News Roundup 9.07.09
September 7, 2009
Sweeter and Hotter!
No, you’re not hallucinating; we’re rolling out a new site design today for your Labor Day pleasure. Your favorite columns are still here, but there will be a few more features coming down the pike to make your daily dose of Sweet Hot Justice a little sweeter, a little hotter, a little more…justicey. Drop a line to let us know what you think. Enjoy. [Sweet Hot Justice—Contact Us]
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Just when you thought the occasionally bisexual, inflatable reality-TV star Tila Tequila had hung up her pasties and settled down behind a picket-white fence somewhere in New Jersey, this happens: NFL star Todd Shawne Merriman has been arrested for choking the demi-star of MTV’s short-lived “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.” Merriman’s attorney was quoted as saying that, in allegedly assaulting girlfriend Tequila, the linebacker “essentially was doing what was appropriate under the circumstances.” This is why lawyers aren’t publicists, folks. [HuffPost]
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Nor, apparently, are they capable of counting. Especially in law school. [WSJ]
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Big Law not working out for you like you thought it should? Break out the legos. No, for real. Get them out now. [National Law Journal via Law.com]
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Pathetic, humiliating and terrifying: No, that’s not the title of your firm’s latest associate satisfaction report; it’s a preview of the 477-page “Madoff Report” that the SEC’s inspector general released on Friday detailing how the SEC missed more red flags than even Christo would know what to do with when in their investigation of Bernie Madoff over the past several years. Mortifying, yes, but hey, at least these guys aren’t in charge of regulating the country’s financial institutions because, Christ, if they were, this country would be in some serious— Oh. Right. [WSJ]
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The downside of working on Labor Day: You’re working on Labor Day. The upside of working on Labor Day: After last week, it’s a pretty safe bet that at least a few dozen associates at Kirkland, Baker Botts, Sonnenschein, Fish & Richardson, Cooley and more would be more than happy to trade places with you. [Above the Law]
