Christopher Danzig
Chris graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He is a former freelance journalist and assistant editor at InsideCounsel Magazine, where he covered legal technology. In his spare time, he listens to and plays loud music. He lives in San Francisco, California. He is in no way related to the singer of seminal punk band The Misfits.
Posts by Christopher Danzig
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Cars, Money, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Or You Could Also Buy a Less Expensive Car
It's hard out here for a 1 percenter... -
Antonin Scalia, Bad Ideas, Drinking, Nauseating Things, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Clerkship Application FAIL
An anonymous law student has a nauseating personal encounter with Justice Scalia. Literally… - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Biglaw, Copyright, Cyberlaw, Entertainment Law, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Intellectual Property, Technology
Megaupload Trial May Never Happen Because of Possible FBI Error
The government makes another blunder in the Megaupload case...
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Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Music, Reader Polls, Videos, YouTube
Law Revue Video Contest: Honorable Mentions
You’ve already seen the finalists and the worst of the worst for our Law Revue Video Contest. These last few videos weren’t quite good enough to make it to the finals, but we haven’t started drinking yet today, and they still gave us some chuckles. -
Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, UVA Law
Non-Sequiturs: 04.20.12
* A District Court judge in Iowa ruled that warrantless GPS tracking is A-OK, despite a very recent Supreme Court ruling saying pretty much the exact opposite. In other words, Judge Mark Bennett said, “Well, I forgot how to give a f**k!” [Threat Level / Wired] * Is it more amusing that law students at the University of Georgia adopted a “Law Hawk” as an unofficial mascot, or that the student newspaper article about it reads like something out of The Onion? You decide. [Red and Black] * Ogletree Deakins takes Manhattan (and some lawyers from Seyfarth Shaw). [New York Law Journal] * OK, Marines lawyers. No more excuses, it’s time to suit wire up. Get your tech on, thousands of your jobs may depend on it. [Nightly Business Review] * A North Carolina judge blocked a death sentence based on racial bias. A lot of people say that everyone’s a little bit racist, but let’s work out our prejudices in the Octagon, not the courtroom, okay? [New York Times] * Lat discusses blogging v. journalism, why you shouldn’t be stupid, and the state of legal education with UVA School of Law. [Virginia Law Weekly] -
Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Romance and Dating, Rudeness
Law Professor of the Day: Don't Stand So Close to Me
All is fair in love and war… except for stalking... -
Education / Schools, Insider Trading, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Non-Sequiturs, Religion, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 04.19.12
* In America, secret agents drive awesome spy cars. In Soviet Russia, awesome cars spy on you. Actually, cars spy on Americans, too. [Not so Private Parts/Forbes] * An accused inside trader used his ill-gotten gains to buy a jet, four houses, and an island help the homeless. The government is still prosecuting him. Sir, with all due respect, you are doing it wrong. [Dealbreaker] * The Vatican is going to crack down on radical nuns. I can’t even think of a good joke because radical and nun so obviously don’t belong in the same sentence. Unless you’re having some sort of nun surfing contest and the Mother Superior catches a really sick wave. [BBC News] * I frequently get upset with schools that punish students too quickly and harshly for relative nonissues. But hacking into the school attendance system and “selling” absences — yeah, that’s probably not okay. [Bay Citizen] * Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance the law firms, and then the law schools go out… and the corporations sit there in their… in their corporation buildings, and… and, and see, they’re all corporation-y… and they make money… Matt Damon! [Centre Daily] * Don’t forget to vote for your favorite ATL Law Revue entry. Also, tune in tomorrow to see our picks for honorable mention. [Above the Law] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Unemployment
Quote of the Day: Feels Bad Man
Law school graduates are raving about the legal job market. Wait... what legal job market? - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work. -
Benchslaps, California, Contempt, Legal Ethics, Murder, Trials
Scheduling Snafu Lands Defense Attorney in Contempt -- And Possibly Jail
A Bay Area criminal defense attorney faces the scheduling nightmare a lifetime. It might end with him in jail… -
Boutique Law Firms, Guns / Firearms, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms
The Firm That Shoots Together, Stays Together
This New York boutique firm is taking the coolest field trip ever... -
Animal Law, Food, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 04.18.12
