Music
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Celebrities, Comment of the Day, Depositions, Music, Weirdness
Comment of the Week: What? OKAY! Yeeeeeah!
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Civil Rights, Crime, Minority Issues, Music, Weirdness
The Circus Goes to Washington: Insane Clown Posse Sues the FBI Over Gang Designation
ICP and its rabid Juggalo fanbase are suing the FBI after being labelled as a gang. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Celebrities, Depositions, Music, Rap, Videos
Lil Wayne Is Quite Possibly the Best Deponent of All Time
Have you ever seen a rapper's antics during a deposition? Now you can say that you have!
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Intellectual Property, Music, Patents, Rap, Sex, Trademarks, YouTube
These Lawyers 'Patented Sex' and It's Pretty Damn Funny
Three young lawyers make a hilarious music video lampooning the American patent system. -
Law Schools, Music, Weirdness
Welcome, Law Students: We've Found Some Appropriate Music To Herald Your Coming
The new kids at one law school get treated to some "uplifting" music at the start of the school year. Note the scare quotes... -
Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Gay, Madonna, Music, Videos, YouTube
Strike a Pose: Meet the Attorney Behind That Fabulous Madonna Bar Mitzvah Dance Video
We chat with the attorney who starred in the viral Madonna bar mitzvah video. He is fabulous. -
Biglaw, Music, Videos, YouTube
Departure Memo of the Day: Boyz To Traurig
A Greenberg Traurig associate leaves the firm, but says it's so hard to say goodbye... -
Drugs, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Pornography, Rape, Sam Sparks, Sports, State Judges
Non-Sequiturs: 08.20.12
* So now the judge accused of watching porn from a courthouse computer admits to watching porn on a courthouse computer. Let me just get this out of the way: if I’ve used your computer, it was probably to watch porn. [Chicago Sun-Times] * Too soon for Aurora jokes? I think it’s weird that more people believe in waiting periods for zingers than for handguns. [Tax Prof Blog] * Lance Armstrong’s suit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks. How come the only athlete that seemed to get his day in court was Roger Clemens? [Bloomberg] * Another kid is packing in his sports dreams to go to law school. Though, in fairness, one of the few things worse than the law graduate economy is probably the NHL economy. [North Dakota Inforum] * I think Republican political candidates should know by now that they only bands they are allowed to like are country music bands. If they want to like non-country music, they should get the artist’s approval, in writing. Meanwhile, liberals are allowed like all kinds of music, even music performed by people who don’t know what they are talking about. [What About Clients?] * Attorney and rape victim Shauna Prewitt has some facts about rape that apparently Todd Akin didn’t know. [xoJane] - Sponsored
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Civil Rights, Crime, Minority Issues, Music, Racism, Weirdness
Insane Clown... Plaintiffs? Juggalos Consider Suing the FBI
The hip-hop duo, Insane Clown Posse, objects to its fans, aka "Juggalos," being classified as a "a loosely-organized hybrid gang." -
Movies, Music, Pircher Nichols, Rank Stupidity, Romance and Dating, State Attorneys General, State Department
Non-Sequiturs: 08.09.12
* A few weeks back, we mentioned some legal lessons gleaned from Jay-Z’s 99 Problems. Turns out, you might not need law school to become a lawyer. Maybe all you need is a Spotify subscription and a good set of headphones. [FindLaw] * Government security guard finds suspicious bag and stashes it under his desk, where it chills out for a couple of weeks. Oh yeah, I should probably mention — there was A BOMB in the bag. Nice work, Sherlock. [CNN] * If you rat someone out, you might avoid prson. But in Illinois, if you end up in prison, don’t be surprised if you end up with a real rat as a cellmate. Maybe a roach too, if you get particularly unlucky. [WBEZ] * Former Judge of the Day John Wulle, who yelled at a teenager in court and suggested the teen might be “stupid,” just lost his bid for reelection. I think the appropriate statement here is: Stupid is as stupid does. [The Columbian] * I’m pretty sure everyone knows politicians are not exactly truthful all the time. But which politicians are the heavyweight “Liar, liar, pants on fire” champions? [Daily Dolt] -
Bar Exams, California, Music, Rap
Rapping California Girl Giving You A Property Primer Before The Bar Exam
Time for the bar, it's a rap... -
Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Election 2012, Football, Law Professors, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Partner Issues, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 07.13.12
* “I think this is destined to fail.” People are not happy with the proposed settlement plan for former Dewey partners, but who are they kidding? These people don’t exactly like to part with money — not even to hand out bonuses. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* Andrew Levander, a partner at Dechert LLP, is representing ex-Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond. Diamond hasn’t been charged with anything, but this white-collar defense lawyer’s apparently been on his side since 2010. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Money talks: lawyers and law firms are the top donors by industry to presidential campaign funds, with Kirkland & Ellis leading for Romney, and DLA Piper for Obama. [Capital Business Blog / Washington Post]
* Escándalo! Louis Freeh’s report revealed that PSU’s “seriously deficient” counsel billed a whopping 2.9 hours on an incident involving Jerry Sandusky’s locker room shower with a young boy. [Centre Daily Times]
* But here’s where the football chatter comes in (not that I know a lot about football): legal experts say Freeh threw an “incomplete” with this report, because it didn’t go far back enough in time. [New York Daily News]
* Sorry, lady, but you didn’t need to attend a Justin Bieber concert for his music to allegedly cause permanent damage to your ears to the tune of $9M. All you really needed to do was turn on the radio. [Chicago Tribune]
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Celebrities, Forgery, Music, Technology
Courtney Love Litigation Potpourri
Who is Courtney Love fighting this time?
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Crime, Drugs, Music, Police, Quote of the Day, Rap
Quote of the Day: I Got 99 Problems and the Fourth Amendment is One
Have you ever wanted a legitimate legal analysis of Jay-Z's smash hit “99 problems”? Well, your wait is over. -
Airplanes / Aviation, Music, Quote of the Day, Rap, Twittering
Quote of the Day: Starships Were Meant to Fly (Without Groping)
Starships were meant to fly (without groping). Should've added that to your lyrics, Nicki Minaj... -
Biglaw, Music, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Stories: Summer Puts On A Show At The Apollo
When failure is not an option, you have to succeed... -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Law Professors, Law Schools, Music, Videos, YouTube
Mr. Bar Exam: The Dumber the Better?
Do people who went to lower-ranked law schools have an edge on other bar examinees in terms of subject matter mastery? -
Election 2012, Music, Politics, Rap, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, State Judges, Videos, YouTube
Holy Moley, We Heard From Jim Foley (In Case You Forgot, He's Running For Judge in the City of Oly)
We check back in with Jim Foley, Washington state judicial candidate and star of a sweet campaign rap video. -
Election 2012, Music, Politics, Rap, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Videos, Weirdness, YouTube
This Is Either the Best or Worst Judicial Campaign Ad Ever
Holy moley, I hear Jim Foley is running for judge in the city of Oly! -
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]