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Cars, Crime, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: 'I find myself... not guilty!'
Do public officials in Michigan need to jump in the lake? Last week, we covered an assistant attorney general in the Wolverine State who is on the hunt for a gay student at the University of Michigan. Today we bring you news of a misbehaving judge. According to court records, Judge James M. Justin, a […] -
Cars, Crime, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Police, Rank Stupidity
Another Lesson in How Not to Handle a Traffic Stop
Based on our earlier coverage of traffic stops, here are some dos and don’ts for the next time you get pulled over: Do remain cool and collected. Do say as little as possible. Do not mouth off to the police officer. Do not try to get out of the ticket by bragging about your job […] - Sponsored
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Cars, Crime, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Hotties, Lawsuit of the Day, Lawyer of the Day, Police
Lawyer of the Day: Anne Bremner - 'I'm famous... You can't arrest me.'
A Seattle reader brought a remarkable tale to our attention. He sent along some links about prominent attorney Anne Bremner and her recent brush with the law, along with this commentary: Anne is a high-profile lawyer — at least here in the Northwest. She is a legal analyst for lots of broadcast media outlets. There […]
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Cars, Fabulosity, Lawyer of the Day, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyer of the Day: David J. Stern, Fourth-Tier Law Grad Turned Multimillionaire
No, we’re not talking about that David J. Stern, the lawyer turned NBA commissioner. We’re talking about David J. Stern of Plantation, Florida, a leading lawyer to banks and financial services companies in mortgage-related and foreclosure proceedings. Over the holiday weekend, the New York Times ran a lengthy article, by Gretchen Morgenson and Geraldine Fabrikant, […] -
Career Alternatives, Cars, Food
Ex-Lawyer of the Day: Cupcake Queen Is Not Above the Law
Meet Kate Carrara. Like a surprising number of other attorneys — e.g., Lev Ekster and Mia Bauer, of New York Law School, and Sam Whitfield, of GW Law — Carrara left the law to start a cupcake business. Alas, it appears that Carrara, a 35-year-old graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, […] -
Alt Transport, Cars, Police, Privacy
Traffic Cameras Play Bad Cop In Civil Liberties Versus Safety Battle
Every good story needs a villain, which is why people love to hate traffic cameras. Cold and unblinking, they stalk us like prey, hitting drivers hard in the wallet when they blow through red lights, make rolling stops or, as is sometimes the case, let someone else drive their car. Frederick County, MD recently began […] -
Cars, Religion, Violence
You See What Happens, Larry? NYC Cabbie Stabbed Because He's Muslim
So the debate over the Park51 project, which would place a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero, is purely about sensitivity — right? No bigotry here? Well, somebody please tell that to Muslim cab drivers in New York City. One of them was stabbed, apparently for the crime of being a Muslim. New York […] -
California, Cars, Job Searches
UCLA Law Offers Most Depressing Job to a Law Student (2010 Edition)
It’s been a while since we’ve had a true contestant for the title of most depressing job offered to a law student. Sure, there have been a lot of jobs that offer $10 an hour, or even $0 an hour, for legal work. But at least those jobs were offering the opportunity to put long […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Cars, Rape
Another Reason to Distrust Black Cars: You Might Get Raped
Here at Above the Law, your editors always avoid the black cars / livery cabs that populate the city. Instead, we trust yellow medallion cabs. This preference dates all the way back to our days in Biglaw. Lat would often take yellow cabs, even if he was entitled to a Fone-A-Car thanks to pulling ridiculous […] -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Cars, Constitutional Law, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Technology
Judge Kozinski Doesn't Track with the Ninth Circuit on GPS and the Fourth AmendmentCalls his fellow judges 'cultural elitists' when it comes to privacy.
A user’s manual that’s 200+ years old can be difficult to apply to modern technologies. Thus, it’s been a challenge for judges interpreting the Fourth Amendment as it applies to police surveillance via GPS tracking devices on cars. There has been a plethora of precedents set across the country as to whether slapping a GPS […] -
Cars, Privacy, Quote of the Day, Weirdness
Quote of the Day: Acura-ate Description?
