Sexual Harassment
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Banking Law, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, Pornography, SCOTUS, Sexual Harassment
Morning Docket 1.22.09
* Obama made the order to close Guantanamo within a year and former U.S. attorney David Iglesias has been hired to prosecute suspected terrorists held at the prison. [The Associated Press] * Caroline Kennedy withdrew her Senate bid, so all that press was much ado about nothing. [The New York Times] * The Chinese court […]
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Basketball, Lawsuit of the Day, Sexual Harassment, Sports
Lawsuit of the Day: Hired Help v. Eddy Curry
As you might have heard, New York Knicks atrocious waste of salary cap space star center Eddy Curry has been sued by a former employee. We all knew that Curry was a 6’11” behemoth of a man who is afraid of grabbing a rebound. But some of the allegations contained in the complaint against him […] - Sponsored
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Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Sexual Harassment, Sheppard Mullin
Morning Docket 12.03.08
* Barack Obama has promised to close Guantanamo Bay, but what is going to happen to the most dangerous inmates? Should they be released anyway? What legal basis can the U.S. use to keep them captive? [Bloomberg.com] * Roman Polanski — the Academy Award-winning director of Rosemary’s Baby, who admitted to having sex with a […]
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Associate Advice, pls hndle thx, Romance and Dating, Sex, Sexual Harassment
Pls Hndle Thx:Hot for Partner
[Ed Note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com] Dear ATL- About a week ago I was out for happy hour drinks with some people from my firm. I really hit it off with a young-ish junior partner who I hadn’t really spoken to before. He asked me out for drinks […] -
Bad Ideas, Breasts, Romance and Dating, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
The Curious Case Of Randy: Part 3
[Ed Note: This is the third and final installment in the Curious Case of Randy, a rather eccentric law firm partner. You can read Part 1 over here and Part 2 over here.] Weeks pass, and Randy continues to be randy. Stopping by my office no less than three times a day. Gawking at the […] -
Breasts, Romance and Dating, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
The Curious Case Of Randy (Part 2)
[Ed Note: Yesterday we learned that Hope’s partner pal, Randy, was taking testosterone pills to treat his “lactating man-boobs.” Today we learn about the downside of hormonal supplements.] “Testosterone pills? Like, how many do you have to take?” “Well, right now three. One with every meal.” I wanted to end this conversation and finish the […] -
Drugs, Lawsuit of the Day, Sexual Harassment
Lawsuit of the Day: Is Sexual Assault Supposed to be Part of the Tour?
Five women embarked on Starline’s Haunted Hollywood Tour, expecting to hear celebrity tales of sex, drugs, and depravity. But it sounds like they inadvertently signed up for an immersion tour, with a guide who was drunk, high, and verbally and sexually abusive. Now they’re suing. From Courthouse News Service: Five women say their host on […] -
Breasts, Romance and Dating, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
The Curious Case Of Randy (Part 1)
First of all, never ever shoot your cerebellum up with botulism two days before a deadline. God. My head hurts. Yet, I rise … Here we go. “Listen, go work somewhere where people like you… I mean, really like you. Then, you can screw up, and it doesn’t even matter. Hope, just go somewhere where […] - Sponsored
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Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
A New Definition of "Stripper Pole"
In some strip clubs down-under, you can get a lot more than you pay for. A bucks night reveler told police he had lost some of his manhood after a female stripper allegedly raped him with a sex toy. … The best man told police he felt violated when stripper Linda Naggs rode him like […] -
5th Circuit, Crime, Federal Judges, Samuel Kent, Sex, Sexual Harassment
Judge Kent Objects to His Indictment. Strenuously.
