ASSLaw Adds Assprof
Brett Kavanaugh has a new job that's not so much a job as an "excuse to give him a paycheck to go on vacation."
ASSLaw Anthrax Scare Closes Down Streets
Law school receives suspicious "powdery substance" and everyone freaks out.
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ASSLaw Got Itself An Equally Kickass Eagle
Right-wing law school adds bald eagle statue because why not?
Morning Docket: 05.17.16
* Tiger-blooded warlock Charlie Sheen sued by American Express over $287,879 in debt. #Winning. [Courthouse News Service] * It's really happening, folks! Get ready for ASSLaw. [Washington Post] * Morgan Lewis knows how to play both sides -- the firm is handling Donald Trump's tax returns and accompanying controversy while simultaneously vetting Hillary Clinton's possible running mates. [Law.com] * Law school announces a technological innovation concentration... because programming the next LawyerBot is probably the only hope these students have for jobs in 10 years. [Northwestern Pritzker School of Law] * Cuneo Gilbert attorneys said that they felt threatened when former colleague Preetpal Grewal emailed another former colleague stating she wanted “to kill” them in connection with her national origin discrimination suit. Someone's overreacting here. [Law360] * The SEC targets a patent troll and a former Fulbright & Jaworski and Bracewell associate in an unrelated securities fraud case. [The Am Law Daily] * Neil Sedaka may have thought "Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do" but for law firms, mergers are the tough part. [National Law Journal] * The justice gap for poor civil litigants keeps on growing. [The Nation]
Faculty Really Excited About Worst Name Change Ever
They just won't give up, no matter how stupid it is.
ASSLaw President Struggles To Defend Name Change
Gotta do better than that after naming yourself ASS Law.
Morning Docket: 05.03.16
* As Judge Shira Scheindlin leaves the federal bench to join Stroock concentrating on public interest work as of counsel, Law360 spoke with Judge Scheindlin about the move. [Law360] * George Mason's president responds to rumblings that the law school is too dependent on private donors who cajoled the school into its ASSLaw moniker. [Washington Post] * A full rundown of all the twists and turns in the ongoing legal battle between Boies Schiller partner Nicholas Gravante Jr. and his mother. [The Am Law Daily] * These are the questions clients are about to ask you about cybersecurity. Can you answer them? [PC World] * The McDivitt Law Firm is offering free cab rides home on Cinco de Mayo for lucky drunks in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. So toast the defeat of the hated French all you want Colorado residents! [KKTV] * The U.S. Trade Representative has some choice words for countries that don't respect IP laws, like China, India, and Switzerland. Wait, what? Switzerland? [Corporate Counsel] * Kentucky judge blocks the city of Louisville from removing a Confederate monument because, you know, "the South will rise again" and the city doesn't want egg on its face when that happens. [Fox News] * The complicated case of religious tax exemption for a coffee shop... on grounds owned by a religious order. [The Atlantic]
Lawmaker Opposes George Mason Name Change To #ASSLaw
Who's the ASSoL now, George Mason?
#ASSLaw At George Mason Attempts Re-Brand, Will Fail
This is the name of your law school now, George Mason.
Stats Of The Week: The Thriving Law School Eponymy #ASSLaw
Scalia joins Charles Widger and S.J. Quinney in the select club of 45 individuals after whom ABA-accredited law schools are named.
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