Alexandra Marchuk
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Celebrities, Fabulosity
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Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: The End
The parties have written the final chapter is this long-running saga. - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.04.15
* New developments in everyone’s favorite soap opera of a case: Faruqi & Faruqi LLP is cross-appealing the $140,000 judgment in favor of former associate Alexandra Marchuk. [Law360]
* Whoa. There’s one SEC Commissioner actually doing her job! So retro. Stay strong, Commissioner Stein. [Guile Is Good]
* Congress is working on a bill to prevent companies from foisting non-compete clauses on employees making less than $31,200/year. But, but, then someone else might learn the important trade secret of the Colonel’s 11 secret herbs and spices! [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* Senior and junior lawyers speak a different language. This article comes to us from the U.K., but the sentiment is universal, even if the phrase “bugger off” isn’t. [Legal Cheek]
* Prosecutor called Asian Americans “greedy foreigners.” That goes over about as well as you’d expect. [Angry Asian Man]
* David spoke with the Legal Talk Network about “the importance of friendship and family and the psyche of young lawyers who often compromise personal relationships for career ambitions.” If you guessed they were discussing Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link), then you’re right. [Legal Talk Network]
* Where are LL.M.s valuable? [LLM-Guide]
* Lawyer sues EFF for calling his patent stupid. We here at Above the Law would like to reiterate that this patent is brilliant and probably the most Earth-shattering invention since the light bulb. [Corporate Counsel]
* Maybe legalizing drugs doesn’t solve all the violence. [Seattle Times]
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Small Law Firms, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: What Did She Win In Attorneys' Fees?
A six-figure sum, but nothing close to her $1.4 million request. -
Morning Docket, Trials
Morning Docket: 02.25.15
* Smart women, foolish choices? Alexandra Marchuk might regret turning down a $425,001 offer of judgment from the defendants in Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi, in which she wound up getting a $140,000 verdict. [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* In other news from high-profile sexual harassment cases, the trial in Harvard Law grad Ellen Pao’s lawsuit against venture capital behemoth Kleiner Perkins got underway yesterday. [USA Today]
* A guilty verdict and a life sentence in the “American Sniper” trial. [New York Times]
* Embattled politico Sheldon Silver has turned to the talented Steven Molo in seeking to get the criminal charges against him dismissed. [New York Post]
* J.J. Nelson v. Adidas: coming to a 1L Contracts casebook near you? [ESPN]
* Law schools dropping the LSAT: a trend in the making? [BloombergBusiness]
* The latest in Deidre Clark v. Allen & Overy: is plaintiff Deidre Dare ready for her
close-uppsychological exam? [New York Law Journal]* Is the job outlook for law school graduates brightening? Some thoughts from Jim Leipold of NALP. [National Law Journal via ABA Journal]
* As he runs for Congress, what does Staten Island district attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. have to say about the Eric Garner case? [New York Times]
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Litigators, Quote of the Day
On The Dangerously Viral Nature Of Lurid Lawsuits
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket 02.23.15
* Welcome back my friends, to the case that never ends: attorneys for Alexandra Marchuk lodged a request for $1.4 million in attorneys fees after her Pyrrhic victory in the Faruqi & Faruqi case. [Law360]
* In the wake of the Oscars, it’s worth remembering that David Boies is a movie producer. Next up for his shop, Boies/Schiller Film Group, a movie starring Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. Because their last movies together were so frigging fantastic. [The Am Law Daily]
* Speaking of the Oscars, just how much will nominees be regretting that $160,000 swag bag come tax time? [TaxProf Blog]
* Former Port Authority Chairman David Samson is under scrutiny for enjoying some untoward perks. Like the United Airlines flight route direct from Newark to Samson’s weekend home that was routinely bereft of passengers and ceased to exist days after Samson left the job. Something’s clearly suspect if someone is willingly flying United. [North Jersey.com]
* We’ve previously discussed the benchslap potential for Howard Shipley over his unorthodox Supreme Court brief. Now his lawyers, including SCOTUS mainstay Paul Clement, have told the Court that it’s basically all the client’s fault. [Legal Times]
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Jury Duty, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: A Juror Speaks
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Jury Duty, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: A Post-Trial Interview With Plaintiff's Counsel
