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California, Canada, Cars, Copyright, Deaths, Food, Job Searches, Morning Docket, Music, Religion, Trials
Morning Docket: 05.10.12
* Not even 1-800-REALITY can save you now. Joe Amendola wants to postpone Jerry Sandusky’s trial because he claims that he’ll be “unable to effectively and adequately” represent his client without more time to prepare. [CNN]
* Unlicensed to ill: Trouble Funk sure picked a crappy time to sue the Beastie Boys for copyright infringement over some samples from the 80s. Adam Yauch died the day after members of the hip hop group were served. [TIME]
* It’s not just a #firstworldproblem in the U.S. anymore, because law school grads can’t even find jobs in Canada. A lack of articling positions is sending recent grads to the bread maple syrup line. [CBC News]
* Remember Heather Peters, the former lawyer who beat Honda in small claims court? Yep, that was reversed in Superior Court earlier this week. Not so eager to reactivate your law license now, are you? [Reuters]
* Animal rights groups are suing the USDA because they claim that foie gras is made from “diseased bird organs.” Oh, come on, you know that they’re just pissed off because they can’t pronounce it. [Huffington Post]
* A woman claims that she was fired from her job after her employer discovered that she was “living in sin” with her boyfriend. They teach a whole lot of tolerance at Colorado Christian University. [KMGH Denver]
* Nicholas Katzenbach, legal adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, RIP. [New York Times]
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Copyright, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Football, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law Schools, LLMs, Morning Docket, Music, Politics, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Morning Docket: 05.09.12
* Dewey get the chance to reap revenge against all of the partners who defected? Only in bankruptcy clawback suits. Many are keeping an eye on the Coudert and Thelen Chapter 11 cases to see if they’ll have to pay up. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* “People have bigger concerns on their mind than whether Elizabeth Warren is 1/32 Cherokee.” Well, Scott Brown isn’t most people. He wants all of her job records from her career as a law professor. [Washington Wire / Wall Street Journal]
* “We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage.” I don’t think “pro-marriage” means what you think it means. Last night, North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in the state. [CNN]
* Mike McQueary is filing a whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State. Hate to say it, but that’s definitely not the first time Penn State’s seen a lawsuit over something being blown in the locker room. [Centre Daily Times]
* Washington University in St. Louis Law is launching an online LL.M. program for foreign lawyers for the low, low price of $48K. The exchange rate surely can’t be good enough for that to be worth it. [New York Times]
* Joran van der Sloot will likely be extradited to the United States from Peru this summer. His lawyer, Maximo Altez, isn’t a fan, because he thinks that we’ll charge his client with murder. America, f**k yeah! [ABC News]
* Oh, of course a member of the Village People’s claim just had to be the test case for 35-year copyright transfer termination. Well, kudos to you, Mr. Motorcycle Cop. You’re a real “Macho Man.” [Bloomberg]
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Akin Gump, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, LeBoeuf Lamb, Media and Journalism, Music, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Silicon Valley, Staff Layoffs
Dewey Have Any Partners Left To Be Poached? Not Many After the Latest Departures
Dewey & LeBoeuf continues to hemorrhage talent, all around the world. Who is going where?
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Charlotte, Madonna, Music, Rudeness, Small Law Firms
Epic Departure Memo Follow-Up: A Five-Page Fax Says The Boss Is A Great Guy
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Charlotte, Madonna, Music, Rudeness, Small Law Firms
Lawyer Who Lusted After Madonna Tickets Gets Slammed In Employee's Epic Departure Memo
When somebody who knows where the bodies are buried quits, hilarity ensues... -
Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Music, Reader Polls, Videos, YouTube
Law Revue Video Contest: Honorable Mentions
You’ve already seen the finalists and the worst of the worst for our Law Revue Video Contest. These last few videos weren’t quite good enough to make it to the finals, but we haven’t started drinking yet today, and they still gave us some chuckles. -
Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Music, Reader Polls, Videos, YouTube
Law Revue Video Contest 2012: The Finalists!
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Books, Litigators, Music, Paul Clement, Quote of the Day
Fun Fact of the Day: 'All Apologies' for Killing Obamacare?
