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How Not To Be a New Big Law Firm Associate in a Bad Economy

May 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

This E-mail thread is too damn funny not to share.  The short version is that the law firm in question had just won a years-old case defending the Washington Redskins against a claim of “disparagement.”  A partner sent out an E-mail applauding the firm’s win, and a junior junior junior associate decided to offer a […]

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Tags: Lawyers and the Law · Silliness

California’s Warning to Republicans (And the Country as a Whole)

May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Six years ago, the Democratic governor had overspent and over-borrowed and overextended entitlements in his State, and predictably, had broken the back of its finances.  In the resulting circus of a recall election (which I admit being very excited about) complete with porn stars and midgets, only one serious candidate emerged who proposed conservative solutions […]

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Tags: Economy · Republicans