How does Alexandra Marchuk feel about the jury verdict in her case, and what does she plan to do next? -
Jury Duty, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: A Post-Trial Interview With The Defense
How should we view the jury's verdict and damages award in Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi? -
Jury Duty, Trials
Breaking: Verdict In Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi
What did the jury decide in this high-profile and salacious case? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.28.15
* There’s nothing like boner talk in federal court: Juan Monteverde of Faruqi & Faruqi reaffirmed his claim that he was too drunk to
get it up“consummate the act” during the time Alexandra Marchuk alleged he forced sex upon her. [Law 360]* “There’s something deeply ironic about a judge seeking the right to ignore another judge’s ruling while crying ‘judicial activism.'” Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court wants judges to ignore a federal ruling on his state’s unconstitutional ban on gay marriage. [Reuters]
* Just days after the legal news media found out that Dentons would be tying the knot with Dacheng, the deal has officially been sealed. Talk about a shotgun wedding! Best wishes go out to 大成 Dentons for a happy, international marriage. [Am Law Daily]
* Elite litigation boutique Susman Godfrey will be consolidating its Dallas and Houston offices into one mega-office in 2016 after the firm’s lease in Dallas is up. Will all of the displaced attorneys remain with the firm? [Houston Business Journal]
* Can we talk… about wrongful death cases? A lawsuit has finally been filed against the outpatient endoscopy facility and physicians involved in the death of Joan Rivers, and details have been released as to the way the beloved comedian died. [CNN]
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Quote of the Day, Rudeness, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: A 'Shocking' Revelation
A federal judge professes ignorance of an infamous hand gesture.
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Quote of the Day, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: A Prickly Pear
How can you ward off an allegedly lecherous colleague? Here's one idea. -
Jury Duty, Sexual Harassment, Small Law Firms, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: 5 Observations From Inside The Courtroom
What are the latest developments in this high-profile and salacious case? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.13.15
* From the “Why the hell didn’t you settle this?” file: Now that Alexandra Marchuk’s case against Faruqi & Faruqi and Juan Monteverde has gone to trial, it seems the firm is getting all sorts of publicity — mostly negative. [New York Post]
* Supreme Court justices are really just like us… they show up late to work, too. Because Justice Antonin Scalia was stuck in traffic this morning, Chief Justice John Roberts had to summarize two of Scalia’s opinions from the bench. Oops! [NPR]
* Speaking of Justice Scalia, the Supreme jurist managed to sneak in a citation to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in his opinion in Whitfield v. United States to show the common usage of the word “accompany.” [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Remember Dennis Doyle, the lawyer who lost his job and dropped $25K to see every single Knicks game this season? He said this of his tragic endeavor: “I can’t shut it down. I’m in too deep. … I’ll see it through—if it doesn’t kill me first.” [Bleacher Report]
* An Idaho prosecutor is having regrets over the fact that he chose to issue an arrest warrant for a 9-year-old boy on gum-stealing charges, calling it “a mistake under the circumstances.” That kid must be the coolest on the playground. [ABA Journal]
* “Trying to suppress [the value of parody] with violence is a fool’s errand.” In the wake of the horror of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, it’s worth recognizing that here in the U.S., we owe much to rappers who have capitalized on free speech. [LinkedIn]
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Jury Duty, Sexual Harassment, Small Law Firms, Trials
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: Time To Pick A Jury
The day of reckoning is here for a partner accused of egregious sexual harassment. -
Boutique Law Firms, Defamation, Labor / Employment, Partner Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Women's Issues
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: Bad News For The Defendants
What two blows have just been dealt to Juan Monteverde and Faruqi & Faruqi in this salacious litigation? -
Boutique Law Firms, Labor / Employment, Lateral Moves, Litigators, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Women's Issues
The Revolving Door Continues To Spin At Faruqi & Faruqi
Did Alexandra Marchuk's lawsuit against Faruqi & Faruqi help destabilize the entire firm? -
Boutique Law Firms, Labor / Employment, Lateral Moves, Litigators, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Women's Issues
Faruqi & Faruqi: On The Prowl For Partners?
How much is this litigation boutique rumored to pay its partners?