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Dreier, Movies, Music, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Ted Frank
Non-Sequiturs: 02.27.12
* Wow. David Brock, head of the liberal watchdog group Media Matters, “paid a former domestic partner $850,000 after being threatened with damaging information involving the organization’s donors and the IRS,” according to allegations in a lawsuit. [Instapundit] * Is the Supreme Court going to gut affirmative action in the Fisher case? Not necessarily, according […] -
Career Alternatives, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Music, State Judges
Behind the Music, Behind the Bench: Meet Judge Jay Stewart
Wielding power and oozing prestige, judges can be thought of as “rock stars of the law.” But some judges are, in a more literal sense, rock stars. Several judges around the country possess impressive musical talents. For example, as we mentioned earlier this month, Judge Randall R. Rader recently rocked out at San Diego’s House […] -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, California, Media and Journalism, Music
Mother, Tell Your Children Not To Read My Stories: Meet Team ATL's Newest Member
Hi everybody! I’m Chris Danzig. You might have seen me around Above The Law over the past year, covering technology and West Coast legal news. As of today, I’m excited to be the site’s newest full-time editor, joining David Lat, Elie Mystal, and Staci Zaretsky. I’m a journalist by trade, not a lawyer. I’ve spent […] -
Alex Kozinski, Election 2012, Federal Judges, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Social Networking Websites, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 01.10.12
* There’s a new chief legal officer at Morgan Stanley: Eric Grossman, a former Davis Polk partner, replaces Frank Barron, a former Cravath partner (who joined Morgan Stanley not that long ago; if you know more about this odd situation, email us). [Bloomberg Businessweek] * Will anybody be surprised if it turns out that Ron […] -
Accounting / Accountants, Drugs, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Music, Plaintiffs Firms
Inside Straight: Learning Who To Hate
Cops learn to hate people. Basically everyone they encounter is a criminal, so cops soon come to believe that everyone is a criminal. Litigators — or perhaps litigators who are repeat players in a particular field — learn to hate people. Personal injury insurance defense counsel come to believe that all plaintiffs are lying fakers. […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Barack Obama, Drugs, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Partner Issues, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 01.04.12
* The recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB could get tricky — not because Republicans are outraged by recess appointments (much like Democrats are outraged by obstructionist filibusters), but because Congress isn’t technically in recess, due to the sham sessions Congress has been running. [WSJ Law Blog] * Milbank, if you’re going […] -
Hotties, Legal Ethics, Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), Music, Rap, Videos, YouTube
So You Failed the MPRE... Now What?
Last week, we mentioned in Non-Sequiturs that the results for the November administration of the MPRE had been released. While most were elated with their scores, others had a serious case of the WTFs (i.e., “WTF, how did I fail this stupid multiple-choice test?!”). If you’re a member of the latter camp, you might be […] -
Biglaw, Music, Videos, Weirdness, YouTube
The Squire Sanders Attorney Who Made the 'Most Epically Awful' Video of 2011
We talk a lot here on Above the Law about the difficulties attorneys have in finding a work-life balance. Often Biglaw life becomes all work, all the time. Or sometimes, burned out attorneys run in the other direction entirely and open a bike shop, but it rarely feels like there is a viable in-between. I’m […] -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Holidays and Seasons, Music, Religion, Videos, YouTube
How the Ninth Circuit Stole Christmas
Let’s play a quick game (which we might return to later if there’s interest). If we were to give out awards to the different federal judicial circuits, in the manner of a high school yearbook, which awards would go to the different circuits? Here are some of my nominations: Most Prestigious: D.C. Circuit Biggest Brainiac: […] -
Canada, Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Music
Open Thread: What Would You Have Done Instead of Going to Law School?
Given all of the other opportunities that you may have had, was going to law school the best choice you could have made? If you knew then what you now know, would you still have signed on the dotted line and accepted your seat in the class? What would you have done instead of going to law school? -
Career Alternatives, Music, Rap, Solo Practitioners
Is This the 'Only Rapping Lawyer on the Planet'? God, I Hope Not
Here at Above the Law, we sometimes write about career alternatives for attorneys. But what about attorneys who are living double lives in seemingly conflicting professions — attorneys like Alisha Smith, district attorney-cum-dominatrix extraordinaire? Today, we bring you a story about an attorney coming straight outta Compton Knoxville. Enter Lawyer Mike, a man who claims […] -
Enron, Law Professors, Music, Rap, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX
Because Sometimes You Just Need to Rap About the Law
It’s the end of October, and you know what that means: law school finals are lurking. As law students begin to hunker down and make sweet, sweet love to their outlines and flashcards, others are busy thinking up more clever ways to study the same materials. Visual learners think that drawing pictures will help them […]