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‘[Bleep] With Me And You Will Have A Huge [Bleep]hole,’ Warns Biglaw Partner

Elie Mystal — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:58:31 +0000

A Biglaw partner in Texas apparently warned opposing counsel not to ‘f***’ with him. I have no reason to doubt his sincerity…

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Tags: Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Bill Warren, Chad Arnette, Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, Kelly Hart, Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Legal Ethics, Litigation, Litigators, Mallory Beagles, Martin J. Sweeney, Martin Sweeney, Marty Sweeney, Rudeness, Texas

Non-Sequiturs: 05.16.12

Elie Mystal — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:36:33 +0000

* Associates should assume that making partner is like rising up in a drug organization. And really, who wouldn’t want to work at New Jack LLP? [Litigation & Trial]

* Wait, Justice Souter has a “secret” Citizens United dissent? That sounds cool. Utterly useless, but pretty cool. [Slate]

* Signs that your firm is in trouble? How about if your firm name can be made into endless puns on ATL? I Cleary have one firm in my sights. [Greedy Associates]

* I always kind of picture Matt Taibbi stomping around outside of Goldman Sachs like Achilles standing outside of Troy yelling, “Hector.” [Rolling Stone]

* Isn’t it about time for Ashley Dupré to have sex with somebody else now? [Dealbreaker]

* You got to give it up to Chris Christie, the man does have a sense of humor…. Also cool, Cory Booker. [Video]

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Tags: Ashley Dupré, Biglaw, Chris Christie, Christopher Christie, Cory Booker, David Souter, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Matt Taibbi, Non-Sequiturs

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Thanks to This Week’s Advertisers

Above the Law — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:20:18 +0000

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Predictive Coding Debate Rages On: Judge Peck Stays Discovery in Groundbreaking Case

Christopher Danzig — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:52:13 +0000

The back and forth over predictive coding continues.…

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Tags: Andrew Peck, Computer-assisted review, Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe et al., Document Review, E-Discovery, Electronic Discovery, Federal Judges, Judge Andrew J. Peck, Judge Andrew Peck, Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck, Predictive coding, Richard Flamm, S.D.N.Y., Technology, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin

L’Affaire LeBoeuf: The Latest Links and News

David Lat — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:51:59 +0000

Dewey & LeBoeuf is preparing itself for the afterlife: it’s shedding overseas offices, sending partners packing, and finding new takers for its real estate (and its pension obligations).

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Tags: 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 1301 Sixth Avenue, Alan Waldenberg, Arnold & Porter, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Charles Landgraf, Chris Clark, Christopher Clark, Christopher J. Clark, David Miller, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, DLA Piper, ERISA, Foreign Offices, Greenberg Traurig, Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak, Grimaldi Studio Legale, Italy, Jesse Furman, Joseph Lavelle, Joseph Smith, L. Charles Landgraf, Lateral Moves, Latham, Latham & Watkins, Marshall Brozost, Milan, Musical Chairs, Overseas Offices, Partner Issues, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Pension Benefits, Pensions, Poland, Retirement, Retirement Benefits, Richard D. Owens, Richard Owens, Rome, Russel Perkins, Sanford Morhouse, Schulte Roth & Zabel, Shawn McCune, WARN, WARN Act, WARN letters, WARN notices, Warsaw, Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification (WARN)

House Rules: Sometimes The Customer Isn’t Always Right

David Mowry — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:20:15 +0000

Sometimes the worst ethical violations come from your customers…

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Tags: Copyright, Copyright Infringement, David Mowry, House Rules, In-House Counsel, In-house counseling, Intellectual Property, IP, Legal Ethics, Piracy, Technology, Trademarks

Did These Columbia Law Students and Their Professor Prove That Texas Executed An Innocent Man?

Christopher Danzig — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:26:24 +0000

An exhaustive new report from Columbia Law School persuasively argues that Texas executed an innocent man. We talked with one of the student authors about how the project shaped her law school experience.

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Tags: Capital Punishment, Carlos DeLuna, Carlos Hernandez, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Columbia Law School, Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, James Liebman, Law Schools, Los Tocayos Carlos, Murder, Shawn Crowley, Texas, Violence, Wanda Lopez, Wrongful Conviction

Quote of the Day: And Steroids Are Obviously a Critical Tool of the American Baseball System

Staci Zaretsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:46:59 +0000

Coffee is essential during trials — how else are the jurors supposed to stay awake?

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Tags: Baseball, Brian McNamee, Caffeine, Coffee, Columbia Law, Columbia Law School, Daniel C. Richman, Daniel Richman, Judge Reggie B. Walton, Judge Reggie Walton, Juror, Jurors, Jury Duty, Jury Misconduct, Law Professors, Perjury, Quote of the Day, Reggie B. Walton, Reggie Walton, Roger Clemens, Sleep, Sleeping, Sports, Trials

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How Many Times Can You Tase a Pregnant Woman Before Your Case Winds Up Before the Supreme Court?

Staci Zaretsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:48 +0000

Can you use a Taser on a pregnant woman? How many times can you do it? Once? Twice? Three times?

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Tags: 9th Circuit, Cars, Daman v. Brooks, Don't tase me bro, Donald Jones, Donald M. Jones, Excessive Force, Juan M. Ornelas, Juan Ornelas, Malaika Brooks, Michael F. Williams, Michael Williams, Ninth Circuit, Police, Pregnancy / Paternity, Pregnant, SCOTUS, Seattle, Steven Daman, Steven L. Daman, Supreme Court, Taser, Tasers, Violence, Washington, Women's Issues

Top Law School Finally Commits To Getting Grades In On Time; Will Fine Late-Grading Faculty

Elie Mystal — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:49 +0000

Punishing faculty might be the only way to make them do their jobs in a timely fashion…

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Tags: Columbia Law School, David Schizer, Delayed grades, Exams, Final exams, Grade Reform, Grades, Grading, Grading Curve, Late grades, Law School Deans, Law School Exams, Law School Finals, Law Schools

Taking a Second Bar This Summer? BARBRI AMP Will Get You Ready.

Winnie Liu — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:39 +0000

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Lawyerly Lairs: Capital Homes in the Capital

David Lat — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:49 +0000

Lawyers in D.C. do well for themselves. Check out these attorneys’ million-dollar mansions….

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Tags: 22 West, Antonio Dias, Antonio F. Dias, Ardnave Place, Bethesda, Brookmont, Chevy Chase, D.C., Dalecarlia Drive, Dan Himmelfarb, Daniel Himmelfarb, Election 2012, Ezra C. Levine, Ezra Levine, Fabulosity, Howrey, Howrey LLP, Irving Kaufman, Irving R. Kaufman, Josh Bolten, Joshua B. Bolten, Joshua Bolten, Lawyerly Lairs, Mayer Brown, McDermott Will & Emery, Morrison & Foerster, Partner Issues, Peter D. Isakoff, Peter Isakoff, Peter Kreindler, Peter M. Kreindler, Politics, Real Estate, Washington D.C., Washingtonian, Weil Gotshal, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Westmoreland Hills, Wilfred Feinberg, William Douglas, William O. Douglas