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Books, Lunacy, Quote of the Day, Rankings
Quote of the Day: Think Your Boss Is a Psychopath? Well, He Might Actually Be One...
Where do lawyers rank on the list of the top ten most psychopathic professions? You might be surprised... -
Blogging, Books, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism
Inside Straight: Writing For The Trash Or Writing To Be Read
Are you writing to have written, or writing to be read? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains the difference. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Book Deals, Books, Career Alternatives, Crime, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Department of Justice, Job Searches, Murder, Prostitution, Sex, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Violence
Law Firm Associates and Prostitutes: A Comparative Analysis
You’re good-looking, you like people, you know how to bill by the hour -- you could totally do this. But is being a high-class escort really a better job than the one you've got now? It depends....
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Books, Contracts, Crime, Non-Sequiturs, Rank Stupidity, Twittering
Non-Sequiturs: 10.23.12
* So you want to be the next top legal scholar? Step 1: find some better friends. [lawprofblawg] * Clean your room! Otherwise you might not get into Harvard Law School. Seriously. [Greedy Associates / FindLaw] * What’s the absolute worst-case bank-robbery scenario, from the robber’s perspective? The teller who says, “Oh hello, Ms Robinson. Would you like to make a deposit today?” [Consumerist] * Apple unveiled a new mini-iSomethingOrOther today. I wonder who they’re gonna sue next? [Bits / New York Times] * Back in the day, David beat Goliath with a slingshot. In modern times, underdogs use Twitter. [IT-Lex] * I hated Moby Dick, but historical legal and literary documents are always cool. [Lowering the Bar] * If you’re planning on attending a law school — or heck, law firm — Halloween party, here are some costume dos and don’ts. [Legal Blog Watch] -
Books, Crime, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs, Rank Stupidity, Richard Posner, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 10.22.12
* Additional thoughts, from Professor Josh Blackman, on Judge Richard Posner’s awesome streak of book reviews. [Josh Blackman] * Meanwhile, Professor Kyle Graham wonders: How would Judge Posner review Moby Dick, Fifty Shades of Grey, and other classic literature? Incredibly, that’s how. [noncuratlex] * Apple responded to Samsung’s blame-the-jury appeal with knives out and guns blazing. [Ars Technica] * This attempt at using a disguise to commit ID theft was so pathetic, I almost feel bad for the guy. And yes, there is a photo. [Lowering the Bar] * A longtime Arby’s employee fled when a knife-wielding robber broke into the restaurant in the middle the night. And then Arby’s fired her. At least unemployment > dying alone in an Arby’s. [Consumerist] * Models, runway shows, and confidentiality agreements, oh my! [Fashionista] -
Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Books, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Law Professors, Law Schools, Orin Kerr, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Judge Posner on Statutory Interpretation: This Is How We Do It
Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit shares his thoughts on two recent law books. Warning: benchslaps ahead.... -
Books, State Judges
A Fun Little Footnote
Don't skip over the footnotes. That's where all the fun is! -
American Bar Association / ABA, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Books, Copyright, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Education / Schools, Edwards Wildman, Federal Judges, General Counsel, Google / Search Engines, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Texas
Morning Docket: 10.05.12
* Dewey know when Judge Martin Glenn will issue his ruling on the failed firm’s proposed partner contribution plan? If all goes according to plan, we can expect to learn if the PCP’s been approved or rejected as early as next week. [Am Law Daily]
* Hot on the heels of Google’s digital-book settlement, the company announced that it would be appealing its copyright infringement jury verdict in the Oracle trial. One thing’s for sure: Judge Alsup will be angered terribly by this. [Bloomberg]
* David Askew, formerly the director of Edwards Wildman’s pro bono program, will now lead the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms as CEO and general counsel. [Corporate Counsel]
* The American Bar Association submitted an amicus brief in support of using race as a factor in college admissions, because diversity in college education is a must for diversity in law schools, duh. [ABA Journal]
* Remember the family law judge who got caught beating his daughter in a video that went viral? Now he wants the Texas Supreme Court to reinstate him, over his ex-wife’s objections. Good luck with that. [CNN]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Airplanes / Aviation, Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Bonuses, Books, Deaths, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Jeffrey Toobin, Money, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Securities Law, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 10.01.12
