Dissenting Judge Has A Beef With Steakhouse’s Logic
Why does this feeder judge hate... food?
A Benchslap Postscript: Mo’ Words, Mo’ Problems
These poor lawyers before the D.C. Circuit just can't catch a break.
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Benchslap Of The Day: LMAO At D.C. Cir.
This is funny. You should read it.
The Law Clerk Hiring Plan: Really, Really Dead Now
Can the Law Clerk Hiring Plan survive, now that one super-prestigious court has announced that it's abandoning ship?
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Term of Endearment
This latest Legal Eagle Wedding Watch features crazy competition: five Supreme Court clerks, a former White House counsel, and more prestige than you shake a stick at.
Quote of the Day: Size Matters
Instead of arguing the law, the DOJ is arguing over font size...
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Some Federal Judicial Congratulations — and a Bit of Trivia
Which circuit judge has the most former clerks who are now judges themselves? And how is Judge Kozinski spending the Memorial Day weekend?
Non-Sequiturs: 12.22.11
* Searching for the perfect holiday present? Via Professor Glenn Reynolds: “As A Christmas Gift, Tell Your Friends and Relatives They’re Fat.” [Instapundit] * If a Republican wins the White House in 2012, who might get nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court? Mike Sacks offers up a star-studded SCOTUS short list: the brilliant and genial […]
Congratulations to the 2012 Bristow Fellows
Congratulations to the 2012 Bristow Fellows, who learned of their selection earlier this month. These one-year fellowships in the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, awarded to recent law school graduates with outstanding academic records and top clerkships, are generally regarded as second only to Supreme Court clerkships in prestige. Let's take a look at the next crop of Bristow Fellows....
Attorneys Fees in Class Actions: Too Low, Too High, or Just Right?
Plaintiffs’ lawyers in class action cases: are they heroes, or villains? Do they make too much in fees, leaving the classes they represent high and dry? Or could it be argued that they make too little for the work that they do? Let’s discuss….
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Supreme Court To Decide Constitutionality of Obamacare
In a development that should surprise no one, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's signature policy achievement, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- aka Obamacare. This means that, before the end of the current SCOTUS Term in summer 2012, the justices will rule on the validity of this sweeping legislation....
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Hero and Heroin
Everyone loves a wedding, but everyone loves a lawyer wedding even more -- especially when Columbia Law has apparently taken over.This is a summer mega-LEWW, with five finalists and a loooooong list of also-rans at the end. Read on for a virtual nuptial feast....
Anonymity and the First Amendment
A liveblog of an interesting panel at the 2010 National Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society, after the jump.
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Spreading the Love
We’ve decided to tweak the format of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch a bit. Beginning today, we’ll be bringing you all the lawyer weddings featured in the New York Times. This, admittedly, is the kind of everyone’s-a-winner feel-goodism that we normally abhor. Alas, to be frank, we’re sick of the constant death threats from couples who […]