Tag: Atlanta

* A lawsuit challenging New York’s quarantine has been dismissed partly because an Arizona woman did not suffer harm by not being able to help a New York friend move. The judge obviously doesn’t know how fun assembling Ikea furniture can be… [New York Daily News]

* Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a lawsuit challenging a mask mandate instituted by the Mayor of Atlanta. [CNN]

* Claims of sexual impropriety are roiling the Texas Supreme Court. [Texas Lawyer]

* An Ohio lawyer has been granted the green light to provide financial planning services along with legal representation in certain circumstances. [Bloomberg Law]

* Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame has been served with papers related to a lawsuit about her missing former husband. Baskin took a selfie with the process server, maybe “service selfies” will trend on insta one day… [CBS News]

* Attorneys associated with the Trial Lawyers College are currently embroiled in litigation. It would be amazing if this case went to trial… [Bloomberg Law]

* An ex-lawyer from Atlanta, who hired a hitman to murder his wife, has died of natural causes in prison. [Daily Mail]

* Check out a behind-the-scenes look at a lawyer featured on the new Netflix show Trial by Media. Haven’t gotten to that episode yet. [NBC News]

* A New York City judge has denied Mary-Kate Olsen’s request for an emergency divorce, even though she may be forced out of her apartment. Guess she can always crash with Ashley. [Fox News]

* An appeals court has refused to dismiss an emoluments lawsuit against President Trump, setting up a battle at the Supreme Court. [Business Insider]

* The L.A. City Attorney is suing the maker of a radish paste that allegedly provides protection from COVID-19. Sounds kind of like the Carbolic Smoke Ball, haven’t thought about that fact pattern since law school. [Los Angeles Times]

Yeah, Biglaw bills are usually a lot more detailed than that.

This law professor is using analytics to identify patterns in legal documents and predict future outcomes.

Police believe this may have been a targeted killing.

Unfortunately, not everyone is going to get a piece of the pie.

* Parents of Boston bombing victim Martin Richard are hoping their child’s murderer avoids the distracting spectacle of the death penalty. [Boston Globe]

* Local prosecutor may have been munching down on pot brownies. [Al.com]

* At least the Middle District of Florida is willing to throw a speed bump into the Kardashians’ continuing assault on the human spirit. [South Florida Lawyers]

* Jesus, overcriminalization is stupid: Atlanta teacher cheating edition. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]

* Note that cheating among poor inner-city kids demands the criminal justice system, while cheating at Stanford is a curiosity. [TaxProf Blog]

* Meet the labor lawyer who has it in for Uber. [Fusion]

* The phrase “fart clears courtroom” is always going to be a story. [Legal Cheek]

The Big Peach left a sour taste in the mouth of which Am Law 200 firm?

Employment opportunities abound in Atlanta and the Carolinas.

This guy is a partner who wants an employee to "reduce [his] stress level" by handling every task that he feels is beneath his lofty stature.

How does law student satisfaction compare with the broader population?

One large law firm is shutting down its money-losing Atlanta office. How many people will be affected?

* The new meme sweeping the Intertubes is “Old Economy Steve.” While not strictly law-related, it is a fitting meme for trolling recent law school grads entering the market. [The Atlantic] * After talking about the Atlanta battle of the (legal) bands, we learned that San Francisco is also getting into the act. [Law Rocks] * Speculating on George Washington’s approach to drone strikes. [Washington Times] * A look at how regulatory and tax policy changes affect the value of energy companies. [Breaking Energy] * E. Gordon Gee, Columbia Law ’71 and President of THE Ohio State University got in a little trouble for saying, “You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we’re doing.” So another guy gets in trouble for being honest. Gee also said that you can’t trust Catholic priests, which segues nicely into the next item. [Yahoo! Sports] * The Catholic Church’s top exorcist claims to have performed 160,000 exorcisms. After the jump, Professor Mark Kightlinger from the University of Kentucky College of Law eviscerates this claim with “math.” “Assuming he was ordained at the age of 21, he would have had to perform 2388 exorcisms per year for the past 67 years. That is more than 6.5 exorcisms per day every day (not taking into account the occasional leap year with an extra day). Perhaps he is just a really fast exorcist. Or perhaps he does mass exorcisms. I don’t have a view about how many demons might be out there but I am skeptical about whether one guy could cast out so many. Perhaps he needs to go back to the books and read about pride.” – Mark Kightlinger

* America, you won’t have Michele Bachmann to kick around anymore! The political equivalent of comic relief announced that she will not seek another term. [CNN] * Eric Holder testified that he would support reform of the ECPA. Apparently this newfound love of electronic privacy doesn’t extend to the Associated Press. [IT-Lex] * Atlanta is soon to host its Battle of the (Lawyer) Bands. LawJam 2013 is set to rock Atlanta like a litigious hurricane on June 8. Last year featured bands like Mikey Mel & the JDs, so you have a sense of what you’re getting here. [Atlanta Bar Association] * The CFTC had no idea how to do its job? Say it ain’t so! [Breaking Energy] * So the sequester has an advantage! Cocaine is going to get cheaper! [Breaking Defense] * Paul Caron has acquired a 100 percent ownership share of the Law Professor Blogs Network. Congrats! [TaxProf Blog] * Woman acquitted of manslaughter responds in the best way ever. Video after the jump… [WESH via Bing]