Teresa Giudice Seeks Revenge Against Attorney In $5M Malpractice Suit
Will Teresa Giudice have to flip a table to get justice?
‘Started From The Bottom, Now We’re Here’: Minorities In The Legal Profession
Please welcome new columnist Renwei Chung, who will be addressing diversity issues in the legal profession.
The Trump Gold Card: A New $1 Million Pathway To A U.S. Green Card
A new proposal would let wealthy foreign nationals secure an opportunity for a U.S. green card with a $1 million 'gift' to the government, sparking legal and ethical debate.
Authors Guild Argues That Google Books Should Be Infringing Because Aaron Swartz
Now the case is back before the appeals court as the Authors Guild is insisting loudly that it's not fair use.
Associate Bonus Watch: No Billable Hours Requirement Still Equals High Bonuses At This Firm
A law firm finally decided to come out of hiding to announce its year-end bonuses.
Morning Docket: 12.05.14
* A former Cleary Gottlieb associate will be a very rich man after The Lending Club, the company he founded post-Biglaw, completes its IPO. [American Lawyer] * Marriage equality won't arrive in Mississippi just yet. [How Appealing] * The federal civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner could complicate Loretta Lynch's nomination to serve as attorney general. [New York Times] * In other news about excessive use of force by police, the U.S. Department of Justice just blasted Cleveland's department for abysmal record-keeping about such incidents. [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * And what does possible 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton think about police abuses? [New York Times] * Non-random appellate panels in the federal courts are far more common than you might think, reports Alison Frankel. [Reuters via How Appealing] * A smart and thoughtful review by Rosemarie Yu of my new book, Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [New York Law Journal] * Eugene Ingoglia, one of the S.D.N.Y. prosecutors who helped send Harvard Law cheater Mathew Martoma to prison, will be joining Morvillo LLP as a partner. [DealBook / New York Times] * Former federal government lawyer Michael Richter: "It’s Not Top-Secret If You Can Google It." [Wall Street Journal] * Congratulations to eBrevia, a legal technology company we've previously profiled, on raising $1.5 million in seed funding. [Law Technology News]
On-Campus With Elie: How Law Professors Can Help Failing Schools
Can't a law professor pick up a shovel.
Chrometa: Turning Time Into Billable Value For Modern Lawyers
Adoption of Chrometa represents more than a technological upgrade; it reflects a professional philosophy that values accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
Non-Sequiturs: 12.04.14
Captainamerica1* Finally something with bipartisan support. Nazis are bad. [Lowering the Bar] * 80 year old law student graduates. We would say he’ll literally being paying this off for the rest of his life, but… England. [Legal Cheek] * Elie was in the paper today! [New York Daily News] * Yesterday we had a partner admitting law firms are targets for hackers. Maybe those hackers should take on the geniuses at Sony. [Gawker] RELATED STORIES My Journey From Biglaw to SmallLaw More Bad Cybersecurity News – Top-Tier Malware Regin Used for Spying Since 2008 Morning Docket: 12.04.14 * Looking for a cool job? Here’s one. Seriously, this looks like a great gig for someone looking to get into altLaw. [Diligence Engine] * Biglaw runs up big bills. Really big bills. [Last Honest Lawyer] * Blast from the past: patent pendency in 1993. [Patently O]
Why Are Bar Exam Retakers Failing At A High Rate?
Why is it that people who fail the bar exam once are more likely to fail again?
My Journey From Biglaw To SmallLaw
What's it like to make the leap from Biglaw to small-firm practice? Our new columnist, Gary J. Ross, will share his experiences.
Justice Scalia Tells Women What They’re Worth. Spoiler: Not Very Much.
Oral argument in Young v. UPS revealed a lot about the justices.
How Filevine Helps In-House Legal Teams Manage Every Matter With Confidence
AI powers tools for data intake, document management, and drafting contracts.
Millennial Jurors: Entertain Us
"If a generation is going to arrive in the jury box that is totally unused to sitting and listening but is using technology to gain the information it needs to form a judgment, that changes the whole orality tradition with which we are familiar."
Today’s Tech: How A Deaf-Blind Lawyer Uses Technology To Represent Her Disabled Clients
This lawyer hasn’t let her disabilities get in her way. What can you learn from this inspiring attorney?
Come To The ATL Holiday Party In NYC!
The ATL holiday party is less than a week away! Have you RSVP'd?
Justice Scalia, Traffic Stops, and White-Collar Crime
Maybe, just maybe, there are too many laws.
Morning Docket: 12.04.14
* "[I]t’s hard to find anybody as handsome as Antonin Scalia." Some would beg to differ, but as it turns out, legal scholar Bryan Garner can brown-nose with the best of them. [WSJ Law Blog] * For the third year in a row, Cooley Law graduates have mostly failed the July administration of the Michigan bar. So much for it being a "highly prestigious" law school. [Crain's Detroit Business] * In a lawsuit filed against real estate database Zillow, a former employee claims she was subjected to the "most heinous acts of sexual harassment imaginable" and "sexual torture." That's just lovely. [LAist] * Law firm merger activity is still going strong as 2014 winds down to a close. Aside from big-name tie-ups like Bingham / Morgan Lewis and Locke Lord / Edwards Wildman, other firms like Verill Dana also had the urge to merge. [Am Law Daily] * "Does it really surprise me? Not all that much." University of Memphis School of Law students are on high alert during finals time after one of their own was almost robbed at gunpoint across the street from campus this week. Yikes. [WMC Action News 5] * In case you've been sleeping under a rock, Above the Law's managing editor, David Lat, wrote a book called Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link), and it's been receiving rave reviews. If you dig clerkship lit, you should try to check it out. [National Law Journal]