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How Much Law Do You Remember From The Sunday Morning Funny Pages?
How long has it been since you've read a comic strip? And what do you remember from it?
Why Law Firms Are Moving Beyond The Billable Hour
Explore 5 expert-backed reasons law firms are rethinking the billable hour and how legal billing software is leading the way.
Ninth Circuit Gives Batmobile The Copyright It Deserves, The One It Needs Right Now
A federal judge uses a cartoon character's famous exclamatory catchphrase to announce the court's unanimous ruling.
D.C. Circuit Judge Talks Justice League In Recent Opinion
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's jurisprudence.
Law And The Marvel Universe
Do you realize how terrifying S.H.I.E.L.D. would actually be?
Good Grief! ‘Charlie Brown’ Calls Judge An A**hole
He's accumulated enough criminal charges that it would make sense for him to star in "It's the Great Rap Sheet, Charlie Brown."
Free Attorney Time Tracking Template For Smarter Billing
Tired of messy time logs? This free attorney time tracking template helps you bill with confidence and accuracy. Learn more in the full article.
Judge Uses Cartoons To Benchslap Jones Day
Law firm tried to pull a fast one on a federal judge. The judge was not amused.
Morning Docket: 01.11.13
* “Almost anything associated with him is necessarily of concern.” Thanks to the D.C. Circuit, Osama bin Laden’s death photos may never see the light of day, no matter how many FOIA requests you file. Sorry, you’ll have to settle for the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty. [McClatchy Newspapers] * Some would argue that the opinions written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit are like Lex Luthor’s ring in that they keep the heirs of Superman’s co-creator at bay like kryptonite. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Ay dios mio, al parecer esta es una gran noticia para la escuela! Yale Law has hired Cristina Rodríguez, an expert in immigration law, as its first Hispanic professor in a tenured position. [National Law Journal] * Prosecutors established probable cause in the Aurora movie theater shooting case and James Holmes has been ordered to stand trial, but his lawyers aren’t ready to enter his likely NGRI plea yet. [Bloomberg] * Everyone saw this coming, but that doesn’t mean they have to be any less disgusted by it: Jerry Sandusky filed a motion to get a new trial just three months after being sentenced for his sex abuse conviction. [CNN]
Gradenfreude: The Plight Of A Law School Graduate In 2012
When you are unhappy with your job, you have to take joy in the simpler things in life -- like watching television. But sometimes even that is an unpleasant experience.