Weirdness
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Divorce Train Wrecks, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Lawyer of the Day, Wall Street, Weirdness
More Twists, Turns, and Craziness from Patricia Cohen's SAC Inspired Lawsuit
Patricia Cohen, ex-wife of SAC Capital billionaire Steve Cohen, has dropped her lawsuit against her ex-husband. Except she hasn’t. Dealbreaker is covering all the ins-and-outs of this case. After it was reported that the lawsuit had been dropped, Dealbreaker received comment from Patricia Cohen. Bess Levin writes: Uh, so Patricia has this to say: “I […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, McCarter & English, Wall Street, Weirdness
Patricia Cohen Switches Horses in the Middle of the Race
Last month we mentioned the civil RICO lawsuit filed against billionaire financier Steve Cohen by his ex-wife, Patricia Cohen. The suit is just a few weeks old — Mr. Cohen has yet to file an answer — but there’s already a new development. Patricia Cohen has replaced her original lawyer — prominent trial lawyer Paul […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Tax Law, Weirdness
Why Did John O'Brien Leave Sullivan & Cromwell?
Back in April, we wondered about the departure from Sullivan & Cromwell of John O’Brien, a highly regarded and well-liked corporate partner who focused on M&A work. This development captured our interest because it’s unusual for lawyers to leave the (highly lucrative) partnership of a top firm like S&C. When partners leave a place like […]
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Crime, Kids, Lawyer Advertising, Weirdness
Texas Criminal Defense Firm Can't Defend Its Photos
Right before the holidays, we wrote a heartwarming story about child porn and stumbled across the website of Lindeman, Alvarado & Frye, a Texas criminal defense firm with a variety of sexual crimes practice groups. We wrote an Adventures in Law Firm Advertising post about the firm because of its disturbing taste in stock photos. […] -
Crime, Kids, Lawyer Advertising, Sex, Weirdness
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Texas Firm's Kiddie Porn Practice Group
While writing a post for True/Slant about child porn enthusiasts who used a private social network to trade their kiddie pics, we stumbled across the website of Lindeman, Alvarado, & Frye. The Texas criminal defense firm has a kiddie porn practice group. We think the photo accompanying the description of the group is a little […] -
Cheapness, Job Searches, Wal-Mart, Weirdness
The Wal-Mart of Law Firms Might Be Wal-Mart
I don’t know anything about My Community Legal Network. Its website tells us this: Introduced in 2009, My Community Legal Network scoured through millions of legal and financial professionals looking for the most knowledgeable and sophisticated providers. Then we took the collective bargaining power that comes from millions of Americans and negotiated wholesale prices from […] -
Asians, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Weirdness, Williams Mullen
Racial Discrimination and Sexual Harassment -- With a Cucumber? -- Alleged at Williams Mullen
Williams Mullen is a prominent Richmond-based law firm that is “100 years strong,” according to its website. For 18 of those years, Vietnam native Hanh Nguyen Allgood, 53, was a case manager for the firm. She left in March 2007. Apparently, the departure was not “all good” with her. She has filed a $950,000 lawsuit […] -
Barack Obama, Career Alternatives, Politics, Weirdness
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Preventing Dictatorship?
