Emails
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Old People, Rudeness
Old Lady Lawyer: It's Not Just Talk
Rudeness, nasty emails and faxes (does anyone fax anymore?), snarky texts, whatever the written medium, society has lost its manners. -
Biglaw, Weirdness
Biglaw Firm Inundated With Rambling, Genius Conspiracy Theory Memo
NYU Law and Satan all in one letter? Sure, why not? - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.15.16
* Ultimately, voters will decide how big a deal Hillary’s emails really are. [Huffington Post]
* If you still have your panties in a bunch over Justice Ginsburg’s comments about Donald Trump, maybe you aren’t paying enough attention to history. [Washington Post]
* Guess what? Your paralegals hate you. [The Lawyer]
* Ironman, err, Robert Downey Jr., is serving as an alternate on a jury. [Law and More]
* When in time are judicial opinions, as a matter of grammar? [LawProse]
* The RNC just ended #NeverTrump. [Slate]
* A look at Janelle Eveland Belling, the managing director of ediscovery services and strategy at Perkins Coie. [CodeX]
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Biglaw, Email Scandals
It's All About Optics, Man: Biglaw Firm Bans Personal Email After Salary Info Leaked
For law firms, banning personal email has become a bit of a thing, but it is all about timing. -
Department of Justice, Email Scandals, Hillary Clinton, Politics
Hillary Clinton's Emails Get The Same Treatment As Cops Who Murder Black People
Perhaps now you’ll see that “independent” investigations conducted by people who work closely with alleged wrongdoers don’t feel so damn impartial. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
NY To $180K: Sign Up For The 2016 Salary Increase Newsletter!
If you prefer the pay raise news to come to you (instead of having to seek it out), sign up here! -
Law Professors, Law Schools
Your Law Professor Is Out Of Office, And This Is What His Email Message Actually Means
You've *never* received an out-of-office message quite like this from a law professor -- or maybe you have... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.01.16
* The Justice Department is seeking a stay of Judge Andrew Hanen’s benchslap and order of ethics training while it appeals the ruling — a ruling the DOJ says could cost approximately $5 million to $8 million to comply with. [Texas Lawyer]
* Cheryl D. Mills, chief of staff to Hillary Clinton at the State Department, wishes that the issue of Clinton’s private email server “had been something we thought about.” [New York Times]
* Jim Lewis, counsel to Sigfredo Garcia, the man charged last week with the murder of Professor Dan Markel, maintains that Garcia had “had nothing to do with” the crime. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* Former attorney general Eric Holder says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by sparking a debate over government surveillance — but still must pay a price for his illegal actions. [CNN]
* The Fourth Circuit holds that the police don’t need a warrant to obtain a person’s cellphone location data. [How Appealing]
* In other Fourth Circuit news, the court won’t go en banc to rehear its prior ruling in favor of the Obama Administration’s policy that transgender students are protected under existing civil rights law (aka the “transgender bathroom case”). [BuzzFeed via How Appealing]
* Those unsealed Trump University documents we mentioned yesterday? They don’t put the Donald in the best light. [New York Times]
* And Donald Trump isn’t getting much financial love from the legal community, as measured by campaign contributions (c’mon, Jones Day lawyers, help your client out). [American Lawyer]
* Judge Joseph Portelli of New Jersey, recently reprimanded for alleged inappropriate comments to counsel, gets renominated to the bench. [ABA Journal]
* Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: congratulations and best wishes to acclaimed novelist (and Dentons partner) Scott Turow and fellow lawyer Adriane Glazier — who first met when he interviewed her years ago for a summer associate gig. [New York Times]
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Law Professors, Law Schools
Con Law Professor Has Meltdown In Email Blast To Students
Professors don't like getting stood up by their students. And this one isn't going to take it anymore! -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Ex-Biglaw Partner Sues Over 'Destroyed' Reputation Thanks To Overbilling Scandal
For someone who's trying to save his reputation, it sure seems like this fellow isn't familiar with the Streisand effect. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Reviving IRAC For In-House Emails
When working in-house, what are the most important things to include in an email to ensure you'll get the response you need? -
Small Law Firms, Technology
3 Questions That A 2016 Law Firm Needs to Ask Itself
We are at a point in society where it is no longer cute to be technologically impaired. The world is technologically savvy, our clients are technologically savvy, and our jurors are technologically savvy. You can’t play the “but I’m just a lawyer” card anymore when it comes to technology IQ. Here are three things that […] -
Clerkships, Email Scandals
Another 'Reply All' Screw-Up: Tell Us How You Really Feel
Who doesn't love a good "reply all" scandal?
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Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Strong Attachments (Or: Important Advice About Email)
Sloppiness with email attachments will dent your reputation, especially if it occurs frequently or overlaps with other demonstrations of carelessness. -
Email Scandals, Hillary Clinton, Politics
Clinton's 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card
Fortunately for Clinton, criminal indictment will likely never happen because she has a "get out of jail free" card from her Constitution-shredding bedfellow. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Wants You To Know You're Ruining His Life With Your Thank-You Emails
In Biglaw firms, if you're not busy making money, you're busy wasting everyone's time. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
3 Pieces Of Advice I Never Want To Give Again
Words of wisdom from Biglaw partner turned in-house counsel Mark Herrmann. -
Small Law Firms
How To Tell If An Email Needs To Be Answered Right Away
Do you need to respond? Let’s go through the various types of emails you may receive and discuss their level of urgency. -
Hillary Clinton, Politics
Hillary Clinton: Criminal Prosecution, Or The Presidency?
It is quite an odd scenario when your 12-month outlook contains the following possibilities: criminal charges and potential imprisonment, or holding the nation's highest office. Such is the fate of Hillary Clinton. -
Small Law Firms, Technology
Free Tools To Organize Your Law Practice
Technology columnist Jeff Bennion walks you through some great new tools to foster collaboration and to help you be more organized in the new year.