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Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Technology
LSAC's Major Security Concerns Could Put Your Personal Data At Risk
Just how safe is all the data you put on LSAC? Not as safe as you might have hoped. -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology, Weirdness
Congrats, February Bar Passers!(And how one New Yorker got early results.)
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Bar Exams, Screw-Ups
How The Flori-duh Bar Screwed Up Your Exam Results
Another year, another state board of law examiners screw-up.
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Cheapness, Insurance, Legal Ethics, Malpractice, Richard Posner, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
3 Things That Solos Do That Make Me Embarrassed To Be A Solo
Solo and small-firm lawyers: are you guilty of any of these sins? -
Bar Exams, Crime, Privacy, Screw-Ups
'Treasure Trove' Of Confidential Exam Applicant Info Stolen From State Bar
Which state bar just exposed an untold numbers of exam applicants to identity theft due to a break-in? -
Email Scandals, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Student Loans, Technology
Oops! Law School Screw-Up Reveals Personal Data Of Entire Graduating Class
Sorry Loyola, but we don't think "law school transparency" means what you think it means... -
Quote of the Day, Screw-Ups
Gas Company Forgot To Check The Law Before Threatening Customers
Litigation strategy goes poof. -
Facebook, Screw-Ups, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
Daughter's Facebook Overshare Costs Dad $80,000
Facebook girl doesn't know what 'confidentiality' means. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Bar Exams, California, Screw-Ups, Technology
California Bar Software Gets Drunk
This is what happens when you don't take the bar in pencil. -
9th Circuit, Biglaw, Books, Crime, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Eugene Volokh, Gay, Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Screw-Ups, Violence
Morning Docket: 02.14.14
* Virginia is for lovers — gay and straight alike. Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen (E.D. Va.) just struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage (but stayed her ruling pending appeal). Happy Valentine’s Day! [Washington Post]
* The Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, issued a major Second Amendment ruling. Is it correct, and what will happen next? Professor Eugene Volokh shares his thoughts. [Volokh Conspiracy; Volokh Conspiracy]
* Which leading law firms are trying to make the Comcast/Time Warner Cable monstrosity into reality? [American Lawyer]
* Did a Biglaw firm make a big-time mistake by blowing a deadline to appeal a $40 million verdict? [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* Speaking of screw-ups, making them in the e-discovery realm can be costly — a lesson that California is learning the hard way, to the tune of $32 million. [ACEDS]
* Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin thought he’d be acquitted; he thought wrong. [ABA Journal]
* George Washington wasn’t a member of the one of the 8 magic groups — but his story still illustrates the truth of The Triple Package (affiliate link), according to Washington biographer Logan Beirne. [Fox News]
* Authorities have made an arrest for the package bombing that killed a retired Tennessee lawyer and his wife. [CNN]
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Harvard, Insider Trading, Law Professors, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Screw-Ups, Sex, Sex Scandals, Tax Law, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 02.10.14
* The Woody Allen-Mia Farrow custody findings were pretty damning. But for legal geeks, the important point is footnote 1, where the opinion shouts out then-clerk, now federal judge Analisa Torres for her role in drafting the opinion. [Huffington Post] * Um… you shouldn’t do that with a sea anemone. [Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals] * Judge Stanwood Duval presided over the criminal trial of a BP engineer arising from the BP oil spill. He forgot to mention that he was a plaintiff in a suit against BP arising from the BP oil spill. Oops.[New Orleans Times-Picayune] * Maybe Harvard needs some new tax lawyers. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * Apparently, the Brits aren’t too thorough with their background checks. A lawyer got exposed for lying about having two Harvard degrees. It only took bar authorities 9 years to figure it out. [Legal Cheek] * Elie weighs in on the McGruff the crime dog story from last week. [ATL Redline] * And part of the problem with the background check may start at the law school stage — the U.K. doesn’t consider criminal convictions for fraud in the U.S. as “relevant” for future practitioners of law. One tipster wonders if Stephen Glass should try his luck outside America? [New York Times] * UNLV Professor Nancy Rapoport offers some mixed thoughts on the Santa Clara professor’s “Local Rules.” [Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot] * Mathew Martoma’s conviction probably doesn’t mean all that much. Except to him, of course. For him it means some quality time in federal prison. [Dealbreaker] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest Winner: A Terrible, Terrible Typo
What did this law school do after realizing it made a profane typo in a mass email? -
Courthouses, Quote of the Day, Screw-Ups, Technology
Is This Place Open Or Closed? Wintry Mixed Messages From An Indecisive Court
Do you have a snow day today? Your guess is as good as ours!
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Caption Contests, Contests, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest Finalists: A Terrible, Terrible Typo
What's the best caption for this photo of a funny (and embarrassing) typo? -
Caption Contests, Contests, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Pictures, Screw-Ups
Caption Contest: A Terrible, Terrible Typo
Who wants to see a funny (and embarrassing) typo? -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
New And Improved Finals: Now With All The Answers In The Exam!
The first exam FAIL of the season is a doozy. -
Email Scandals, Legal Ethics, Screw-Ups, State Judges
This Is Why You Always Check The Address Field Before Sending An Email
One lawyer decides to make fun of the state supreme court and emails his comments... to the state supreme court. -
English Grammar and Usage, Screw-Ups
Oops! Lawyer for Fortune 100 Company Wants Trial 'On All The C**ts'
Typos are a part of life, but when they're this unfortunate, the only thing you can do is laugh. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Kasowitz Benson, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Screw-Ups, Summer Associates
A Fall Recruiting Debacle: One Firm Decides To Go Explode Some Offers
Yikes! What would you do if put in such a situation? -
Biglaw, Drinking, Screw-Ups, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Videos, YouTube
Should This Indiscreet Young Lawyer Get A Second Clifford Chance?
A young lawyer's ill-considered remarks could cause him to lose his job.