WSJ Law Blog
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Pornography, Sex, WSJ Law Blog
Smilin' Bob = Epic Fail
If you have a small penis the only thing you can do about it is buy a gun. I can finally say that with the authority of judicial precedent behind me. As the WSJ Law Blog reported yesterday, Steve Warshak, founder of Enzyte, was sentenced to 25 for defrauding sad, pathetic men. I have often […] -
WSJ Law Blog
The Changing of the Guard at the WSJ Law Blog
It looks like we have someone new to compete with the next time a Biglaw associate sues her wedding florist — or someone new to shamelessly lift stories from, when we lose the race to the keyboard. The Wall Street Journal’s longtime legal blogger, the super-talented Peter Lattman, is abandoning the legal blogosphere, where his […] - Sponsored
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Aaron Charney, Barack Obama, Blog Wars, Hillary Clinton, Job Survey, Loyola Law School, Reader Polls, WSJ Law Blog
Featured Survey Results: And The Winners Are . . .
The time has come, and the crowning of ATL’s Lawyer of the Year and Second Favorite Blog After ATL, both of which are sponsored by ATL and Lateral Link, is at last upon us. In all, a whopping 4,186 votes were cast, with 2,683 of you voting for Lawyer of the Year and 1,503 weighing […]
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Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Pakistan, WSJ Law Blog
Congratulations to Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and... Loyola 2L!
Last week, the ABA Journal named former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales its 2007 Lawyer Legal Newsmaker of the Year. Now we bring you news of two more Lawyers of the Year. The National Law Journal went highbrow and international. The NLJ selected Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, as its Lawyer of […] -
Alberto Gonzales, American Bar Association / ABA, Contests, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Media and Journalism, Monica Goodling, Patrick Fitzgerald, Reader Polls, WSJ Law Blog
ATL Lawyer of the Year: Nominations, Please
Part of a blogger’s job description is to shamelessly rip off stuff from the mainstream media. So we’re going to follow in the footsteps of the ABA Journal and the WSJ Law Blog, and name ATL’s first annual Lawyer of the Year. (Of course, it’s not that original an idea to begin with, insofar as […] -
11th Circuit, ACLU, Harvard, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Racism, Reader Polls, Weddings, WSJ Law Blog
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.14 and 10.21: Plantation, All I Ever Wanted
A brief tour of things we don’t have room to explore in this double edition of LEWW: – This bride is foxy and forty-eight; this bride is twenty-six and hyper-annoying. – Some MoFo lesbians have made a match of it. – Graduating cum laude from Harvard wins you admission to a tier-4 law school. But […] -
Aaron Charney, Arthur Leonard, Biglaw, Gay, Lavi Soloway, Media and Journalism, WSJ Law Blog
Brokeback Lawfirm: A Settlement Linkwrap
The celebrated case of Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell was fun while it lasted. As we mentioned last night, the fun is over: the parties have reached a settlement. But the case was good to us — and we intend to give it a proper sendoff, with several post-mortem posts. If you have any info […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, WSJ Law Blog
Loyola 2L Hits the Big Time (Even If Not the Big Law)
On the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal, there’s an excellent article, by Amir Efrati, about the not-so-hot job prospects for non-top-tier law school graduates. Here’s the lede, which nicely summarizes the situation: A law degree isn’t necessarily a license to print money these days. For graduates of elite law schools, prospects have never […] - Sponsored
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Bad Ideas, Copyright, Music, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Videos, WSJ Law Blog, YouTube
Nixon Peabody ThemeSongGate: A Synopsis
Right now some of you are probably thinking: “Enough already about Alberto Gonzales and Michael Vick! Isn’t there anything else you can write about?” Of course. Let’s go back to the story of Nixon Peabody, and its ridiculous law firm theme song! (In preemptive response to those of you who are sick and tired of […] -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Sexual Harassment, Summer Associates, WSJ Law Blog
A Summer Associate Etiquette Manual: Special Katten Edition
Last week we told you about a fellow at Katten Muchin Rosenman in Chicago, who managed to achieve the impossible feat: he got fired from a summer associate gig. This is even more impressive than merely getting “no-offered” at the end of the summer. We wrote: 1. A summer associate in the Chicago office of […] -
Anthony Ciolli, AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Biglaw, Blogging, David Hoffman, Free Speech, Racism, Sexual Harassment, WSJ Law Blog
AutoAdmit Leads to AutoRescind
Some very interesting news, reported by Amir Efrati over at the WSJ Law Blog: The Law Blog has learned that law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge rescinded its job offer to Anthony Ciolli, the 3L at Penn Law who resigned as “Chief Education Director” of AutoAdmit last month. H[e] resigned in the wake of […] -
Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Monica Goodling, Peter Lattman, Politics, U.S. Attorneys Offices, WSJ Law Blog, You Go Girl
Democrats: Please Stop Being Mean To Monica Goodling!
