Valentine’s Day
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Government
Love Unrequited On Valentine's Day? The Justice Department Has Some Just Deserts
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Law Schools
Trying To Find Love In Between IP And Torts? This T14 Law School Has You Covered
We all know Ohio is for lovers, but Massachusetts wants in on the action.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.02.21
* A Michigan lawyer is giving away a free divorce for Valentine’s Day. How romantic… [Fox News]
* Google is paying millions to resolve allegations that it discriminated against female and Asian job applicants. [Bloomberg Law]
* A paralegal in Texas is accused of embezzling around $40,000 from her former employer. [ABC News]
* A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit about the alleged lack of Spanish-language voting materials in Florida. [NBC News]
* Quinn Emanuel is apparently operating an office in Atlanta out of a former partner’s home. Since everyone is working from home anyways, this seems completely normal. [Bloomberg Law]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.14.18
* “Plaintiffs’ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolous.” Taylor Swift has successfully shaken off an absurd copyright infringement lawsuit thanks to her lawyer’s player-hating. [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]
* President Trump has nominated 87 judges thus far, and of those nominees, 80 are white, five are Asian-American, one is Hispanic, and one is African-American. Trump’s nominees are 92 percent white, which “turns the clock back on years of work and effort that went into promoting judicial diversity.” [USA Today]
* Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! What better way for a law firm to celebrate the special occasion than to offer a free divorce? We may have more on this later. [UPI]
* Yesterday was the second anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, and [t]hanks to [his] disruption, the Supreme Court may never be the same.” Admirers, critics, and clerks share their memories of the man, the myth, the legend. [National Law Journal]
* Elizabeth Rose, a former employee of Vice Media, has filed a proposed class-action suit against the company, alleging that women were “systemically and intentionally” paid less than their male counterparts in violation of equal pay laws in New York and California, as well as in violation of the Equal Pay Act. [Los Angeles Times]
* Judge Sandra Townes, the first African-American woman to be appointed to the Eastern District of New York, has died of cancer at 73. RIP. [New York Law Journal]
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Biglaw
How Many Hours Do You Bill For Valentine's Day?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.15
* Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht found guilty. [Law360
* Valentine’s Day gifts for lawyers. [Law and More]
* “7 Things You Only Find Out as a Lawyer to the Poor.” [Cracked]
* On the day high school athletes sign away their futures, this article explains that law school is almost as bad when it comes to transfers. [Inside Higher Ed]
* The lawyer who won
Survivor: RacismSurvivor: Cook Islands is now in charge of keeping Facebook users from throwing privacy hissy-fits. [Fusion]* Win your case… still lose your license. [Associated Press via Philly.com]
* On the subject of law-related scents, does you law school have a custom fragrance yet? [TaxProf Blog]
* Should law professors serve as both parties and counsel on amicus briefs? An interesting question of ivory towerness. [Josh Blackman’s Blog]
* The duty to vaccinate: or not all libertarians are as crazy as Rand Paul. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
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Advertising, Drinking, Events, Fabulosity, Holidays and Seasons, Parties, Pictures, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
The ATL Valentine's Day Party: A Photo Essay
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Join Us At The ATL Post-Valentine's Day Party
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Announcements, Drinking, Events, Holidays and Seasons
URGENT: Above The Law Valentine's Day Party Rescheduled
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Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools, Money, Romance and Dating, Sex, Student Loans
Does Love Survive Law School?
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Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Holidays and Seasons, Romance and Dating, Sex
Finding Love In A Hopeless Place: Document Review
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Bad Ideas, Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools, Minority Issues
Worst 'Minority' Law School Valentine's Day Event Ever
I'm not sure these law students know the true meaning of Valentine's Day.
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Join Us At The Above The Law Valentine’s Day Party
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Join Us At The Above The Law Valentine’s Day Party
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Join Us At The Above The Law Valentine’s Day Party
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Britney Spears, Celebrities, Music, Romance and Dating
Britney Spears Is Kind Of Dating A Lawyer... Okay, Not Really
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Bankruptcy, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Drugs, Football, Sports
NFL QB Takes Out Loans Like Uninformed Law Students
You’ll have to excuse me if this post comes off a bit more confused or muddled than it usually does. It’s being written amidst the swirl and din of Valentine’s Day preparations. This year, I’m making dinner which I thought would be the easier (read: cheaper) option. Listen, there’s a reason I’m poor. And it’s […] -
Contracts, Holidays and Seasons, Romance and Dating
Slaying Romance, Lawyer Style: A Romantic Valentine's Day Memorandum of Understanding
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Clarence Thomas, Holidays and Seasons, Quote of the Day, Romance and Dating, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
How Law Nerds Will Get Laid on Valentine's Day
Oh, baby! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the romantic stylings of Supreme Court justices...