Rudeness
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Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Fast Food, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
HappyMealGate Wrap-up: You Want Florida CLE With That?
We have a ruling in the HappyMealGate case (prior coverage here, here, and here of Wiliam P. Smith, the McDermott Will & Emery partner who told Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff that she was “a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal”). And it’s surprisingly lenient. Judge Isicoff basically gave Smith a stern talking to: […] -
Barack Obama, Harvard Law Review, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Rudeness
The Harvard Law Review: Good Training for Politics?
Regular ATL readers know that the venerable Harvard Law Review is something of a shark tank. See here, here, and here. So maybe the rough-and-tumble world of Gannett House is where Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), a former HLR president, learned how to campaign. From the NYT: Shortly after the Clinton campaign released the financial information […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Fast Food, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
HappyMealGate: Let's Just Have a Public Flogging, and Get This Over With
Surely you all recall William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and head of its bankruptcy department — who recently told a Miami bankruptcy judge, in open court, that she was “a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal.” We broke the story here (with follow-up here). The “Happy […]
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Drugs, Judge of the Day, Larry Seidlin, Lawrence Korda, Marijuana, Rudeness, Sexual Harassment, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judges of the Day: Lawrence Korda and Gerald Klein
Make that EX-judges of the day, since they’ve both resigned from the bench — one after being arrested on drug charges, and the other after allegedly making inappropriate comments to a female prosecutor. What is up with state court judges in South Florida? (Remember this guy?) Judge accused in pot-smoking case resigns [Daily Business Review] […] -
Ann Althouse, AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Biglaw, Blogging, Daniel Solove, Defamation, Eugene Volokh, Free Speech, Glenn Reynolds, Law Schools, Rudeness, Technology
More on the AutoAdmit Lawsuit: An Update on Doe v. Ciolli
The blogosphere is ablaze with discussion of the AutoAdmit lawsuit. We collect and summarize the commentary in this linkwrap. (We read all the blogs, so you don’t have to! You can thank us later.) 1. Students File Suit Against Ex-AutoAdmit Director, Others [WSJ Law Blog] If you haven’t done so already, read this post first. […] -
Anthony Ciolli, AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Defamation, Rudeness, Technology
Has AutoAdmit Been Pwn3d?
Anthony Ciolli, the former Chief Education Director of the AutoAdmit.com website, and various posters on that message board have been sued. A civil action has been filed against them in federal district court in Connecticut. The claims made against defendants are as follows: copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501; appropriation of another’s name or […] -
Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Fast Food, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
HappyMealGate: An Update on the Fry Guy
Earlier this month, we wrote about how William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and head of its bankruptcy department — landed himself in the deep-fat fryer. Smith unwisely told a bankruptcy judge, in open court, that she was “a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal.” Well, Judge […] -
Crime, Free Speech, Holy Crap, Pets, Politics, Rudeness
A Hypothetical for Next Year's Crim Law Final Exam
Here’s a development that has Colorado prosecutors saying “oh crap” — quite literally. From the Rocky Mountain News: A former Democratic Party activist who left dog feces on the doorstep of U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s Greeley office during last year’s 4th Congressional District campaign was found not guilty Wednesday of criminal use of a noxious […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
ATL Practice Pointers: Don't Insult the Judge in Open Court
Or even in chambers, for that matter. But open court is worse. From a tipster: In a bankruptcy case here in the Southern District of Florida, William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and the head of its bankruptcy department — actually told a judge she was “a few French […] -
Crime, Department of Justice, Monica Goodling, Politics, Rudeness, You Go Girl
More Mistreatment of Monica
