Cheerleading
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.30.17
* “Gimmie an L!” Antitrust suit brought by Oakland Raiders cheerleaders dismissed. On the bright side, they’re all losing their jobs to a bunch of Vegas “dancers” soon anyway. [Litigation Daily]
* Cleary prevailed in the discrimination suit brought against it, but the real story here is a reminder that Trump made a dating show and now he has nuclear codes. [Law.com]
* Russian bank sues Buzzfeed over “Pissgate,” which is really more of a “Pissghazi.” [Courthouse News Service]
* The biggest 400 law firms in the country. Did we really need to go all the way to 400? [Law360]
* Speaking of accolades you didn’t think we needed, Wilmer Hale is the D.C. Litigation Department of the Year. [National Law Journal]
* Ralph Baxter is toying with a congressional run in West Virginia. So… somebody expects a 2018 Democratic wave. [Am Law Daily]
* How to reform the MDL process? Get more judges involved. [Corporate Counsel]
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Biglaw, Contests, Court Reporters / Stenographers, Football, Job Searches, Labor / Employment, Law Schools, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.21.14
* Clearly we’ve got some problems, Cleary: Following Argentina’s default, the country is being advised to drop the law firm that said it was a good idea to default in the first place. [The Guardian]
* Lawyers have been flocking to Ferguson, Missouri, left and right to serve as “the eyes and ears of those who protect and guarantee civil rights.” That’s nice, but it’s kind of not working. [National Law Journal]
* “I really don’t know how the people who work there can keep a sense of sort of personal dignity.” American Law plunged in the rankings because of its “dubious employment prospects.” Ouch. [Washington City Paper]
* In case you’ve been wondering what the NFL’s response to all of the cheerleader wage-and-hour complaints are, here it is: “Labor law? LOL. The NFL is immune from state labor law.” [NBC Bay Area]
* Apparently there’s a national court-reporting championship that the world has been missing out on — until now. There was a major upset this year, and a new winner was crowned. Congrats! [WSJ Law Blog]
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Federal Judges, Football, Labor / Employment, Morning Docket, Native Americans, Partner Issues
Morning Docket: 05.16.14
* Congrats to Diane Humetewa, the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge in United States history. You’d think this achievement would’ve already been reached. [Arizona Daily Star]
* When your case is compared to a law school exam, and the judge uses the number “bazillion” to describe the problems that could happen, it sucks to be you, Detroit. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Dewey know when this failed firm actually went belly up? It’s liquidating trustee says D&L was insolvent in 2009, and wants $22.5 million from ex-international partners in his latest clawback suits. [Am Law Daily]
* The managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw refers to his firm as the “Costco of corporate legal services” because it’s a place where you can “get more for less.” What’s the membership fee? [Chicago Tribune]
* The Buffalo Bills filed a motion to dismiss the wage and hour suit put forth by the disgruntled members of its cheerleading squad, the Buffalo Jills. You better hope that motion survives the “jiggle test.” [CBS Sports]
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Jury Duty, Law Professors, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Rudeness, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 03.21.14
* Justice Ginsburg was a hottie back in the day (as well as a cheerleader, aka a “Twirler”). [Josh Blackman's Blog] * “When a Juror Calls You a Motherf*cker” (or, how not to get out of jury duty). [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * Professor Edward Morrison returns to Columbia Law, after a very short stint at U. Chicago — maybe he missed his fabulous Lawyerly Lair in Manhattan? [Columbia Law School] * Speaking of CLS faculty members with multimillion-dollar townhouses, congratulations to Sarah Cleveland on her nomination to serve as an independent expert on the Human Rights Committee. [Columbia Law School] * After getting a cease-and-desist letter, this Maine bakery renamed the controversial treat “C&D” — well played, Little Bigs Bakery, well played. [WMTV.com] * In the wake of the latest “no cleavage” memo, which made the pages of the New York Daily News, Amanda Hess conducts a comprehensive survey of this odious genre. [Slate] * Social media isn’t a panacea, but it can be important and useful, and lawyers should use it responsibly — so check out these new Social Media Ethics Guidelines for Attorneys. [New York State Bar Association] -
California, Football, Hotties, Labor / Employment, Quote of the Day, Sports
Cheerleader Proves To Be Less Than Cheertastic After Suing Her Team
Will this Oakland Raiders cheerleader be able to win? -
Paralegals, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weddings
Ex-Bengals Cheerleader Convicted of Sexual Misconduct Charges to Marry Student Who Brought Her Infamy
How long will this relationship continue to dominate headlines? -
Constitutional Law, Religion, State Judges, Texas
Texas Cheerleaders Win Right To Do Religious Cheers. Give Me a G! Give Me an O!
