Much Better Than Document Review: Bingham Associate Testifies Before Congress
We like to highlight examples of Biglaw associates who get to do especially interesting or high-profile work. E.g., Lindsay Harrison, the Jenner & Block associate who argued a case — and won —...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 10.08.09
* At the Supreme Court, much ado about a cross. [Washington Post (Robert Barnes); Washington Post (Dana Milbank)] * Former Heller Ehrman partners deny that the firm was insolvent in 2007. [Am Law...
View ArticleMusical Chairs: Greg Craig Out as White House Counsel, Bob Bauer In
The rumors circulated back in August, but now it looks like it’s finally happening. From Marc Ambinder, shortly before 11 on Thursday night: Sources in government say that White House Counsel Gregory...
View ArticleMorning Docket 03.04.10
* Good news: There’s going to be lots of in-house hiring. Bad news: It’ll probably lead to Biglaw firing. [Corporate Counsel] * Sounds like this guy was thinking with his cock instead of his noggin....
View ArticleIs Paul Weiss in Bed With Terrorists?Leading law firm attacked in...
That’s the question essentially posed in a barn-burning op-ed piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, written by Debra Burlingame and Thomas Joscelyn. Burlingame is the sister of Charles Burlingame...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 04.04.11
* Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried by a military commission at Guantanamo, but John Yoo is still not satisfied. He wants to capture people and hold them indefinitely without trial proof that the...
View ArticleIs It Time To Close Guantanamo Bay?
One retired admiral thinks so, and a new book by a Wall Street Journal reporter provides supporting evidence.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 06.18.13
* Just like he said in 2008, President Barack Obama says that he’s going to close Guantanamo Bay, and this time, he means it. No, really, he appointed a Skadden partner to handle it, so we know he...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 12.02.13
* A guy sued the Washington Metro for injuries incurred by slipping in a banana peel. Security camera footage unraveled his story when it revealed he wasn’t a Looney Tunes character. [Washington Post]...
View ArticleWho Cares If Gitmo Detainees Starve to Death?
Is forced feeding a form of torture? What does President Obama think?
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