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A Note to Our Readers About Comments

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Sometimes silence is golden.

The executive editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson — who once worked as a legal journalist, for Steve Brill at the American Lawyer — recently issued A Note to Our Readers About Comments, in which she explained various changes to the Times’s commenting system. We thought we’d follow in the Gray Lady’s footsteps and announce a tweak of our own to the Above the Law comments.

Comments and online anonymity are hot topics right now, both here and abroad (e.g., India). Writer Katie Roiphe just mused about the angry anonymous commenter. Privacy lawyer Christopher Wolf recently argued, in the New York Times, that websites should “consider requiring either the use of real names (or registration with the online service) in circumstances, such as the comments section for news articles, where the benefits of anonymous posting are outweighed by the need for greater online civility.” Many Times readers disagreed, defending the value and importance of anonymous speech online.

In light of these conflicting concerns — civility, privacy, free expression — let’s turn our attention to the ATL comments….

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Above the Law Holiday Party: It’s Tomorrow! Are You Coming?

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Just in case the giant ad bar at the top of the site wasn’t a good enough reminder about the Above the Law holiday party, I’m here to give you all of the details again. This shindig is being sponsored by our friends at Practical Law Company, and our fabulous event is going to be held tomorrow, November 30, at Bar 29. Bar 29 is located at 29th and 3rd, and the open bar will run from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Please RSVP below. I mean really, why wouldn’t you want to come? You’ll get to meet all of the ATL editors, including Lat (who I need to consult with about my shoes), Elie (who may or may not be wearing pants), and me (I’m still picking out my outfit). And trust me, we all know how to party.

Please let us know if you’ll be there. We’re going to have a great time, and we know you will, too!

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Thanksgiving Greetings from Above the Law!
(And a bonus benchslap from Judge Posner.)

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Happy Thanksgiving, from your friends at Above the Law. As always, we give thanks to our readers, our tipsters, our advertisers, and even our commenters.

We also give thanks to Judge Richard Posner. This brilliant and hilarious jurist has just given us something to chuckle over as we munch on our Thanksgiving turkey.

This opinion by Judge Posner, handed down yesterday, could be viewed as “giving the bird” to an offending attorney. And the bird in question is not a turkey. Can you guess which bird is involved?

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(And a bonus benchslap from Judge Posner.)“

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Above the Law Holiday Party: RSVP So We Know Whether or Not to Wear Pants

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As we told you last week, the Above the Law holiday party is going to be held on November 30th at Bar 29. The bar is located at 29th and 3rd, and the open bar runs from 6:00-9:00 p.m. The party is sponsored by our friends at Practical Law Company — you might remember them from yesterday’s article about training alternatives for students who graduate from law school with few practical skills.

Please RSVP below. We’re trying to get a sense of our numbers. If it’s a smaller, more intimate gathering, I’ll show up in my usual blogging attire of a black robe and a badass medallion like Caiaphas. If there are a bunch of you coming, I’ll have to shave and put on a shirt or something.

Let us know if you are coming. It should be a fun time.

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Have You Signed Up for the Research Corner?

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Have you been searching for a way to resolve your in-house e-discovery matters? Are you hoping to find the latest document review solution? Is early case assessment a problem in your office? Thanks to the introduction of the Research Corner, Above the Law may be able to assist you with all of these issues.

When you sign up for the Research Corner, you will gain access to white papers, reports, and analysis from leading legal technology companies. Some of the exciting topics in the Research Corner include:

  • Datacert: Customer Success Story – Walmart
  • Dell DX & Symantec Solution Brief: Store, Manage, and Discover Critical Business Information with a Complete Archiving Solution
  • FTI Consulting: The End of Piecemealing: Improving All-in-One Document Review Offerings
  • Guidance Software: Choosing the Right In-House Electronic Discovery Solution for Your Organization
  • Mitratech: Technology Platform for Legal Department
  • Nuix: A Step-by-Step Guide to Early Case Assessment (ECA)
  • TCDI: Concept Technology for Streamlining Document Review

What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Research Corner today by clicking here.

Frank Kimball, R.I.P.

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Disclosure: This obituary has been provided by Lateral Link, an Above the Law advertiser.

We are very sad to inform the legal community that Frank Kimball, a true leader in our legal industry who influenced thousands of attorneys, from law students to managing partners, during his successful career, passed away last Friday, October 28.

