For those who haven’t been plugged into the “Mannequin Challenge,” it’s a video phenomenon where people stand perfectly still like posed mannequins while a camera moves around them. The trend got a major boost when a number of sports teams started joining the fun. For example, the Buffalo Bills put up a video where they remain perfectly frozen while opposing defenders run all over them. Oh… sorry, that was just a highlight reel from this season — here’s their mannequin challenge.
And once a trend hits the NFL, in-house lawyers are never far behind. Apparel giant PVH is holding their own internal mannequin challenge competition. For context, PVH Europe put together this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDMC_GUojw
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Props for the blue filter — very early 2000s gritty filmmaking.
But the U.S. legal team put together their own entry and we should help out our fellow attorneys because voting ends today. Just watch and like their entry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_AZnPUQKs
As I’ve always suspected… in-house lawyers just sit around doing nothing all day.
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Well, get out and vote. Again, their competition ends today so make your voices heard.
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