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6th Circuit, Eliot Spitzer, ERISA, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Survivor, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 07.30.13
* For everyone at the midway point of a bar exam: Here… [Dinmoney] * Naked selfies: Not just for Carlos Danger anymore. A female police officer uses her workday to post naked pictures of herself. [Legal Juice] * Speaking of NYC politics and placing Weiners where they don’t belong, Professor Lawrence Cunningham argues that Eliot Spitzer would be a horrible Comptroller based on his record as New York Attorney General. Cunningham then lists every reason Eliot Spitzer was an awesome Attorney General. [Concurring Opinions] * An appeals court has upheld the ruling that killed Mayor Bloomberg’s large sugary soda ban. Drink up, fatasses! It’s your right as an American. In the meantime, check out this argument over whether the decision contains a curious paradox [PrawfsBlawg] * The Sixth Circuit affirmed an earlier decision dismissing a suit brought by Cooley grads. But they did not repeat the classic, “an ordinary prudent person would not have relied on [Cooley's] statistics to decide to spend $100,000 or more.” [ABA Journal] * After winning Survivor, Cochran has decided to turn his law degree into the most expensive TV screenwriting degree ever. He’ll be penning a sitcom this Fall. [St. Louis Today] * Susan Westerberg Prager, the incoming dean of Southwestern Law School, is the first female dean of a law school… again. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * One doctor. Four different signatures “under penalty of perjury.” I think we’re underestimating the evil quadruplet theory. [New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog] * As someone without kids, I find this fascinating. Popehat has a poll asking readers their thoughts on monitoring the electronic communication of their middle schoolers. As a parent, are you more Edward Snowden or J. Edgar Hoover? [Popehat] -
Asians, Contests, Hotties, Law Schools, Reality TV, Survivor, Television
Survivor: The Lawyer and Law Student Edition
The cast for the latest season of Survivor, which premieres on September 17, has been announced. This season, the show’s nineteenth, takes place on the tropical island of Samoa. Four of the 20 contestants, or a fifth of the field, are either lawyers or law students. Is appearing on a reality television show the best […] - Sponsored
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Gay, Hotties, Reality TV, Survivor
Another Law Firm 'Survivor': Meet Charlie Herschel
Things are looking good these days for Weil, Gotshal & Manges. For the sixth year in a row, it made the top 10 of the Vault 100. It took fourth place in the American Lawyer’s A-List rankings, and turned in a strong showing in the magazine’s midlevel associate survey (#11 out of 80+ New York […] -
Asians, Harold Koh, Racism, Reality TV, Romance and Dating, Survivor, Yul Kwon
Surviving Stereotypes: Yul Kwon Returns To Yale Law School
“Survivor” champ and YLS grad Yul Kwon made a triumphant return to his law school alma mater last week. In a speech entitled “How I Survived Survivor and Other Professional Challenges,” Kwon, who was introduced by YLS Dean Harold Koh, spoke about breaking down negative stereotypes about Asian Americans. At this point in his speech, […] -
Crime, Reality TV, Survivor, Television, Violence
Oh Those Crazy Harvard Law School Kids
This has nothing to do with Sectiongate. It’s actually about something of greater significance, if that can be believed. Alex Angarita — a Harvard Law School graduate, former associate at O’Melveny & Myers, and star of the “Survivor: Fiji” reality TV show — has been arrested. From TMZ.com: “Survivor: Fiji” star Alex Angarita faced off […] -
Asians, Biglaw, Bonuses, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Law School Deans, Money, Pro Se Litigants, Reader Polls, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Sex, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Clerks, Survivor, Week in Review, Yul Kwon
ATL Week in Review: December 18-22
The week before a major holiday is usually pretty slow. And the Friday before the holiday weekend is usually dead — the perfect time for Mike Nifong to announce he’s dropping the rape charges against the Duke lacrosse team defendants. Other highlights from the past week in legal news and ATL: * Get to know […] -
Ann Althouse, Asians, Barrington Parker, Contests, Hotties, Money, Reality TV, Survivor, Television, Yul Kwon
Congratulations to Yul Kwon -- Who Says You Don't Learn Anything at Yale Law School?
Apparently you learn how to survive on a desert island. And how to beat out your fellow competitors for a $1 million cash prize, on one of America’s biggest reality television shows. Yul Kwon, the newly crowned winner of “Survivor: Race Wars” “Survivor: Cook Islands,” is a lawyer, former Second Circuit law clerk, and 2000 […] - Sponsored
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Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Survivor
ATL to Justice Breyer: "What Kind of Tree Would You Be?"
Actually, no, we didn’t ask him that. But the question we did pose was just about as goofy. It felt sort of like Punk’d: Supreme Court Edition. First, some background. As previously discussed, this past weekend we attended Jeffrey Toobin’s interview of Justice Stephen G. Breyer, part of the New Yorker Festival. It was an […] -
Antonin Scalia, Contests, Depositions, ERISA, Hotties, Reality TV, Summer Associates, Supreme Court Clerks, Survivor, Viet Dinh, Week in Review
ATL Week in Review
* Our first annual ERISA Hotties Contest is over, and America’s hottest pension and employee benefit lawyers have been crowned. Some other great candidates were passed over; but hey, not everyone can win. * The new season of Survivor: an exotic Cook Islands setting, interracial conflict — and hot Asian lawyers. * Practice pointer: When […] -
Barrington Parker, Guilty Pleasures, Hotties, Survivor, Yul Kwon
"First Thing We Do, Let's Vote Off All the Lawyers"
Attention reality TV junkies: the new season of Survivor debuts tonight. This edition is formally called “Survivor: Cook Islands.” But as some have noted, you may know it better by its nickname: “Survivor: Race Wars.” Tonight, CBS kicks off the social experiment/ratings gimmick that is executive producer Mark Burnett’s latest and brashest attempt to give […]
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