Movies
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Bloomberg, Movies, Rankings, Videos
Bloomberg Names The Best Legal Movie Quotes of All Time; Can You Handle the Truth?
Regardless of anyone's opinion about people who work in the legal industry, it's hard to deny the fact that many of the greatest American movies revolve around attorneys. When Christopher Danzig watched Bloomberg Law's new video compiling the “The 10 Greatest Legal Movie Lines,” it was cool to see that several of the featured movies are among his favorite films of all time. So which movies made the cut? -
Fabulosity, Law Professors, Lawyerly Lairs, Movies, Pictures, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Hipsters in the Catskills(Hey New Yorkers, Looking for a Country House?)
We're trying to diversify the coverage here at Lawyerly Lairs. After all, the world does not consist entirely of Park Avenue apartments owned by mega-rich law firm partners. Toward that end, we recently wrote about the housing search of some NYU Law students. Let's leave Manhattan behind and head to upstate New York, where we'll visit the beautiful Catskills house of a law professor and his filmmaker wife.... - Sponsored
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Akin Gump, Biglaw, California, Movies
Akin Gump to Movie Producer Client: Where's Our Money, Man?
Legal services are expensive. Duh. And sometimes clients do not want to pay their bills. Maybe the case outcome wasn’t what the client hoped for. Maybe the bill was significantly higher than expected. There are all sorts of reasons that attorneys just have to say, “Eff you, pay me.” The thing is, you normally associate […]
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Asians, Hotties, Movies, Old People, Privacy, Technology, Women's Issues
Who's the 40-Year-Old Asian Actress Suing the Internet Movie Database for Revealing Her Age?
The Internet Movie Database, aka IMDb, found itself under attack for revealing an actress's age and "real Asian name." Kash detailed the charges last October. A few weeks ago, we noted that the woman would have to put up (her name) or shut up (legally speaking). Well, we don't want to waste any more of your precious time. The grand reveal is finally here. After the jump, pictures of an attractive Asian woman.... -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, California, Federal Judges, Movies, Pictures, Sports, Stephen Breyer
Judge Kozinski Occupies Oakland
These days, mentioning the California city of Oakland conjures up images of tear gas and violence. It's not a place that people associate with innocent fun right now. But Oakland isn't all protesters and police. We bring you a report from a recent visitor to that city, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Animal Law, Law Schools, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Ted Olson
Non-Sequiturs: 10.19.11
* The American Bar Association is hiring Carol Stevens, former managing editor of USA Today, as its new director of media relations. Yeah, ’cause it’s the media that makes the ABA look bad, not the ABA’s refusal to regulate law schools during a time of dishonesty and profiteering by member institutions. [Poynter] * Let’s play […] -
Asians, Hotties, Lawsuit of the Day, Movies, Old People, Privacy, Technology, Women's Issues
Actress To IMDb: 'I'm Too Old For This Sh*%'
It’s said that it’s rude to ask a woman her age. In fact, it’s only rude to ask women 30 and over about their digits. It’s far worse, however, to ask a woman with decades under her belt for her age and then to publish it for the world to see. An actress in Texas […] -
Asians, Copyright, Facebook, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Movies, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 10.18.11
* How can you pick a side when it comes to fairness and the law? Can you straddle the fence? Don’t ask Justice Alito, because he’s still not really sure what the answers are. [New York Times] * Paul Ceglia is finding out the hard way that court orders aren’t like annoying Facebook friend requests. […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Bar Exams, Fashion Victims Unit, Job Searches, Mafia, Morning Docket, Movies, State Judges, Technology, Texas
Morning Docket: 10.11.11
* The legal sector lost 1,300 jobs in September. And because that’s not depressing enough, lawyers now have to compete for jobs with computers. Guess it’s time to learn binary. [WSJ Law Blog] * Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week kicked off yesterday in West Virginia. Too bad this campaign isn’t in Michigan, where a woman is […]
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Baseball, Bernie Madoff, Disability Law, Fat People, FTC, Immigration, Movies, Shoes, Texas
Morning Docket: 09.29.11