The House Democrats just won’t leave Monica Goodling alone. Even after the Justice Department lawyer invoked the Fifth Amendment privilege, the Dems still want to have a little “conversation” with her. From the NYT: House Democrats on Tuesday requested a private interview with an aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales who has asserted her […] -
Art, Blogging, Hair, Janet Reno, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman, WSJ Law Blog
Evolving Standards of Decency... in Janet Reno's Hairstyles?
A friendly warning to Peter Lattman and the WSJ Law Blog: “Hey guys, step off our turf!” In a post this morning comparing President Bush’s purge of U.S. Attorneys with President Clinton’s, the WSJ Law Blog includes the graphic at right, showing three different WSJ “hedcuts” of former Attorney General Janet Reno. They pose the […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Benchslaps, Dale Kimball, Legal Ethics, Snell & Wilmer, Stupid Lawyer Tricks, WSJ Law Blog
Timestampgate: Snell & Wilmer Associate Resigns
Last week, we did an item on Judge Dale Kimball (D. Utah) benchslapping some Snell & Wilmer lawyers for allegedly engaging in questionable conduct involving the court’s time stamp machine and outside drop box. Yesterday the WSJ Law Blog put up a post on the controversy. Most of their post will be familiar to readers […] -
Aaron Charney, Antitrust, Biglaw, Gay, Media and Journalism, Microsoft, Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Peter Lattman Really WAS Out of Town on Assignment
But it was much more fun to speculate that he was pulling a Judith Miller, hiding out because of his role in Brokeback Lawfirm. As it turns out, there’s pretty much no doubt that Aaron Charney leaked the Goldman Sachs / Sullivan & Cromwell reviews to Peter Lattman and the Wall Street Journal (as if […] -
Aaron Charney, Anna Schneider-Mayerson, Biglaw, David Braff, Media and Journalism, Nathan Koppel, New York Observer, Pictures, Robert Kolker, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney: A Photo Essay (Part 1)
Here is the first set of our photographs from yesterday’s hearing in New York Supreme Court in the lawsuit(s) between Aaron Charney and Sullivan & Cromwell (litigation nickname still to be determined). We’ve taken a page from the Lavi Soloway playbook: these photos are thumbnail images. If you click on the thumbail, you’ll be able […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Gay, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney: S&C's Complaint
The WSJ Law Blog has just posted a copy of the Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney complaint. You can access it by clicking here (PDF). How exciting! We’ll have some thoughts on it shortly. If you’ve already read the S&C Complaint, please opine in the comments. Lavi Soloway’s already all over the story. As Soloway […] -
Biglaw, Lunacy, Rudeness, Violence, WSJ Law Blog
Some Fun With Blind Items: Bad Bosses
The Justice Department’s Shanetta Cutlar isn’t the only idiosyncratic manager in the legal profession. The WSJ Law Blog offers up some interesting blind items about bosses from hell challenging supervisors in the world of private practice. From the main post: [Wall Street Journal columnist Carol Hymowitz] interviewed Gary Hayes, a psychologist and consultant, who says […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Cyberlaw, Defamation, Free Speech, Gay, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman, WSJ Law Blog
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: WSJ Law Blog Comments Policy
Last week there was some speculation over what happened to certain particularly delicious reader comments posted over at the WSJ Law Blog, concerning Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell. As explained here: “[N]o work is getting done [at S&C]. We’re too busy concocting conspiracy theories about why certain highly-detailed comments to the WSJ law blog were […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Blogging, Gay, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman, WSJ Law Blog
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: WSJ Law Blog = Bermuda Triangle for Comments?
A very interesting exchange appeared in some recent comments about Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell. We’re bringing the exchange up to the main page, for the benefit of those of you who can’t keep up with all the comments. Here it is: I wonder if ANY work is getting done over [at Sullivan & Cromwell]. […]