Peter Lattman
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, New Jersey, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman, Utah
Non-Sequiturs: 02.28.13
* Michigan will assume control of Detroit pursuant to the state’s controversial “Emergency Manager Law.” How controversial? Michigan voters went to the polls to repeal the law last year… and the legislature said no. There’s a fitting symmetry that a law that denies the democratic rights of the people exists only because the legislature trampled on the democratic rights of the people. [WXYZ] * A Harvard Law grad opens an e-commerce lingerie startup. The hook for her bra business is in-home fittings. Perfect for the cross-dresser who hates prying eyes. [Forbes] * Rutgers-Newark and Rutgers-Camden have announced that they will merge into a single law school named “Rutgers School of Law” effective Fall 2014. The new school accomplishes the important goal of removing the words “Newark” and “Camden” from promotional materials. [TaxProf Blog] * Professor Eugene Kontorovich explains how Chief Judge Kozinski’s piracy ruling actually advanced the liberal causes of the Law of the Sea and expanding the scope of the Alien Tort Statute. Yeah, but it also doomed us to destruction if Captain Kirk can’t get his act together in this new timeline. [Volokh Conspiracy] * The producers of The Bachelor may need better lawyers. After they settled a claim with blogger Reality Steve, barring him from contacting cast and crew for spoilers, he’s publishing spoilers again. Reality Steve’s defense? The settlement agreement was silent on the matter of cast and crew contacting him. Touché. Reality Steve wins a one-on-one this week. [IT-Lex.org] * Sometimes you just need to call the other player’s bluff. Right-wing legislators in Utah loudly parroted talk-radio scripts calling for Utah to reject federal grant money. Democrats in Utah agreed and voted to reject federal grants. Then Republicans started to panic. [Utah Political Report] * Jon Stewart calls for the drowning of legal journalist Peter Lattman for being a wizard. Video after the jump…. -
Education / Schools, Law Schools, Peter Lattman
NYU Law Revamps 3L Year: This Pig's Lipstick Has An International Flair
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Citigroup, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dewey Ballantine, Dissolution, JPMorgan Chase, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Peter Lattman, Securities Law, Wall Street
Dewey Violate Rule 10b-5? A Detailed Look at the Firm's 2010 Offering Memorandum
Was the offering memo for Dewey & LeBoeuf's 2010 private placement materially misleading? And what does the document reveal about the firm's finances?
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Biglaw, Citigroup, Dewey & LeBoeuf, JPMorgan Chase, King & Spalding, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Peter Lattman
Moscow and the Middle East: Dewey Have A Problem?(Plus more about Dewey's loan covenants.)
Dewey might be closing some of its foreign offices. Which overseas outposts are on the chopping block? And which rival firms might pick up the pieces? -
Constitutional Law, Department of Justice, Health Care / Medicine, John Yoo, Law Professors, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman, Richard Epstein, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 01.30.12
* Are you still trying to make sense of the conflicting opinions in United States v. Jones, the GPS tracking case recently decided by the Supreme Court? Professor Barry Friedman has this helpful round-up. [New York Times] * Elsewhere in law professors opining on SCOTUS, what do Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo predict the […] -
Antitrust, Brett Kavanaugh, Copyright, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Paul Clement, Peter Lattman, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
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 […] -
California, Law Professors, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Money, Peter Lattman, Reader Polls, Wall Street
Should UCLA Law School Accept Milken's Millions?
Ah, California. Your weather is amazing, but we don't want to deal with your earthquakes. Over at UCLA Law School, they're experiencing some earth-shaking controversy of their own. An ultra-wealthy alumnus made it rain, with a $10 million gift to the school -- but now some professors want to rain on his parade, and their objections have hit the national news media.... -
Biglaw, Citigroup, Layoffs, Peter Lattman, Pregnancy / Paternity
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Boies Schiller(But query whether these were really 'layoffs.')
