Texas
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Disability Law, Fat People, Labor / Employment, Texas
You Can Be Fired for Being Too Fat, But You Might Collect a Fat Settlement Check, Too
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Grade Reform, Law Schools, Old People, Pro Se Litigants, Texas
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Baylor Law Discriminates Against People Whose GPAs Predate Grade Inflation
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DUI / DWI, Fabulosity, Romance and Dating, Texas, Weddings
Man Uses Freeway Billboard Ad to Propose to Texas Lawyer
A Texas man proposes marriage via freeway billboard ad to a lawyer who uses billboards in her advertising...
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Cyberlaw, Defamation, Divorce Train Wrecks, Drugs, Racism, Rape, Technology, Texas
Don't Mess With This Texan: He is One Tough Underdog
The continuing saga of a small town, East Texas lawyer that could easily turn into the next three-hour, Oscar-winning Daniel Day Lewis epic... -
B for Beauty, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Schools, Texas
Everything's Bigger in Texas, Including the Tiaras: Texas Tech Law Student Crowned Miss Texas 2012
A Texas Tech Law student has been crowned Miss Texas 2012. Let's find out more about her... -
Benchslaps, Constitutional Law, Drugs, Patton Boggs, Sam Sparks, Sports, Texas, Williams & Connolly
Benchslap of the Day: Lance Armstrong's Lawsuit Needs Some Training Wheels
Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the USADA was quickly slapped down by Judge Sam Sparks (in his signature benchslap style)... -
Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Texas
Need Money for Law School? Just Sell Your Machine Gun
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Bail, Biglaw, Bonuses, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Education / Schools, Job Searches, John Osborn, John Roberts, Law Schools, Magic Circle, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Scott Rothstein, SCOTUS, Sun Microsystems, Supreme Court, Texas, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 07.06.12
* Chief Justice John Roberts might “enjoy that he’s being criticized,” but that’s probably because he’ll get the chance to show his true conservative colors this fall when issues like affirmative action and same-sex marriage are before SCOTUS. [Reuters]
* Dewey know why this failed firm thinks a bankruptcy judge is going to allow it to hand out $700K in “morale” bonuses? You better believe that Judge Martin Glenn is going to tell D&L where it can (indicate). [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]
* It seems like attorneys at Freshfields may actually need to get some sleep, because it was the sole Magic Circle firm to report a decline in in revenue and profitability in its latest financial disclosure statements. [Financial Times (reg. req.)]
* Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. didn’t do George Zimmerman any favors when he set his bond at $1M. Watch how quickly the defense fund Zimmerman concealed from the court disappears as he struggles to post bail. [CNN]
* Whatever it takes (to count you as employed): 76% of law schools report that they’ve now changed their curriculum to include more practical skills courses in light of the dismal job market. [National Law Journal]
* Texas Christian University is expanding its graduate programs, but a law school isn’t necessarily in the works, because TCU is only interested in “programs that promote employability.” Well, sh*t, y’all. [TCU 360]
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Police, Texas, Videos, YouTube
Motorcyclist Roughly Arrested After Refusing to Give up His Helmet Cam; Camera Films the Whole Thing
Motorcyclist gets pulled over, cop demands his helmet camera, the cyclist says no, then gets arrested. Camera records the whole thing. Now we all get to watch the video. Fun times. -
Ave Maria School of Law, Law Schools, Student Loans, Texas
TTTrading Places: Law Schools Acquire New Territory
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Biglaw, Crime, Law Schools, Texas
Texas Woman Accused of Forging Law Degree, Faking Biglaw Summer Associate Position
A Texas mother of two is accused of forging a law degree from a top law school. Which one? -
Biglaw, California, Deaths, Football, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Police, Silicon Valley, Texas, Trials, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 06.14.12
* Kleiner Perkins responded to Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit, and it’s not pretty. Not only does the firm’s answer deny her allegations, but it also calls into question her work product. [San Jose Mercury News]
* Joe Amendola’s preferred strategy at the Jerry Sandusky trial seems to be the use of the “tried and tested technique” of ignoring all of the alleged accusers’ tears and making them cry all over again. [New York Times]
* Who in their right mind would attempt to fake being a lawyer these days? Michelle Fyfe, a 43-year-old woman from Texas, is accused of forging a law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law. [Dallas Morning News (sub. req.)]
