Videos
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Biglaw, Deaths, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Tax Law, Videos
Jenkens & Gilchrist, R.I.P.
Maybe you’re grumpy because your firm hasn’t matched the latest associate pay raises. Maybe your clerkship bonus isn’t as big as the $50,000 now offered by Sullivan & Cromwell. But at least you still have a job. From Bloomberg: Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Dallas-based firm that once had 600 lawyers, is shutting down after reaching […] -
Politics, Ridiculousness, Videos
Say Hello to 'MC Rove'
At this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, one of the Democratic senators invoked the bugaboo of Karl Rove. In arguing that the U.S. Attorney firings HAD to be politically motivated, the senator cited the involvement of Rove, whom he referred to darkly as “the ultimate political insider.” Demonizing Karl Rove is a favorite political pastime […] - Sponsored
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Kenneth Starr, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Bong Hits 4 ATL: Kenneth & Me
Yesterday, while waiting in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court, we saw a tall gentleman and two younger associates walking down the street. His black hat was pulled far down, but there was something familiar about the eyes, the glasses…. Then it came to us: It’s Kenneth Starr! We’re huge fans of Ken Starr, because […]
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Drugs, Free Speech, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Bong Hits 4 ATL: Pro or Con?
It’s not as cute or amusing as the two young women we videotaped yesterday. But for those of you might be interested, another short video from our recent Supreme Court visit appears after the jump. -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Bong Hits 4 ATL: Even Brazilian Kids Love the SCOTUS
We interviewed a young woman from Brazil outside the U.S. Supreme Court today. We were quite impressed by her. She’s more into the Supreme Court than supermodels! (As you can see, this was a very “meta” exchange. She made a video of us, making a video of her, being interviewed by us.) A Taste of […] -
Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Bong Hits 4 ATL: Nine Supreme Court Justices vs. Seven Dwarfs
Remember this poll, showing that Americans are better acquainted with Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs than the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices? We did a little follow-up research this morning, while waiting outside the Supreme Court building at One First Street: Nine Supreme Court Justices vs. Seven Dwarves [YouTube] Seven Dwarfs vs. Supreme Court justices [UPI] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Bong Hits 4 ATL: Our SCOTUS Field Trip
We were very excited for our SCOTUS field trip this morning. We had some friends in from out of town, and the four of us headed over to One First Street, to try and watch two Supreme Court arguments: Morse v. Frederick, the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” student free speech case argued by former Whitewater […] -
Copyright, Cyberlaw, Intellectual Property, Videos, YouTube
Coming Attractions: Viacom - YouTube - Google Smackdown
This was widely predicted as a consequence of Google’s acquisition of YouTube. If you combine a website that allegedly engages in “massive intentional copyright infringement” with the deep pockets of one of America’s largest companies, you’re asking for lawsuits. From the AP: MTV owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate […] - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Depositions, Music, Videos, Weirdness
'Cover of the ABA': Amusing, By Lawyer Standards
It’s not nearly as entertaining as the Promiscuous Firm music video from those Canadian law students. So don’t get your hopes TOO high. But this video, in which a lawyer aspires to the legal-geek distinction of making the cover of the ABA Journal, has its moments. So we’ll pass along it to you, and you […] -
Anna Nicole Smith, Celebrities, Deaths, Larry Seidlin, Ridiculousness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Television, Trusts and Estates, Videos
Judge Larry Seidlin: What a Clown
For all of the references in his introductory remarks to being “dignified,” Judge Larry Seidlin was anything but. We’re mortified. Words don’t do him justice. Just watch this video clip of his ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith matter: Some highlights (or lowlights, as the case may be): (1) Judge Seidlin’s theatrical sigh, around the […] -
Biglaw, Canada, Job Searches, Music, Sex, Tim Wu, Videos, YouTube
Canadians Really ARE Funnier Than Americans
According to the recent lawsuit filed by Aaron Charney, Sullivan & Cromwell thinks that Canadians are “irrelevant.” We have a different view of our neighbors to the north. We think Canucks are horny. And pretty damn funny. This music video, Promiscuous Firm, is from the 2007 University of Alberta Law Show. And it’s far more […] -
