Julian Assange
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Crime, Facebook, Privacy, Rape, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
An Update on WikiLeaks and Its International Man of Mischief, Julian Assange
Although I’m no longer an editor here at Above the Law (*tear*), you know my byline occasionally still pops up to bring you news of lonely lawyers and goings-on in the world of privacy. This week, I asked Elie and Lat if they were interested in a lawsuit against a computer rental store accused of […] -
Biglaw, Colbert Report, Partner Issues, Privacy, Technology, Television
Hunton & Williams Gets Colbert Report'ed
The cutting-edge information and security practice of Hunton & Williams is getting the firm lots of media attention these days — but not of the positive variety. The firm’s lawyers are getting coverage due to their information becoming insecure after a hacktivist group leaked emails they exchanged with security firm HBGary. Last night, the firm’s […] - Sponsored
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Lesbians, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.24.11
* A British court ruled that Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden. [Reuters] * Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions. Men, barbecue, I like you, I like you too dawg, let’s get… civil unioned? [Honolulu Star-Advertiser] * Seems like Betty Boop was passed around like a […]
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Biglaw, Partner Issues, Privacy, Technology
Hunton & Williams Gets WikiLeaked
Hunton & Williams is having an uncomfortable week, and will get its very own page in the WikiLeaks saga. Thanks to a feud between hacktivist group Anonymous and a security firm, emails that Hunton lawyers exchanged with that security firm were leaked in a major document dump last week. Journalist (and lawyer) Glenn Greenwald of […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Courtship Connection, Non-Sequiturs, Romance and Dating, Theater
Non-Sequiturs: 02.14.11
* The anatomy of Courtship Connections. Kash explains why it’s so difficult to set lawyers up with each other. [Forbes] * Alan Dershowitz and Julian Assange make a love connection. [Politico] * Does compassion really have any place in the law? [Underdog] * Many of the lonely among you will be drinking heavily tonight. That’s […] -
Bail, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.11.11
* Judy Clarke, counsel to Jared Lee Loughner, is known as the “One-Woman Dream Team.” Here’s to hoping the prosecution doesn’t get played like Frédéric Weis. [USA Today] * There is a time when the operation of the merger becomes so odious… plaintiff’s attorneys have got to put their bodies upon the gears and upon […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.08.10
* Lawrence Taylor’s lawyers accuse cops of false start in their arrest of Taylor for statutory rape. [New York Daily News] * Listen, we know Julian Assange did something illegal. We just need to do a helluva lot of research to figure out what it is! And your constant, y’know, questions and stuff aren’t going […]
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Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket: 12.07.10
* Julian Assange was arrested at a London police station last night. What a dumb place for Julian Assange to be hanging out. What a stupid, stupid place. [CNN] * I can’t tell whether this story is real or not, but the Supreme Court heard the case yesterday of a deceased Korean War veteran diagnosed […]
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Federal Government, Job Searches, Technology
Government Is Serious About Dissuading Job Seekers From Reading Wikileaks
Last week, we reported that Boston University School of Law was warning job seekers not to read (or link to) WikiLeaks if they want to get a government job. The government still regards the documents as classified, and so somehow if you link to them (say on Facebook), you might fail a to get the […] -
Federal Government, Job Searches
Could Just Reading WikiLeaks Get You Nixed From Working as a Federal Attorney?
As if law students did have enough to worry about when trying to get jobs, career services at Boston University School of Law has pointed out another potential pitfall that may terrify its students. According to BU, merely reading the WikiLeaks documents could prevent you from getting the security clearances necessary to get certain government […] -
Antitrust, Gay, Google / Search Engines, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.01.10
* One soldier responded to the Pentagon’s DADT survey by asking “How far are we going to go with this whole gay thing? Am I supposed to celebrate gayness – do they get to wear a rainbow flag on their uniform?” Just the tip, sure, and only if they earn the badge. [Washington Post] * […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.30.10
* A Spanish woman has claimed ownership of the sun. Similarly, my father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. [Daily Mail] * Yesterday, Eric Holder said that the Justice Department was conducting a “very serious” investigation into insider trading on Wall Street. Rachael Ray’s going […]