Parties
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Airplanes / Aviation, Drinking, Drugs, Food, Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Parties, Police, Prisons, Sex
Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.06
* Would it be a violation of civil liberties if a tracking device were inserted in these videos? [MSNBC] * The most atrocious example of uncivil campus behavior to me? Loud coitus. We can hear you, even when it doesn’t take place in the library. [Balkinization] * In her defense, this fraudster probably spared another […] -
Aquagirl, David Souter, Fabulosity, Noah Feldman, Parties, Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court Clerks, Tim Wu
The Coolest Party E-vah: An E-vite for the E-lect
Whatcha doin’ for New Year’s? Unless your plans include the words “Diddy” and “yacht,” they’re not as fabulous as this fête: Some explanation is in order. This party is being brought to you by one of America’s brightest legal minds: celebrity law professor Tim Wu, of Columbia Law School. (We don’t know who this “Sue” […] - Sponsored
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Attorney Misconduct, Holidays and Seasons, Parties, Sexual Harassment
Still Seeking Holiday Party Scandal Stories
We have not forgotten our recent request for funny or embarrassing holiday party stories. If you’re disappointed with your bonus, the perfect way to strike back is by sending us stories of partner misbehavior at your firm’s December fête. We’re still accepting submissions, by email (subject line: “Holiday Party Stories”). If we receive enough, we’ll […]
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Biglaw, Cheapness, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Paralegals, Parties
This Is Just Plain Depressing
Dewey Ballantine partners, have you no sense of decency? If your associates are going to act in completely undignified fashion, can’t you at least give them dignified surroundings in which to do so? No amount of tinsel and mistletoe can disguise this basic truth: making out with a paralegal in the cafeteria is beyond humiliating. […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Holidays and Seasons, Parties
Holiday Party Scandal Stories, Please
It’s December, and you know what that means. In addition to law firm associate bonuses — which we’re still waiting for, with bated breath — we get to go to… Christmas HOLIDAY PARTIES!!! As noted by Alan Kopit, hosting a holiday party is fraught with legal peril. If you’re planning to host such a party, […] -
Books, Copyright, Crime, Intellectual Property, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Parties, Ridiculousness
Non-Sequiturs: 12.01.06
* LexisNexis paid someone to conclude that 71 percent of adults who have never witnessed some pot-bellied schmuck leering at a female intern at the office holiday party were probably passed out near the punch bowl, or singing Don’t Stop Believin’ on the karaoke stage. [Martindale-Hubbell’s Lawyers.com] * And here we were worried that all […] -
Antonin Scalia, Fabulosity, Fashion, Federalist Society, Laurence Silberman, Parties, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Ted Frank
From the Belly of the Beast: An Evening With Scalito (Part 1)
We previously provided you with our photographic coverage of the Federalist Society’s annual dinner, held last Thursday at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. Now we offer a short (and admittedly belated) write-up of the proceedings. For more systematic accounts of the dinner, check out the news links collected at the end of this […] -
Federalist Society, Parties, Pictures, R. Ted Cruz
ATL Party Crash: The Final Fed Soc Photos
Our series of photo posts from the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention has been popular. The prior installments are available here, here, and here. Our camera is now emptied out. The last of our Fed Soc photos, after the jump. - Sponsored
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Federalist Society, Parties, Pictures
ATL Party Crash: Wherein the Harvard Federalists Throw a Bitchin' After Party
The Federalist Society Annual Dinner is basically one huge party. And no party would be complete without a rockin’ after party. The Oscars have the Vanity Fair after-party; the Fed Soc dinner has the Harvard Law School after-party. And it’s supremely convenient. Unlike many after parties, which are held in obscure venues like underground bars […] -
Federalist Society, Parties, Pictures
ATL Party Crash: The Federalist Society Annual Dinner (Part 2)
This post is a continuation of our prior post, ATL Party Crash: The Federalist Society Annual Dinner (Part 1). It consists of additional pictures from the 2006 Annual Dinner of the Federalist Society, which took place last Thursday, at the Marriott Wardman Park. The Fed Soc banquet is like Oscars night for the legal conservative […] -
Federalist Society, Parties, Pictures
