If you’re tired of endlessly arguing over which law school is best, we have a suggestion for you: Cast your vote in ATL’s Law School March Madness!!! We’ll close the second round of the tournament on Tuesday, April 3, at 3 PM (Eastern time). The law schools in the lead at that point in time […]
As we mentioned yesterday, Judge Jennifer W. Elrod, a state trial court judge in Texas, has been nominated to the Fifth Circuit. The Texas Lawyer has an interesting article about Judge Elrod: Houston lawyers who have tried cases before [Judge Elrod] say she has earned a reputation as a fair and smart state district judge. […]
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We even got you a gift: the newest U.S. News & World Report law school rankings! We previously linked to coverage at several other blogs of the USNWR rankings, which were leaked earlier in the week. But now the official rankings are available to all, both on the magazine’s website and at newsstands. Enjoy! America’s […]
* Screenwriter mistaken for a terrorist saves his ass by pretending to have written an episode of Scrubs. I totally saw that on 24. [LA Weekly] * [Heart] anything without legal consequence. [WRAL] * I declare a moratorium on the word “songstress.” [New York Post] * If you’re a fan of the “long-lost classic” Killer […]
The legal ninjas of Cobra Kai Kobre & Kim are coming after our friends at DealBreaker. Yikes. Good luck, guys! We’re pulling for you. P.S. Our esteemed colleague, DealBreaker editor John Carney, is also a lawyer (who practiced at Skadden for several years). So he’s not as easily intimidated by scary lawyer letters as most […]
In an interesting article in today’s Gay City News, Professor Arthur Leonard discusses the whole “Nazi-gate” controversy surrounding Sullivan & Cromwell partner Gandolfo “Vince” DiBlasi (at right). Much of the article will be familiar to those who have been following the case closely. But here’s some good background (which previously surfaced in the comments, but […]
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Remember Jonas Blank? He was the fellow who, while working at Skadden Arps as a summer associate in 2003, sent out this infamous email: “I’m busy doing jack shit. Went to a nice 2hr sushi lunch today at Sushi Zen. Nice place. Spent the rest of the day typing emails and bullshitting with people. Unfortunately, […]
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 […]
We were planning to do a quick write-up on the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Kyle Sampson. But many such write-ups have already been done. And the Sampson testimony, while it had its moments, wasn’t quite as exciting as we were hoping. So forget about the decidedly unglamorous Kyle Sampson, accurately described by Emily Bazelon […]
Our big sibling, the Wall Street tabloid DealBreaker.com, obtained and posted a promotional brochure for Solengo Capital, the new hedge fund being launched by former traders at the ill-fated Amaranth Advisors. Amaranth, you may recall, accomplished the impressive feat of losing $6 billion in a single week, before breathing its last. Apparently the Solengo Capital […]
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* SCOTUS considers whether to open new Gitmo appeals. [New York Times] * Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Gates calls for Gitmo closure. [CNN] * Spears and Federline have reached a divorce settlement, so no crazy litigation for now. [MSNBC] * Sorority that allegedly kicked out unattractive members sues University for totally being not cool about […]
Time for a few updates on a subject near and dear to our heart, which we’ve been neglecting as of late: federal judicial nominations. Here’s the latest news: 1. Texas state court judge Jennifer Elrod (at right), whom we previously identified as a possible nominee to the Fifth Circuit (and compared to Jennifer Aniston), has […]
* A hilarious read if you’ve been there, even if I tell you that the punchline is that this 70-year-old rich lawyer dude with 40-year-old sheets now has a 22-year-old Russian girlfriend. [New York Times] * I think I heard a colleague at one of my first jobs say he wanted to f*&k me like […]
Oh no he didn’t… Oh yes he did! Check out this account of yesterday’s Supreme Court argument, by the AP: Longtime Harvard law professor Arthur Miller (at right)… was arguing on behalf of shareholders who want to sue companies for fraud. Miller is a frequent television commentator, prolific writer and possibly the inspiration for an […]
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 […]