Vicious Infighting
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Clerkships, Vicious Infighting
Sectarian Violence in the Federal Courts: Career Clerks v. Non-Career Clerks
An email from a federal district court clerk regarding a pending proposal that would harm career clerks vis-a-vis non-career clerks has apparently touched off an email war between the career clerks and the non-clerks. The original email, and every subsequent email, is being sent to every single district court clerk in the country. According to […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Internecine Warfare at the Harvard Law Review (Part 1)
As promised, here’s the first installment in our series about infighting at America’s top law journal: the Harvard Law Review. Some HLR editors are unhappy with the Review’s new fearless leader, president Andrew Crespo, and have been expressing their concerns. We’ve been leaked a number of HLR internal emails that some of you may find […] - Sponsored
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Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
Judge of the Day: Elizabeth Halverson (again)
It’s time for a quick update on Judge Elizabeth Halverson. As you may recall, Judge Halverson — a Nevada state court judge, with her chambers in Las Vegas — was recently named our Judge of the Day. She achieved this honor after being banned from the courthouse by the chief judge. Anyway, we’re pleased to […]
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Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Coming Attractions: Internecine Warfare at the Harvard Law Review
We’re going to be doing a series of posts about the world’s premier journal of legal scholarship: the Harvard Law Review. We’ve learned that there are some unhappy campers over at Gannett House (at right), who are less than thrilled with the Review’s new leadership. Here’s a preview of what’s on the way. From a […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Lawyer of the Day, Litigators, Religion, Vicious Infighting, Violence
Lawyers of the Day: Michael Fawer and Joseph Bartels
Disorder in the court, disorder in the court! From the New Orleans Times-Picayune: St. Tammany Parish deputies took two defense attorneys into custody on contempt of court accusations Monday after they got into a fight at the parish courthouse in Covington, Sheriff Jack Strain confirmed. Michael Fawer of Covington and his brother-in-law, Joseph Bartels of […] -
Elizabeth Halverson, Fat People, Judge of the Day, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sexual Harassment, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
Judges of the Day: Elizabeth Halverson and Fred Axley
State court judges are like bratty kids, or pets that aren’t housebroken. You can’t take them anywhere. Because they’ve probably already been banned from where you were planning to take them. Even if the place in question is the courthouse. Consider the Honorable Elizabeth Halverson (at right). From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: The District Court […] -
Asians, Blogging, Defamation, Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Vicious Infighting, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
Legal Week at DealBreaker
Law-related stories are proliferating over at our big sibling site, DealBreaker. Here are three from yesterday afternoon alone: 1. Goldman Sachs Acquitted of All Charges. It’s good to be Goldman: “In an effort to uphold the rule that the Masters of the Universe can pretty much get away with anything simply because they’re the Masters […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Pets, Trusts and Estates, Vicious Infighting
Lawsuit of the Day: You Can Keep the Dog, We'll Take the $2 Million
We’re not really big on pets. Taking care of them is a lot of work, and we can barely keep our houseplant alive. So stories like this one strike us as almost insane: A man who had not written a will left a $2 million estate, but the most hotly contested item in court has […] - Sponsored
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Kids, Sam Sparks, Texas, Vicious Infighting
Judge Sam Sparks Does It Again
Remember Judge Sam Sparks, of the Western District of Texas? He’s a colorful judge with a robust sense of humor, as well as a low tolerance for lawyer shenanigans and quarrels. Back in 2004, Judge Sparks compared bickering lawyers in his court to kindergarteners. His saucy order made the email rounds, first in Texas, then […] -
Law Schools, Vicious Infighting, Violence
Another Perspective on the IU Incident
We recently posted about a controversy at the Indiana University School of Law, in Bloomington. A law student at IU alleged that a fellow student punched her in the face and broke her nose. Not surprisingly, the post unleashed an avalanche of reader responses. Some questioned the accuser’s account of events, while others defended her. […] -
Law Schools, Vicious Infighting, Violence
Midwestern Law Students: Not So Nice After All?