It’s an entry-level luxury vehicle. It’s the sort of car you might see a first-year lawyer driving. — Jalopnik editor Ray Wert, discussing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Acura TSX. Since Zuckerberg has professed not to believe in privacy and has helped to eradicate it with Facebook, Gawker gave him the paparazzi treatment, and discovered that […] -
Cars, Lawyer of the Day, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Rudeness
Lawyer of the Day: Prosecutor-To-Be Mouths Off to Officer -- and Loses Job
When I worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, I’d sometimes hear colleagues joke about handing over their Justice Department credentials along with their driver’s license if pulled over for a moving violation. It was a joke because it was generally understood that trying to get out of a speeding ticket by flaunting one’s status as […] -
Cars, Elena Kagan, Politics, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court
Finally, an Elena Kagan Scandal: A Hit-and-Run Car Accident!
The Senate confirmation vote on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court has been pushed back one week, to July 20. This gives the Republicans more time to try and persuade a few Democrats to vote against Lady Kaga. As they try to win over Democrats, the Senate Republicans have some new fodder: a Kagan-related […]
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Biglaw, Cars, Fabulosity, Layoffs, Lesbians, Travel / Vacation
Alternatives for Laid-Off Lawyers: Road Trip in a Porsche
So you’ve been laid off. What do you do? There are so many options: sulk; cry; send out résumés; try to sell your degree; spend time in the Above the Law comments section, complaining about your deadbeat firm… Or you could take your 2009 Porsche Cayman S on a road trip across America. That’s what […] -
Cars, Crime, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Police
Another Reason You Should Never Blow
Not that we’re in the business of giving free legal advice, but there are a few things every lawyer should know. Lawyers should know how to handle a traffic stop, for instance. They should know how to handle cops who shout slurs at you from across the street. And of course, lawyers should never snitch. […] -
Caption Contests, Cars, Contests, Pictures
ATL Caption Contest: Legal Lexus-Nexus Winner
There are two occasions that inspire people to scrawl messages on their cars’ windows: sporting events and graduations. With either one, white paint on the back windshield lets the world know you’re a winner. An ATL reader spotted a writing-festooned Lexus parked outside of the Boston Harbor Hotel and sent us the photo below, which […] -
Cars, Crime, Police
How Lawyers Should Handle Traffic Stops
I talk a lot about what legal education doesn’t prepare you for. You know what it does prepare you for? Any future interaction with police officers. By the time I finished 1L year, I knew the golden rule for dealing with officers of the law: keep your mouth shut. Knowing the law and knowing your […] -
Cars, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Violence
An Update on Gerald UngPlus another Temple Law tragedy.
Today brings an update in the case of Gerald Ung. The Temple Law fourth-year got in trouble earlier this year for being the wrong kind of gunner. While other Temple students have recently appeared in these pages, sporting legal tees and trying to get undergrads out of their tees, it’s been a while since we’ve […] -
Cars, Lawsuit of the Day
Michigan Lawyer Sues State Over Vanity License Plate
As you know, we’re big fans of University of Michigan law students. From time to time, the students there commit acts of douchebaggery that are very funny. But who knew extreme toolishness extended to adults practicing in Michigan who didn’t even go to UM Law School? A Michigan area lawyer wanted to get a vanity […] -
Banking Law, Biglaw, Cars, H. Rodgin Cohen, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Partner Issues
Breaking: Rodge Cohen Drives a Subaru!
That’s the most shocking revelation in an interesting New York Times profile of H. Rodgin Cohen, the nation’s top banking M&A lawyer and chairman of the venerable Sullivan & Cromwell. From the NYT: After [Cohen and his wife Barbara] had paid their [restaurant] check, they went to fetch the car, and Mr. Cohen, a Boston […]