Flori-duh
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Small Law Firms
New From Florida: Mall Lawyers
Here is this week's sign of the apocalypse: a Law Booth opened in a Florida mall, and it opened its doors at 4 a.m. on Black Friday to give away some deals. Needless to say, Elie had some interesting commentary.... -
Gender, Nude Dancing, Paralegals, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism
Arguably The Best Use Of Sexism And Unethical Behavior Ever
We all know that firms put the prettiest secretaries on the floors clients see, while the floors with associates who share offices are staffed by hagravens. T&A has been used to secure clients probably since we moved out of the state of nature. Lawyers in the great city of Miami are just taking this natural service and extending to to criminal defendants. What's so wrong with that? - Sponsored
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Animal Law, Guns / Firearms, Police, Solo Practitioners
All Bets Are Off When You Kill a Lawyer's Dog
Police in Florida shot and killed a solo practitioner's dog in October. Did they really think that they could just kill a lawyer's dog and get away with it? If this personal injury attorney could've brought a wrongful death claim for his dog, we're sure he would've. But here's what happened because the attorney wouldn't sit and lie down after his dog's death....
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Antitrust, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Drugs, Guns / Firearms, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Solo Practitioners
Morning Docket: 10.25.11
* Cloudy with a chance of dismissal for Steve Sunshine, Sprint’s Skaddenite. During oral argument, a judge reminded him that antitrust law didn’t exist to protect competitors. [Wall Street Journal] * Oh, the things you’ll argue to get around a motion to dismiss: Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s accuser now contends that diplomatic immunity isn’t a pass for […]
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Antitrust, Biglaw, Blind Item, Department of Justice, Facebook, Federal Judges, Free Speech, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Munger Tolles & Olson, Music
Morning Docket: 10.19.11
* The AT&T/T-Mobile antitrust suit is so big that not even Big Government law can handle it. The DOJ is bringing in even bigger guns with a partner from Biglaw firm Munger Tolles. [Bloomberg] * Obama has nominated former Kozinski clerk, Paul Watford, to the Ninth Circuit. Way to go, because he’s kind of cute. […]
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Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Law Schools, Prostitution, Quote of the Day, Sex, Sex Scandals
Quote of the Day: Driving a Mercedes But Seeking a Hummer?
I am just a horny guy. — a comment allegedly made to the police by University of Miami law professor D. Marvin Jones, upon being arrested for a prostitution-related offense last month. (This is not the first time Professor Jones has been accused of such a crime. Back in 2007, we named him a Lawyer […] -
Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Law Schools, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
Miami Criminal Law Professor Accused of Prostitution-Related Offense -- Again
In October 2007, Professor D. Marvin Jones of the University of Miami School of Law was hit with a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a prostitute. We found it interesting that a criminal procedure professor was charged with, well, violating the criminal law. We bestowed Lawyer of the Day honors upon Professor Jones. Well, it seems that Professor Jones is back. Multiple University of Miami law school sources have alerted us to a new charge against him.... -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Crime, Legal Ethics, Lindsay Lohan, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Partner Profits, Pictures
Morning Docket: 08.22.11
* Unfortunately, it looks like law schools aren’t the only ones cooking the books. According to Citigroup, partner profits in the Am Law 100 may have been a teensy bit overstated last year. [Wall Street Journal] * A perp walk is a terrible thing to waste. Prosecutors may be dropping the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Asians, Bad Ideas, Drinking, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: A Renaissance Man Who Might Like Naked Sword Fights
Ladies, admit it. Sometimes you dream of going back in time to the days where damsels in distress were rescued by swashbuckling romantics on noble steeds. But in today’s day and age, there seems to be a shortage of heroic knights. And that’s mostly because the crop of men with swords handy leave certain things […] -
Biglaw, Deaths, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.12.11
* Law schools want to make firms interview students in August, and this is news because… wait, is this even news? Aren’t most OCI programs already in August? [WSJ Law Blog] * Just when I thought we could stop caring about Casey Anthony, the Florida DCF has to go and declare her responsible for Caylee’s […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Bad Ideas, Law Schools
Because Cooley Law Really Needs Another Campus
Boasting four campuses and more than 15,000 graduates in Michigan isn't enough for Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The nation's #2 law school needs MOAR CAMPUSES (and unemployed graduates). So, yet another Cooley Law campus will soon be invading a state near you on the east coast.... -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Lady Likes To Take Pictures of Men Peeing. What's Wrong With That?