* I will never feel bad about making a typo ever again. [WSJ Law Blog] * Hey law school students, get your hack on! [Huffington Post] * Ann Romney doesn’t want to hear it, but there is a difference between working and working a paying job. [The Careerist] * Should lawyers try journalism? I mean, sure. The job market in the industry is similarly crummy, and journalists make way less money than everyone except baristas and document reviewers. But it is a fun time, and it seems like most lawyers were journalism majors anyway. Go for it… [ Law and More] * The Romney camp drops a bomb: Obama had a dog as a kid. Oh, wait. I misread that. Obama ate dog as a kid. Clearly, people who didn’t have the moral fortitude at six years old to reject the food their parents gave them are unfit to be president. [New York Post] * Man, the presidential race is just at an apex of intellectualism today. Voters in Iowa just received a fundraising letter from Rick Santorum (who dropped out of the race, in case you just got out of prison), in which he wrote that Mitt Romney “truly frightens” him. Congratulations Rick, now you know how the rest of us felt about you. [ABC News] * If you haven’t reserved your .xxx domain name yet, there is still time. They ain’t cheap, but I’m pretty sure ElieMystal.xxx is still available. Hell, who am I kidding. BikeDudeRomance.xxx probably is too. [Law Technology News] -
Celebrities, Contracts, Football, Sports, Technology, Twittering
When Celebrity Tweeting Goes Wrong and the Resulting Lawsuit Goes (Sort of) Right
This star running back lost a major endorsement because of his controversial tweets. Now he's fighting back in court... -
Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, S.D.N.Y., Technology
Plaintiffs Trying To Get Judge Peck Bounced from Landmark Predictive Coding Case
One of the parties in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Group, the first federal case in which a judge approved protective coding, has requested that Judge Andrew Peck, who made the order, recuse himself. What is the basis for the recusal request?
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work.
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How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Sign up and join us for our CLE webinar. From importing your checklist to delivering the closing book, you can bolster client service throughout the…
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Goldman Sachs, Non-Sequiturs, Reality TV, Religion, Tax Law, Travel / Vacation
Non-Sequiturs: 04.17.12
* Apparently, it is illegal to father a second illegitimate child in Mississippi. I guess the first one is a freebie or a Mulligan, or whatever. If for some reason I ever have a personal need to know this tidbit, please shoot me in the face immediately. [Legal Juice] * A class-action lawsuit will be filed tomorrow against the producers of The Bachelor, alleging race discrimination. I’m more concerned about the show’s overall crimes against good taste. (Zing!) [Legal Blog Watch] * Just like a certain Biglaw firm, Goldman Sachs is dealing with a large number of partner defections. Goldman has a pretty good PR spin though: jumping ship is actually a sign of loyalty to the company. Right, just like the crew of the Titanic. [Dealbreaker] * Today is #EqualPayDay. If you’re like me and didn’t know what that means, all you need to know is that the fairer sex is still not paid as much as big dumb oafs like myself. If you want to do something to fix this, Ms. JD has some ideas. [Ms. JD] * Bigotry and prejudice are never okay. UNLESS you want to hate on a new-ish (yet exceedingly popular) religion that is also conveniently in opposition to your liberal political motives. In that case, right this way, sir… [Instapundit] * If you don’t pay your taxes, the government wants to be able to take away your passport. So, hypothetically, if I were planning to flee the U.S. for, say, Spain, to avoid paying my taxes… I should leave, well, now. Umm, IwillseeyoulaterIhavetorunOKbye. [The Atlantic] -
Disability Law, New York Times, Plaintiffs Firms, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: He Does Have a Point
Plaintiffs' attorneys are going bananas with ADA lawsuits in New York City... -
California, Cellphones, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Small Law Firms
Lawyer of the Day: They Literally Fought the Law, and the Law(yer) Won
A group of teenagers tried to mug the wrong lawyer last week in San Francisco... -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Crowell & Moring, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: The Way of the Future
A Biglaw partner says the billable hour's halcyon days may be numbered... -
Copyright, Cyberlaw, Intellectual Property, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology
SCOTUS! eBay! Cert and Other Sundries
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case debating the legality of reselling merchandise manufactured and purchased abroad but without permission of U.S. copyright holders... -
Animal Law
Introducing the Law School Llama
A T14 law school has an interesting strategy to combat final stress… -
Litigators, Media and Journalism, Murder, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: It Must Suck to Be the Person Who Lost to Jose Baez
The Casey Anthony prosecutor signals approval of George Zimmerman's defense lawyer...