Pregnancy / Paternity
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Ann Althouse, Football, Guns / Firearms, Hotties, Law School Deans, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Pregnancy / Paternity, Suicide
* Not a Victoria’s Secret angel’s fantasy: being sued for $3.3 million. [Fashionista]
* Should a widow be able to extract sperm from the body of her husband, who recently committed suicide, so she can have a child with him? Some thoughts from Professor Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law. [Bill of Health]
* Speaking of suicide, controversy over the prosecution of the late Aaron Swartz rages on. [How Appealing and Instapundit]
* Professor Ann Althouse isn’t a fan of the “if we can save one life” argument for gun control. [Althouse]
* I don’t know anything about football, but even I chuckled at this. [Life in Biglaw]
* ‘Tis the season… for replacing law school deans. Congratulations to Michael Hunter Schwartz, the new dean at Arkansas – Little Rock. [Faculty Lounge]
After the jump, Elie challenges Mike Bloomberg to make him skinny….
Elie also discusses the hot issue of the day, gun control, on HuffPost Live:
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Accounting / Accountants, Clarence Thomas, Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Pregnancy / Paternity, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court
* Wait, auditors agree that auditor letters are pretty much a waste of time, but they still want them anyway? As I learned in Civ: “The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency.” [Going Concern]
* Yes, the legal world is still buzzing because one of the nine most powerful people in America deigned to utter a few words in court. I hope Thomas appreciates that his obituary is going to prominently include references to his confirmation hearings and his well documented muteness. [ZombieLaw]
* This Die Hard director picked a bad day to try hard to stay out of jail. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* You know, there are laws against firing pregnant people. [Pregnant and Fired]
* Bottom line, I don’t want to be on the side of praising SEC enforcement actions. [National Law Journal]
* I hope Obama is well armed, because the only thing that stops a politician in the pocket of the gun lobby are the people holding their votes to the heads of their Congressmen. [Blog Briefing Room / The Hill]
* Same-sex marriage should be legal because gay people should be allowed to save money too. [The Atlantic]
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Admin, Announcements, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Bonuses, Celebrities, Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, Email Scandals, Fabulosity, Hotties, Kids, Law Professors, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Lesbians, Libraries / Librarians, Litigators, Masturbation, Money, Music, Partner Issues, Pornography, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rankings, Rap, Romance and Dating, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals, Summer Associates, Supreme Court, U.S. News, Videos, Weddings, Women's Issues, YouTube
Above the Law’s Top Ten Most Popular Posts of 2012
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed, but here we are. That said, let’s check out the ten biggest stories of the past year as decided by our readers.
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Admin, Announcements, Attorney Misconduct, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Cardozo Law School, Contests, Cozen O'Connor, Crime, Depositions, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drinking, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine, Jed Rakoff, John Roberts, Kids, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Partner Issues, Pregnancy / Paternity, Reader Polls, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Above the Law’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year Competition: The Finalists!
Who should be Above the Law’s Lawyer of the Year for 2012? Please vote in our poll!
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Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Divorce Train Wrecks, Judge of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rank Stupidity, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
The Michigan judge who sent half-naked pictures of himself to a bailiff via text is now back in the news with some more scandalous (and sexy) allegations.
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Biglaw, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
In Defense of the Clifford Chance Mommy’s Husband
Do you really think this “family” thing is any easier for Biglaw fathers?
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Biglaw, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
Departure Memo of the Day: Parenting Gets The Best Of One Biglaw Associate
An associate leaves Biglaw to focus on her family, because doing both sometimes seems impossible…
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Drinking, DUI / DWI, Non-Sequiturs, Pregnancy / Paternity, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
* Did the lead plaintiff in the job stats suit against Thomas Jefferson School of Law turn down a law job offer? Does TJSL teach its students anything about discovery? [ABA Journal] * This judge may have a wee bit of an anger problem. [Legal Juice] * The Democratic activist who bailed the UVA Law […]
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Admin, Announcements, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity
Babies, Balance, And Going Back To Work
So, I’m back at work with a newborn at home. I’m sure I’ll be a worse writer going forward…
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3 Big Student Loan Myths Demystified
When was the last time you took a second look at your student loans? If you’re like most borrowers, you probably try hard not to think about them. After all, dwelling on your debt isn’t going to make it go away any faster. Or is it?
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Admin, Announcements, Kids, Pictures, Pregnancy / Paternity
Vacation Memo: Paternity Leave
Elie’s going to be out for a couple of weeks as he gets used to his new son. Here are pictures of the cute kid….
