Ted Frank
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9th Circuit, Eliot Spitzer, Federal Judges, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Ted Frank
Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.11
* Does your fledgling company need a full-time general counsel? Lance Levy lays out some considerations. [In-House Blog] * Why is Marc Randazza “the most inappropriate man in the world”? Well, how many briefs have you filed with phallus-filled footnotes? (Say that last part ten times fast.) [Popehat] * New England Patriots defensive tackle Albert […] -
Biglaw, Blog Wars, Blogging, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Non-Sequiturs, Student Loans, Ted Frank
Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.11
* Trademarks, and textiles, and taboos, oh my! Take a look into the fabulous world of fashion law with Charles Colman of Law of Fashion. [Professionelle] * When you make stock market bets on SCOTUS outcomes, you better have a lot of money to throw around. Luckily, Ted Frank has plenty. [Point of Law] * […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Money, Ted Frank, Wal-Mart, Wall Street
Can Legal Knowledge Help You Make Money in the Stock Market?
Friday was not a pretty day for the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 12,000, for the first time since March of this year — a 1.4 percent decline. The S&P 500 also fell by 1.4 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index fell by 1.5 percent. Everyone is looking for an edge […]
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Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Ted Frank
Signing Up For, Or Objecting To, The BAR/BRI Class Action Settlement
Did you take a BAR/BRI bar exam review course sometime in the past five years? Or are you taking BAR/BRI now, having paid for it prior to March 21? If so, keep reading. As we recently mentioned, the deadline for joining or objecting to the proposed class action settlement in Stetson v. West Publishing Corp. […] -
Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Ted Frank
BAR/BRI Class Actions: Open Thread
As we reported last month, it looks like Leeds Equity Partners will be acquiring BAR/BRI, the well-known bar exam preparation business, from West Publishing / Thomson Reuters. If you’ve taken a bar exam prep course, odds are that you took BAR/BRI — although there are alternatives, such as BarMax and Themis (disclosure: ATL advertisers, whom […] -
Billable Hours, Quote of the Day, Ridiculousness, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Ted Frank
Quote of the Day: And you thought you billed a lot of hours....
[Lawyer Dennis] Gingold claims to have billed an astonishing 48,772 hours on this case—which works out to almost 9.5 hours a day, every day without a single day off, between November 4, 1995, and December 7, 2009. This includes a seven-year stretch where Mr. Gingold billed 28,230 hours—an average of eleven hours a day, every […] -
Non-Sequiturs, Tax Law, Technology, Ted Frank
Non-Sequiturs: 03.01.11
* Dude, you’re not getting a Dell. How about this crappy Compaq, selling for around $300? Well, Ted Frank, previously profiled here as the Class Action Avenger, won’t stand for it. [Point of Law] * If you’re one of the 1.1 million people who didn’t file a federal income tax return for 2007, the IRS […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.24.11
* Yes, we have seen the excellent GW Law Revue video based on the Cee Lo Green song (embedded above). No need to send it to us again. In fact, please do not send us links to any Law Revue videos until we announce the start of our third annual Law Revue Video Contest (perhaps […] - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
9th Circuit, ACLU, Barack Obama, Gay, Gay Marriage, Politics, Ted Frank
Obama Directs DOJ to Stop Defending DOMA
President Obama has directed the Department of Justice to stop defending Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 law prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex marriage. Attorney General Eric Holder’s letter explaining the decision to Speaker of the House John Boehner appears here. In other marriage-equality-related news, the American Foundation for Equal […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.12.10
* Judge Phillips (C.D. Cal.) has suspended enforcement of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Or: “Virginia Phillips has made her decision; now let her enforce it.” [Metro Weekly] * A new law review article, by Michael Macchiarola (my fellow Regian) and Arun Abraham, looks at the higher education bubble — and proposes “a […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.08.10
* Which four firms do in-house counsel fear the most? [Law 360] * Professor Orin Kerr offers a more concise version of my analysis from yesterday of politics and Supreme Court clerk hiring, viewing the issue as a principal-agent problem. [Volokh Conspiracy via Instapundit] * Speaking of the principal-agent problem, Ted Frank explores it in […] -
Drinking, Lawsuit of the Day, Ted Frank, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of Fifteen Years Ago a Few Days Ago: Inanli v. Starbucks
Exciting news. Starbucks has just launched its new However-You-Want-It Frappuccino® product, “allowing customers to create a blended beverage that is uniquely their own…. the same way they customize their favorite Starbucks espresso beverage.” Sounds delicious! But if you order your Frappuccino with extra ice, and then experience brain freeze, don’t turn around and sue Starbucks. […] -
Movies, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Ted Frank, Weirdness
Fun Fact of the Day: Justice Ginsburg's Surprising Past
When President Bush delivered the State of the Union last night, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not one of the four Supreme Court justices in attendance. Oddly enough, however, Justice Ginsburg and President Bush aren’t as far apart as one might think. They share something in common: Both Justice Ginsburg and President Bush were cheerleaders!!! […]
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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…