Ridiculousness
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Hotties, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Privacy, Ridiculousness
'Aspiring' Law Student Claims Reputational Damage From Leaked Lingerie Photos
Wanna-be law student claims leaked photos are preventing her from following her dreams... -
Contracts, Defamation, Lawsuit of the Day, Nude Dancing, Ridiculousness
Lawsuit of the Day: Strip Club Seeks Emergency Injunction Over Octomom's Refusal to Bump 'N Grind
A Florida strip club is seeking an injunction against Octomom to prevent her from bumping and grinding on an alternative pole... - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Billable Hours, California, Drugs, Morning Docket, Ridiculousness, Sam Sparks, Sexism, Sports, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 07.11.12
* Following yesterday’s hearing, Kleiner Perkins may be able to get a second bite at the proverbial apple after a judge tentatively denied the firm’s bid to arbitrate Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit. [The Recorder; Bits / New York Times]
* Ogletree Deakins has allegedly got 99 299 problems, and a b*tch ain’t one billing errors are all of ‘em. Arizona’s Maricopa County wants a refund, and it plans to debar the firm from additional work for the next three years. [ABA Journal]
* Not everything’s bigger in Texas: attorneys for Lance Armstrong have refiled a shorter version of his lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after suffering a brutal benchslap at the hands of Judge Sam Sparks. [Los Angeles Times]
* Screw your ban on non-lawyer investors, we’ll expand anyway! Jacoby & Meyers merged with Chicago’s Macey Bankruptcy Law to create a 300-attorney adventure in awful lawyer advertising. [National Law Journal]
* The bell has not yet tolled for Florida lawyer Frank Louderback, who will now be able to attend the 32nd Annual Ernest Hemingway Look-alike Contest thanks to his client’s last minute guilty plea. [Tampa Bay Times]
* “I don’t care what the law says, you’re getting a summons.” Sorry, officer, but you don’t mess with a Brooklyn Law student’s booze, because he’ll challenge New York’s open-container law. [City Room / New York Times]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Boalt Hall, California, Contests, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Nauseating Things, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Trials
Lawyer of the Month: June Reader Poll
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Crime, Federal Judges, Lawyer of the Day, Murder, Ridiculousness, Trials
A Farewell to Dismiss: Judge Tolls the Bell on Hemingway Doppelganger
Attending an Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest is not a valid excuse to suspend a federal death penalty trial. But you got to admit, it was a valiant attempt… -
Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
Law School Lunch Fights Revisited: Biological Warfare
It's the newest trend in law school lunch theft... -
9th Circuit, California, Conferences / Symposia, Quote of the Day, Ridiculousness
Quote of the Day: It's Not Like They're Flying to Guam
The Ninth Circuit catches flack for holding a judicial conference… in the Ninth Circuit. -
Defamation, Kids, Lawsuit of the Day, Nude Dancing, Ridiculousness
Potential Lawsuit of the Day: Octomom Refuses to Ride the Pole at Florida Strip Club
Nadya Suleman (aka Octomom) may be facing an epic lawsuit, but to be honest, we’re surprised that it took this long for someone to threaten to sue her…. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Celebrities, Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches v. The Kardashian Sisters
Jonathan Lee Riches is back, and he's sued the Kardashian sisters. What are his allegations? -
Bad Ideas, Blog Wars, Blogging, Cyberlaw, Eugene Volokh, Free Speech, Media and Journalism, Rank Stupidity, Ridiculousness, Technology
New York Lawmakers Want to Ban Anonymous Commenting. I Wish I Were Kidding.
If they held a contest for stupidest proposed legislation, this would have to win. -
Breasts, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Gloria Allred, Hotties, Jews, Lawsuit of the Day, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
Lawsuit of the Day: Yet Another Woman Claims She Was Fired for Being 'Too Hot'
Yet another woman is suing because she claims she was fired for being "too hot." Who is she, and what does she look like? -
Harvard, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
Allegations of Racism Fly As Harvard Law Braces for Today's Student Government Elections
Hey Harvard Law School, high school called, it wants its drama back.... -
Facebook, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Rudeness, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Is There A Facebook Snitch In Your Class?
Yesterday we got something that we don't see a lot: a letter from a law student complaining about the way her classmates use Facebook and Gchat. Let's delve into the mind of a person who wants to be the boss of you...
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness
Law School Lunch Drama Continues -- From Coast To Coast
Over the last month, we have continued receiving tips from law schools across the country about Hansen's soda heartbreak and the adventures of a refrigerator warrior. Today, we have a round-up of the most recent law school lunch wars, courtesy of UC Davis Law, Cornell Law School, Iowa Law, and of the University of Cincinnati College of Law… -
California, Internal Memos, Ridiculousness
San Francisco Firm Sends Awesome Officewide 'Restroom Etiquette' Email
The San Francisco branch of a national law firm delivered an office-wide email concerning “restroom etiquette.” The email is hilarious, and if nothing else, impressively thorough. They thought of everything. The missive covered tips for masking awkward bathroom noises, suggestions for choosing a urinal, and an emphasis on the ways bathroom behavior can affect your professional reputation. Let's see which firm has (toilet) water on the brain.... -
Boalt Hall, Elena Kagan, Harvard, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Real Estate, Ridiculousness
True Story: Harvard Law Sells Naming Rights to Its New Bathrooms, and a Berkeley Law Professor Couldn't Be Happier
A Harvard Law School building contains the Falik Men's Room. No, we didn't make that up.... -
Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, YouTube
Lunch Theft Epidemic Continues, Spreads to Washburn Law
Last week, we covered an unsettling rash of lunch thefts at UCLA School of Law. The problem was sending hungry students into a tizzy. Now, like a way less deadly version of the Motaba virus, the outbreak has spread to Washburn University School of Law. Several tipsters have forwarded us an all-school email sent yesterday […] -
Facebook, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Ridiculousness, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Law School Students Go Insane Over LexisNexis's Online Promotion
The great thing about free stuff is that it is free. Nobody cares what kind of plastic junk they’re getting as long as it’s free. Why do sports fans go nuts over t-shirt cannons, even though the shirts are ugly as hell and always XXL? Duh, because they’re free. To me, it seems logical that […] -
California, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
There Is a Law School Lunch Thief Running Wild in Our Midst
With some of the truly horrible stuff going on in law these days — law students allegedly trying to kill each other, managing partners having affairs with their subordinates’ wives — it’s almost reassuring to know that people can still afford to get crazily worked up about good old-fashioned nothing. Some behaviors are the equivalent […] -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Hotties, Lawsuit of the Day, Pictures, Ridiculousness, Weddings
When Groomzillas Attack: Todd Remis is Back!
Remember Todd Remis? How couldn't you? He's the disgruntled groom with a Biglaw daddy whose ridiculous lawsuit against his wedding photographer made national news when it hit the New York Times. But now, more than two months after the story first broke, Remis has emerged from hiding to combat the New York Times version of his lawsuit. Remis wants to tell his side of the story, and he's got a website to prove it....