A Florida judge stands accused of photographing a guy peeing in the men's bathroom. That judge is also a biter, but who and what did she bite? Read on for more info on our Judge of the Day. -
Crime, Deaths, Kids, Murder, Nancy Grace, Trials
Breaking: Casey Anthony Verdict
In case you've been living under a rock, Casey Anthony was acquitted of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child. Nancy Grace didn't just have a cow -- instead, she gave birth to an entire herd.
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Celebrities, Immigration, Jews, Morning Docket, Politics
Morning Docket: 06.16.11
* Oooh, Obama drama at the White House! They’re fighting with Congress over the legal definition of war “hostilities.” Can’t we all just celebrate good Obama (come on)? [New York Times] * Schulte Roth’s tech-support crew would love nothing better than to blue screen the entire firm, but instead, they’re suing for overtime pay. [Thomson […]
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Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Litigators, Murder, Trials
Lawyer of the Day: Jose Baez, Counsel to Casey Anthony
Anyone who is a lawyer knows that sinking feeling. The feeling that comes when someone else finds out you’re a lawyer and starts telling you about whatever garden-variety awfulness has visited their lives. They prattle on about who knows what, because you’ve tuned out. But they keep going and the inevitable finally arrives at the […] -
Abortion, Drinking, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Nude Dancing
Lawsuit(s) of the Day Potpourri
Lat’s at NALP – 2011. If you don’t believe me, see Above the Law, April 26, 2011. If he was here, maybe we’d have the resources to give each of these entertaining lawsuits the full posts they deserve. Instead, it’s just me, and I’m a little pressed for time now that Harvard has decided to […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Old People, Violence
A Real Life 'Blue' and a Pushy Prof Spice Up Life at a Top 50 Law School
It’s been a while since we have had a good ol’ Flori-duh story. I mean, that Miami kid came up with a ridiculous student bill of rights ages ago. We’re all overdue for some Everglades antics. We’ll need to do a Florida potpourri here, but together these two stories have everything we’ve come to expect […] -
Department of Justice, Google / Search Engines, Insider Trading, Michael Jackson, Morning Docket, Trials, Violence, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 04.13.11
* Raj Rajaratnam’s got a cute insider trading friend named Octopussy. Maybe he’s been doing some other insider trading, if you know what I mean. [Bloomberg] * Florida redefines “beating it.” It may be time to reconsider things if you’re paying $2.99 to watch a hate crime with your pants off. Come on, at least […]
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Dissolution, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Real Estate
Another Law Firm Dissolves. Do Bad Things Really Come in Threes?
Tomorrow, March 15, the end will finally come for Howrey. Later this month, the law firm of David J. Stern, formerly known as Florida’s foreclosure king, will shut its doors. This week, we’ve got another sizable law firm announcing its dissolution. Obviously not everybody is catching on to this economic recovery. While some firms are […] -
Career Alternatives, Lawyer of the Day, Money, Real Estate
Is the Florida Foreclosure King Abdicating? David J. Stern Will Close His Law Firm
Back in September 2010, we bestowed Lawyer of the Day honors upon David J. Stern, aka Florida’s “Foreclosure King.” We noted Stern’s rise into the ranks of self-made millionaires, despite not having attended some fancy first-tier law school. (Stern graduated from the South Texas College of Law, a fourth-tier school.) We marveled at Stern’s wealth: […]