* Say hello to Baltimore Law’s new dean, Ronald Weich, the former assistant attorney general who penned the notorious false gun letter to Congress. Surely this ex-DOJ official will stand up to Bogomolny. [The Hill]
* This must be like getting it caught in your zipper — but much, much worse. A Brooklyn man claims that members of the NYPD “strangled his penis,” so he’s suing. [Huffington Post via Courthouse News Service]
* Reuben G. Clark Jr., a founding partner of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (WilmerHale), RIP. [Washington Post]
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5th Circuit, Prisons, Religion, Texas, Weirdness
Vampire High Priest Loses Religious Civil Rights Case
A vampire high priest lost a civil rights case on appeal to the Fifth Circuit. No, it didn't happen on an episode of True Blood...
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Kids, Texas, Women's Issues
Lawyer on Maternity Leave Brings Baby to Court When Trial Delay Is Denied
Would you bring your baby to court if you were denied a trial delay during your maternity leave? -
Boutique Law Firms, Cars, Crime, Intellectual Property, Kids, Pornography, Texas
Prominent IP Attorney's Wife Hit With Child Porn Charges in Texas
The wife of a prominent Texas intellectual property attorney stands accused of child pornography charges. Let's learn more about the couple... -
Alan Dershowitz, Antitrust, Baseball, Biglaw, Bill Clinton, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Football, Heller Ehrman, Howrey LLP, Law Professors, Morning Docket, Paul Clement, S.D.N.Y., State Judges, Texas, Trials
Morning Docket: 06.07.12
* You know what’s really got to suck hard? Turning down a Supreme Court nomination to be governor, and then losing your gubernatorial re-election bid. Mario Cuomo is the Bad Luck Brian of our time. [New York Daily News]
* And speaking of bad luck, this prominent antitrust lawyer is like the harbinger of Biglaw doom. In the last four years, Marc Schildkraut has bounced from Heller to Howrey to Dewey. Good luck to his new firm, Cooley LLP. [Washingtonian]
* Another judge — this time from the S.D.N.Y. — has found that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Paul Clement, the patron saint of conservative causes, is probably facepalming right now. [Reuters]
* Judge Jed Rakoff “politely” benchslapped a Cardozo Law student for playing pen pal over his evidentiary rulings in the Rajat Gupta insider trading trial. Time to get a new hobby, girl. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “I don’t know how you all practice law in Texas.” It looks like the judge presiding over the Roger Clemens case hasn’t been keeping up with all of our crazy stories from the Lone Star state. [Wall Street Journal]
* “[T]he epitome of unprofessionalism”: State Attorney Angela Corey couldn’t take the heat from Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, so she threatened to sue the school and get him disbarred. [Orlando Sentinel]
* “What did you guys do to deserve me? How did you guys get stuck with this? Ay yi yi.” At least Jerry Sandusky’s got a sense of humor about a potential 500 year sentence. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* The election outlook for birthers may not be so bleak after all. Sure, Orly Taitz lost her bid to be a senator, but Gary Kreep might get to be a judge in San Diego County. We’ll find out later today. [North County Times]
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Baseball, Election 2012, Email Scandals, Jury Duty, Morning Docket, Texas
Morning Docket: 06.06.12
* Scott Walker, the not-exactly-beloved governor of Wisconsin who cut collective bargaining rights for most public workers, is still popular enough to survive a state recall election. In related news, the nation’s Republicans wish to report that, yes, they feel great this morning. [New York Times] * If they keep dismissing jurors in the Roger […]
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Biglaw, Contests, Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas, Women's Issues
Lawyer of the Month: May Reader Poll
Who should be May's Lawyer of the Month? There are some great choices. Cast your vote now! -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Rudeness, Shopping, Shopping For Others, Texas
Divorcée Sues Neiman Marcus for Refusal to Accept Return of $1.4M in Gifts From Allegedly Cheating Ex-Husband
What happens when Neiman Marcus allegedly refuses to take a $1.4 million return? A lawsuit, of course... -
Accounting / Accountants, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 05.30.12
* Man, the economy is so bad, monks are having to go to court to fight for a new revenue stream. [WSJ Law Blog] * We have peace between a Texas auction house and the President of Mongolia over the ownership of a Tyrannosaur skeleton. While we’re here, should anybody wish to invite me to a pre-screening of their inventive dinosaur park, I’d like to note that I’m not the type of bloodsucking lawyer who leaves children behind. [Heritage Foundation] * Did you know Sullivan & Cromwell got involved in the birther controversy? The first one, the legitimate one with Mitt Romney’s father. Not the ridiculous one that Romney’s been embracing. [Reuters] * Speaking of Mittens, did you know he supports for-profit colleges? That’s like supporting people jumping off the Empire State Building, so long as they pay to get in. [Salon] * Could an accounting firm pull a Dewey? [Going Concern] * Have an idea for how to improve the Constitution? Share it with the good folks over at Slate. [The Hive / Slate]