Center for Class Action Fairness LLC

Non-Sequiturs: 11.05.14

* A cautionary tale about using online dating to cheat on your spouse — you might end up upwards of $54K poorer. [Legal Cheek] * Alabama wasted time and energy passing a ballot measure for the purely symbolic purpose of reaffirming Xenophobia? Shocking! [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Interesting tale of reporting a female boss for sexual harassment. [Vice] * When the police inevitably come down on you, turn off your iPhones first. [Versus Texas] * 6 Hilarious Trials That Prove the Legal System Is Screwed. [Cracked] * CCAF is hiring. Good pay, flexible hours. Sounds like a great gig if you hate plaintiffs’ firms. [Center for Class Action Fairness] * Should Jewish judges recuse themselves in Palestinian terrorism cases? Um. No? [Tablet Magazine] * Jameis Winston’s lawyer is just the worst. [Jezebel]

By Joe Patrice

7th Circuit

More Benchslaps — But Mild Ones — From Judge Richard Posner

Judge Posner channels Mr. Spock: "So [your client] is not logical, you're saying."

By David Lat

How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits

This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.

By Above the Law

Law Schools

Why Do ‘Low Bono’ for Others When You Can Start Your Own Non-Profit Law Firm?

Small-firm columnist Carolyn Elefant analyzes the rise of "low bono" law firms -- and suggests how you can get in on the action.

By Carolyn Elefant

Drinking

Muscle Milk + Pro Se Litigant = Hilarity

Muscle Milk + Pro Se Litigant = Hilarity.

By David Lat

Adoption

Morning Docket: 03.29.13

* The latest update on the law school litigation front represents good news for New York Law School. [National Law Journal] * Should summarizing a one-day deposition transcript really cost $90,000? Even DLA Piper might blush at such a bill. [Point of Law] * Ropes & Gray isn’t backing down in the discrimination lawsuit brought by former partner Patricia Martone. (We’ll have more on this later.) [Am Law Daily] * No, silly polo mogul, you can’t adopt your 42-year-old girlfriend to shield your fortune from litigation. [ABA Journal] * Replacing “barbers” with “beauty culturists”? This is Indiana and not California, right? [WSJ Law Blog]

By David Lat

9th Circuit

Non-Sequiturs: 11.22.11

* Are Asian American lawyers too nerdy to climb the Biglaw or corporate ladder — or is this just an outdated stereotype? [The Careerist] * Does having your law school sob story featured on national television count as “employed upon graduation”? (Or, more seriously, here’s an opportunity for an unemployed law school grad.) [Inside the […]

By David Lat

Private Practice Lawyers: Rater Your Work With In-House Counsel

Please share your thoughts in this brief and anonymous survey.

By Above The Law

Brett Kavanaugh

Attorneys Fees in Class Actions: Too Low, Too High, or Just Right?

Plaintiffs’ lawyers in class action cases: are they heroes, or villains? Do they make too much in fees, leaving the classes they represent high and dry? Or could it be argued that they make too little for the work that they do? Let’s discuss….

By David Lat

9th Circuit

Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.11

* Does your fledgling company need a full-time general counsel? Lance Levy lays out some considerations. [In-House Blog] * Why is Marc Randazza “the most inappropriate man in the world”? Well, how many briefs have you filed with phallus-filled footnotes? (Say that last part ten times fast.) [Popehat] * New England Patriots defensive tackle Albert […]

By David Lat

Antitrust

Signing Up For, Or Objecting To, The BAR/BRI Class Action Settlement

Did you take a BAR/BRI bar exam review course sometime in the past five years? Or are you taking BAR/BRI now, having paid for it prior to March 21? If so, keep reading. As we recently mentioned, the deadline for joining or objecting to the proposed class action settlement in Stetson v. West Publishing Corp. […]

By David Lat