Methinks the judge doth protest too much? From the Houston Chronicle: U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent stood before a fellow federal judge this morning and vehemently proclaimed his innocence of three federal sexual crimes in his indictment. “I plead absolutely, unequivocally not guilty and look very much forward to a trial on the merits of […] -
Feminism, Gender, Romance and Dating, Sex, Sexism, Sexual Harassment
Summer Wives (Part 1 of 2)
My friend Anna is a summer wife. You see, her “summer” husband, Abraham, does what all high-powered law firm partners do each summer: he dispatches his wife to the summer home in the Hamptons or Shelter Island or Martha’s Vineyard. This allows Biglaw partners to supper in the city with the single senior (or summer) […] -
Breasts, Crime, Federal Judges, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Samuel Kent, Sex, Sexual Harassment
Judge Kent Indicted on Sex Charges
For about a year now, ever since he took a mysterious leave of absence in August 2007, we’ve been following the troubles of Judge Samuel B. Kent (S.D. Tex.). A suspension from the Fifth Circuit, allegations of breastfeeding and BJ requests — it hasn’t been pretty. Yesterday things got even worse for Judge Kent. From […] -
Sexism, Sexual Harassment
If there's no sexual harassment, we wouldn't breed!
Apparently, breeding doesn’t evolve from meeting a person you like, going out to dinner, having a drink or two, and letting nature take its course. It comes from a woman’s eyes signaling that she “desperately want[s] to be laid on the boardroom table as soon as [a man gives] the word.” Or so says a […]
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Gay, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Real Estate, Sexual Harassment, Tax Law, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 08.05.08
* Why does Wall Street get all the juicy scandals? We’re jealous of our DealBreaker colleagues. [Dealbreaker] * Larry Ribstein’s take: “it’s hard not to think that it’s really all about dispute a few weeks ago between [the NYT’s Andrew Ross] Sorkin and Dealbreaker’s John Carney.” [Ideoblog] * Are you in the top one percent […] -
Gay, Lesbians, Lindquist & Vennum, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment, Summer Associates
The Sapphic Summers: Fall Gals for Broader Debauchery?
Let’s close out the week with one more post about everyone’s favorite summer associate scandal: the girl-on-girl kiss that got two summer associates fired from the Minneapolis law firm of Lindquist & Vennum. Earlier today, we alluded to rumors of “additional lasciviousness” at Lindquist, and now it’s time to deliver. We wouldn’t want to be […] -
DUI / DWI, Law Schools, Marc Dann, Politics, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Party Is Over in the Ohio AG 'Dannimal House'Amid Scandal, Dann Withdraws As Case Western Law's Commencement Speaker
Marc Dann is Ohio’s attorney general… for now. But he won’t be Case Western Reserve University’s law school commencement speaker, per an e-mail from the dean this morning. Dann was an ATL lawyer of the day honoree last month for running a dysfunctional office with staff accused of sexual harassment, DUIs, and ethics law violations. […] -
DUI / DWI, Lawyer of the Day, Marc Dann, Politics, Sexual Harassment
Lawyer of the Day: Marc Dann
Marc Dann has had a rough tenure as Ohio’s attorney general. When the media start crafting timelines of your troubles, the end may well be nigh. One of Dann’s biggest problems seems to be judgment calls. Such as when choosing staff members. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a write-up on this stellar Dann staffer: One […] -
Intellectual Property, Jeremy Pitcock, Kasowitz Benson, Litigators, Morgan & Finnegan, Musical Chairs, Sexual Harassment
Musical Chairs: Jeremy Pitcock Has Left the Building
Some of you may recall the strange tale of Jeremy Pitcock, a successful IP litigator in New York. As we previously reported, he recently left Kasowitz Benson, where he headed the intellectual property practice, for Morgan & Finnegan. That’s par for the course, in this age of increased lateral partner movement. The weird part was […] -
Drinking, Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine, Samuel Kent, Sexual Harassment
Judge Kent Doesn't Want Your Sympathy (Or Does He?)
Ah, to be a federal judge. Life tenure means never having to say you’re sorry (unlike those state judges, like the hat-hating Holly Hollenbeck). Judge Samuel Kent (S.D. Tex.), who has lawyered up in response to being charged with sexual misconduct by a court employee, is speaking out — sort of. In an interview published […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Perverts, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness
Accused Groper to Santa Claus: You Wish
Okay, she didn’t quite say that. But, for the record, the woman accused of groping Santa Clause denies the allegations, claiming that she never ever sat on his lap: “I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know if he was confused, it was a false report,” Sandrama Lamy, 33, said this morning. Lamy said […]