Ann Althouse, Bad Ideas, Clerkships, Larry Sonsini, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Non-Sequiturs: 09.08.06
* Larry Sonsini reminds us of why we should use the phone, and NOT email, if we’re going to do something sketchy. Also, his spelling and typing skills aren’t perfect. (But by the standards of Biglaw partners of his generation, he’s in the 95th percentile — assuming he typed this all himself.) [WSJ Law Blog] […]