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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
Benchslap Update: Skadden Partners Learn Their Fates
Remember the two Skadden partners who got hit with a big benchslap, an order to show cause why they shouldn't be sanctioned? What punishment did they get from the court? -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Sheila Birnbaum
Benchslap of the Day: Skadden, Smacked, Eats Crow
Responding to a big-time benchslap by a federal judge, a high-profile Skadden partner issues a giant mea culpa. - Sponsored
Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for. -
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Above the Law's Top Ten Most Popular Posts of 2012
It's hard to believe that another year has passed, but here we are. That said, let's check out the ten biggest stories of the past year as decided by our readers.
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Arthur Miller, Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
NYU Law Comes to Reasonable Resolution After Latest Exam Screw-Up
Famous NYU Law professor makes a mistake when handing out exams, but he corrects it quickly and gracefully... -
Caption Contests, New Jersey, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest Winner: Spelling For Dummies Lawyers
Check out our newest Caption Contest winner! -
Biglaw, Legal Ethics, Screw-Ups
Another Client Controversy for Greenberg Traurig
Another day, another drama related to Greenberg Traurig.... -
Caption Contests, Contests, New Jersey, Pictures, Reader Polls, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest Finalists: Spelling For Dummies Lawyers
Here are the finalists for our most recent Caption Contest. -
Health Care / Medicine, Screw-Ups, Sex
Talk About A 'Hot' Line: Florida Governor Gives Out Phone Sex Number To Those Seeking Info On Meningitis Outbreak
Today, we’ve got yet another story about a law school graduate who inadvertently gave out the number for a phone sex line, but this time he’s not a defense attorney -- he’s the Governor of Florida…. - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work. -
Caption Contests, Contests, New Jersey, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest: Spelling For Dummies Lawyers
Enter our new caption contest! -
Associate Advice, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Call the Carrier
Do partners blow minor mistakes out of proportion? Or is there is a reason for this? -
Cellphones, Judge of the Day, Pictures, Screw-Ups, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Technology
Ex-Judge of the Day: Nobody Wants to See the 'Judicial Penis'
This ex-judge got in trouble for accidentally showing a colleague a photograph of the "'judicial penis." -
Defamation, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Rankings, Screw-Ups, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 10.05.12
* Do we really need another “50 Best Law Schools” ranking list? Meh. But we know you want to find out if your school made the cut. [Business Insider] * What’s the hardest part of being a public defender? Is it a) the low pay, b) the long hours, or c) getting punched in the face by an unhappy client? [Huffington Post] * This lawyer is involved in a mess of defamation accusations because he made the mistake of paying attention to anonymous comments. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Only amateur fibbers simply pretend they have cancer. If you want to be the real deal, you gotta tell all your friends you also don’t have health insurance and get them to raise three grand to pay for your imaginary chemo. [Legal Juice] * So, I would never fake an injury to get to use a wheelchair, because of the serious karma issues it would probably create in my life (e.g., above blurb). But I will say I went to Disneyland once with a physically disabled friend, and it was freaking amazing. I’ve never waited in so few lines in my life. [Consumerist] * I think the lesson here is that it’s generally poor parenting to name your child after the sound a bomb makes. [CBS Cleveland via Legal Blog Watch] -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups, Technology
Law Firm Website Weirdness: What's Going On?
Why are so many major law firms' websites on the fritz this morning?
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work.
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Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for.
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Sign up and join us for our CLE webinar. From importing your checklist to delivering the closing book, you can bolster client service throughout the…
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Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50…
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Drugs, Lawyer of the Day, Marijuana, New Orleans, Police, Ridiculousness, Screw-Ups
Prosecutor Drops Joint in Court, in Front of Cops; Promptly Curses the Day He Was Born
A New Orleans city attorney gets busted for pot in "arguably the easiest collar in the annals of policework." Oops! -
Ann Althouse, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Politics, Screw-Ups, Technology
A Look Inside the Law Review Sausage Factory -- and Possible Evidence of Bias Against Conservatives
Are law review editors biased against conservative scholarship? Leaked emails written by law journal editors raise this possibility. -
Screw-Ups, Technology, Weirdness
Why Does the Connecticut Judiciary Have 'Erotic Fondling' on its Official Website?
Well, this is an interesting glitch in the Connecticut Courts website... -
Guns / Firearms, Judge of the Day, Screw-Ups, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: This Is What You Call a 'Lack of Good Judgment'
Our Judge of the Day accidentally fired a revolver in his chambers. Oops! -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups
When You Can't Provide Power During the Bar Exam, You Must Expect People To Complain About Their Scores
The results are in from the North Carolina bar exam, but the effects of the power outage haven't been fully resolved... -
Email Scandals, Screw-Ups, Technology
Why Gmail Should Add A 'I Didn't Mean to Send That' Emergency Recall Button
A confidential memo accidentally accidentally sent by email gives a lot of lawyers a lot of headaches... -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Breasts, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Partner Issues, Privacy, Racism, Screw-Ups, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 08.16.12
* A St. Louis plastic surgeon has been sued for allegedly posting topless photos of her breast augmentation patients online — with their names attached to the photos. It’s just more evidence that sooner or later everyone will be naked on the internet. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] * Dewey have enough partners to make the Partner Contribution Plan viable? It seems that we do! [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Wow, the miracles of technology. Now if you have a paternity dispute that you need to clear up, you don’t need to go on Jerry Springer. All you need to do is visit your local taco truck DNA testing van. [Legal Blog Watch] * You know that scary feeling when it seems you have forgotten something but you can’t figure out what it is? Well, you forgot your toddler — at the grocery store. There, fixed it for you. [Legal Juice] * Oh boy, another misbehaving state judge. This one, from Georgia, allegedly pre-signed arrest warrants and hit on a woman who appeared before him in court. Sounds like quite the stand-up dude. [Atlanta Journal Constitution] * What are the top five movies all law students should watch? Let the arguing over this list begin… [Greedy Associates] * I’m sure there must have been a legitimate reason for a federal judge to compare the civil liberties of Muslim Americans to a “hideous sea monster,” but c’mon, really? [Chicago Tribune]