5 Tips For So-Called White Allies This Thanksgiving
Here are some exhausting steps for those who do not want to be part of the problem.
White Family Calls The Cops On Whales… In The Ocean
Here's the dumbest thing you'll see this month
Gen AI: Your Legal Research Assistant, Not Your Replacement
Here's how you can spend more time practicing law, and less time sorting, sifting, and summarizing.
Shocker: The Canadian Supreme Court Is Really, Really White
And this is a big problem, according to many observers.
Pick-Up Artist Gets Hilariously Scathing Legal Rebuke
"Julien Blanc may bully Japanese girls, but he will not bully our client."
In Defense Of The Rich White Boy Who Killed Four People And Got Away With It
Instead of blaming the kid for killing four people, can we figure out a way to blame the parents?
Morning Docket: 11.29.13
Ed. note: We’ll return to our normal publication schedule on Monday, December 2. We hope to see you at our holiday happy hour on Thursday, December 5 — for details and to RSVP (to this free event with an open bar), click here. * Even in a post-nuclear world, Republicans can still block certain judicial nominees. [New York Times] * A prominent Toronto lawyer has gone missing — and so, allegedly, has $3 million in client trust funds. [Toronto Star] * Dewey see legal fees in the future for Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders? Well, a $37 million lawsuit won’t dismiss itself. [Law360 (sub. req.)] * Congratulations to Matthew Layton, the new managing partner of Clifford Chance. [The Lawyer] * And congratulations to Ralph Pellecchio and Jim Wernz, who were married by none other than Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who even helped them write their vows. [Talking Points Memo] * Sure, let’s have the whole “is now a good time to go to law school?” debate again. [WSJ Law Blog] * Especially if you’re a minority, since white people are losing interest in law school. [Am Law Daily] * Congress can’t even get its act together about real guns, so perhaps it’s no surprise that limits on fake guns are set to expire soon. [New York Times] * Harry Potter was convicted of obstruction of justice. Just because you’re a wizard doesn’t mean you’re above the law. [Daily Utah Chronicle]
The Fifth-Year Dilemma: Do I Stay Or Do I Go (In-House)?
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
Lawsuit Claims Target’s Sensitivity Training Is Just As Racist As Target’s Regular Behavior
When is sensitivity training so remedial that it becomes racist in itself?
Paula Deen’s New Argument Seems To Be That White People Are Immune To Racism
Don't look now, but Paula Deen is asking a fundamental question about the legal definition of racism...
Federal Investigators Pay Visit to Rich ‘Honkey’ Lawyer
Remember David Shulick, the Philadelphia lawyer who filed the famous "honkey" lawsuit against two airlines? Well, he's back in the news.
White Male Judges Are Being Discriminated Against (On Television)
It feels like I receive at least one email a week from a pissed-off white male. I feel like everywhere I look there is some white person whining, complaining, playing the “victim” card, and moaning about how difficult things are for a white person nowadays. I’m telling you, if white males have to live under […]
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
Quote of the Day: And This Is Why I ♥ White People
There is this automatic assumption in any legal environment that Asians will have a particular talent for bitter labor. There was this weird self-selection where the Asians would migrate toward the most brutal part of the labor…. White people have this instinct that is really important: to give off the impression that they’re only going […]
Election Snafu Hurts ‘Whitey’
Sometimes, typos matter — a lot. We’ve seen typos get law firms into all kinds of trouble. And now a typo might ruin the already slim gubernatorial chances of a Green Party candidate. Running on the Green Party line, Rich Whitney wasn’t likely to become the next Governor of Illinois anyway. But an error at […]
Judge Rejects Plea Deal as Something ‘That Only Goes to White Boys’
If you spend any time around criminal defense lawyers, progressive lawyers, or people in a black barber shop, you’ll hear the claim that African-American criminal defendants receive harsher sentences than their white counterparts. People have done studies about this, people have written reports about this, people have held conferences about this institutional expression of discrimination. […]
Non-Sequiturs: 07.09.10
* I’ll bite: I think a tanning tax is racist. It’s textbook disparate impact. African-Americans have been through enough; we shouldn’t be forced to look at pasty-faced white people all winter. [Concurring Opinions] * DWI fines are so expensive drunk drivers can’t pay them, so a Texas state senator suggests repealing the law. The things […]
White Guy Gets a Promotion — And Suddenly It’s News
Here’s a headline from the ABA Journal this morning: African-American Law Firm Elects Unusual CEO Unusual, you say? Well, when you click on that link, aren’t you expecting something really outside the box? Maybe they picked a CEO with no private sector experience? Maybe they picked a CEO who used to be in the CIA? […]