Working From Home

Which firm will be the next to keep employees out of the office until the new year?

See. This is why we listen to science.

No matter how bad you look in your Zoom call, at least you have clothes on.

Maybe this will inspire a Biglaw trend!

With technology as it is, we are no longer tied to our desks. Here are some tips and tricks for the logistics of working from home.

Enjoy working in your pajamas!

This isn't just a nice perk for associates; it's beneficial to their firms as well.

This isn't just a nice perk for associates; it's beneficial to the firm as well.

If you set it up right, you can work just as efficiently, if not more so, than at the office.

This firm is showing real dedication to the concept of work/life balance.

* Even at a conference, Judge Easterbrook can be intimidating. [Business Law Prof Blog]

* Boeing filed a patent to make air travel slight less hellish. Good luck with that. [Travel and Leisure]

* Judge plans to stick Ammon Bundy’s merry band of militia men playing terrorist out in the woods with the bill for their security… to the tune of $70,000 a day. [Raw Story]

* Josh Duggar is such a loser he is even losing discovery battles like a pro. [Radar]

* Lawyer Eric Macleish played a role in the legal battles over child abuse by Catholic priests in Boston (as recounted in the movie Spotlight). Whether he was a villain or victim in the saga is still up for debate. [Guile is Good]

* Is it possibly true that you can really discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy? [My Bank Tracker]

* If you’re goofing off by pretending to work from home, don’t give yourself away. [Daily Lawyer Tips]

* Lawyer grabbing drinks in hotel bar accused of being a prostitute by security guards. In fairness, she probably said, “I bill out at $600/hour!” a little too loudly. [The Root] * In finance, interns are only there for sex. Probably not how the law will see it. [Dealbreaker] * Judge Kozinski found his way into another Atlas Shrugged movie. The true accomplishment of the mega-industrialists is funding two sequels of the first putridly reviewed movie. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * Are you sick and tired of reading about the 10 books that your Facebook friends think will most impress you most influenced them? Here’s a much better question: the 10 Rock Songs that most influenced you… [What About Clients?] * New Jersey has a new alimony law. So before you leave your wife for your goomah, check it out capische. [Larry the New Jersey Lawyer's Cogitations] * Meant to write this up as a full post yesterday, but time got away from us. In any event, Geuaxjudge is Geauxone. Judge Michael Maggio, best known for launching racist and sexist comments about Charlize Theron’s adoption, has been fired by order of the Arkansas Supreme Court. [CNN] * Following up on this afternoon's piece about lawyering from home, maybe one overlooked factor is meeting your clients, at least once, in an office. [Law and More] * This Friday, the CBLA and the Fordham IP Institute are hosting a visiting high-level legal delegation from China, including multiple judges from the Supreme Court of the PRC, multiple members of the Ministry of Commerce. If you’re interested, RSVP. [Chinese Business Lawyers Association]

Imagine the convenience of strolling down the hall to begin the workday, dressed in your finest "whatever was laying around," and taking a break to read Above the Law without anyone being the wiser. Living the dream.

How can you tell if you need to be working on Black Friday?

Working from a brick-and-mortar office is not only unnecessary, but ignores the realities of the modern, global marketplace.

Assuming that “working from home” means that you still are working, should a firm care when or whether an attorney comes into the office, provided nothing time-sensitive needs to be accomplished that day?