The problem isn't that the signs are overtly religious, it's that they're terrible signs. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Football, Hotties, Lawyer of the Day, Litigatrix, Sports, Vanderbilt
Studious Lawyer By Day, Sexy Cheerleader By Night
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Defamation, Sex, Sex Scandals
Ex-Bengals Cheerleader Pleads Guilty To Sex With Student, But Is Still Suing TheDirty.com For 'Ruining Her Reputation'
More about Sarah Jones, the former cheerleader and teacher who pleaded guilty to sleeping with a student, and her continuing defamation lawsuit against a website called The Dirty. -
Defamation, Law Schools, LSAT, Sex, Sex Scandals
Ex-Bengals Cheerleader Who Took A Plea Deal On Sexual Misconduct Charges Is Now Considering Law School
Because after you've accepted a plea deal on sexual misconduct charges, the next logical step is to apply to law school... -
Football, Minority Issues, Nude Dancing, Pictures, Racism
Ex-NFL Cheerleader Who Posed for Pictures Clad Only in Body Paint Gets Her Bias Claim Against the Colts Tossed
Is it possible for a cheerleader to be fired for being too sexy? A recent ruling by a federal judge addresses this question. -
2nd Circuit, Federal Judges, Sports, Women's Issues
Thanks to the Second Circuit, You Won't Be Seeing Olympic Cheerleading Any Time Soon
Is cheerleading considered a sport? Not according to this court... -
Cars, Cozen O'Connor, Deaths, Gay, Jersey Shore, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Sexual Harassment, Texas
Morning Docket: 08.03.11
* Cozen O’Connor is caught between the parents and lesbian partner of a deceased attorney in a death benefits war. Lawyers’ fees will eat through that profit-sharing plan in no time. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * Because everything’s bigger in Texas, they’ve got the seventh-largest lawyer surplus in the country. Wrangling a job at the employment rodeo […]
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5th Circuit, Benchslaps, Civil Rights, Ridiculousness, Texas
Benchslap of the Day: Shouldn't Cheerleaders Know How to Spell?
Judge Jerry Smith of the Fifth Circuit had some harsh words about a cheerleading-related litigation: "[T]his is nothing more than a dispute, fueled by a disgruntled cheerleader mom, over whether her daughter should have made the squad. It is a petty squabble, masquerading as a civil rights matter, that has no place in federal court or any other court." -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.23.11
* I might have stopped smoking, but I’ll never stop fighting against Mike Bloomberg’s nanny state laws that seek to turn New York City into a place that doesn’t tempt Mike Bloomberg into doing all the things he used to do. [CNN] * Tyler Clementi’s former roommate, Dharun Ravi, pleaded not guilty to a bunch […] -
Abortion, Bankruptcy, Deaths, Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.22.11
* Is it possible that in South Dakota you have to go through a shorter waiting period to buy a gun and shoot someone who is already alive than you have to go through in order to have an abortion? Could somebody check on that? [MSNBC] * Did you see this chart showing that law […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.21.10
* Last month, we asked if cheerleading is a sport. A judge has answered, “no.” [CT Post] * Two words that should never be in the same sentence: “botched” and “circumcision.” [Bad Lawyer] * Now that the FCC has been stopped in its anti-speech tracks, can the rest of television become as good as HBO? […] -
ACLU, Exercise, Hotties, Sports
Three Cheers for Designating Cheerleading a Sport?
It’s one of life’s great unanswered questions: Is cheerleading a sport? Soon a federal judge in Connecticut will make a ruling in a Title IX case that may help solve this age-old mystery. From the New Haven Register: It is unclear whether federal judge Stefan R. Underhill will offer an opinion on whether competitive cheerleading […] -
Movies, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Ted Frank, Weirdness
Fun Fact of the Day: Justice Ginsburg's Surprising Past
When President Bush delivered the State of the Union last night, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not one of the four Supreme Court justices in attendance. Oddly enough, however, Justice Ginsburg and President Bush aren’t as far apart as one might think. They share something in common: Both Justice Ginsburg and President Bush were cheerleaders!!! […]