Earlier this month, we paid a visit to the Indiana University School of Law, in Bloomington. We gave a talk to a group of law students, then went out to lunch with some of them. We were impressed by how cool and friendly everyone was. But IU Law may have a less pleasant side. Some […] -
Advertising, Asians, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
Oh How We Love Those Harvard LLMs
Last week we wrote a little bit about internecine warfare going on within the Harvard LLM community. It’s a silly and trivial story — which is, of course, ATL’s stock in trade. So we intend to keep following it. Today we’re happy to bring you an update. This email went around over the weekend: From: […] -
Advertising, Asians, Law Schools, Parties, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
The Harvard LLM Community: More Vicious Than the Cafeteria in 'Mean Girls'
Remember this flyer, for the recent “International Party” sponsored by LLM students at Harvard Law School? Some of you, in the comments to our post, made some disparaging remarks about the English-speaking abilities of Asian LLM students. But as it turns out, this flyer wasn’t written by the Asians. And many of them found it […]
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Asians, Department of Justice, Eumi Choi, Litigatrix, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Vicious Infighting, You Go Girl
The U.S. Attorneys Controversy: What About Eumi Choi?
One of the eight fired U.S. Attorneys was Kevin Ryan, of the Northern District of California (San Francisco). As noted by the Legal Pad, his firing appears to be one of the less high-profile or controversial ones. But it’s important to us, since it raises a question about our favorite federal prosecutor: WHAT’S GOING ON […] -
Kids, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
The Michigan Supreme Sandbox: We Left Out the Best Part
Remember the Michigan Supreme Court benchslappery that we wrote about earlier today? We left out the best part. Justice Maura Corrigan argues that it would be embarrassing, petty, and just plain silly for a justice to explain each and every recusal decision. She employs a little “reductio ad absurdum” to make her point: WOW. And […] -
Kids, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Vicious Infighting
Back to the Sandbox: The Michigan Supreme Court
Forget about the proverbial “Girls.” The justices of the Michigan Supreme Court have “Go[ne] Wild,” according to the Detroit News (via How Appealing). It’s a long and tortured saga. The upshot is that Justice Elizabeth Weaver believes that when a Michigan Supreme Court justice recuses herself from a case, she is obligated to explain the […] -
Blog Wars, Blogging, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, New York Times, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Vicious Infighting
Greenhouse v. Greenburg: This Queen Bee Will Not Buzz Off
We have previously compared the fierce competition between Supreme Court correspondents Linda Greenhouse, of the New York Times, and Jan Crawford Greenburg, of the Chicago Tribune, to the rivalry between Margo Channing (Bette Davis) and Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) in All About Eve. For decades, Linda Greenhouse has ruled the reportorial roost at the Supreme […] -
Anna Nicole Smith, Celebrities, Deaths, Kids, Larry Seidlin, Trusts and Estates, Vicious Infighting
Anna Nicole Smith Is Bahamas-Bound
Judge Larry Seidlin has awarded custody of Anna Nicole Smith’s (rapidly decomposing) body to attorney Richard Milstein, guardian for Smith’s 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. From the AP: Blubbering as he announced his ruling, a judge said Thursday he hopes Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas, but he left the decision up to the […] -
Biglaw, Money, Vicious Infighting
Pillsbury Wants Its Dough, Boys (and Girls)
Divorces can get pretty darn ugly, be they personal — e.g., Britney Spears — or professional. Here’s an interesting story about Pillsbury Winthrop, from the Recorder: At least eight lawyers who left Pillsbury last year are being asked to return a portion or all of their 2006 earnings to the firm within 30 days — […] -
Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Litigatrix, Shanetta Cutlar, Vicious Infighting, You Go Girl
Shanetta Cutlar: A Magnificent Machiavellian
In reacting to our worshipful coverage of Shanetta Y. Cutlar, Chief of the Special Litigation Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, some of you have questioned her “diva” status. It has been suggested that while Shanetta Cutlar may have the temperament of a diva, she lacks the talent or ability of one. We disagree. […]