June 2009

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom as viral and web-only as a porn-addict beer commercial: • Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and the SCOTUS gang were gellin’ on their final week—now the last day of their “wacky” term.  And the flat refusal to take on the Cablevision case shows just how shoulder-to-shoulder they are.  [Chicago [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom with a slight, recession-impacted $145K real estate profit: The legal world still spins and rust still refuses to sleep, but it doesn’t mean we all don’t stop to engage in one of the biggest swells of popular culture headlines we seen in some time—and its convergence with the law, of [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, and the secret is out—they’re offensive like Brϋno: • Larry Wilder, the Indiana lawyer who was found asleep headfirst in a neighbor’s trash can after a night of drinking, has resigned as the Jeffersonville City Council’s attorney.  He said he’s not angry with whoever leaked the photo that ended this [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom—and for the record, this is not an advertisement for marijuana:  • Things to investigate before dropping $38K on an online law degree: Will you be allowed to take the bar and actually be a lawyer after receiving it?  You get what you pay for much?  [Boston Herald] • Gerald Posner [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, fitting in perfectly with how the “average man” spends his day: • So, 2009 has obviously proved there isn’t enough room in BigLaw for everyone.  But in 2010, there literally may not be enough room.  Manhattan has some significant office leases coming up next year—20 million square feet just in [...]