Oscars

The Expensive Luxury Vacation Packages Included In The Academy Award Gift Bags Are Taxable Under One Condition

Even though they are gifts, they are not really free...

Lawyer Gets Epic Shout Out During Oscar Acceptance Speech

He was an actor before going to law school.

Oh, Now Everybody Wants To Be A Lawyer

Instead of analyzing Assault and Battery, have you considered Mind and Your Business?

Morning Docket: 03.30.22

* Two lit at the night show: It is unclear who will lead the charge in the coming Astroworld litigation. Either way, this won't be Travis's first Rodeo. [Billboard] * The Pot calling the Kettle violent: O.J. chimes in on Smith's slip of the slap at the Oscars. I'd make an assault and battery joke, but I should probably keep those out of my f... well, you know. [Newsweek] * Ain't too proud to beg: Trump is asking Putin for dirt on democrats again. [CNN] * Maryland passes an anti-Texas measure that makes it easier to access abortions. [Wa Po] * Colorado prepares to provide abortions if more states take the SB8 route. [NPR]

Will Smith Writes Every ‘Cool’ Tort Professor’s Final Exam Question At The Oscars

...I betchu Chris Rock won't do it again.

Morning Docket: 03.28.22

* Will Smith just wrote many a law professor's final exam question at the Oscars yesterday. [ABC7] * Give the people what they want: Ketanji Brown Jackson is pretty popular in the polls. [CNN] * Strange bedfellows: It's harm to assume neutrality after seeing Ginny's texts, Clarence. [CNN] * Haunting reality: Illinois hopes this new law will limit the number of ghost guns. [CBS News] * The 1st can only do so much: DeRay McKesson may still have to face court. [WAFB]

The Extravagant Gifts In The Academy Awards Swag Bags Can Result In A Tax Bill

I'd like to thank my manager. And my agent. And my mom. And I'd like to thank the Academy for triggering an audit of my taxes that will haunt me for the rest of time.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Epic Oscar Night Shout Out By The Mother Of Dragons

Hollywood's biggest night had something for legal nerds too.

Any Other Lawyer Pretend They Knew What Frances McDormand’s ‘Inclusion Rider’ Was Last Night?

I played it cool at the Oscar party, but then I had to actually look up what the hell she was talking about.

Morning Docket: 03.05.18

* No donation is too small, and no donor is too young: Former Senate candidate and former judge Roy Moore is begging his supporters via Facebook for cash for his legal defense fund because his "resources have been depleted" and he's "struggled to make ends meet." [Washington Post] * The Trump administration wants to stop federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, and the Justice Department is using the travel ban case to ask the Supreme Court to "reject the deeply misguided practice." Will SCOTUS put these "so-called judges" in their place? [Associated Press] * Remember Claud "Tex" McIver, the Biglaw partner who shot his wife in the back and killed her, allegedly blamed the incident on a Black Lives Matter protest? Jury selection for his murder trial begins today. [Daily Report Online] * No, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn't advising LeadInvest, a company promoting cryptocurrency investments in Texas, and neither are former U.S. Solicitors General Theodore Olson, Seth Waxman, and Paul Clement. The Texas State Securities Board sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the company remove photos of the justice and the lawyers from its site. [National Law Journal] * And the Oscar for Best Lawyer goes to... John Quinn of Quinn Emanuel has served as outside counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1986, and he attends every show with the ABC contract in his pocket in case a legal issue pops up. [Corporate Counsel] * Is it time to bring back the lists and rankings commemorating the "hotties of law"? Vivia Chen has a hot take, and thinks that in this puritanical era, it's high time that we stop pretending lawyers are asexual. So long as both men and women are included on the lists, what's the harm? Right now, a lot. [American Lawyer]

The Trump Administration, Mistake At The Oscars, And Career Advice This March On Legal Talk Network

This month, Legal Talk Network’s podcasts featured a thoughts on legal technology, medical law, and a helpful episode just for law students.

Oscar Mishap: When Your Accounting Firm Messes Up

Always blame the accountants.

Counting Up The Awards For A Great Legal Drama

It is awards season after all.

*The* Legal Accessory Of The Season

The ACLU is upping its cultural relevance.

Morning Docket: 02.27.17

* If you're working with PwC on any matters right now, say something nice, because they had a rough night. [USA Today] * Nixon Peabody is looking for a new office and wants a major interior design overhaul. Interior design is important, guys. [Boston Globe] * Random employee phone checks. That's what it means to be a lawyer in government service these days. [Politico] * Bill Cosby will face multiple accusers at his upcoming trial. [Courthouse News Service] * The new plan for fighting for voting rights? More geometry expert witnesses. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * North Carolina's law banning sex offenders from Facebook is on tap at the Supreme Court today. How will the justices respond?