‘Plank Like RBG’: A Fun Way To Celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Birthday
Wishing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg the happiest of birthdays!
Guess Who’s Got A Birthday Today?
Happy 83rd birthday to the one, the only, the notorious RBG!
The Fifth-Year Dilemma: Do I Stay Or Do I Go (In-House)?
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
The 10 Best Online Columns Of All Time . . .
Former Biglaw partner and inhouse columnist Mark Herrmann identifies the ten best online columns of all time.
Child Obsessed With Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Has Weirdest Theme Party Ever
Parents make a little boy's dream come true by throwing a lawyer party. Wait, what?
3 More Ways Senior Partners Cheat
Consider this column a bit of an experiment....
Join An Online Celebration!
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann looks back on three years of writing for Above the Law.
Gen AI: Your Legal Research Assistant, Not Your Replacement
Here's how you can spend more time practicing law, and less time sorting, sifting, and summarizing.
Apparently Hiring Strippers For Your Son’s Sixteenth Birthday Is FROWNED UPON In This ESTABLISHMENT
What, you think you should bring a clown to a teen birthday party?
Non-Sequiturs: 06.19.12
* Another year, another survey that shows prospective law students care more about the U.S. News Law School Rankings than anything else when applying to law school. In fact, it’s the exact same number from 2010. Kids are dumb. [Kaplan] * Everybody is worried about what will happen when computers replace attorneys. I’m much more interested in what will happen when computers replace hookers. [The Atlantic] * If watching our Congress ask idiot questions of Jamie Dimon doesn’t make you feel like we need vastly more intelligent Congresspeople, maybe watching them fawn over Jamie Dimon will do the trick. [Dealbreaker] * I really hadn’t thought of this — in addition to your huge educational debts, your parents are most likely out there spending your inheritance. I swear, if I ever spend money on more education, it’s going to be on a post-apocalyptic survivalist class. [Law and More] * Former TSA lady gropes current TSA lady after inappropriate groping from TSA. [Threat Level / Wired] * In real life, unlike Monopoly, a bank error is never really in your favor. [Legal Blog Watch] * Do the Republicans have an abortion problem? [New Yorker] * Happy Birthday, Lat! Check out the very cool gift (affiliate link) that he received in the mail today — signed by one of the authors. [Twitpic via Twitter]
Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.12
* Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer has a challenge for you: “I defy you to tell the difference between a naked prostitute and any other naked woman.” [Dealbreaker] * It’s not often that Cravath partners leave for other firms, but it happens. Jeffrey Smith, former head of the environmental practice at Cravath, recently decamped for Crowell & […]
Inside Straight: Happy Birthday To Me!
I’m one this week! Happy birthday to me! Though it feels like only yesterday, I published my first column at Above the Law on November 18, 2010. I’ve published two posts every week since then (except when Monday holidays excused my labors), so I’ve cranked out about 100 of these little ditties over the last […]
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
A Happy Fifth Birthday to Above the Law — and Our Thanks
Above the Law launched five years ago today, on August 30, 2006. If you like, you can take a trip down memory lane and read my letter from the editor, introducing ATL to the world. Reaching this milestone is no small feat. If you think of Above the Law as a blog, this is a […]
Non-Sequiturs: 07.18.11
* To be clear, hiring a legal secretary who doubles as a personal prostitute is not okay. Yes, we finally have a punishment for Samir Zia Chowhan’s “adult gigs” legal secretary ad. [Legal Profession Blog] * Is it time to start getting civilly disobedient with the TSA? [WSJ Law Blog] * It’s possible that the […]
Non-Sequiturs: 05.10.11
* On my birthday, I think I’ll take this advice and forgive all who have oppressed me. Not forever, just for today. [Underdog] * Here’s a list of law school commencement speakers. Sadly, I’m not on it. [Tax Prof Blog] * Cell phones need to collect more data from us about as much as Lat […]
Non-Sequiturs: 03.15.11
* The town of Sedgwick, Maine, has declared “food sovereignty,” giving its citizens the right “to produce, process, sell, purchase, and consume local foods of their choosing,” without regard to state or federal law. Preemption? The Supremacy Clause? Eat it. [Food Renegade] * Speaking of chaos, Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse wonders: “Who will win […]
A Happy Fourth Birthday to Above the Law!
And: ATL’s Gilt Sale Extended Through Thursday
Think back, if you can, to August 30, 2006. It was a very different time: George W. Bush was still president, the economy was still booming (even if some of that prosperity was illusory), and the starting salary for most associates in large New York law firms stood at $145,000. It was on this date […]