Citizens United
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Events, Movies, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Movie Night With Justice Breyer
Justice Breyer screened one of his favorite films, then shared some thoughts on Bush v. Gore and Citizens United. -
Constitutional Law, Election Law, Jeffrey Rosen, Money, Politics, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks This Is The Worst Supreme Court Ruling
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Biglaw, Laurence Tribe, Pro Bono, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Professor Laurence Tribe Calls Out Biglaw Pro Bono And Shares His Take On The Roberts Court
Professor Tribe spoke at the UJA-Federation last night and provided an awesome evening of reflection upon his career, his take on the Supreme Court, and his plea to Biglaw.
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Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Notorious R.B.G. Loves Being Called Notorious R.B.G.
What did Justice Ginsburg say on the subject of her retirement? -
Politics, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Accidentally Legalizes Prostitution
It's your constitutional right! -
Election Law, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Protestor Speaks!
After spending the night in jail, the Supreme Court protestor explains his actions. -
Free Speech, Politics, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Protestor Interrupts SCOTUS Arguments, Cops Teach Him Limits Of Free Speech
What issue got this protestor so riled up that he crashed the Supreme Court? -
Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns / Firearms, Health Care / Medicine, Immigration, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court
BINGO! Getting Drunk During the State of the Union
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Election Law, Free Speech, Money, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Rumors Of Democracy's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated: Why McCutcheon Can Be A Good Thing
Sadly, liberals are too busy class-baiting and wailing about Citizens United to have hard conversations about the First Amendment and the political process. -
Antonin Scalia, Election Law, Elena Kagan, Free Speech, Money, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
McCutcheon Oral Argument: Or, Justice Scalia Explains How $3.5 Million Isn't That Much Money
The Supreme Court returns to the incremental destruction of campaign finance laws. -
Election Law, Free Speech, Politics, Reality TV
District Attorney and Major TV Network Sued Over Stupid Reality Show
A reality show about a district attorney may violate campaign finance laws, -
Election Law, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Money, Politics
The High Price of the Federal Bench
A minor scandal brewing in Las Vegas highlights the festering problem of campaign finance laws and federal judgeships. -
Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Blogging, Bloomberg, David Boies, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law, Supreme Court, Ted Olson
Non-Sequiturs: 11.26.12
* As soon as Mary Schapiro announced she was stepping down as chairwoman of the SEC, Obama nominated another woman to take her place. Congrats to SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter! [WSJ Law Blog] * In other breaking news that no one will care about now that bonus season is upon us, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg swapped out her neck doily for a blingy necklace from Glamour. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * You know what the ancient Romans would’ve hated more than watching the fall of the Roman empire? The Citizens United decision. Cato, Cicero, and Julius Caesar wouldn’t have been impressed with this. [Slate] * Why go to law school if you’re already doing well financially? Perhaps you’re just another prestige hunter. If you are, then all the better for you, because that seems to be what all of the law schools are selling these days. [Inside the Law School Scam] * Don’t cry for Argentina: they may be in the middle of a billion-dollar bond dispute, but the uber-prestigious lawyers on either side of the case (Boies; Olson) are enough to make you forget about their troubles. [Reuters] * A Biglaw attorney from Alston & Bird with a rare sleep disorder confronts Big Pharma and… doesn’t win. At least not yet. But on the bright side, she’s not sleeping for 18 hours anymore. [The Last Word on Nothing] * We’re honored to announce that Above the Law was named as one of the ten law blogs in the ABA Journal’s inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. Please click here if you’d like to help us win again this year. [ABA Journal] * After the jump, Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia speaks with a Bill Lawlor, a Dechert partner, who claims that “hope springs eternal for M&A attorneys.” Will the mergers and acquisitions market begin to boom once again?
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Constitutional Law, Federalist Society, Law Professors, Quote of the Day, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Justice Alito on Yale Law School
Some highlights from Justice Alito's (very funny) speech last night at the annual dinner of the Federalist Society. -
Election 2012, Money, Politics
Corporate Executives Trying Their Best To Make Anthony Kennedy Even More Wrong About Citizens United
Bosses are people -- people who can now tell you who to vote for... -
Biglaw, Defamation, Disasters / Emergencies, Divorce Train Wrecks, Election 2012, Family Law, Inappropriate Venue, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 10.29.12
* Hurricane Sandy is set to arrive today, so batten down the hatches, folks! Everything’s closing down for the storm, but please feel free to email us if your law school or law firm is encouraging you to work. [Washington Post]
* Thanks to the SCOTUS decision in Citizens United, companies can now recommend how their employees should vote, which is “no different from telling your children: ‘Eat your spinach. It’s good for you.’” [New York Times]
* Biglaw firms are re-negotiating their office space leases in an effort to save money. While some firms have already sealed their new real estate deals, others are still on the prowl — but which ones? [Am Law Daily]
* The University of St. Thomas School of Law has a new dean, and it certainly seems like he’s willing to make some waves to help his students. The first step for Robert Vischer? Reducing tuition. [National Law Journal]
* “I don’t think her popularity has improved since the [murder] verdict.” That’s probably why Casey Anthony’s lawyers are desperately trying to get a new venue for Zenaida Gonzalez’s defamation case. [Orlando Sentinel]
* A man divorced his formerly fugly wife (she had $100K in plastic surgery to correct her looks), sued her for luring him into marriage her under false pretenses, and won. Don’t worry, girls, this happened in China. [FOX]
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Conferences / Symposia, Election 2012, Election Law, Free Speech, Law Professors, Lawrence Lessig, Money, New Yorker, Politics, Seth Waxman, Ted Olson
Politics and Money: Imperfect Together?
What should be done - if anything - about the influence of money in politics? Some thoughts from Larry Lessig, Cleta Mitchell, Ted Olson, and Seth Waxman. -
Constitutional Law, Election 2012, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
On Constitution Day, Americans Like The Constitution Just The Way It Is, So Long As It Says What They Like
On Constitution Day, the day when Americans get to show how much they love the Constitution that they barely understand... -
Biglaw, Politics, Quote of the Day, Senate Judiciary Committee
Quote of the Day: Citizens United By Sarcasm
Just how sarcastic can one Biglaw partner be in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee? -
Abortion, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawrence Lessig, Morning Docket, Murder, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 07.25.12
* Start spreading the fabulosity: Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has asked the Supreme Court to grant certiorari on a pair of cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. [BuzzFeed]
* Lawrence Lessig wants groups of 300 randomly selected people to craft a constitutional amendment in response to Citizens United. He clearly expects a bit too much of our population. [National Law Journal]
* In South Dakota, your abortion now comes with warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and suicide. Forget that medical certainty hooey, it’s not constitutionally misleading. [WSJ Law Blog]
* “We do not arrest people because of the color of their skin.” Oh, of course not, Sheriff Arpaio. We totally believe you. But you might stop them, question them, and detain them because of it, right? [New York Times]
* We’ve just got too much Dickinson up in here. And in other Penn State news, the school is now considering a move that may cause at least one of its two law school campuses to lose its accreditation. [Patriot-News]
* Lady Gaga was sued by MGA Entertainment, the maker of Bratz dolls, over her alleged failure to approve a line of dolls made in her image. This is not a company you want to start a bad romance with. [Bloomberg]
* And I am telling you, I’m not going — to grant you parole. William Balfour, the man convicted of murdering Jennifer Hudson’s relatives, was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole. [CNN]