Quick Shucks – 9/2/10

by law shucks on September 2, 2010

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denhollanderRoy Den Hollander (pictured) is being written about all over the place lately because he just lost an appeal at the 2nd Circuit, where he was trying to get “Ladies Nights” promotions banned.

See, e.g., WSJ Law Blog, the Daily News, the Post (“Party on, gals“), Gothamist, etc.

Of those, only the Journal mentions the most-important part (to us):

The suit was brought by former Cravath lawyer Den Hollander (pictured), about whom we blogged some two years ago after he sued Columbia University for offering women’s studies courses.

Yes, the man trying to pee in the dating pool used to tread the hallowed halls of Cravath – albeit in the pre-Worldwide Plaza days (Cravath moved over to the West Side building affectionately known as the Death Star in 1989).

His details after the jump.
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Quick Shucks – 9/1/10

by law shucks September 1, 2010 News

Big Banks, The Whipping Boys of the Financial Crisis, Go After MBIA – Law Blog – WSJ – The real metaphor Serena Ng wanted to use was “shit rolls down hill,” but the WSJ is too classy (even the blogs) for that kind of headline. Twitter Makes Another Run For “Tweet”, “Twitter” Trademarks – With [...]

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We’re Signing up for Digg

by law shucks September 1, 2010 Administration

And we have to do this… 191fd05ac4bc4ad5a4bc701f360dad07 So you can follow us there or, better yet, digg our stories. The third-best way to show your support for Law Shucks is by recommending our content to your friends by word of mouth or through the various social media platforms we support (we’re still sorting out Facebook [...]

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Mid-Level Satisfaction Results

by law shucks September 1, 2010 Business of Law

It’s that time of year.  American Lawyer has published the results of its mid-level lawyers’ satisfaction survey.As usual, BigLaw doesn’t fare particularly well. Nutter McClennen is #1 again.  Gibson Dunn carries the flag for BigLaw, coming in at a respectable #3 (up from #4 last year). Paul Hastings made huge strides, jumping from #66 to [...]

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BigLaw Refugees/Bloggers Bicker About Diversity

by law shucks August 31, 2010 Lawyers

Are women being shut out in the technology sector?  Two bloggers who started in one of the historically biggest old boys clubs, BigLaw, disagree. White & Case and Torys alum, and currently founding editor at Mediaite, Rachel Sklar fired the first shot in the WSJ VC blog: “Part of changing the ratio is just changing [...]

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Quick Shucks – 8/31/10

by law shucks August 31, 2010 News

LucasFilm sues firm over ‘Jedi Mind’ trademark | The Digital Home – CNET News – No BigLaw angle, but we’re huge Star Wars geek. Some guy named David M. Given of Phillips & Erlewine & Given LLP got the plum assignment. Pen pal gets inmate freed, with help from lawyer son  | ajc.com – We’re [...]

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Dodgers Divorce Has Nasty BigLaw Curve

by law shucks August 31, 2010 Suits

Few BigLaw firms handle divorces.  Occasionally they’ll do it for a big T&E client (or the sister of an associate), but even in the race to “one-stop shopping” by covering every practice area, family law is the red-headed stepchild. Aside from the interpersonal mess and conflicts, there’s just not that much money in it – [...]

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Microsoft Founder’s Gift to BigLaw

by law shucks August 30, 2010 Suits

Microsoft founder Paul Allen has gone and handed BigLaw a big, fat gift.  His patent-holding company (it used to actually do research) has sued 11 of the world’s biggest internet companies. This is going to be like SOX (or Dodd-Frank) for patent geeks – full employment for all. The list of defendants is filled with [...]

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Quick Shucks – 8/27/10

by law shucks August 27, 2010 News

When Attorneys General Attack – …turn to former Indiana AG Jeff Modisett, currently of Bryan Cave. HP Announces Revised Proposal to Acquire 3PAR for $30 per Share in Cash | Business Wire – 3PAR must be feeling the love right now. Dell offered a huge premium, HP topped, Dell matched, HP tops again, bringing the [...]

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