Texas
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Crime, Drugs, Immigration, Marijuana, Technology, Texas
Famed Hacker Arrested for Pot Possession En Route To SXSW
Last week, the hacker who became famous as the first person to “jailbreak” an iPhone was booked and charged with felony marijuana possession, police in Sierra Blanca, Texas, told Above the Law. Let's learn more about George Hotz, his brush with Texas justice, and the legally questionable drug-busting strategy employed by local law enforcement in Sierra Blanca... -
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Career Center: How to Evaluate a Job Offer
With lateral hiring picking up in various areas, there’s a decent chance that all the hard work you put into the job-hunting process will pay off with a job offer. But before you rush into accepting an offer, the experienced recruiters at Lateral Link have come up with the top three factors to consider when deciding whether a new job is right for you.... - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Killing Lockstep, Money, Partner Issues
Associate Bonus Watch: Baker Botts Bounty
Baker Botts bonuses are out. How are they looking?
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Advertising, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, Texas, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Saddle Up and Hitch a Ride to Texas
Why move to Texas? In honor of Texas Independence Day, held every March 2, Lateral Link Director and third generation Texan, Sara Gail, explains why you should consider the Texas legal market. -
Gay, Gay Marriage, Judge of the Day, Lesbians, Texas, Videos, YouTube
Judge of the Day: Awesome Lesbian Judge in Texas Refuses to Marry Straight People
Sometimes we get news that makes us think, "maybe it will all be ok." Like the Texas judge turning the tables on the folks who use religion to curtail the rights and health of other people. This judge has an ax to grind about the inability of gays to get married. If you will, please imagine a world where straight people could not get married either... -
Biglaw, Canada, Cars, Guns / Firearms, Kids, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Twittering
Non-Sequiturs: 02.23.12
* Apparently attorneys at a “prestigious firm” in Washington, D.C. are fans of hobo hunting. What the hell does that mean? Well, there’s an app for that (one that Apple has rejected three times for its outrageous offensiveness). [VICE] * “I want to (blank) Michelle Bachmann in her (blank) with a Vietnam era machete.” First […] -
5th Circuit, Affirmative Action, Election 2012, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Affirmative Action Case: 'Cause It's an Election Year and They Like Power'
Last year, the Fifth Circuit upheld the University of Texas's affirmative action plan in Fisher v. University of Texas. But they did so in a petulant, childish manner, as if somebody was forcing them to eat their vegetables. At the time, Elie said they were openly begging for a right-wing Supreme Court to review and overturn their ruling. It looks like the members of the Fifth Circuit are going to get their wish. The Supreme Court granted cert on Fisher, and now we get to have an affirmative action debate right in the middle of an election cycle where a black man is running for reelection.... -
Airplanes / Aviation, Benchslaps, Health Care / Medicine, Non-Sequiturs, Religion, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 02.15.12
* Nothing beats a calm, collected, religion-based benchslap of religious hypocrisy. [Tex Parte Blog] * If our parents hadn’t gotten us vaccinated, we’d fire them, too. Jenny McCarthy should jump into a freakin’ volcano. [Volokh Conspiracy] * It must be so hard to write fake news when it all starts coming true. [The Onion] * […] - 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… -
Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Texas, Thompson & Knight
Sidley Opens in Houston, and DLA Piper Heads to Mexico (I'm Not Joking)
Some major law firms might be closing offices, but others are in expansion mode. For example, Sidley Austin is opening a Houston office, with partners snagged from several other big players in town. And that’s not the only expansion taking place in the southwest. Take DLA Piper. When we last checked in with them, the […] -
Pornography, Rank Stupidity, Rape, Texas
How to Destroy Your Career As a Court Employee: Watch Porn During a Rape Trial and/or Fall Asleep on the Bench
At any job, there are various levels of misconduct that an employee can usually get away with or at least occasionally pull off without repercussions. Then there are things you cannot do. Period. Things that any competent employee should simply know are unacceptable. Included in this category of utterly verboten workplace activities are watching porn during a rape trial when you're the on-duty court clerk. The list would also include falling asleep during a youth justice hearing -- when you're the judge running the proceeding.... -
Drugs, Marijuana, Police, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Texas
Up in Smoke: Texas Judge Busted for Alleged Pot Possession
Being a judge is hard work. So hard, in fact, that sometimes these distinguished members of society go out in search of more plebeian ways to relax. Some judges, for example, are apparent aficionados of the classic gateway drug -- marijuana. One judge in Texas was recently arrested for allegedly smoking two joints before he smoked two joints, and then smoking two more.... -
Cyberlaw, Google / Search Engines, Law Professors, Technology
Are Lawyers Officially No Longer Technophobic?
