Media and Journalism
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Law Schools
Poppy Harlow Takes A Break From CNN To Study At Yale Law
She hopes the degree from the T14 law school will aid in her reporting. -
Media and Journalism
What Lawyers Can Learn From Journalists About Writing: My WordRake Q&A
What journalism can teach legal professionals about effective writing, interviewing, working with editors, and meeting deadlines, among other topics. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Law Schools
All About Amy (Chua), The Law Professor We Can't Stop Talking About
I read five articles and 20,000 words about the Tiger Mother, so you don't have to.
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Defamation
Dominion Files $1.7 Billion Defamation Suit Against Fox For Election 'Journalism'
Fox around and find out. -
In-House Counsel, Politics
Is Viet Dinh The Most Powerful Lawyer In America?
Reports of his power are greatly exaggerated, says Fox’s top lawyer — but there’s no denying that he's had a most interesting and impressive career. -
Finance
Australia’s Law To Remonetize Real News Can’t Keep Facebook From Succumbing To Its Own Boringness
News organizations deserve to be paid for their content. -
Biglaw
How To Become A Go-To Source
I’ve noticed that all my good sources have traits in common that make me think of them first when deadlines are closing in. -
Media and Journalism
New York Times Spews A Lot Of Hot Garbage About Jeffrey Toobin
Intellectual masturbation about masturbation is so very meta! - Sponsored
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In-House Counsel
Handling The Media
You do not want it to be one hit, followed a couple of days later by another hit, followed by another and another and another as the corporation staggers on. -
Media and Journalism
Is Jeffrey Toobin's Career Over Thanks To His Zoom Masturbation Incident?
He's already been fired from the New Yorker. -
Media and Journalism
How The Left-Wing Media Botched The Tara Reade Story
Current Affairs’ Nathan Robinson, podcaster Katie Halper, and other activist journalists screwed up because they approached the story as litigators, rather than simply as journalists. -
Media and Journalism
News Media Aren't Biased. You Are.
People – especially those with stronger left- or right-wing views – resent that the news we report isn’t always what they want to hear. -
In-House Counsel
How About Legal Constraints On Broadcast Interviews?
The cat-and-mouse game played by interviewers and interviewees has become unbearably silly.
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In-House Counsel
Handling Press Inquiries
Experienced public relations folks are quite cautious because speaking to the press can be far more dangerous than it seems. -
Media and Journalism
Andy Ngo Is Journalism’s Problem
The former Quillette writer represents a new kind of perfidious pseudo-journalist born of the social media age who was granted a professional respectability he didn’t deserve. But there will be others like him, and journalists need to be more vigilant. -
Media and Journalism
Twitter Suspends Prominent Legal Newspaper's Account -- For No Reason
The New York Law Journal has been suspended from Twitter for almost a week without any justification. -
Biglaw
Reflections Of An Editor Emeritus: Above The Law, 2006-2019
As I hang up my keyboard as an active ATL editor, I reflect upon the site and its evolution over time. -
Constitutional Law
Falsehoods In The Media Deserve Criticism, But Also First Amendment Protection
The best response to speech we don’t like is more speech, not threats of lawsuits which are often only available to the wealthiest among us to threaten others into silence. -
Biglaw
A Departure Memo, From David Lat
I'm proud of Above the Law, grateful to my readers and colleagues, and excited to begin the next chapter of my career. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non Sequiturs: 04.21.19
* What’s the future of Elizabeth Prelogar, the beauty queen turned Harvard Law School grad turned Supreme Court clerk turned Team Mueller member? Not clear, except that it’s blindingly bright. [Ozy]
* How often do you see this? A federal judge praises counsel — specifically, J. Christian Adams of the Election Law Center, Douglas R. Cox of Gibson Dunn, Michael E. Rosman of the Center for Individual Rights, and local counsel Mun Su Park — for their “conscientious billing practices.” [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* Another Lawyerly Lair of Jonathan Schiller, of Boies Schiller Flexner fame: a stunning modern retreat on Martha’s Vineyard, designed by his son, architect Aaron Schiller (whose firm also did the new BSF offices in Hudson Yards). [Martha’s Vineyard]
* Amicus brief of the month: a compelling — and, sadly, entertaining (see the Appendix) — analysis of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s utterly incoherent approach to supposedly “immoral or scandalous” trademarks, filed by William Jay and Goodwin Procter on behalf of law professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne Fromer. [Supreme Court of the United States]
* Here’s a clear and concise explanation of the “Rule of 80,” taking “senior status” as a federal judge, and what this all means for the ideological balance of the judiciary, courtesy of Ed Whelan. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* How should we think about President Donald Trump’s branding of the press as “the enemy of the people”? Negatively, to be sure — but let’s also keep in mind that the media is not a monolith, as First Amendment lawyer Charles Glasser helpfully reminds us. [Daily Caller]
* Stephen Cooper survived a stabbing — then went on to defend violent criminals for many years as a federal public defender. [Alabama Political Reporter]
* Cooper argues that we need to be less punitive and more thoughtful in our treatment of offenders — and Joel Cohen seems to agree, defending an unusual but wise sentence recently handed down by Judge Valerie Caproni (S.D.N.Y.). [New York Law Journal]