In addition to contributing to Above the Law, through a popular series of career advice posts, Frank provided search services, project consulting and training for leading law firms for almost two decades. He interviewed, hired, placed, or counseled more than 11,500 law students and attorneys. Frank was a partner with McDermott, Will & Emery from 1986-1992, served for six years on the hiring committee, ran two summer programs, and was chair of the national hiring committee in 1990-1992.

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Check Out Above the Law’s Latest Feature: The Research Corner

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Did you know that Above the Law has introduced a Research Corner to the site? In the Research Corner, readers will be able to sign up and obtain access to white papers, reports, and analysis from leading legal technology companies. From resolving in-house e-discovery matters, to comprehensive document review solutions, the Research Corner has something for everyone.

Some of the exciting topics in the Research Corner include:

  • Datacert: Customer Success Story – Walmart
  • Dell DX & Symantec Solution Brief: Store, Manage, and Discover Critical Business Information with a Complete Archiving Solution
  • FTI Consulting: The End of Piecemealing: Improving All-in-One Document Review Offerings
  • Guidance Software: Choosing the Right In-House Electronic Discovery Solution for Your Organization
  • Mitratech: Technology Platform for Legal Department
  • TCDI: Concept Technology for Streamlining Document Review

What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Research Corner today by clicking here.

Sign Up for the Above the Law Research Corner Today — It’s Free!

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Did you know that Above the Law has introduced a Research Corner to the site? In the Research Corner, readers will be able to sign up and obtain access to white papers, reports, and analysis from leading legal technology companies. From resolving in-house e-discovery matters, to comprehensive document review solutions, the Research Corner has something for everyone.

Some of the exciting topics in the Research Corner include:

  • Datacert: Customer Success Story – Walmart
  • Dell DX & Symantec Solution Brief: Store, Manage, and Discover Critical Business Information with a Complete Archiving Solution
  • FTI Consulting: The End of Piecemealing: Improving All-in-One Document Review Offerings
  • Guidance Software: Choosing the Right In-House Electronic Discovery Solution for Your Organization
  • Mitratech: Technology Platform for Legal Department
  • TCDI: Concept Technology for Streamlining Document Review

What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Research Corner today by clicking here.

Introducing Free Sign Up for the Above the Law Research Corner

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Did you know that Above the Law has introduced a Research Corner to the site? In the Research Corner, readers will be able to sign up and obtain access to white papers, reports, and analysis from leading legal technology companies. From resolving in-house e-discovery matters, to comprehensive document review solutions, the Research Corner has something for everyone.

Some of the exciting topics in the Research Corner include:

  • Datacert: Customer Success Story – Walmart
  • Dell DX & Symantec Solution Brief: Store, Manage, and Discover Critical Business Information with a Complete Archiving Solution
  • FTI Consulting: The End of Piecemealing: Improving All-in-One Document Review Offerings
  • Guidance Software: Choosing the Right In-House Electronic Discovery Solution for Your Organization
  • Mitratech: Technology Platform for Legal Department
  • TCDI: Concept Technology for Streamlining Document Review

What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Research Corner today by clicking here.

Moonlighting: Welcome to the In-House Wonderland

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Ed. note: Welcome to the inaugural installment of Moonlighting, a column for in-house lawyers by our newest writer, Susan Moon. Susan’s column will appear on Fridays.

Come one, come all, to this paradise we call The In-house Wonderland. This is a magical place where all of your time-billing nightmares turn into hazy clouds of doing whatever the heck you want, when you want, and not keeping track of any of it. Where you hire outside firms to do all of the legwork while you sip your latté and email them to let them know that you actually need it a week earlier than you thought (so yeah, that would be in about two hours, kthxbai)! A Xanadu in which you’re never in fear of getting pushed up and out just because you can’t find ways to bring in millions (wait, is it billions now?) for the firm.

Yes, it is a dream…. Unfortunately, just a dream.

I’ve been in-house for the past several years at a travel and hospitality company. My work is varied and transactional, which means the general public has absolutely no idea what it is I do, since the only lawyers that they know exist are litigators from Law & Order, The Practice, Boston Legal… need I go on? Let’s face it, even most law students have no idea what corporate lawyers do either, since law schools seem to have signed a pact to pretend that transactional law doesn’t really exist. Sigh….

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