ATL Party Crash: The Federalist Society Annual Dinner (Part 1)
As we mentioned earlier, we spent much of the past few days attending events at the Federalist Society’s 2006 National Lawyers Convention. Conveniently enough, the convention was held right here in Washington, D.C. (primarily at the Mayflower Hotel). For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Society, here’s a blurb about them from their […] -
Eyes of the Law, Fashion, John Roberts, Music, Parties
The Eyes of the Law: The Chief Justice at the Opera
Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are the most famous opera aficionados on the Supreme Court. But it appears that they’re not the only ones. Check out our latest judicial sightation: It appears that the ranks of the opera-attending justices is swelling. My wife and I spotted the Chief Justice and Mrs. Roberts […] -
Bush v. Gore, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Fabulosity, Fashion, Parties, Pictures, Robert Bork, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ted Olson, Weddings, White People
Lady and Ted's Excellent Adventure: Wedding Photos That Rock
“Okay, Judge Bork. Smile and say ‘The Original Understanding’!!!” (Also: Is that Harvard Law prof Laurence Tribe standing behind Robert Bork, or just someone who looks a lot like him?) Earlier this week, we gave you a detailed report about the fabulous nuptials of Ted Olson — the winning lawyer in Bush v. Gore, former […]
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Bad Ideas, Non-Sequiturs, Parties, Racism
Non-Sequiturs: 10.13.06
* Does fat = lazy or lazy = fat? Becker and Posner discuss the “Fat Law” and causation, but do not explain why there are so many fat people at Disneyland and on the Jerry Springer show. [Becker-Posner Blog (Posner); Becker-Posner Blog (Becker)] * If we’ve committed genocide, you’ve committed genocide. French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour […] -
Eyes of the Law, Parties
The Eyes of the Law: Conservative Lawyers at Play
We’re always grateful for legal celebrity sightings for Eyes of the Law, our sightings column. So please keep them coming (by email). Recent sightings have been rather Washington-centric. So if you spot a famous lawyer, judge, or law-related TV personality outside the Beltway, we’d be especially interested in hearing from you. Our latest sightings come […] -
9th Circuit, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Fashion, Food, Parties
DFOpalooza: The Farewell Brunch
Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain’s current law clerks, a merry band: Vincent Kalafat, from Notre Dame; Rod Forter, from Columbia; Marah Stith, from Yale (blogged about supra); and Father Bill Dailey, from Columbia. Well, Ninth Circuit and O’Scannlain groupies, we’ve come to the end of the road. This is our last batch of pictures from our delightful […] -
9th Circuit, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, John Demers, Jonathan Cohn, Law Professors, Office of Legal Policy, Parties, Pictures, Rachel Brand, William Birdthistle
Another Dispatch from DFOpalooza
Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Mrs. Maura O’Scannlain, and two decades’ worth of law clerks and judicial assistants. (We apologize for the less-than-stellar quality of this pic. If you live in the D.C. area and would like to give us a tutorial in digital photography, email us.) Our photo essay about the historic Pioneer Courthouse, in Portland, […] -
Colbert Report, Divorce Train Wrecks, Feminism, Jews, Merck, Non-Sequiturs, Oy, Parties, Ridiculousness, Sex, Shameless Plugs, Shopping, Ted Frank
Non Sequiturs: 09.29.06
* Bill Childs disses AEI’s parties. He just doesn’t appreciate a good formal gala. [TortsProf Blog] * FAA regulations: comply with weirded-out flight attendant at all times, no matter how irrational she is. [Prettier Than Napoleon] * Apple claims right to word “podcast”; next: all soundwaves between 4500 and 6000 MHz. [Overlawyered] * Blogs can […] -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Non-Sequiturs, Parties, Stuart Rabner
Non-Sequiturs: 8.31.06
* Corporate associates, listen up: sometimes that mind-numbing due diligence actually matters. Sometimes. [The Recorder] * Oooh, we no likee. Will this prevent us from forwarding embarrassing summer associate emails to 50 of our closest friends? [WSJ Law Blog] * What the “Burning Man” cultural festival shares in common with a law firm: “It’s a […] -
Anna Schneider-Mayerson, Bad Ideas, Bonuses, Melvyn Weiss, Milberg Weiss, New York Observer, Parties, Plaintiffs Firms
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: Partying on a Sinking Ship
One of our favorite legal reporters, Anna Schneider-Mayerson of the New York Observer — a paper that is, by the way, now under new ownership — chimes in on the slow death of securities class-action behemoth Milberg Weiss (headed by Melvyn Weiss, pictured). Most of her piece summarizes recent developments that have been reported previously […]