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Career Alternatives, Comment of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity
Comment of the Week: The Babies of Biglaw
Who won the award for Comment of the Week?
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Career Alternatives, Craigslist, Job Searches, Pregnancy / Paternity
Terrible Job Potpourri: Your Womb Is More Useful Than Your Law Degree
Speaking of terrible jobs, does having a J.D. mean you can charge a higher fee when renting out your womb?
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Barack Obama, Guns / Firearms, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rape
* Threatening a judge, even in song, is still threatening. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Obama’s White House microbrew is now the subject of a FOIA request. Instead of a bus tour, I think Obama should just travel around the country holding beer summits. [Legal Blog Watch]
* I’m pretty sure the social contract will be unenforceable in a Romney administration. It’s unenforceable in an Obama administration too, but Obama tries to seem sad about that. [Salon]
* I do hope that the GOP has some kind of “Rape: Accepted Definitions” seminar at their convention this week. They clearly don’t seem to understand what the term means, legally, as evidence by the Pennsylvania Republican who seems to think that a consensual out-of-wedlock pregnancy is kind of like rape. [TPM]
* Here are the top eight reasons people are stressed at work. I wonder if anybody wants to see the top eight reasons people are who are unemployed are stressed out. [Huffington Post]
* Yeah, I think we need to make it easier for people to get guns. Sure. Why not. It’s not easy enough to get a gun to carry out a mass shooting/turn a mass shooting into a mass shootout. [Forbes]
* We drafted one of the Above the Law fantasy football leagues last night (I hate my team). Professor Marc Edelman has a fun paper on the regulation of fantasy sports. I’m still pissed at him for causing me to have to spend $2 on my freaking kicker. [SSRN]
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Biglaw, Feminism, Gender, Partner Issues, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
Buying In: Biglaw Lady Issues (Part 1) – The Biglaw Timeline
Wherein the Anonymous Partner discusses some of the special challenges facing women in the world of large law firms. Warning: some of this discussion may be controversial….
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Alston & Bird, B for Beauty, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Clerkships, Divorce Train Wrecks, Federal Judges, Hair, Judicial Nominations, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Patton Boggs, Politics, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rape, SCOTUS, Shoes, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
* What happens if a Supreme Court clerk violates the Code of Conduct and leaks information to the press at the behest of a justice? At worst, he’d probably be forced to wash dirty socks from the SCOTUS morning exercise class. [National Law Journal]
* “[T]he great expectations when he was elected have not come to fruition.” Making judicial nominations wasn’t a high political priority, so President Barack Obama will be ending his term with just 125 lower-court appointments in the federal judiciary. [New York Times]
* If there’s anything that Paul Ryan’s good at, it’s soliciting money from lawyers and Biglaw firms. Alston & Bird tops the list of legal campaign contributors, with Patton Boggs in a close second. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* Apparently the female reproduction system shuts down to prevent conception upon rape. This improbable tidbit from a man who sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. [Los Angeles Times]
* But a great way to take some of the heat off of the “legitimate rape” dude is to break news about another Congressman’s nude swim in the Sea of Galilee while in Israel. Excellent work on this distraction. [POLITICO]
* What crisis? Despite a steep decline in applicants, the average law school’s tuition will climb by more than double the rate of inflation this fall. It’s really heartwarming how they put students first. [National Law Journal]
* Customs agents in Los Angeles seized 20,457 pairs of faux Christian Louboutins that would’ve been worth approximately $18M. For this heinous crime of fashion, the offending shoes will undergo a trial by fire. [CNN]
* Karma sure is a Blitsch. Matthew Couloute, the alleged lawyerly Lothario who got slammed by his exes on LiarsCheatersRUs.com, is now being slammed by someone else: his soon-to-be ex-wife. [New York Post]
* Beauty school dropout, no pube hair trimming days for you! Seventeen female plaintiffs have alleged that a cosmetology instructor subjected them to less-than-sanitary lessons in a federal suit. [New York Daily News]
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Education / Schools, Pregnancy / Paternity, Religion
Separation of Church and State? In Louisiana They Can’t Even Separate Fact From Fiction
A round-up of incredibly stupid things happening in Louisiana…
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Comment of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity
Comment of the Week: It’s Like The Olympics of Comments
Comment of the Week rewards nice, but we can’t just ignore the mean…
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Biglaw, Breasts, Food, Kids, Pregnancy / Paternity, Reader Polls
Is Breastfeeding Right For Biglaw Women?
There’s always drama when it comes to breastfeeding. What’s your opinion?
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