No, Beyoncé’s Lawyers Do Not Think ‘Lemonade’ Is Like This White Dude’s Movie
Allegations Bey's deeply personal 'Lemonade' took elements from a white guy's film.
Kanye’s Law Firm Issues Raises For Associates
A firm with a history of representing celebrities opens up its wallet for the associates.
Reasoning, Tool Calling, And Agentic Systems In Legal LLMs
Domain-specific AI provides accuracy and reliable legal reasoning.
Fashion Law & Order: Hand Over the Cash, or Risk Kidnapping Over Peep-Toes
Would you take hostages over a pair of shoes? That's apparently what's happening in China, and it's all Wendy Williams's fault.
Morning Docket: 11.16.12
* BP agreed to plead guilty to 14 charges and pay $4.5B in fines, but before going through with it, several Biglaw firms helped the company sell off assets to fund litigation- and spill-related costs. [Am Law Daily] * According to HBR Consulting, compensation for in-house attorneys has risen over the past year — including bonuses, which went up to $62,500. Sorry, but Biglaw isn’t following suit. [Corporate Counsel] * It’s better to leave well enough alone: Pryor Cashman was ordered to pay more than $21K in legal fees for filing a frivolous motion over its repeated attempts to dismiss a case. [New York Law Journal] * Judge Susan McDunn, who claimed that her “life [was] being ruined” by the secret lawsuits of many powerful Chicagoans, has resigned. Looks like her $182K salary wasn’t enough to buy crazy pills. [Chicago Tribune] * James T. Hayes Jr., the ICE agent who accused his superior of subjecting male employees to her “sexually offensive behavior,” settled his discrimination lawsuit against the government for $175,000. [Washington Post]
Quote of the Day: Kanye West Keeps His ‘Love Locked Down’ — Except for That Sex Tape
What did Kanye West's lawyer have to say about the rapper's leaked sex tape?
New Data on Law Firm Diversity
The good folks over at Building A Better Legal Profession — a national grassroots movement that we’ve written about before, which seeks market-based workplace reforms in large private law firms — have updated their online directory and rankings of law firms with new information for 2011. The updated rankings shed light on which top law […]
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