Vicious Infighting
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Gay, Law Schools, Michael Mukasey, Torture, Vicious Infighting
Gay at DOJ? Hip Hip Hooray!
Not everyone likes Attorney General Michael Mukasey. At Boston College Law School, students are protesting Dean John Garvey’s decision to invite Attorney General Mukasey to deliver the school’s 2008 Commencement address. See here (Facebook group: “Waterboarding IS Torture”), here, and here. Why are liberals so unhappy about Mukasey? We’d expect the AG to receive a […] -
Intellectual Property, Jeremy Pitcock, Kasowitz Benson, Litigators, Morgan & Finnegan, Musical Chairs, Vicious Infighting
Musical Chairs: Kasowitz Attributes IP Head's Departure to 'Extremely Inappropriate Personal Conduct'
If we hadn’t already named a Lawyer of the Day, the prize might have gone to Jeremy Pitcock of Morgan & Finnegan. From the American Lawyer: The former head of intellectual property at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman was fired in December for “extremely inappropriate personal conduct,” according to the firm. Not merely “inappropriate” conduct, […] - Sponsored
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Benchslaps, Health Care / Medicine, Insurance, Judge of the Day, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
Judges of the Day: Aaron Bowden and Donald Moran
Today we bring you not one, but two Judges of the Day. We can’t decide who is more deserving of the honor. From the Florida Times-Union: Twelve days before Christmas, Circuit Judge Aaron Bowden fired his 17-year judicial assistant, who had been on leave since August with cancer. The Jacksonville judge said he feared her […]
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Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
What's Going on at Emory Law School?
Finding a decent legal job is hard enough as it is. Having a career services office that’s in complete disarray doesn’t help. From a tipster: Emory Law’s Career Services Office has imploded. The latest departure was the Dean of Career Services, Dean Laurie Hartman, last month. She left under mysterious circumstances…. Students are asking lots […] -
Intellectual Property, Lawsuit of the Day, Patents, Vicious Infighting
Lawsuit of the Day: ICR v. Fish & Richardson
We’re rather late on this, but better late than never. Some time ago, one of you sent us this tip: Fish & Richardson has asserted ownership over patents secured by a former principal who, in addition to being an attorney, also is a prolific inventor (and alleged “patent troll”). Interestingly enough, Fish appears to have […] -
Bad Ideas, Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Law Firm Names, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Vicious Infighting
An Update on the Managhan Law Firm (aka 'My Wife Is Sleeping Around and That's Why We're No Longer Law Partners')
In case you missed this story from last week, here’s a recap. Earlier this month, a plaintiffs’ lawyer in Montana by the name of William Managhan sent out the following email, to the entire Montana Trial Lawyers Association: From: William L. ManaghanTo: Montana Trial LawyersSent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 6:32 PMSubject: [mtla_members_all] Firm Name Change […] -
Erwin Chemerinsky, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting, Weirdness
Breaking: Erwin Chemerinsky to UC Irvine After All!
This email message, from Professor Erwin Chemerinsky to Duke law school faculty and students, went out ten minutes ago. Also, here’s some coverage from the Los Angeles Times. ———- Forwarded message ———- From: “Erwin Chemerinsky” To: [redacted] Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:07:53 -0400 Subject: news It is with excitement and sadness that I am […] -
Bad Ideas, Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Law Firm Names, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Vicious Infighting
Best Reason for a Law Firm Name Change Ever
A fantastic and hilarious email, announcing a name change for a Montana law firm, has been making the rounds. We’d like to reprint it here, but we’ll refrain for now. Instead, read the email and commentary on it here and here. We have no reason to question the authenticity of the email (which apparently went […] - Sponsored
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Erwin Chemerinsky, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting
Chemerinskygate: Dean for a Day?
