Sexism
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In-House Counsel, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sexism, Women's Issues
House Rules: Is Marissa Mayer's Pregnancy 'Material Knowledge'?
Does it matter that Yahoo!'s new CEO is pregnant? Columnist David Mowry doesn't think so. -
Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Billable Hours, California, Drugs, Morning Docket, Ridiculousness, Sam Sparks, Sexism, Sports, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 07.11.12
* Following yesterday’s hearing, Kleiner Perkins may be able to get a second bite at the proverbial apple after a judge tentatively denied the firm’s bid to arbitrate Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit. [The Recorder; Bits / New York Times]
* Ogletree Deakins has allegedly got 99 299 problems, and a b*tch ain’t one billing errors are all of ‘em. Arizona’s Maricopa County wants a refund, and it plans to debar the firm from additional work for the next three years. [ABA Journal]
* Not everything’s bigger in Texas: attorneys for Lance Armstrong have refiled a shorter version of his lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after suffering a brutal benchslap at the hands of Judge Sam Sparks. [Los Angeles Times]
* Screw your ban on non-lawyer investors, we’ll expand anyway! Jacoby & Meyers merged with Chicago’s Macey Bankruptcy Law to create a 300-attorney adventure in awful lawyer advertising. [National Law Journal]
* The bell has not yet tolled for Florida lawyer Frank Louderback, who will now be able to attend the 32nd Annual Ernest Hemingway Look-alike Contest thanks to his client’s last minute guilty plea. [Tampa Bay Times]
* “I don’t care what the law says, you’re getting a summons.” Sorry, officer, but you don’t mess with a Brooklyn Law student’s booze, because he’ll challenge New York’s open-container law. [City Room / New York Times]
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Lawsuit of the Day, Masturbation, Nauseating Things, Sex, Sexism, Sexual Harassment
Lawsuits of the Day: Ewwww. OMG, OMG. Gross.
In our dual Lawsuits of the Day, we read about some men who are allegedly having trouble appropriately managing their, errm, manhood...
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lateral Moves, Litigators, Litigatrix, Money, Partner Issues, Severance, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Thompson & Knight
Dewey Know A Partner Whose Alleged Actions Led to a $400K 'Severance Arrangement'?
Dewey know the identity of one of the partners that Emily Saffitz complained about (on her way to getting a big severance deal)? Oh yes we do. -
California, Labor / Employment, Sexism, Silicon Valley, Technology, Women's Issues
High-Profile Sex Discrimination Suit Shines Ugly Light on Silicon Valley 'Bro Culture'
What does a recent sexual discrimination suit, filed by a Harvard Law alumna, mean for attorneys who work within the emerging “brogrammer” culture in Silicon Valley… -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, JPMorgan Chase, Money, Partner Issues, S.D.N.Y., Severance, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Thompson & Knight
Why Dewey Owe More Than $400K to a Former Associate?(And a report on Dewey's day in bankruptcy court.)
What happened at yesterday's bankruptcy court hearing for Dewey & LeBoeuf? And why does the firm owe more than $400,000 in "severance" to a former associate? -
Breasts, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Gloria Allred, Hotties, Jews, Lawsuit of the Day, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
Lawsuit of the Day: Yet Another Woman Claims She Was Fired for Being 'Too Hot'
Yet another woman is suing because she claims she was fired for being "too hot." Who is she, and what does she look like? -
California, Cars, Deaths, Drugs, Facebook, In-House Counsel, Non-Sequiturs, Sexism
Non-Sequiturs: 05.18.12
* This NYU Law professor’s apparent hypocrisy makes me want to chew on gravel. Seems like he has earned the digital tar and feathering he’s getting. [Inside the Law School Scam] * So, Facebook went public today. The life of Facebook’s GC is about to change in big, big ways. [Corporate Counsel] * The city […] - Sponsored
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Magic Circle, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Videos, YouTube
The Latest Plot Twist in Deidre Dare v. Allen & Overy
What's the latest news in sexy expat Deidre Dare's never-ending litigation against her former employer, Allen & Overy? -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Hotties, Partner Issues, Rudeness, Screw-Ups, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sexism
A Quinn Emanuel Partner's Lecherous 'Reply All'
A Quinn Emanuel partner recently sent a "reply all" email that was, er, not very politically correct. What on earth did he write (to the entire New York office)? -
Gender, Nude Dancing, Paralegals, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism
Arguably The Best Use Of Sexism And Unethical Behavior Ever
We all know that firms put the prettiest secretaries on the floors clients see, while the floors with associates who share offices are staffed by hagravens. T&A has been used to secure clients probably since we moved out of the state of nature. Lawyers in the great city of Miami are just taking this natural service and extending to to criminal defendants. What's so wrong with that? -
Biglaw, Defamation, Disability Law, Health Care / Medicine, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Pro Se Litigants, Racism, Sexism, Women's Issues
Biglaw Discrimination Lawsuit Potpourri: Proskauer Rose and Ropes & Gray
What do Proskauer Rose and Ropes & Gray have in common (besides the seven shared letters in their firm names)? They are both leading law firms. They both have major presences, their two biggest offices, in New York and Boston. They both have blue and gray in their logos. And they are both involved in […] -
Biglaw, Breasts, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Hotties, Parties, Sexism, Summer Associates, Women's Issues
Grin and Bare It: Stripping Out of Your Suit at Firm Events
It's almost the middle of summer, and it's hot as hell outside. The invitation to the firm summer party is coming for you -- and it might involve a pool or beach. Is there such a thing as bathing suit etiquette for a Biglaw summer bash?
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Politics, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism
Things Fall Apart: Now Starring Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to be the key witness in a sexual misconduct scandal involving a rich and powerful Frenchman. After you are savaged in the international press, be prepared for the prosecutor handling the case to abandon you. From the New York Times: Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house […] -
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... -
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 […] -
Biglaw, Sexism, Women's Issues
It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
Every summer when I was in Biglaw, a new crop of summer associates would roll in, and I inevitably would be assigned a female summer to mentor. Presumably the intention was for us to bond over our mutual struggles of being women at a law firm. Every fall the same arrangement would take shape again, […] -
Drinking, Feminism, Gender, Litigators, Sexism, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Can A Wet T-Shirt Contest Form The Basis Of A Niche Practice?
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. After talking to so many happy small-firm lawyers, I have begun looking for my own niche to scratch. It came to me while driving in the suburbs a few weeks ago. There was a radio […] -
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 […]