The first month of 2012 was a crazy one for internet law. The Stop Online Piracy Act gloriously crashed and burned, Apple is getting sued in China for naming rights to the iPad, and in America someone is suing to show that porn doesn’t deserve copyright protection. In the wake of all the hot debate […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Morgan Lewis & Bucks-ius
Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent request for information about 2011 bonuses at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Here's our report on bonuses at MLB. How are Morgan Lewis associates feeling about their bonuses? We'll get the ball rolling with some tips that we've received....
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Grade Reform, Law Schools, Texas
Law Students Sue School Over Being Graded on a Curve
Two students at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law received crappy grades. Other people get bad grades and re-dedicate themselves to study, or (gasp) figure out something to do that they are actually good at. These kids, well, you can't say that millennials are ashamed of being whiny bitches.... -
Advertising, Career Center, Intellectual Property, Lateral Moves, Mergers and Acquisitions, Shameless Plugs, Texas, This Is an Ad
Career Center: State of the Market - Texas (Part 3)
As mentioned previously, these State of the Market posts by Lateral Link, as compiled by Director Gary Cohen, will focus on one of the country’s largest states — Texas. The strongest market in Texas is Houston, with some of the strongest candidates being those with corporate, capital markets, or finance experience. A close second is […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Intellectual Property, Lateral Moves, Securities Law, Shameless Plugs, Texas, This Is an Ad
Career Center: State of the Market - Texas (Part 2)
As mentioned previously, the next few State of the Market posts by Lateral Link, as compiled by Director Gary Cohen, will focus on one of the country’s largest states — Texas. The strongest market in Texas is Houston, with some of the strongest candidates being those with corporate, capital markets, or finance experience. A close […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Lateral Moves, Shameless Plugs, Texas, This Is an Ad
Career Center: State of the Market - Texas (Part 1)
The next few State of the Market posts by Lateral Link, as compiled by Director Gary Cohen, will focus on one of the country’s largest states — Texas. In general, lateral hiring activity in Texas has increased substantially in the past 12 months, with even greater momentum as we head into 2012. Corporate/securities and IP […] -
Privacy, Shoes, Technology, Texas
Zappos Suffers a Data Breach, and the Other Shoe Drops with a Lawsuit
On Monday, my roommate came home griping that his Zappos.com account, which he had not used in a year, had been hacked. Instead of feeling sympathetic, I started wondering how I might write about it. Data breaches are a dime a dozen these days. It seems almost every company loses control of their customers’ sensitive […] -
Facebook, Law Schools, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Murder, Religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Morning Docket: 01.12.12
* Landmark case alert. This just in from SCOTUS: the separation of church and state even applies to employment discrimination lawsuits. Say hello to the “ministerial exception.” [New York Times] * Paul Ceglia was fined for ignoring a discovery order. He also has to reimburse Facebook for all of its related, Biglaw legal fees. Here’s […]
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2nd Circuit, 9/11, Bar Exams, Depositions, Gloria Allred, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas, Travel / Vacation
Morning Docket: 01.10.12
* In trying to resolve the Texas redistricting problem, the Supreme Court has come to a realization: everything really is bigger in that state, including its congressional delegation. [Los Angeles Times] * The Center for Constitutional Rights is suing to get video of the would-be 20th hijacker’s interrogations made public. Too bad no one really […]