Ridiculousness
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Grade Reform, Law Professors, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Texas
Fight the Power: Is There a Way Around the Curve?
We get it, law students: the curve sucks. Because the law school curve affects important things like class rank, law review eligibility, and employment opportunities, it can make or break your life. But can you fight it? A student at the University of Texas School of Law is trying -- albeit unsuccessfully -- to fight the powers that be.... -
Attorney Misconduct, Kids, Lawsuit of the Day, Legal Ethics, Ridiculousness, State Judges
Lawsuit of the Day: Next Time Mom Ticks You Off, Just Sue Her
Two adult children in Illinois have sued their own mother on the grounds of "bad mothering." You must be wondering how one qualifies to be a bad enough mother to warrant such a lawsuit. Well, apparently, failing to completely spoil your children will do the trick -- especially if your ex-husband, an attorney, has it out for you and is representing the kids. Read on to find out what these snotty little brats alleged against their mother.... - Sponsored
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Adoption, Bad Ideas, Food, Kids, Ridiculousness, Women's Issues
Hot Sauce Is for Eating, Not for Disciplining Your Kids
Sometimes kids can be really annoying and behave really badly. Luckily for my parents, I was a little bit of both when I was younger. After throwing a spare rib at someone’s head in a Chinese restaurant, my parents didn’t take me out to dinner with them for months. After throwing a puzzle at the […]
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Biglaw, Kasowitz Benson, Litigators, Music, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness, Summer Associates
In Defense of Gregory Berry (Plus a few more funny stories.)
One of the most compelling characters to populate our pages lately is Gregory S. Berry. As you surely recall, Berry is the ex-associate at Kasowitz Benson who is now suing his former firm for a whopping $77 million. Thus far, reader sentiment doesn't seem favorable towards Berry, but now a source has contacted us to defend Berry -- and to criticize Berry's former employer, Kasowitz Benson.... -
Biglaw, California, Cars, Kasowitz Benson, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Remembrances of Gregory Berry
Since we first wrote about Gregory Berry, the former Kasowitz Benson associate who is suing the firm for $77 million, Above the Law readers have been sharing their opinions about working with him. Let's take a look at their opinions.... -
Biglaw, Kasowitz Benson, Lawsuit of the Day, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Lawsuit of the Day: Ex-Kasowitz Associate With 'Superior Legal Mind' Sues the Firm for $77 Million
By now, you've probably heard about a lawsuit filed against litigation powerhouse Kasowitz Benson and two Kasowitz partners by Gregory S. Berry, a former first-year associate at the firm. Berry seeks a whopping $77 million in damages -- $2.55 million in estimated lost income, and $75 million in punitives. Let's have a look at his interesting allegations, plus hear from some tipsters.... -
Animal Law, Job Searches, Law Schools, Pets, Ridiculousness, Texas
The Legal Profession Is Literally Going to the Dogs
We mentioned it briefly in Morning Docket a few days ago, but now we know for sure that dogs are marking their territory in the legal profession. Dogs are appearing everywhere from law school libraries to courtroom witness boxes. Naturally, when we heard that the doggie-at-law phenomenon had made it all the way down to […] -
Barack Obama, Crime, Deaths, Email Scandals, John McCain, Law Schools, Lunacy, Murder, Police, Politics, Prisons, Ridiculousness, Violence
The Collected Writings of Stephen McDaniel
In prior coverage of Stephen McDaniel, the Mercer Law School graduate accused of murdering his former neighbor and classmate, Lauren Giddings, we alluded to several emails that McDaniel sent to some of his classmates. Some students found the emails, which reflected McDaniel's conservative political views, to be strange or disturbing. We will now share them with you.... - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Bad Ideas, California, DealBreaker, Holy Crap, Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness
Men Find the Strangest Places to Put Their Baby Batter
A lot of my closest friends are male. It’s probably because we share the same sense of humor about most things. But sometimes broish pranks cross the line from being funny to freakin’ disgusting at warp speed. Guys, here’s a little tip: anything outside of the bedroom that has to do with giving a girl […] -
Bad Ideas, Food, Holy Crap, Lawsuit of the Day, Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness
Lawsuit of the Day: A Sushi Roll with 'Special Sauce'
Late one night in the summer of 2008, Susan Deprado had a craving for sushi. But after taking a bite, Deprado knew something was fishy. Read on to find out about the "special sauce" that made her sue.... -
5th Circuit, Benchslaps, Civil Rights, Ridiculousness, Texas
Benchslap of the Day: Shouldn't Cheerleaders Know How to Spell?
