Affairs
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Minority Issues, Women's Issues
The Curious Case Of Ellen Pao, One Year Later
In 2015, diversity and inclusion were quite the buzzwords in the tech and legal industries; in 2016, can diversity and inclusion initiatives have a real, significant impact on the data in our profession? -
Minority Issues, Women's Issues
The Curious Case Of Ellen Pao And The Lesson We Can Learn From It
This case is unique because it actually went to trial, so unlike mediation or a settlement, we are privy to all the salacious details. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.08.15
* 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft got to live out many an American’s fantasy: he got to screw a lawyer, again and again. [Gawker]
* “I guess if I had to change one thing, it would have been to go to law school after college. But I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up until I actually grew up, and by then it was a little too late for those goals.” [XX Factor / Slate]
* Hoboken councilwoman Beth Mason and her husband, Wachtell Lipton partner Ricky Mason, just got hit with more than $40,000 dollars in fines for election finance reporting violations. [Politicker NJ]
* Some thoughts from Professor Jonathan Adler on standing up for free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Speaking of Charlie Hebdo, Professor Ann Althouse isn’t a fan of slobbery kisses. [Althouse]
* How do legal rules contribute to the evolution of the institution of marriage? Thoughts from Professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbone. [Concurring Opinions]
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Email Scandals, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Pets, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Vicious Infighting
Law Firm Rocked By Allegations Of Affairs, Financial Problems... And A Missing Cat
Allegations of an affair between a senior partner and a junior attorney, crazy conduct by the senior partner's furious wife, and a mysteriously missing cat. -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Quote of the Day, Sex
Ashley Madison Presents: The 21st-Century Cuckolded Man
Can you sue inanimate objects utilized in an affair -- like the online infidelity service, Ashley Madison? -
Canada, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Sex
Ashley Madison Should Take Better Care Of The Females It Hires To Trick You
Of course Ashley Madison is lying to you, you sad, gullible man. -
Attorney Misconduct, Basketball, Celebrities, Cocaine / Crack, Divorce Train Wrecks, Drugs, Legal Ethics, Ridiculousness, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sports
Did This Lawyer Allow Lamar Odom To Review Her Client Files While He Was High On Crack?
This seems too ridiculous to be true, but we've got her on film admitting to it! -
Attorney Misconduct, Basketball, California, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Legal Ethics, Ridiculousness, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sports
Did Lamar Odom Cheat On Khloe Kardashian With A Lawyer?
Who's the lawyer involved, and what law school did she attend? - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Divorce Train Wrecks, Judge of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rank Stupidity, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: A State Judge's Alleged Affair and Baby Mama Drama Exposed -- Via Incriminating Texts
The Michigan judge who sent half-naked pictures of himself to a bailiff via text is now back in the news with some more scandalous (and sexy) allegations. -
Department of Justice, Military / Military Law, Sex, Sex Scandals
Spyfall: We're Making A Federal Case Out Of An Affair, Again
I didn't know we were living in a world where a "social planner" could get the FBI to start investigating you... -
Biglaw, Crime, Fabulosity, King & Spalding, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Violence
Lawyerly Lairs: A Castle Fit For A King (& Spalding Partner)
Steven Guynn, a former partner at King & Spalding, has been the subject of some salacious allegations. Whether they're true or false, here's one thing established beyond a reasonable doubt: his $3 million mansion is magnificent. -
Crime, Lawyer of the Day, New Jersey, Romance and Dating
New Jersey Attorney Accused of Extorting Cash and Jewels From Lawyer She Was Having an Affair With
A New Jersey attorney has been accused of trying to extort her married ex-lover -- another attorney. What a hot mess... -
King & Spalding, Money, Partner Issues, UVA Law, Violence
This King & Spalding Partner Allegedly Kicks Ass
Corporate law partners are supposed to have kick ass deal books, but they’re definitely not supposed to kick their mistresses’ asses. Let's learn about the charges that one King & Spalding partner is facing....
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Biglaw, Blind Item, Partner Issues, Romance and Dating, Sex, Sex Scandals
Biglaw Blind Item: Making (It With A) Partner
We begin this Biglaw blind item with a fairly familiar setup: a partner sleeping with an associate. Shocking, right? Well, let's add a few elements to the mix.... -
Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Edwards Wildman, Partner Issues, Sex, Sex Scandals, Wildman Harrold
Wild Alleged Love Triangle at Edwards Wildman
In chapter 19 of The Prince, Machaivelli suggests restrictions on the Prince's absolute power. Machiavelli essentially argues that the Prince must not take the people's sheep ("sheep" being a metaphor for the ability of peasants to have enough food) or their women ("women" being a metaphor for women). This advice applies just as easily to a totalitarian ruler of a country as it does to a managing partner of a law firm. Managing partners, ignore Machiavelli at your peril. You could end up with a full-scale revolt on your hands -- or, at the very least, an embarrassing lawsuit from a former, allegedly cuckolded partner.... -
Constitutional Law, Michael Jackson, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Paralegals, Politics, Sex Scandals
Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.11
* We suspected as much: it appears that the “poop tattoo” story is, er, “full of crap.” [The Smoking Gun] * What’s the first Michael Jackson lyric that Conrad Murray will hear in jail from his fellow prisoners? My vote: “I want to love you, pretty young thing.” [Hollywood Reporter] * Herman Cain wants the […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Sex, Sex Scandals, Texas
Cheating Wife? Don't Just Get Mad, Get Even (Then Watch Her Get Disbarred)
If someone cheats, don't get mad, get even. A lawyer in Texas shared our point of view on cheating, but he got mad and apparently took the "getting even" part a little bit too far. In the end, while he might have been $155,000 richer, his law license was indefinitely suspended, and his wife was recently disbarred. How did this all come to pass? And why did she get disbarred, not her husband? -
Gay, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.15.11
* DADT may be back on the table after yesterday’s DOJ request. For real? Whoever wants to serve our country should be able to do so. End of story. [Bloomberg] * @JoseBaez’s trial strategy in the #CaseyAnthony case was based on the opinions of Tweeps and bloggers. #knowhowiknowurdumb [Palm Beach Post] * This Emory Law […]
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Law Schools, Sex, Sex Scandals, Texas, Videos, Violence
Cuckolded Spouse Gets Revenge on SMU Law School Lovers
One Dedman School of Law student may be a dead man. He may have picked the wrong person’s wife to have an affair with. Here’s the set-up: a husband suspects that his wife, a student at SMU Law School, is cheating on him with another SMU Law student. So the husband sets up a video […] -
Facebook, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weirdness
The Truth Will Set You Free? A Broke, Adulterous, Disgraced Georgetown Law Marine Issues a Public Confession on Facebook
It’s a Scarlet Letter tale for the digital age. A Georgetown law student’s life has completely unraveled. His way of dealing with losing his wife, his mistress, his supposed baby, his military assignment, and good standing at Georgetown Law School? A public confession on Facebook. He posted the note with the details of his sad, […]