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Fabulosity, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Plaintiffs Firms, Politics, Shameless Plugs, Videos, You Go Girl
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: The Lioness Roars, "I'm In"
The big news of the weekend: the announcement by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that she’s opening a presidential exploratory committee. This is, of course, the first step towards a (now inevitable) White House bid. If you haven’t done so already, check out Senator Clinton’s videotaped announcement. It’s excellent. Senator Clinton’s intelligence, work ethic, experience and […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Canada, Gay, Television, Videos
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: Aaron Charney Is Ready for His Close-Up
We’ve been running the same still photo of Aaron Charney, the plaintiff in Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell, over and over again. You’re probably sick and tired of seeing his mug (appealing though it may be). But now we have more to offer you. If you’d like to see and hear an animated Aaron Charney, […]
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Crime, Family Law, Hurricane Katrina, Morning Docket, Politics, Trials, Videos, Violence
Morning Docket: 01.12.07
* Jury selection begins in Atlanta courthouse shooting case. [Fulton County Daily Report ] * Jury rocks State Farm like a hurricane (complete with both wind and storm surge damage), awards $2.5 million in punitive damages. [CNN] * Houses passes stem cell bill; President promises a veto. [Jurist] * Second rule of Fight Club: Don’t […]
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2nd Circuit, Biglaw, Blogging, Death Penalty, Deaths, John Paul Stevens, Morning Docket, Perverts, Saddam Hussein, SCOTUS, Sex Scandals, Supreme Court, Videos
Morning Daily Docket: 12.28.06
(Yes, this is ridiculously late. But we hope, for the love of God, that you don’t rely upon us for real legal news. News aggregation is not our primary purpose, and there are many other sites that do it better and faster.) * Now that President Ford has passed away, everyone must write the obligatory […]
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7th Circuit, ACLU, Cars, Conspiracy Theories, Crime, Deaths, Immigration, Morning Docket, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Sex, Tax Law, Videos
Morning Docket: 12.14.06
* The feds and the ACLU wrangle over a classified document. Is such use of the grand jury subpoena creative, or improper? [New York Times] * A Swift (& Co.) crackdown: federal raids on meatpacking plants in six states result in over 1,200 arrests on immigration charges. [Associated Press] * MoveOn and those Swift Boat […]
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Celebrities, Drinking, Hotties, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Old People, Perverts, Police, Sex, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 12.05.06
* In Breathless, Michel (played by Jean-Paul Belmondo) remarks that the women of Sweden, despite their reputation, are pretty much like women everywhere: there are indeed many pretty ones, but most are plain or ugly. So you can understand why these two busted Swedish cops kept records of the former. [AP via MSNBC] * Harold […] -
Beyonce, Blogging, Celebrities, Movies, Music, Shameless Plugs, Supreme Court, Ted Frank, Television, Videos
A Trio of Shamless Plugs
* Former ATL guest blogger Ted Frank — of Overlawyered, Point of Law, and Table 42 fame — will be on C-SPAN today, at 2 PM (Eastern time). He’ll be discussing federal regulatory action and the Roberts Court. [C-SPAN] * If you haven’t done so already, add the excellent JD Bliss to your RSS reader […] -
Advertising, Books, Borat, Britney Spears, Celebrities, Edith Jones, Federalist Society, Movies, O.J. Simpson, Richard Posner, Sex, Tax Law, Vicious Infighting, Videos, Week in Review, Wesley Snipes
ATL Week in Review: November 20-24
* Another week, another Borat lawsuit. * Wow — it doesn’t take much to get lawyers all hot and bothered. But ATL readers were evidently untroubled. * Merry Christmas. There will be no O.J. Simpson book. * But no Britney sex tape, either. * Wesley Snipes has some harsh words for the IRS. And Judge […] -
Britney Spears, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Sex, Videos
Sorry, Folks -- You'll Have To Settle for That Video of Britney Belching
After details of Britney Spears’s “airtight” prenuptial agreement were disclosed, revealing that her soon-to-be ex-husband, Kevin Federline, wouldn’t get much in the divorce, we began hearing this rumor: Fed-Ex will be a hero to stragglers everywhere, moreso even than Kato, in his leveraging: [Britney] made an air-tight prenup; he made a videotape of his adventures […]