Nauseating Things
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Food, Lawsuit of the Day, Nauseating Things
Lawsuit of the Day: Shouldn't This Be a Class Action?
Whenever we visit the Deep South, we make a pilgrimage to the local Waffle House. We confess to a weakness for the chain’s famous “Scattered, Smothered and Covered Hash Browns.” But now we wonder: What exactly are the hash browns “covered” in? A police officer has filed a lawsuit against the Waffle House restaurant chain […] -
Admin, Announcements, Biglaw, Breasts, Contests, Gerald Shargel, Hotties, Jon Stewart, Law School Deans, Money, Nauseating Things, Nude Dancing, Reader Polls, Stephen Breyer, Weddings, Week in Review
ATL Week in Review: October 15, 2006
* Our Law School Dean hotties contest is now underway. Vote on the women here, the men here, and the alternate male candidates here. * Do you know anyone who is currently clerking for Justice Alito? If so, we’d like to hear from you. * If you’re in law for the money, we recommend Korean […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Legal Fee Voyeurism, Money, Nauseating Things
Legal Fee Voyeurism: Seeking Submissions
Last week, the New York Law Journal brought us news of this sizable transaction: Freescale Semiconductor Inc., the third-largest chipset maker in the nation, has been acquired by a consortium of private equity groups, led by The Blackstone Group and consisting of The Carlyle Group, Texas Pacific Group and Permira Funds. The Austin, Texas company […]
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Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Nauseating Things, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Professor Smit's Uptown Mansion
Yesterday we put out a call for submissions for Lawyerly Lairs. We look forward to your responses. In the meantime, here’s some real estate porn that we were able to obtain on our own — since the property in question is for sale. The Schinasi Mansion is the only freestanding single-family mansion in Manhattan. It […] -
Book Deals, Books, Julie Buxbaum, Money, Nauseating Things
Harvard Law Hottie Lands Monster Book Deal
We follow the media and publishing worlds almost as closely as the legal world, so we’re not quite sure how we missed this. But we did, and we’re sorry. So we’re bringing it to you now, a few days late — and we apologize if you’ve already read about it somewhere else. For all of […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Martin Lipton, Nauseating Things, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Wachtell Lipton's 'Midyear Bonuses'
This just in: Earlier this month, M&A powerhouse Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz bestowed generous “mid-year bonuses” upon its associates. The dough was distributed “without prejudice” to Wachtell Lipton’s legendary year-end bonuses, which in recent years have come in anywhere between 40 to 80 percent of an associate’s base salary. (WLRK’s base salaries are already […] -
Bruce Kovner, Money, Nauseating Things, Rachel Kovner, Supreme Court Clerks
Definitive Proof that Life Isn't Fair
As we reported earlier today, Rachel Kovner — a.k.a. “the Empress of Palo Alto” — just landed herself an October 2007 Supreme Court clerkship, with judicial icon Antonin Scalia. It’s a well-known fact that Justice Scalia doesn’t hire women often. But when the woman in question is (1) a staunch conservative with (2) the highest […]