Meet Stewart Rhodes. He graduated in 2004 from Yale Law School, where his paper, “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status,” won a prize for the best paper on the Bill of Rights. Before entering the law, he served as a U.S. Army paratrooper. What’s Rhodes up to now? Many military men turned lawyers troop […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Bankruptcy, Craigslist, Law Schools, Romance and Dating, Weirdness
Missed Connections in Bankruptcy Class
Like most people, I’m having trouble focusing on my duties given the perils of Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene. According to my television, the balloon is down, there is no boy in it, and as of now we don’t know where the boy is. And the parents were on Wife Swap. Here’s a write-up of the […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Violence, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day a Few Days Ago: The Temperamental Toilet
Here’s a strange little story that we meant to cover during the week but missed. From the Philadelphia Daily News: Ever heard the one about the exploding toilet? Well, an Olney woman could tell you all about it, from firsthand experience…. It happened on Oct. 30, 2007, according to the lawsuit, when a toilet the […] -
Lawyer Advertising, Pictures, Weirdness
Cox Smith Attorneys Have Three Times the Fun Doing Body Shots
On Monday, we reviewed the new website of Ballard Spahr. The firm rolled out a new name: it’s just Ballard Spahr LLP now, and not Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll LLP. While it shaved some names from its moniker, it upped its photo count: attorneys had to take two photos for their bios, a head […] -
Ballard Spahr, Lawyer Advertising, Pictures, Weirdness
Ballard Spahr Does Body Shots
Ballard Spahr has revamped its website. It’s clean, it’s fresh, and it has lots of stock photos and little comment pop-ups. One ATL reader urged us to take a closer look: You guys have to check out the new Ballard Spahr website, it is hysterical. Click on any attorney, there are two pictures, face and […] -
Gay, Intellectual Property, Music, Videos, Weirdness
Some Random Friday Fun
Mainly we’re posting this because it’s a Friday afternoon and rainy (at least here in New York). We figure you need some entertainment to launch you into the weekend. But there is a legal angle to this music video. It might have spawned intellectual property litigation, if Disney — and Miley Cyrus — didn’t have […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Prostitution, Weirdness
Lawyer of the Day: And Her 'Real Pimpin' Law Professor Boyfriend
Way back in 2007, a time so long ago that firms actually made offers to summer associates, we mentioned the story of UConn law professor Robert Birmingham. The professor showed a clip from the movie Really Really Pimpin’ in Da South, and got in a little bit of trouble. The film is (apparently) a “prostitution […] -
Advertising, Cars, Lawyer Advertising, Weirdness
Mobile Law Office
Before the recession, this would have surprised me. Now, it seems relatively pedestrian. The Joplin Globe reports (via the ABA Journal): BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — Lawyers Chris Meek and Nathan Coleman are taking it on the road. They have turned a 2002 Volkswagen Rialta into a mobile law office. “It’s a convenience factor for our […] -
Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Lawyer Advertising, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism, Weirdness
Trial Lawyers For Justice Defends Family Photo Request
Yesterday we told you about the firm Trial Lawyers For Justice asking job applicants to send in some non-standard information. Among other things, the firm asked potential employees to send in a family photograph. We asked Nick Rowley — who wrote the ad asking for applicants to send in their personal story and political beliefs […] -
Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Lawyer Advertising, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism, Weirdness
Do They Have Employment Non-Discrimination Laws in Iowa?
We all know that it is difficult to get a job in this legal market. But an advertisement posted on the Minnesota state bar website makes it look like we are just one step away from genetic testing for junior associates. At least in Iowa. The request for new talent starts off very earnestly: DECORAH, […] -
Fabulosity, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Pictures, Sonia Sotomayor, Weirdness
A SCOTUS-Inspired Outfit
If an institution as stodgy as Harvard University can give rise to a fashion line, why can’t the Supreme Court of the United States? What we’re wearing today, after the jump. -
Gay Marriage, Lesbians, Rape, Weirdness
Same-Sex Marriage Legal Troubles in Massachusetts
We’ve covered the legislative twists and turns of same-sex marriage fairly closely here at ATL. But there was one notable court case we missed back in March. We thought Dr. Li-Ann Thio’s description of anal sex as “shoving a straw up your nose to drink” was graphic, but this article by the Register on attempted […] -
Craigslist, Lawyer Advertising, Violence, Weirdness
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Legal Ninja For Hire
A reader sent this Craigslist ad along, noting the “uninhibited freedom of expression afforded to smaller firms” in their advertising as opposed to “uber-processed biglaw ads.” Yes, MidLaw and SmallLaw, thank you for providing the fuel for our Adventures in Lawyer Advertising series. The advertising California-based firm, Le Pelletier, has one of the strangest websites […]