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Asians, Crime, Entertainment Law, Lawyer of the Day, Sentencing Law
Lawyer of the Day: James Jackson
Unlike yesterday — and by the way, we’ll keep the reader poll open for a few more hours — today we have no difficulty picking our Lawyer of the Day. Hollywood lawyer James Jackson maltreated his Filipino maid. We do not like it when you mess with our peeps. From the AP (via Law.com): A […] -
Announcements, Asians, Health Care / Medicine, Shameless Plugs
A Collection of PSAs from Your Friends at ATL
We don’t normally do this (and probably won’t make this a regular feature). But since we have a few on hand right now, we’d like to pass along the following public service announcements: * Attention Washingtonians. There’s an interesting panel discussion taking place here in D.C. next week: “Practicing Law in the E-Court of Public […] - Sponsored
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Asians, New York Times, Reader Polls, Senate Judiciary Committee, Weddings, Williams & Connolly
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.7.07: Sweet Virginia
We had a tough time picking our finalist couples this week, and LEWW will be the first to admit that we’re not totally certain we chose the right three. (We’re sure our commenters and e-mailers will let us know if we’ve dropped the ball.) Specifically, in addition to our three finalists, we considered these three […]
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Asians, Biglaw, Sex, Sex Scandals, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Lawyer of the Day: Lord Peter Goldsmith
Last week, we mentioned in passing the news that the former U.K. Attorney-General, Lord Peter Goldsmith, QC, is joining Debevoise & Plimpton. Lord Goldsmith will head up Debevoise’s European litigation practice. The Times of London reported the news here, and the WSJ Law Blog posted on the move here. But both write-ups omitted the most […] -
Asians, Debra Wong Yang, Pictures, Sexism, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Playing 'Peekaboo' with Debra Wong Yang of Gibson Dunn
Here are some of the comments appended to our recent post about Gibson Dunn’s snazzy new website: “I like the pictures on the main directory. Those are the best part. Except that they don’t have too many women, and one of the women is in a very high school girl peek-a-boo around the brick wall […] -
Asians, Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Musical Chairs, Wan Kim
Musical Chairs: Wan Kim Leaves the Civil Rights Division
We’re deep into the lazy days of August — and today is Friday. So of course there’s news of a high-profile resignation from the Department of Justice. From the New York Times: The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division announced Thursday that he was resigning, the latest in a long string of departures […] -
Asians, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Weirdness
From the Far East, More Sentencing Innovation
Remember those dancing Filipino prisoners? Well, these days Asia is abounding with new and interesting approaches to crime and punishment. From the AP: Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring “Hello Kitty,” the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday. […] -
Asians, Exercise, Music, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Videos, Weirdness
Sentencing Reform: Dancing Will Set You Free
We’re guessing you’ve all seen this video of 1,500 Filipino prisoners dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” It has been discussed all over the blogosphere and MSM. E.g, Gawker; Concurring Opinions; Times of London. (We’re just surprised that sentencing guru Doug Berman — who, by the way, moderated a great panel on the federal sentencing guidelines […] - Sponsored
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Asians, China, Free Speech, Racism, Technology
Paging Royora 2R: No Namee, No Postee
They do things differently over in China. Here in the United States, for example, we like to put cats on TV. In China, they like to eat them. And in the Chinese city of Xiamen, they take an approach to anonymous comments on the internet that diverges from the American way. From UPI: A Chinese […] -
Asians, Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Musical Chairs, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wan Kim
Musical Chairs: Another Rumored DOJ Departure
Thanks for the reminder. In an earlier post, we wrote: “We’ve been hearing interesting rumors about some possible departures at the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) level.” And since today is Friday, the favored day for DOJ resignations, we figured we might as well squeeze this in before lunchtime. Some of the rumors have already come […] -
Asians, Lunacy, Ridiculousness, Roy Pearson, Tort Reform
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back to the Cleaners
Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson is still pressing (harhar) his $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants. From the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher: Despite a clear finding by D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff that Pearson’s case against Custom Cleaners had no merit and that the cleaners’ possible misplacing of a pair of Pearson’s […] -
Asians, Money, Roy Pearson, Tort Reform, Trials
Not As Deserving As the Monica Goodling Legal Defense Fund, But...
If you’ve been feeling bad for Jin Nam and Soo Chung, the dry cleaners sued by crazy-ass pseudo-judge ALJ Roy Pearson for $54 million — over a pair of pants — now you can help: As for what’s going on in the case, Marc Fisher has this update in today’s Washington Post. The trial is […] -
Asians, Food, Martha Stewart, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, War on Terror
Non-Sequiturs: 06.08.07
* Panda Express, Kelly and Ping’s and hall of shamer Eggrolls Etc are fakes alright, but they’re not illegal. Is widespread consumption of Lean Cuisine a harbinger of another Cultural Revolution? [Disgrasian] * Martha is peeved that her staff didn’t do a background check on her driver. Expect a guest of middle-eastern descent on her […]
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Asians, Attorney Misconduct, Rank Stupidity
Why Did the Lawyer Cross the Road?
Chinese judges: they’re just like ours. They lament how profit pressures are making the practice of law much more of a business and much less of a profession. At a recent conference, Hong Kong judge Andrew Li Kwok-nang stated: “To put it bluntly, mercenary considerations have assumed much greater prominence at the expense of ethical […] -
Advertising, Asians, Books, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 06.05.07
* These ads are as unfunny as the Jon Stewart skit, and both are a waste of Jack Chin’s legal credentials. [Arizona Daily Star] * I doubt books are in any danger. Remember the Rocket? [Out of the Jungle] * You are probably safe calling her hot and/or making phallic jokes, but please don’t make […] -
Asians, Crime, Deaths, Drugs, Education / Schools, Food, Immigration, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Racism
Non-Sequiturs: 05.22.07
* Duke, race, and why the honor code is harder to understand than “Fuqua” is to pronounce. [CNN; The News & Observer] * When a woman rushes into the bathroom and emerges with no powder of any kind on her nose, it means she’s stealing your identity, fool. [Los Angeles Times] * If models can […] -
Asians, Blogging, Defamation, Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Vicious Infighting, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
Legal Week at DealBreaker
Law-related stories are proliferating over at our big sibling site, DealBreaker. Here are three from yesterday afternoon alone: 1. Goldman Sachs Acquitted of All Charges. It’s good to be Goldman: “In an effort to uphold the rule that the Masters of the Universe can pretty much get away with anything simply because they’re the Masters […] -
Asians, Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Sex, Sexual Harassment
Overheard in New York: What Not To Do in a Job Interview
The delightful site Overheard in New York, which collects humorous bits of overheard conversation, has a collection of law-related “overheards” up today. Here’s our favorite: Ditzy Chinese chick: So, I went on this job interview with this law firm, right? And this lawyer who was interviewing me was really cute, ya know? So at the […] -
Asians, Lawsuit of the Day, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Oh Those Wacky Japanese Magicians
Frivolous litigation: it’s an international epidemic. Yesterday, the Canadians; today the Japanese. From the AP: A group of Japanese magicians sued TV broadcasters on Tuesday for revealing closely guarded secrets behind a series of coin tricks, a news report said. Forty-nine magicians are seeking $16,000 in damages from Nippon Television Network Corp. and TV Asahi […] -
Asians, Blogging, Celebrities, Education / Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Sex
Non-Sequiturs: 04.27.07
* Is this just a perverse case of giving them what they want? [Chicago Sun-Times] * Or, unless this guy is developmentally disabled or the kid in Mask, is it just about attention? [Des Moines Register] * Jesse James is the kind of guy you’d want around to deter stalkers. [People] * Note to father […]