* Sorry Missouri, but your reign as the “Show Me” state is over. Thanks to its immigration law, Alabama is going to be taking over as the “Show Me Your Papers” state. [CNN] * Time to review the footage. Irving Picard stands to lose the game for the Investors if he can’t get an instant […] -
Bankruptcy, Baseball, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Schools, Military / Military Law, Money, Morning Docket, Movies, SCOTUS, Texas
Morning Docket: 09.16.11
* SCOTUS halted Duane Buck’s execution in Texas last night. How did it take 16 years for this to happen? Slow and steady doesn’t win the race on death row. [CBS News] * Casey Anthony owes the state of Florida a pretty penny. At this rate, she may as well go to law school, because […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Benchslaps, Department of Justice, Free Speech, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Pro Bono, Romance and Dating, Sam Sparks
Non-Sequiturs: 08.31.11
* Some thoughts from our colleague Matt Levine on the Justice Department’s opposition to the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. [Dealbreaker] * Judge Sam Sparks (W.D. Tex.), king of the benchslap — yes, we already covered his latest handiwork, so no need to email the “kindergarten party” order to us again — has blocked key parts of the […] -
Crime, Deaths, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Movies, Murder, Police, Prisons, Violence, Weirdness
Stephen McDaniel's Ex-Roommate Speaks: Say Hello to Thad Money
Thad Money, a former roommate of Stephen McDaniel, came to public attention last week when his name was mentioned at McDaniel's magistrate court hearing. In building their case against McDaniel, Macon police are relying in part on Money's recollections of the defendant. After the hearing, Thaddeus Money gave an interview to the Macon Telegraph. Let's learn more about this young man, and hear what he has to say about his ex-roomie....
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Crime, Deaths, Kids, Law Schools, Movies, Murder, Police, Pornography, Prisons, Romance and Dating, Violence
Probable Cause Found Against Stephen McDaniel in Lauren Giddings Murder Case
Bad news keeps on coming for Stephen Mark McDaniel, 25, the recent Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing Lauren Giddings, his former neighbor and classmate. Last week, a judge found probable cause in the murder case against McDaniel, which will now be bound over to Bibb County Superior Court. We were fortunate enough to have a reader at the hearing. Let's hear what this roving reporter has to say.... -
Asians, Biglaw, California, Feminism, Gender, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Litigators, Movies, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Sexual Harassment
Youngblood v. Irell & Manella: The Law Firm Fights BackFirm denies claims and moves for arbitration.
Last month, Juliette Youngblood, an ex-partner at the elite California law firm of Irell & Manella, filed suit against her former firm. Irell did not respond to the lawsuit at the time, now it has, in a blistering 22-page filing. What does the firm have to say about the specific claims made by Youngblood? -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Winner
You, the readers, have spoken. Who is the most popular fictional lawyer of the past 30 years? -
Facebook, Harvard, Movies, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Truth Is More Abrasive Than Fiction
One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they’re looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an a**hole. This was the latter […] -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Final
Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier! And by “Frazier,” clearly I mean Lionel Hutz. From my perspective, Lionel Hutz losing in the semifinal round was a huge upset. I don’t want to take anything away from Jack McCoy — whose face is probably next to the word “lawyer” in the dictionary for a generation of […] -
Movies, Politics, Tort Reform
InJustice: Tort Reform's High Cost Documentary Infomercial
In Above the Law’s last film review, we spoke about Hot Coffee, a documentary film about the evils of tort reform in America. The film, which received rave reviews from publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post, was produced by former trial lawyer Susan Saladoff. Now, just two weeks later, InJustice, a […] -
Contests, Movies, Reader Polls, Television
Fictional Lawyer Madness: The Final Four
If you haven't been following our Fictional Lawyer Madness competition, the time has come to vote on the Final Four. We started with 32 lawyer characters, but the top four shouldn't really surprise anybody. Polls don't close until Sunday, July 10 at 11:59 p.m., so you have ample time to get your vote on.