The Eric Schneiderman Case: When S&M Is No Excuse For A Crime
When do alleged consensual antics in the bedroom that cause injury become criminal?
Lawyer Fired After Sending BDSM Sex Contract To Junior Employee. Naturally He Sues.
He asserts the BDSM relationship was consensual.
Billables Are Not The Same As Cash Flow. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Findings from the MyCase 2025 Legal Industry Report.
Non-Sequiturs: 03.10.16
* An in-depth look at Netflix's most lovable lawyer, Foggy Nelson. [Netflix Life] * Berkeley Law is not alone in dealing with scandals. Where is Olivia Pope when you need her? [Law and More] * Wasting time, but churning bills, creating PDFs. [Daily Lawyer Tips] * Environmental law will never be the same now that Justice Scalia's dead. Mother Nature, for one, is grateful. [Huffington Post] * Court rules there is no constitutional right to BDSM. [Slate] * A battle over Texas's voter ID law is coming back to the Fifth Circuit, just in time for the 2016 election. And if the Supreme Court stays split in its presumed 4-4 breakdown, the Fifth Circuit could get the final word on the law. [The Atlantic] * A fascinating look inside the shady business of wrangling amicus briefs. [Chicago Tribune] * Is Camille Paglia flirting with Donald Trump support? [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Corporate lawyers agree: leaving a vacancy on the Supreme Court is a terrible idea. [Wall Street Journal]
Fifty Shades Of Legal Liability – Legal Risks Of Kinky Sex
The characters in Fifty Shades of Grey may be fictional, but the legal risks of kinky sex are not.
Law Firm Partner Allegedly Threatened to Whip Secretary for Being a ‘Bad Girl’
Sticks and stones may break this partner's bones, but whips and chains allegedly excite him.
This Domineering Woman Apparently Can’t Take a Professional Spanking
About a month ago, we brought you the story of Alisha Smith, an assistant attorney general from New York who was suspended for allegedly moonlighting as a dominatrix. However, we now have news that our lascivious ligatrix can dish it out, but isn't exactly a fan of taking it. Although whips and chains may excite her, being on the receiving end of a professional spanking just isn't as erotic....
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Lawyer of the Day: Is This Manhattan Assistant AG Turning It Around On Them Like a Woman Who Puts On A…?
In our sexually repressed society, we just love it when "normal" people are exposed to have kinky sex lives. The bigger the disparity between the person's "regular" daytime pursuits and their nighttime shenanigans, the better. And while we know better here at Above the Law, the outside world tends to think "lawyer" is about as conservative a day job as possible. It's a profession of discretion. So when the New York Post found a lawyer, a government lawyer no less, who gets paid to be a dominatrix on the side, it was going to be big news....