Benchslaps
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Benchslaps, Facebook, Kasowitz Benson, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Is Paul Ceglia a Glutton for Benchslaps?
Paul Ceglia, the plaintiff in long-lasting litigation against Facebook, is on the receiving end of yet another benchslap... -
California, Contempt, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Just Don't Do It Again, OK?
A lawyer held in contempt because he double-booked his court appearances gets a reprieve. Kind of. - Sponsored
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11th Circuit, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Federal Judges, In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Scott Rothstein, Screw-Ups
Benchslap of the Day: Judge Cooke Sanctions Greenberg Traurig and TD Bank
Judge Cooke has ruled on the motion for sanctions against TD Bank and its former counsel, Greenberg Traurig. What did she decide?
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Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Immigration, Politics, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Benchslap of the Day: Justice Scalia Pulls Rank on Judge Posner
Remember when Judge Posner did a reverse benchslap of Justice Scalia? Justice Scalia has responded -- without pulling any punches.... -
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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Benchslaps, Constitutional Law, Drugs, Patton Boggs, Sam Sparks, Sports, Texas, Williams & Connolly
Benchslap of the Day: Lance Armstrong's Lawsuit Needs Some Training Wheels
Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the USADA was quickly slapped down by Judge Sam Sparks (in his signature benchslap style)... -
Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Billable Hours, California, Celebrities, Defamation, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drugs, FDA, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Pro Se Litigants, Sam Sparks, Sports
Morning Docket: 07.10.12
* Dewey know how many professional firms have been allowed to stay on as advisers for the largest law firm bankruptcy in U.S. history? Six out of nine firms were permitted to continue services, but Proskauer wasn’t one of them. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* In other defunct firm news, Al Togut will be presenting Dewey & LeBoeuf’s former partners with a proposed settlement on Wednesday. You’ve been warned: prepare yourselves for some Biglaw-style bitching. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Despite reports of the billable hour going the way of the dodo bird, it looks like they’re here to stay. Right now, corporate law departments are still much more excited about alternative billing arrangements than law firms. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Judge Sam Sparks, the King of Benchslaps, dismissed Lance Armstrong’s lawsuit against the USADA in record time. That ruling came too quickly — guess it’s time to investigate judicial doping. [New York Times]
* Marc Dreier’s son, Spencer Dreier, is representing himself pro se in a defamation suit against his former college roommate. Looks like Daddy couldn’t spring for his kid’s lawyer while he was in the clink. [Bloomberg]
* A California woman claims that the Food and Drug Administration’s methods regarding sperm donations are unconstitutional. Why should she have to go to an intermediary to get sperminated? [Huffington Post]
* Do you smell what The Rock is cooking? It’s not exactly something to be proud of. Actor Dwayne Johnson is listed as a “co-conspirator” in a $1.8M fraud lawsuit that’s been filed by a South Florida family. [NBC Miami]
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Benchslaps, Facebook, Federal Judges, Kasowitz Benson, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Benchslap of the Day: Ceglia Gets Slammed (Yet Again)
Paul Ceglia gets smacked around by a federal magistrate judge in a ruling released yesterday. - Sponsored
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7th Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Health Care / Medicine, Immigration, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Posner Pwns Scalia
Judge Richard Posner has some not exactly complimentary things to say about Justice Scalia's dissent in Arizona v. United States… -
Benchslaps, Constitutional Law, Election 2012, Election Law, Health Care / Medicine, Immigration, Politics, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Thomas Goldstein
What Happened at the Supreme Court Today?
What went down at the U.S. Supreme Court this morning? Still no Obamacare ruling, but there were a few other interesting decisions.... -
3rd Circuit, Benchslaps, Christopher Christie, Crime, Federal Judges, New Jersey, Paul Bergrin, Trials, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Benchslaps of the Day: A Double Whammy for a District Judge
The Third Circuit just delivered not one but TWO benchslaps -- of the same district judge. What did the judge do to incite the court's ire? -
7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Frank Easterbrook, Guns / Firearms, Technology
Benchslap of the Day: You Were Late for a Very Important Date, Deal with It
This plaintiff learns a hard lesson in blown deadlines... -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Federal Judges, Kasowitz Benson, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Scott Rothstein, Screw-Ups
Greenberg Traurig and the TD Bank To-Do: What Happened at the Contempt Hearing?
Remember the discovery dust-up involving Greenberg Traurig, which gave rise to contempt proceedings? The two-day hearing took place last week. What happened?
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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
Benchslap of the Day: Rude, Crude, and a Bad Attitude
If you're rude and crude with a bad attitude, you can wind up in some serious trouble with the state ethics panel.... -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Rudeness, State Judges
'Oh Sh*t': Attorney Faces Discipline for Allegedly Cursing in Court
Sh*t My Lawyer Says. You know, like the word "sh*t," allegedly uttered by one Illinois lawyer in open court. -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Federal Judges, Kasowitz Benson, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
Greenberg Traurig Gets Dropped By Client After Alleged Misstatement To Court
Did a partner's alleged misstatement cost Greenberg Traurig a client? Or is the partner in question being made into a scapegoat? -
Benchslaps, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Federal Judges, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Partner Issues, Patents, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms, Technology
Benchslap of the Day: Leading IP Litigator Gets Taste of 'Pimp Hand'
A prominent IP litigator gets the "pimp hand" from an ALJ. What did superstar Matt Powers allegedly do to earn this rebuke? -
Benchslaps, California, Contempt, Legal Ethics, Murder, Trials
Scheduling Snafu Lands Defense Attorney in Contempt -- And Possibly Jail
A Bay Area criminal defense attorney faces the scheduling nightmare a lifetime. It might end with him in jail… -
Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Screw-Ups
Benchslap of the Day: A Cooley Law Grad's 'Epic Fail' in Court
An "epic fail" jumps straight out of Katy Perry's lyrics and into a bankruptcy court opinion.... -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Benchslaps, Blind Item, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Law Reviews, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: In Defense of Dissentals
What does Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit think of dissents from the denial of rehearing en banc (aka dissentals)?