Who knew that such a little man could generate such big controversy? In a nutshell (see the links collected below for more): Erwin Chemerinsky, the brilliant but controversial professor of constitutional law at Duke, accepted an offer to serve as inaugural dean of UC Irvine’s new law school. But then Professor Chemerinsky’s deanship was yanked […] -
Email Scandals, Feminism, Gender, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Sexism, Vicious Infighting
And No, She Doesn't Do Windows
This email exchange, between two law students at Washington University Law, took place late last month. It’s reminiscent of that Greenberg Traurig email exchange from the other day — which, in our book, is high praise. Some background, from our tipster: I’m an avid reader of ATL. Although I don’t see much law school coverage […] -
Email Scandals, Vicious Infighting
Greenberg Traurig: Always Something Crazy Going On
We kinda love Greenberg Traurig. There’s always something wacky afoot over there, whether it’s an unorthodox resignation letter or a recruiting reception debacle. Now, we haven’t verified this latest tale, so consider it mere rumor. But here’s what one tipster told us: A partner in one of Greenberg Traurig’s international offices sent out a long […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting, Violence
Another Update on the Large (and Decidedly NOT In Charge) Judge Elizabeth Halverson
Since the last coverage of her on ATL, the Energizer-bunny-esque Judge Elizabeth Halverson has been ordered on the inactive list by the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline. Following an emotional plea by Halverson in a rare television interview, and a similar public plea by two sexy ex-Halverson staffers (a law clerk and a secretary), the […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Lunacy, Trials, Vicious Infighting
Now This Is What We Call A Divorce Train Wreck
Sure, the divorce proceedings of Leroy Greer won’t be pretty. But hopefully it won’t get as ugly as Nancy Tauck v. Peter Tauck. That litigation, which has dragged on for some two years, has earned these dubious distinctions: — a new national record for the longest divorce trial ever (some 86 days and counting); — […]
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Ave Maria School of Law, Education / Schools, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Religion, Vicious Infighting
How Do You Solve the Problems of Ave Maria? ATL Interviews Dean Bernard Dobranski (Part 2)
Earlier today, we posted the first installment of our recent interview with Dean Bernard Dobranski, of Ave Maria School of Law. You can access that part of the write-up, which includes background on current controversies at Ave Maria, by clicking here. Now we bring you the second half of the interview. It appears after the […] -
Ave Maria School of Law, Education / Schools, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Religion, Vicious Infighting
How Do You Solve the Problems of Ave Maria? ATL Interviews Dean Bernard Dobranski (Part 1)
We officially declare today to be Ave Maria School of Law Day here at ATL. This morning, we wrote about a dubious recusal motion, seeking recusal of a judge who hired Ave Maria graduates as law clerks. And now we bring you more detailed discussion about the relatively new, Catholic law school, founded in 2000 […] -
Email Scandals, Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Technology, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Time For A Cyber-Crackdown!
Remember our extensive, mischievous-yet-good-natured coverage of internal strife at the legendary Harvard Law Review? It appears to have irritated HLR President Andrew Crespo. And it probably will have to stop now, thanks to the Review’s new “email and internet usage policy,” which prohibits sharing HLR internal emails with the eyes of outsiders. UH OH! Looks […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: A Sponsorship Spat
We continue our series of posts chronicling rampant internal strife at America’s top law journal, the Harvard Law Review. Prior posts appear here, here and here. The standard caveats apply: 1. This material is not for everyone. If you don’t share our appreciation for tempests in teapots, you may have a “So what?” reaction. But […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Recruitmentgate
Today we bring you another post in our series about controversy and dissension at America’s top law journal: the Harvard Law Review. Earlier posts appear here and here. We repeat the warning we included in our last post: [This material] is not for everyone. If you don’t share our appreciation for tempests in teapots, you […] -
Email Scandals, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting, Wall Street
Watch I-Bankers Get Pissy With Each Over Email
Hey, guess what? Lawyers aren’t the only ones who suffer email meltdowns after too many nights of not enough sleep. Investment bankers do too. See here. (Of course, these tools probably get paid more than you do.) When Bankers Break Down! [DealBreaker] -
Clerkships, Vicious Infighting
Clerk Email War Update
We’ve gotten a flurry of updates on the email war. Here’s a sampling: At the risk of incurring the wrath of everyone…, I have decided to throw myself out in front of the train in an attempt to alleviate the inevitable eruption of spiteful emails that continually come forth over a list serve designed to […]