Former Justice Department lawyer Monica Goodling has gotten a raw deal. From the media. From the blogosphere. And now, from the DOJ itself. According to the Washington Post’s Andrew Cohen: [B]ack at the ranch, the Justice Department managed to tick off former high-ranking official Monica Goodling and her attorneys by going public with allegations against […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Law Schools, Rudeness, Torture, War on Terror
Alberto Gonzales Can't Get No Respect
Poor Alberto Gonzales. Even Romy and Michele had a better time at their reunion. From the AP: A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion. “When the photographer […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Rudeness
Lawyer of the Day: Kenneth Heller
We’ve got to dash up to DC for a couple of days to attend to our real job, so another guest blogger will be taking the controls now. We’ll return on Thursday. But we can’t leave without directing your attention to our Lawyer of the Day, Kenneth Heller. The Village Voice has a long piece […] -
Department of Justice, Law Schools, Monica Goodling, Rudeness, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Wherein Bill Maher Speaks Rudely of Our Girl Monica
Viewer discretion advised. This video clip is very elitist (or “tierist,” as some of you might say, referring to the U.S. News system of ranking law schools in tiers): Bill Maher New Rule – From Elites to Jesus [YouTube]
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Brett Kavanaugh, Federal Judges, Hair, Law Schools, Rudeness, Samuel Alito, Screw-Ups, Susan Graber, Videos
Wherein We Embarrass Ourselves at the Moot Court Finals
Next time you hear a cell phone go off in a movie or at the theater, and think to yourself, “What an a**hole!”, remind yourself: Someday YOU might be that a**hole. Watch this video, from the start of the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court finals, which we attended at Columbia Law School earlier this week. […] -
Biglaw, Lunacy, Rudeness
Crazy Biglaw Partners: A Window Into Their Psyches
The Cravath partner who uses Scotch tape to Biore herself during a deposition. The Sullivan & Cromwell partner who allegedly tells a gay associate to “bend over” and pick up a document. The partner that you’re probably working for right now, who makes one insane demand after another. What is UP with these people? How […] -
Education / Schools, Kids, Lawsuit of the Day, Nude Dancing, Rudeness
Lawsuit of the Day: High School Wise Ass Claims He Got a Bum Rap
We adore quirky lawsuits brought by high school students against school administrators. There’s something about the high school setting that fosters oddball litigation. E.g., “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”; Gifties v. Tards. Here’s the latest such tale, from the AP: A high school senior acknowledges he went too far when he mooned a teacher. But he […] -
7th Circuit, Birthdays, Celebrities, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Real Estate, Romance and Dating, Rudeness, Sexual Harassment, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.07
* A hilarious read if you’ve been there, even if I tell you that the punchline is that this 70-year-old rich lawyer dude with 40-year-old sheets now has a 22-year-old Russian girlfriend. [New York Times] * I think I heard a colleague at one of my first jobs say he wanted to f*&k me like […] -
Antonin Scalia, Arthur Miller, Benchslaps, Law Professors, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Arthur Miller Deals Justice Scalia a Reverse Bench-Slap
Oh no he didn’t… Oh yes he did! Check out this account of yesterday’s Supreme Court argument, by the AP: Longtime Harvard law professor Arthur Miller (at right)… was arguing on behalf of shareholders who want to sue companies for fraud. Miller is a frequent television commentator, prolific writer and possibly the inspiration for an […] -
Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Craigslist, Law Schools, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Rudeness, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 03.23.07
* With the advanced state of medical technology, it won’t be long before some pol subjects every pregnant woman to a recording of her fetus pleading, “Please, Mommy, don’t kill me!” [MSN] * What on earth was he planning on doing with all that money? I’m thinking a tragic Gatsby-esque scenario. [ABA Journal E-Report] * […] -
Books, Education / Schools, Hair, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies, Nauseating Things, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Rudeness
Non-Sequiturs: 03.16.07
* Strippers always have day jobs, so this is no small victory. [Des Moines Register] * Why the premium you pay for Fiji water (“untouched by man until you unscrew the cap”) is worth it. [Trentonian] * (Commercially successful) hipster writer gives it away for free, but will anyone want it? [Sivacracy.net] * But you […]