Saudi Arabia

Allen & Overy is among a handful of other Biglaw firms operating independently in the region.

At some point, we have to reassess what the United States is actually getting out of this relationship.

There is no doubt that opportunity abounds on the IP front for cash-rich Gulf State investors.

Imposing sanctions should be the minimum response because economic penalties alone will not deter MBS from pursuing further crimes.

* Right now, one out of every four circuit judges in the United States is a Trump appointee. [Washington Post]

* Some scholars are arguing President Trump cannot be considered impeached until articles of impeachment are sent to the Senate. Legal experts make things so confusing. [Fox News]

*An Alabama judge has been arrested for stealing nearly $50,000, and he left a paper trail of about 70 checks proving his misdeeds. This judge should leave criminal acts to the professionals. [News Maven]

* A FISA court judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over materials related to an F.B.I. lawyer connected with the Carter Page investigation. [New York Times]

* An attorney convicted of shooting a fellow club patron has been sentenced to prison. Wouldn’t want to be in court with this lawyer… [The Oklahoman]

* An NYC realtor is suing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for allegedly stiffing him on a hefty commission. [New York Post]

Sometimes you need to require some real, dramatic improvement, a demonstrated willingness to change, before you volunteer to help someone stop being a train wreck.

Adam Neumann wants you to know that he understands how this looks...and will maybe stop now that you're watching.

Some of the weirdest and most problematic cases of sexual harassment you'll ever see.

* “Either access to abortion will be dramatically restricted in the coming year or perhaps the pushback will begin.” We’re moving back in history. Here’s hoping pro-choice advocacy will be born anew in 2014. [New York Times] * George S. Canellos, the SEC’s co-chief of enforcement, announced his departure on Friday, and people are already wondering whether he’ll return to his old stomping grounds at Milbank Tweed. [DealBook / New York Times] * We hope legal educators had fun at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting, but we hope most of all that they learned what needs to change to really make legal education pay. [WSJ Law Blog] * “I believe women lawyers can contribute a lot to the legal system.” Saudi Arabia now has its first female law firm dedicated to bringing women’s issues to the country’s patriarchal courts. Congratulations! [RT] * A Starbucks spokeswoman issued a defense to the cease-and-desist response letter that went viral worldwide, and it reads just like how her company’s coffee tastes: bland. [International Business Times] * Amy “Tiger Mom” Chua is back with a vengeance, co-authoring a controversial new book (affiliate link) with her husband, Jed Rubenfeld. Which cultural groups are superior? [New York Post]

* With all the focus on law schools, medical schools are quietly dropping the last year of schooling. If they can cut out a year of learning how to keep people alive, we can drop a year of learning Jane Austen and the Law. [The Atlantic] * MoFo lost a T&E team to Shartsis Friese. Hmm…. Maybe Shartsis should put ego aside and let Friese have his day in the sun. [Am Law Daily] * Congrats to Bayan Alzahran, the first licensed female lawyer in Saudi Arabia. Soon she’ll be valiantly trying to keep people from being stoned to death with the best of them. [Al Arabiya] * Good news, recovering criminals! As we mentioned earlier today (ninth link), mug shot extortion sites are getting whipped by Google. [Not-So Private Parts / Forbes] * God needs a lawyer in federal district court? Paging Roy Cohn. [Forbes] * If you’re interested in international law, International Law Weekend is coming up. Maybe Vladimir Putin will show up and learn a thing or two. [International Law Students Association]

* Saudi Arabia may soon end beheadings because they’re running out of swordsmen. Poor Ned Stark… if he’d just held out a little longer. [Lowering the Bar] * Professor Richard Epstein held an AMA (“Ask Me Anything” if you’re behind on the modern lingo of the Interwebs) on Reddit this morning. Mercifully, “Boxers of Briefs?” wasn’t asked. [Reddit] * It may have taken awhile for Steubenville, Ohio to get its priorities straight, but Attorney General Mike DeWine is finally saying the right things, “Let me be clear. Threatening a teenage rape victim will not be tolerated. If anyone makes a threat verbally or via the Internet, we will take it seriously, we will find you, and we will arrest you.” [Jezebel] * Is the legal industry ready to seize the future? [Adam Smith, Esq.] * If you have any questions you’d like to see addressed by our crack advice team at Pls Hndle Thx, send them to [email protected]. [Above the Law] * David Bernstein posted this clever video about Passover to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody over at Volokh Conspiracy. You can watch it after the jump….

A Saudi Arabian lawyer explains the revolutionary effect of Twitter within his country.

* Now that Chicago has bared it all, isn’t it time for other law schools to fall in line? Show us the stats for the class of 2010 already. [Law School Transparency] * And this is why your mother told you not to talk to strangers. [Legal Juice] * If you’re going to send out […]

* Close, but no cigar? The ABA has updated the way that it will collect graduate employment and salary data from law schools, but the new method could still use a few tweaks. [National Law Journal] * Kilpatrick Townsend is expanding into Saudi Arabia. I don’t really have anything witty to say about this, but […]

* How lucky for us that the Senate decided to avoid a government shutdown, but the third time is not the charm when it comes to the taxpayers’ money. [New York Times] * Did DSK get a blowie in his official capacity as Managing Director of the IMF? That might be what he has to […]