This morning brought more lawyer layoff news. As reported by Peter Lattman over at DealBook, David Boies’s celebrated litigation firm, Boies Schiller, last week laid off three associates. (The DealBook piece refers to the dismissals as “layoffs,” and we’ve used that terminology in the title of this post and the first paragraph. But whether these […] - Sponsored
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11th Circuit, ACLU, Harvard, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Racism, Reader Polls, Weddings, WSJ Law Blog
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.14 and 10.21: Plantation, All I Ever Wanted
A brief tour of things we don’t have room to explore in this double edition of LEWW: – This bride is foxy and forty-eight; this bride is twenty-six and hyper-annoying. – Some MoFo lesbians have made a match of it. – Graduating cum laude from Harvard wins you admission to a tier-4 law school. But […] -
Boalt Hall, Britney Spears, Clarence Thomas, Judge of the Day, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 10.12.07
* U.C. Berkeley has settled on a new name for its law school. Check it out, it’s quite brilliant. [Blogonaut] (But we’ll probably still conduct the reader poll mentioned here, just for the heck of it.) * Strained attorney-client relations between Britney Spears and Anne Kiley? Apparently Brit has “trust issues” (in addition to that […] -
Bad Ideas, Copyright, Music, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Videos, WSJ Law Blog, YouTube
Nixon Peabody ThemeSongGate: A Synopsis
Right now some of you are probably thinking: “Enough already about Alberto Gonzales and Michael Vick! Isn’t there anything else you can write about?” Of course. Let’s go back to the story of Nixon Peabody, and its ridiculous law firm theme song! (In preemptive response to those of you who are sick and tired of […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Kramer Levin, Money, Peter Lattman, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Kramer Levin
Firms continue to raise their clerkship bonuses, although the pace of announcements seems to be slowing. Here’s the latest addition to the $50K/$70K Club: “Kramer Levin increased its clerkship bonus to $50,000 for one year and $70,000 for two years. The info is on their NALP page.” Indeed it is. You can access the firm’s […] -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Job Searches, New York Observer, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman, Shameless Plugs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.02.07
* Do you believe in life after law? Five Biglaw escapees — a writer, a baker, a stand-up joke-maker — discuss life on the outside. [New York Observer] [FN1] * Some helpful clerkship application advice. [Infirmation] [FN2] * Monica Goodling, to the Lido Deck! [What About Clients?] * Fun fact of the day: Did you […]
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Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Monica Goodling, Peter Lattman, Politics, U.S. Attorneys Offices, WSJ Law Blog, You Go Girl
Democrats: Please Stop Being Mean To Monica Goodling!
The House Democrats just won’t leave Monica Goodling alone. Even after the Justice Department lawyer invoked the Fifth Amendment privilege, the Dems still want to have a little “conversation” with her. From the NYT: House Democrats on Tuesday requested a private interview with an aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales who has asserted her […] -
Art, Blogging, Hair, Janet Reno, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman, WSJ Law Blog
Evolving Standards of Decency... in Janet Reno's Hairstyles?
A friendly warning to Peter Lattman and the WSJ Law Blog: “Hey guys, step off our turf!” In a post this morning comparing President Bush’s purge of U.S. Attorneys with President Clinton’s, the WSJ Law Blog includes the graphic at right, showing three different WSJ “hedcuts” of former Attorney General Janet Reno. They pose the […] -
Aaron Charney, Antitrust, Biglaw, Gay, Media and Journalism, Microsoft, Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Peter Lattman Really WAS Out of Town on Assignment
But it was much more fun to speculate that he was pulling a Judith Miller, hiding out because of his role in Brokeback Lawfirm. As it turns out, there’s pretty much no doubt that Aaron Charney leaked the Goldman Sachs / Sullivan & Cromwell reviews to Peter Lattman and the Wall Street Journal (as if […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Conspiracy Theories, Free Speech, Gay, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman
And Lindsay Lohan Really Was Suffering From 'Exhaustion'
One of the allegations in Sullivan & Cromwell’s countersuit against its former associate, Aaron Charney, is that Charney leaked sensitive internal documents to the Wall Street Journal. The firm’s Complaint implies that Charney physically removed — i.e., stole — confidential documents from the files of a partner. S&C alleges that Charney then leaked these materials […] -
Aaron Charney, Anna Schneider-Mayerson, Fashion, H. Rodgin Cohen, Media and Journalism, Nathan Koppel, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Robert Kolker, Zachary Fasman
Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney: More MSM Coverage
Rumor has it that Sullivan & Cromwell’s chairman, banking law god H. Rodgin Cohen, was “pretty angry” when he learned that the New York Times would be covering Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell, the anti-discrimination lawsuit filed against S&C by a gay former associate, Aaron Charney. (The NYT story was pretty even-handed. But it was […] -
Aaron Charney, Anal Sex / Butt Sex, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Eric Krautheimer, H. Rodgin Cohen, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Oy, Peter Lattman, Rudeness, Screw-Ups, Stephanie Wheeler, Wall Street Journal
Sullivan & Cromwell: Because Charney v. S&C Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Well before Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell was ever filed, the venerable law firm was dealing with some serious issues. As aptly summarized by New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, “Sullivan & Cromwell lost about 30 percent of its associates in 2004 and 2005. It might take more than a raise to fix that.” From a fascinating […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Cyberlaw, Defamation, Free Speech, Gay, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman, WSJ Law Blog
Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: WSJ Law Blog Comments Policy
Last week there was some speculation over what happened to certain particularly delicious reader comments posted over at the WSJ Law Blog, concerning Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell. As explained here: “[N]o work is getting done [at S&C]. We’re too busy concocting conspiracy theories about why certain highly-detailed comments to the WSJ law blog were […]