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Morning Docket: 05.01.12
* Dewey really need to keep coming up with punny headlines about D&L’s painful probe? Pass the lube, ’cause you better believe we dew! Steven Davis, the firm’s former chairman, has hired Barry...
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Attention Fashionistas: The Power Suit Is So Last Season
Not frilly and girly enough! It’s not often that one associates high fashion with female lawyers. And if such an association is to be made, it usually comes in the form of an Elle Woods / Legally...
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Morning Docket: 05.18.12
* Rob me once, shame on you; rob me twice, shame on me? Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed for a second time, but this time as the victim of a burglary on May 4. [Thomson Reuters News...
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Summer Associates: Please Don’t Dress Like Fashion Victims
As a new summer associate, you must have heard many a horror story about your predecessors, including tales of fashion disasters. For example, do you remember the boozy Milbank SA who supposedly showed...
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Cooley Law Grad or Troll… Is There Even a Difference?(C/O ’93 Grad Claims...
Yesterday, we brought you a story about Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s lack of interest in reducing its class sizes based on a “perceived benefit to society.” If you haven’t been paying attention, that...
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Poker Player With Full House of Designer Shoes Gets Sued By Ex-Husband Over...
Beth Shak For some women, designer shoes are like works of fine art. With soles that can warm any fashionista’s soul, designer shoes are things to be cherished, nay, worshipped. And if you’re wise, you...
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Morning Docket: 08.20.12
* What happens if a Supreme Court clerk violates the Code of Conduct and leaks information to the press at the behest of a justice? At worst, he’d probably be forced to wash dirty socks from the SCOTUS...
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Christian Louboutin No Longer Seeing Red After This Second Circuit Trademark...
After more than a year of litigation, fellow fashionistas can finally rejoice, because thanks to the Second Circuit, French fashion house Christian Louboutin is officially entitled to trademark...
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Morning Docket: 10.17.12
* Oh, by the way Dewey & LeBoeuf partners, the little contribution plan you signed that received court approval last week might not protect you from your former landlord’s claims for back rent....
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Should Natural Law Inform Constitutional Law?
If you’re trapped in the office on this Friday after Thanksgiving — or, just as bad, stuck at a distant relative’s house with nothing to do — Professor Hadley Arkes of Amherst College and Chief Judge...
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Fashion Law & Order: Hand Over the Cash, or Risk Kidnapping Over Peep-Toes
If you’re not familiar with Wendy Williams, we’ll tell you a thing or two about her: this “shock jockette” claims to be the “Queen of All Media,” she has her own syndicated talk show, she’s been known...
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Quote of the Day: But What About Peep-Toes?!
It seems like Chief Justice Roberts forgot to mention the most fabulous shoe of all in his analysis here. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Already...
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Morning Docket: 05.28.13
* Let’s get ready to rumble! Some of the Supreme Court’s most controversial opinions yet are expected to be rolled out in the coming weeks — and maybe even today. Stay tuned for news. [CNN] * Let’s see...
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Murder In High-Heels Provides Hooker Shooting Counterpoint
Days after a man is acquitted for killing a hooker, a woman uses the tools of that trade to kill a guy. Obviously it’s all Texas. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
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Spring (Fall) Cleaning For Law Firms
Get yourself prepared for the last half of the year, starting now, with Brian Tannebaum’s help. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Advice, Brian...
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Morning Docket: 09.03.13
* We bet you never thought you’d be spending Labor Day weekend debating with your relatives the legality of a U.S. military strike on Syria and the intricacies of international law. Gee, thanks...
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Lawyer Fined $1,000 For His Shoes
Despite what this lawyer heard, it’s not casual Tuesday at the courthouse. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Art, Art Law, Catalin Dancu, Fashion,...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 10.16.13
* Stop bullying the judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. They don’t cave to just any government data request — they make changes to about 25 percent of them. But uh… they don’t like...
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View ArticleLaw School Sends Memo About Inappropriate Student Cleavage, Hooker Heels
How many times do women in the law need to be told not to dress like streetwalkers? Enough already…
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