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Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Fabulosity, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Plaintiffs Firms, Politics, Shameless Plugs, Videos, You Go Girl
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: The Lioness Roars, "I'm In"
The big news of the weekend: the announcement by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that she’s opening a presidential exploratory committee. This is, of course, the first step towards a (now inevitable) White House bid. If you haven’t done so already, check out Senator Clinton’s videotaped announcement. It’s excellent. Senator Clinton’s intelligence, work ethic, experience and […] -
Deaths, Feminism, Gender, Law Professors, Litigatrix, Marsha Berzon, Plaintiffs Firms
Judith P. Vladeck, R.I.P.
Judith Vladeck, a top labor lawyer and advocate for women’s rights, passed away earlier this week. She was 83 and a resident of Manhattan. From the New York Times obituary: Proud of her courtroom contentiousness, Ms. Vladeck brought a combination of showmanship and detailed analysis of salary histories and job performance to her cases. She […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
2nd Circuit, Fashion, Fat People, Hotties, Plaintiffs Firms, Tort Reform
Be Grateful for Our Litigious American Ways
Some people, like the Overlawyered crew, can’t stop bitching about our ridiculously litigious society. They complain that here in the United States, people sue at the drop of a hat, for the most stupid or frivolous of reasons. But there may be an upside to our culture of litigation. From the AFP: The leading association […]
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Death Penalty, Deaths, Drinking, Morning Docket, Plaintiffs Firms, Saddam Hussein, Traffic Accidents, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 01.08.06
* Sucks to be a plaintiff’s lawyer. [Business Week via How Appealing] * Classy. [CNN] * The whole lynch-mob-style execution thing was not our idea. [Jurist] * Westar convictions overturned. [WSJ Law Blog] * Detention of three legal immigrants at Port of Miami evidently amounts to nothing; the whole thing was a “misunderstanding”. [AP via […]
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9th Circuit, Crime, Drugs, Law Professors, Plaintiffs Firms, Prisons, Pro Se Litigants
The Fine Line Separating Pro Se Litigants, Plaintiffs' Lawyers, and Law Professors
Remember the Best Notice of Appeal Ever? We’ve finally found a filing that tops it. Pro se litigants, plaintiffs’ lawyers, and law professors all share the ability to “think outside the box.” They come up with novel and creative theories of liability — ones that courts have never entertained before. Some are crazy. Some are […] -
Biglaw, Crime, Melvyn Weiss, Milberg Weiss, Money, Plaintiffs Firms, William Lerach
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: More About Steve Schulman's Departure
After we mentioned the departure of indicted partner Steven Schulman from the indicted law firm Milberg Weiss, some of you had funny things to say. See, e.g., this comment. As it turns out, there were reasons unrelated to federal criminal charges for Steve Schulman to leave Milberg. From Legal Pad: Schulman’s deal with the firm […] -
Ann Althouse, Biglaw, Blogging, Hotties, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lunacy, Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Plaintiffs Firms
Supplemental Non-Sequiturs: 12.12.06
Here’s a delightful potpourri of fun and interesting links. We planned to write about these items in more depth, but just never got around to it. So now we’re just going to air them in these pages. We’ve been saving them up for a while, so some are a bit dated (although some are new). […] -
Crime, Family Law, Football, Intellectual Property, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Plaintiffs Firms, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 12.07.06
* Let’s see…a corrupt Laguardia Community College instructor on the one hand, and students dumb enough to think that a slightly better grade in computer science will compensate for the fact that they attend Laguardia Community College…I won’t comment, lest you think I’m elitist or something. [Newsday] * Sponsoring babies, but not the Sally Struthers […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Plaintiffs Firms, William Lerach, You Go Girl
Judge of the Day: Melinda Harmon
People pay attention to a judge’s reversal rate — how often that jurist gets reversed by a higher court. And a high reversal rate is usually regarded as “not a good thing.” But we kinda admire judges who aren’t overly concerned with their reversal rate. We respect judges who are willing to go out on […] -
Borat, Movies, Plaintiffs Firms
Impoverished Romanian Village Gets Trial Lawyers Before Running Water, Electricity
The Borat litigation juggernaut rolls on. And Fox, the studio behind the hit movie, is fighting back: Fox attorneys filed a legal brief Monday slamming a request for a preliminary injunction against the hit comedy “Borat” as a “fatuous” attempt to thwart free speech, even as the studio’s legal battle spread to a second front. […] -
Money, Plaintiffs Firms, Wall Street
We're Not Sure Whom To Root for in This One
The icky plaintiffs’ lawyers, or the obscenely rich private equity tycoons? Both can be less than appealing at times, although for different reasons. Our big brother blog has the details. Private Equity Gets Hit With Class Action Suit [DealBreaker] -
Allen & Overy, Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Milberg Weiss, Patricia Hynes, Plaintiffs Firms
Musical Chairs: Parachuting Onto a Sinking Ship?
We’re vaguely troubled by the title of this WSJ Law Blog post (’cause it makes us think of this). But it does report on a notable move within the legal profession, so we will plow ahead. From the aforementioned post: Matthew Gluck is joining Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman as a senior partner, marking a […] -
Ann Althouse, Celebrities, Fashion, Glenn Reynolds, Law Schools, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Orin Kerr, Plaintiffs Firms, Pornography, Project Runway, Prostitution, Tax Law
Supplemental Non-Sequiturs: 10.20.06
Now that we have the able assistance of Stella Q for Non-Sequiturs — check out her great post from yesterday — we have no place for random links that catch our eye, but don’t merit full treatment in a separate post. Blogospheric leftovers, if you will. So here’s a special midday “bonus edition” of Non-Sequiturs: […]
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Allen & Overy, Michael Chepiga, Milberg Weiss, Patricia Hynes, Plaintiffs Firms
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: Now It's Getting Really Bad
Since it went and got itself indicted, things have been less than peachy-keen over at Milberg Weiss, everyone’s favorite class-action complaint factory. Milberg has lost oodles of prominent partners to other plaintiffs’ firms. And now things are turning downright ugly: Patricia Hynes, a former name partner of Milberg Weiss, is crossing over to the other […] -
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 […] -
Benchslaps, Bernstein Litowitz, Comverse, Milberg Weiss, Options Backdating, Plaintiffs Firms
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: The Last Throes
Sometimes a dying person twitches and convulses violently before finally biting the big one. Such is the case with Milberg Weiss, which is showing a few final signs of life. The New York Law Journal passes along this good news for our favorite class-action complaint assembly line: A New York judge has given a boost […] -
Bernstein Litowitz, Milberg Weiss, Plaintiffs Firms
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: Another One Bites the Dust
Milberg Weiss, the plaintiffs’ side class-action factory under federal indictment, continues to fall apart before our very eyes. The former legal powerhouse, which just lost partner Christopher Jones, suffers another defection. CalLaw’s Legal Pad reports: The most recent [departure] is William Fredericks, a New York-based partner who’s joining rival Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman. “We’re […]