* Bank of America agreed to pay $2.43 billion, one of the biggest securities class-action settlements in history, to put the Merrill Lynch mess behind it. According to Professors Peter Henning and Steven Davidoff, B of A “is probably quite happy with the settlement given that it could have potentially faced billions of dollars more in liability in the case.” [DealBook / New York Times]
* “Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is now sitting.” Here is Robert Barnes’s take on the SCOTUS Term that starts today. [Washington Post]
* And here is Professor Garrett Epps’s review of Jeffrey Toobin’s new book on the Supreme Court, The Oath (affiliate link). [New York Times]
* How Dewey justify paying a big bonus to a member of the management team “when it has been widely pointed out that excessive compensation to the firm’s upper management significantly contributed to the firm’s collapse in the first place?” [Bankruptcy Beat via WSJ Law Blog]
* A high-profile Vatican trial raises these questions: “‘Did the butler do it?’ Or rather, ‘was it only the butler who did it?’” [Christian Science Monitor]
* Ben Ogden, an Allen & Overy associate who was killed in a Nepalese plane crash, R.I.P. [Am Law Daily]
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Bankruptcy, Book Deals, Books, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Lawsuit of the Day, Litigatrix, Money
Lawsuit of the Day: Penguin v. Wurtzel (and Other Authors)
Why is Elizabeth Wurtzel being sued by her former publisher, and how much does Penguin want from her? And which other high-profile authors are also being sued? -
Books, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, William Rehnquist
Quote of the Day: And He Was Totally Hilarious at Parties!
A new biography of Chief Justice William Rehnquist is not exactly glowing with praise. -
Books, Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Should Have Used Contraception?
What do you do with a B.A. in English? Try not to go to law school, for starters. -
Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Books, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, Reader Polls, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: A Time-Out in Posner v. Scalia?
Here is Judge Richard Posner's (delicately worded) response to Justice Scalia calling him a liar.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Books, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: The New Republic Isn't That Glossy....
Justice Scalia recently spoke before a packed house in New York -- and Above the Law was there to cover it. What did he have to say -- about Judge Richard Posner, among other things? -
Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Books, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Football, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Pro Bono, Religion, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 09.18.12
* “We’re all from the Ivy League. That seems to be more relevant than what faith we are.” SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas really knows how to make Article III Groupie’s heart sing. [New York Times]
* Dewey know why this failed firm’s bankruptcy team is cutting special deals with the former D&Lers who worked on the sale of the Dodgers? Like all things Biglaw, it all circles back to money. [WSJ Law Blog]
* What in William Baer’s past might lead the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a closed meeting on his candidacy to lead the DOJ’s Antitrust Division? [Blog of Legal Times]
* In a heartwarming pro bono project, Proskauer Rose will be representing NYC in its attempts to evict an elderly newsstand operator from his kiosk in Greenwich Village. It really brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it? [New York Post]
* Jerry Sandusky will be sentenced on October 9, and prosecutors are asking that he be classified as a sexually violent predator. Boy, that’ll be a fun title to have while he’s in jail for the rest of his life. [Bloomberg]
* “[A]t present, the large majority of law graduates — perhaps 80 percent — end up worse off after going to law school that they were before they enrolled.” Paul Campos is so cheerful in his book. [National Law Journal]
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Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Books, California, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Benchslap Dispatches: Justice Scalia on Judge Posner's 'Hatchet Job'
Justice Scalia tells us what he REALLY thinks of Judge Posner's controversial review of Reading Law, the new book by Justice Scalia and Professor Bryan Garner. -
Books, Money, Videos, Weirdness
Whoa, This Zombie Law Thing Is Kind of Taking Off
An attorney is fundraising in order to create a zombie law casebook. Awww yeah. -
Antitrust, Department of Justice, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, Technology
Quote of the Day: These Have Got to Be the Most Literary Case Files Ever
Poet Emily Dickinson makes an extended appearance in a major court ruling -- a ruling about books, of course. -
Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Books, Clerkships, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Posner v. Scalia: Bryan Garner Tags In
Bryan Garner, the legal writing guru, comes to the aid of his co-author, Justice Antonin Scalia. Professor Garner is NOT happy with Judge Posner's review of Scalia and Garner's new book.