Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom:
The unemployment rate is the highest it’s been in almost 15 years. So party tonight like it’s 1994! [Detroit Free Press]
Skadden partner + Half of a pre-Prop 8 same-sex marriage + Romance novelist = One hell of a super-relevant interview subject (for Bitter Lawyer, at least.) [WSJ Law Blog]
Get to know the motley crew of wild-and-crazy lawyers on the Obama-Biden transition team—including their interests, turn-ons, “porn star names” (Barack = Harry Rugmuncher!), and what they consider to be their best physical feature. [Law.com]
Is the only difference between “Partner” and “Associate” a higher billable rate? Why don’t you ask a Partner that yourself. [Examiner.com]
Sucks when your attempt to generate some buzz ends up a total buzz kill. “The firm [UK’s CMS Cameron McKenna] has had to recall hundreds of the branded travel adapters it had produced for the law fair season after a Cambridge University student was ‘shocked’ by the product.” [The Lawyer]