Judge Jerry Smith of the Fifth Circuit had some harsh words about a cheerleading-related litigation: "[T]his is nothing more than a dispute, fueled by a disgruntled cheerleader mom, over whether her daughter should have made the squad. It is a petty squabble, masquerading as a civil rights matter, that has no place in federal court or any other court." -
Breasts, Ridiculousness, Sexism
Lawyer Withdraws His Motion Objecting To Breasts Of Opposing Counsel's Wife, But This Is Not Over
Remember the attorney who filed a motion objecting to the breasts of a woman at opposing counsel's table. That lawyer has since dropped his motion and been admonished by a judge. This could all be over now, but the lawyer in question just keeps talking, and talking, and talking... -
Crime, Education / Schools, Kids, Ridiculousness, Sentencing Law
They Want To Send This Child Prankster To Jail, And Nobody Even Killed Themselves Over It
Am I the only person who remembers what it was like to be a teenager? Am I the only freaking person up in here that values a good prank? Am I the only person left on this go***mn planet who doesn’t think teenagers who commit pranks should go to jail regardless of how much somebody […]
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Breasts, Hotties, Jury Duty, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Trials
The Allegedly Distracting Breasts At Counsel Table: Guess Who They Belong To?
I really, really hope that somewhere out there, Thomas W. Gooch III feels like a giant tool. A few days ago, Gooch, of the law firm Gauthier & Gooch, wrote a motion objecting to a “large breasted woman” sitting at opposing counsel’s table. He questioned the woman’s qualifications and accused opposing counsel, Dmitry Feofanov, of […] -
Breasts, Jury Duty, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Trials
Motion of the Day: No Law Against Having Big-Breasted Colleagues
Well, there’s really nothing else to talk about this morning. Jezebel reports that a defense attorney has written a motion objecting to the people seated at the plaintiff’s table. Well, one person in particular — a “large breasted woman” who is seated next to plaintiff’s counsel. Is there a law against having large-breasted women hang […] -
Billable Hours, Quote of the Day, Ridiculousness, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Ted Frank
Quote of the Day: And you thought you billed a lot of hours....
[Lawyer Dennis] Gingold claims to have billed an astonishing 48,772 hours on this case—which works out to almost 9.5 hours a day, every day without a single day off, between November 4, 1995, and December 7, 2009. This includes a seven-year stretch where Mr. Gingold billed 28,230 hours—an average of eleven hours a day, every […] -
Hotties, Law Schools, listserv, Ridiculousness, Sexism
Do Michigan Law Men Have Thin, Saggy Skins?
You have to hand it to the University of Michigan Law School. They always keep it interesting in Ann Arbor. Today’s tale of wacky wolverines arises out of the law school’s “Mr. Wolverine” beauty pageant. Yeah, it sounds like exactly what it is. It’s a nice little event where Michigan men “dress down” for the […] -
Law Schools, Rank Stupidity, Rankings, Ridiculousness, U.S. News
Latest Cooley Law School Rankings Achieve New Heights of Intellectual Dishonesty
It’s Christmas morning here at Above the Law. Thomas M. Cooley Law School has released a new set of law school rankings designed to make Thomas M. Cooley Law School look good. Back in 2009, Cooley incredibly ranked itself the 12th-best law school in the country. Now the farce reaches new and glorious heights. In […] -
Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
What's More Embarrassing Than Farting? Being the Country That Criminalizes Farting.
I don’t know much about Malawi. I know they had a fuel shortage recently. So when I heard they were banning gas, I thought, “Well, that’s an elegant solution.” But Malawi isn’t banning gas, it’s going to criminalize passing gas. Yeah, because of all the things going on in Malawi, I’m sure farting is a […] -
Jonathan Lee Riches, Lawsuit of the Day, Lunacy, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches v. Jared Lee Loughner
Over the past year, we haven’t covered a lot of the crazy lawsuits initiated by Jonathan Lee Riches. The man has sued everybody from Eliot Spitzer to Molly Ringwald. At some point, you get used to the drill. And there are always other crazy pro se litigants to write about. But the embarrassment of riches […]