We’ve appended short updates to the original posts. But in case you didn’t see them, here are postscripts to the stories of two Louisiana lawyers with possibly problematic sexual appetites: Senator David Vitter, and recent UGA law grad Philip Pirie. With respect to Senator Vitter, a source notes: Check out this NOLA.com post. The owner […]
* According to a lawsuit filed by fellow blogger David Oscar Markus, you have a First Amendment right to cocks on the internets. [Althouse; Volokh Conspiracy] * In other odd legal news from Florida, Holland & Knight has discovered a new practice area: “suing Little League back to the Stone Age.” [St. Petersburg Times via […]
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
The results of our summer fashion polls are in (see our original posts here and here), and the message is loud and clear: ATL readers don’t like arms. You gave emphatic thumbs-down to spaghetti-strap tops for women and short-sleeved dress shirts for men. The latter was the object of much mockery: “i feel like telling […]
Check out the woman at right. She is the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter, and she sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Sloviter seems like a kindly old lady, doesn’t she? We’ve seen her on the bench, at multiple oral arguments. Based on her grandmotherly appearance, we once quipped to […]
One of the biggest legal and political stories today is the congressional testimony of Sara Taylor, former White House political director. Taylor declined to answer a number of questions, based on executive privilege. We’ll leave substantive discussion of the Taylor testimony to others, and focus instead on matters of style. From a tipster: “Check out […]
Here’s a quick follow-up on yesterday’s Lawyer of the Day — Senator David Vitter (R-LA), who recently confessed to having been a client of the escort service run by the so-called “D.C. Madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey. Check out this video, put together by the TPM crew. These were our favorite parts: 1. Vitter’s daughter: “Way […]
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The interesting anecdotes about NPR’s Nina Totenberg, the grande dame of the Supreme Court press corps, continue to fill our inbox. And just as in the case of Peter Barta, it’s fascinating to see how little stories can come together, like pieces of a puzzle, to give you a more complete portrait of a person. […]
In a recent post about Peter Barta, the Legal Aid lawyer who allegedly videotaped his female colleagues as they were getting undressed, we ranked on policy debaters. Maybe we should take it back. From a highly informative reader email: Not all former policy debaters are creeps. Here’s a list of former policy debaters who are […]
In the wake of name partner David Bershad’s guilty plea, the schadenfreude over the fall of Milberg Weiss continues. Even ex-paralegals at Milberg Weiss are getting in on the fun. Check out this excerpt, from a comment posted at Roger Parloff’s blog: [F]or anyone who argues that theirs were essentially victimless crimes, how about the […]
The following comes from a trial in the Southern District of Alabama, Chief Judge Ginny Granade presiding. It’s from an assistant U.S. attorney’s examination of an accomplice in a bank robbery: Q: Well, let me just as an aside right now, what kind of a high, what kind of feeling do you get from smoking, […]
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We continue our series of posts about perks/fringe benefits provided by legal employers. In prior posts, we covered technology allowances and gym memberships. Today we’re all about the children. Let’s talk about… child care benefits! As reflected on the NALP website, here are some of the options that law firms offer: 1. Child care subsidy […]
Many of you are studying for bar exams at the end of this month. You read ATL while procrastinating — and perhaps you feel guilty about it. But you shouldn’t. There are far worse ways to procrastinate. Like using the internet to set up trysts with underage females — who turn out to be undercover […]
We realize that not everyone has been following Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell, the salacious case filed by former S&C associate Aaron Charney (at right), alleging anti-gay discrimination and retaliation by his extremely prestigious (and profitable) former firm. But for those of you who are interested in this matter, today we have a special treat. […]
* Charges coming in “collar bomb” case. [CNN] * Size matters. And bigger isn’t always better, as the Ninth Circuit demonstrates. [Los Angeles Times] * That’s some hardcore pwnography. [Click 2 Houston (KPRC, Houston NBC affiliate)] * Deal reached in Libya foreign medics AIDS trial, with details to come tomorrow; Libyan Supreme Court had been […]
Based on the comments to our last post, it’s clear that many of you want to talk about job opportunities — or the lack thereof — available to folks who aren’t at so-called “top tier” law schools (or who aren’t at the top of their class at non-elite law schools). As it turns out, we […]