Old People
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Attorney Misconduct, D.C. Circuit, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Old People, Perverts, Reality TV, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 09.12.13
* The debt “vultures” are still circling Argentina’s carcass, but later this month, the justices of the Supreme Court will convene to decide whether or not they’ll take up the country’s bond case. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Judge Robert Wilkins managed to sail through his D.C. Circuit confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee with great ease, but let’s see what happens when he gets to the full Senate. [Blog of Legal Times]
* An in-house attorney in Pennsylvania was suspended from the practice of law for six months because he attached a camera to his shoe to secretly film up women’s skirts. What a classy dude. [Legal Intelligencer (sub. req.)]
* Massive open online courses are trending in the world of higher education, and some law schools — e.g., Harvard and Northwestern — decided to get on the bandwagon while the getting’s good. [National Law Journal (sub. req.)]
* “I’m prepared to drop everything and go to law school,” says the man appealing his age discrimination suit against Baylor Law School because his GPA predates grade inflation. [Texas Lawyer (sub. req.)]
* The man who represented cast members of the Real Housewives of New Jersey was arrested for the unauthorized practice of law. We bet these “reality” TV stars wish they had a real lawyer. [Bergen Record]
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Craigslist, Job Searches, Old People
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Antonin Scalia, Federal Judges, Old People, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Rules, Nobody Drools
Justice Scalia, please tell us what you REALLY think about mandatory retirement for members of the Supreme Court.
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Job Searches, Law Professors, Old People, Quote of the Day, Unemployment
Sorry, But You Don't Have A Job Because The Market Is Glutted With Baby Boomers
Here's an interesting theory on why the legal job market is so lousy. -
Drinking, Gender, Old People, Parties, Ridiculousness
Old Fart Anti-Feminist Lawyer, Formerly Of Cravath, Loses Dubious Bottle Service Discrimination Suit
Should men have to pay exorbitant cover fees to get into clubs? This lawyer doesn't think so. -
Advertising, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Old People, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Jones Day: Mandatory Retirement For Big Hitters Creates Opportunity For Others
Some thoughts on the Jones Day partnership from Michael Allen of Lateral Link (sponsored post). -
Old People, Quote of the Day, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Do you think that it's time for her to hang up her robe and retire? -
Biglaw, Federal Government, Money, Old People, Perks / Fringe Benefits
The Feds Step In to Take Over Yet Another Underfunded Biglaw Pension Plan
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Old People, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Shut It, Liberals, Because Retirement Isn't in RBG's Plans
This elderly woman can probably do more push-ups than you, so why on earth would she retire from the "best job in the world for a lawyer"? -
Barack Obama, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Layoffs, Morning Docket, Murder, Old People, Politics, Privacy, Prostitution, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.08.13
* No, silly, Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t “too old” to be a Supreme Court justice. So what if she uses the SOTU address as her personal naptime? She’s brilliant, and everyone loves her. [Los Angeles Times]
* “Justice delayed due to overworked judges can … mean justice denied,” and Obama’s got a lot of work ahead of him due to a “uniquely high” amount of judicial vacancies on his watch. [National Law Journal]
* After the SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act, Southern states have rushed to push out voter ID laws. But isn’t that discriminatory? “Not true, not true,” as Justice Alito would say. [New York Times]
* It turns out the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s redefinition of the word “relevant” is what has allowed the NSA to collect anything and everything. Say au revoir to privacy! [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Layoffs: they aren’t just for Biglaw firms anymore! McGeorge Law School is downsizing its staff and student ranks due to an “unprecedented drop” in applications. Another one bites the dust; which law school will be next? [Sacramento Bee]
* Client 9, aka Eliot Spitzer, announced his candidacy for NYC comptroller. He’ll run against Kristen Davis, the woman who once set him up with escorts. That’ll be an awkward debate. [New York Times]
* As the prosecution rests its case and the defense’s acquittal motion is denied, a nation is left wondering whose voice it was on that 911 recording — Trayvon Martin’s or George Zimmerman’s? [CNN]
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Conferences / Symposia, Old People, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms
Lessons Learned From Hanging Out With 75-Year-Old Lawyers
What's most important to your practice? Perhaps it's the relationships you develop with other lawyers. -
Celebrities, Old People, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Mayflower Passenger?
Apparently Justice Ginsburg can churn a mean crock of butter... -
Basketball, Clerkships, Environment / Environmental Law, General Counsel, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Old People, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Morning Docket: 04.12.13
* Earlier this week, after some political wrangling, Senator Chuck Grassley proposed the Court Efficiency Act in the hope of paring down the D.C. Circuit. But really, come on, what are the odds of that happening… again? [National Law Journal]
* Biglaw partners, rejoice, for it seems that your legal secretaries will be unable to sue you for defamation over emails written to your wives. Spousal privilege, baby! (N.B. This doesn’t apply to your girlfriends.) [New York Law Journal]
* Which law schools placed the highest percentage of grads in federal clerkships? This info comes from the rankings guru himself. We may have more on this later. [Morse Code / U.S. News & World Report]
* The Rutgers basketball scandal claimed another scalp yesterday after the school’s former general counsel resigned. Rutgers Law dean John Farmer will be stepping in for a brief assist. [Star-Ledger]
* So, do you remember that environmental report Steven Donziger allegedly had made up in the Chevron case? Yeah, the consulting firm just disavowed all of the evidence in the report. Oops! [Businessweek]
* Say so long to your retirement money, sweetie: Junie Hoang, the actress who sued IMDb for revealing the fact that she was over the hill, received a less than favorable jury verdict. [Houston Chronicle]
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Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Old People, Sex Scandals, UVA Law
Crazy D.C. Lawsuit Potpourri: A Discrimination Case Against Georgetown Law, and a Sidwell Friends Sex Scandal
Is Washington, D.C., the capital of... crazy lawsuits? -
Biglaw, ERISA, Gender, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Litigatrix, Old People, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patents, Women's Issues
Does Ropes & Gray Hate the Old and Gray?
Wouldn't you love such generous retirement benefits? -
California, Elena Kagan, Gay, Gay Marriage, Old People, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Sex, Supreme Court, Videos, YouTube
Supreme Ideals on Procreation: Just Say No to Gray Marriage!
Because if there's anything that's worse than gay marriage, it's gray marriage! -
7th Circuit, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Old People, Romance and Dating, Weddings
Judges in Love: Three Seventh Circuit Judges Getting Married
Who are the three judges? Hint: one of them is a longtime bachelor.... -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools, Old People, Women's Issues
Law School Program Puts Mommies Back To Work
Putting mothers back to work probably means their adult children will have even more trouble finding a job. -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Deaths, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Old People, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: When Will the Next SCOTUS Justice Die?
Now taking bets on which Supreme Court justice will be the first to bang the big gavel in the sky. -
Old People, State Judges
Age Discrimination v. Generational Divide
Is it ageist to tell old people that they're too old?