
Standard Of Review: Handing Out Some Awards For 2016
Here are the awards (which run the gamut from serious to irreverent).
Here are the awards (which run the gamut from serious to irreverent).
'In lawyer land, a half truth is a truth.'
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
O.J. Simpson knew who was right...
While The People v. O.J. Simpson is not the best show on television, it is one of the most entertaining.
A lot of good could have come from the O.J. Simpson verdict. Too bad nothing did.
Johnnie Cochran says it best, the Fuhrman tapes simply proved what black people already knew to be true.
Position your firm for long-term growth with better financial visibility and control. Learn how to track performance, manage spending, and plan strategically—download the full e-book now.
We get exactly the kind of idiot jury system we deserve.
The police think they've recovered a knife that is connected to the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Culture critic Harry Graff's one criterion for the power rankings: which character makes the viewer most excited when he shows up on screen?
Episode 5 was all about tokenism.
Learn legal trust accounting best practices to ensure compliance and protect client funds. Discover expert tips to set your firm up for success.
Marcia Clark saw a “black” woman and thought: I can work with that. Cochran saw a “divorced” woman and thought: I gotcha now.
If O.J.'s lawyers were members of the Avengers...
Very early on, it became very clear just how well-made and downright entertaining this series is.
In The People V O.J., understand that O.J. was tried as a famous person, not a black person.
* Although he's only seen commercials for the show, O.J. Simpson is none too pleased with the way The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story portrayed his lawyer, Johnnie Cochran. The Juice thinks Cochran is being "unfairly depicted as ruthless and overly ambitious." [Washington Post] * A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby can move forward and include the comedian's 2005 deposition testimony, despite the fact that he only sat for that deposition because he was promised by a district attorney that he wouldn't be prosecuted. [CNN] * While Dentons may have been written off dismissively about two years ago, since then, the Biglaw firm has "grown faster than any law firm ever," and now people are starting to wonder whether the megafirm will be able to live up to all of the hype. [Legal Business] * Perhaps we need to start a Blue Ghetto series for our male readers? A former editorial director at Yahoo! has filed a wrongful termination suit against the company, with claims that he was discriminated against by his superiors because he was a man. [Fox News] * Under the guidance of his new lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, Martin Shkreli has adopted an intelligent new legal strategy: shutting his incredibly punchable mouth before it gets him into even more trouble. Let's see how long this lasts. [DealBook / New York Times]