Northwest Legal News – Weekly Roundup
Round up of Northwest Legal news for the week: Ballmer/Griffin group’s Machiavellian plan for the Sonics to remain secret Behold the Wild Sky Wilderness Summit Law and EEOC opine on Video Resumes...
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A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr: I read this book straight through when it came out in 1995. It is a page-turner about a personal injury lawyer (and fellow Cornell grad) Jan Schlichtmann and his...
View ArticleNational Legal News Roundup
Around the blogosphere: ‘N Sync Svengali Lou Pearlman sentenced to 25 years for swindling $300M from investors and banks D.C. Circuit Court rules that U.S. currency discriminates against the blind,...
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Stories floating around the blogosphere: Seattle Trademark Lawyer reports from the INTA Blogger meetup and manages to sneak in some legal advice to a Seattle Gary Busey look-alike “Jason Gambert” tries...
View ArticleSummer Associate Lunch Suggestions: Seattle
Taking a cue from Above the Law, we have lunch suggestions for lunching on an expense account – as well as for lunching on your own dime: Expense Account Lunches Old: Metropolitan Grill or The Georgian...
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Some major stories in the blogosphere: Sonic Trial Blog scores an interview with the City of Seattle’s lawyer Paul Lawrence Slate’s Hot Document summarizes the Bill Murray/Jennifer Butler Murray...
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Throwing your computer out the window is not an option…
…trust me. I’ve been there and while there are many days where I find myself on the verge of dropping my computer off the side of the building because I can’t find that *one* file I need, my life (and...
View ArticleNorthwest Legal Roundup
The common themes in this roundup seem to be food & technology: Washington State’s Lemon Law turns 21 Via Jack Bog’s Blog, Portland police officer eats sushi and parks illegally Effective 8/1/08,...
View ArticleMore on Judge Judy
Jezebel has a scarily accurate, comic smackdown of what Judge Judy would likely say to Tricia Walsh-Smith, should the Youtube celebrity have to appear before Judge Judy.
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What Age Can Children Be Left Home Alone?
Today’s New York Times has an excellent article on a topic that frequently crops up in Avvo Answers, when are children old enough to be left home by themselves? As the NYT article explains, most states...
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Best.Lawsuit.Ever
Or so we’re informed by TMZ. Christine Torres and Charnette Hildreth claim they were celebrating friend Tammi Tary’s birthday at the Chapter Eight dance club, when they were repeatedly asked by G4...
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Immigration Basics
Hat tip to jurisnipper for drawing my attention to this amazingly accurate illustration of the length of time / odds for a foreign national to secure U.S. citizenship – courtesy of Reason Magazine. In...
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Pet Custody Battles
Hattip to California Divorce Blawg for pointing out this CNN Article, “Couple splits up – pet custody battle begins“. In a 2006 survey of 1,600 members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,...
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High Cost of Law School Loans
Today’s “Most Read” article on ABA News is “Law Dean Says Schools ‘Exploiting’ Students Who Don’t Succeed”. Richard Matasar, Dean of New York Law School, had this to say at a recent Association of...
View ArticleLegal Blog Roundup: March Madness Edition
Above the Law’s March Madness continues (they have compiled a bracket of biglaw firms least likely to lay off lawyers) Grits for Breakfast notes that Obama’s Mexico policy is so far “depressingly...
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Covington Fires Back at Former Staff Attorney Alleging Discrimination
In a rare case of a big law firm taking an aggressive stand against allegations of discrimination, Covington & Burling responded to Yolanda Young’s EEOC complaint (one of the allegations was that...
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Fairfield Greenwich Group Pitch Documents
Massachusetts is the latest to file suit against the Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG), one of the principal “feeder” funds for the now-infamous ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff (pictured). Mass regulators...
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Legal Blog Roundup: Easter Weekend Edition
Congratulations to Ann Althouse on her engagement to Lawrence Meade, one of her blog readers Brian Cuban wants you to know that liability for Sexting is Serious ent lawyer suspects the Countess(from...
View ArticleLegal Blog Roundup: Early Terminaton Clause Edition
E&J Gallo flexes its muscle against The Spanish Table, a small specialty grocery store chain – alleging trademark infringement by the grocery for selling Gallo Pasta Wilson Sonsini releases term...
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Legal Blog Roundup: R.I.P. Ronaldo Facebook Fan Page
image by Magic Root via Flickr CCL Above the Law continues its coverage of the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings and ventures outside the top 50 (oh my!) – compare to Avvo’s Law School Rankings...
View ArticleLegal Blog Roundup: Power of Attorney Not License To Steal Edition
ATL tests the waters of U.S News Fourth Tier Law Schools Legal Blog Watch looks at whether law firms can mark up (flat fee) legal research costs Florida Estate Planning Lawyer Blog explains that those...
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Brian Dinday Killed in Diving Accident
Oh, this is a tough one. On Saturday, we received an email from a fellow lawyer telling us that Brian Dinday had been killed while diving off the California coast. According to news reports, he was...
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December 15 Free Webinar: SEO Best Practices for Lawyers
SEO Best Practices for Lawyers This webinar will be held on Thursday, December 15th at 10:00 am PT and will be hosted by Nick Perone, Online Marketing Manager at Avvo. This webinar will last...
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