Bitter Lawyer

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom to distract you from riding the chutes of Wall Street: Julie Kamps got burned at Fried, Frank, and now she’s trying to roast them right back.  She filed a complaint about there not being any gay partners at the firm and for not developing its female talent.  She probably [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, so put down that SI Swimsuit Issue already: In a bad economy, even prisoners are losing their positions.  Judges rule that California has to reduce the penitentiary population by 57,000. [WSJ Law Blog] It’s Washington’s version of the golden parachute.  To avoid surviving on the pittance of government salaries [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: What happens when corporate America tries to blame one man for “Hope?” Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the Obama “Hope” posters was arrested for copyright infringement because he used an Associated Press photo as the basis for his work.  But due to “fair use,” many are calling the case [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, so stop writing your “25 Things” and pay attention: Sex it.  Charge it.  Expense it!  An ex-hedge fund manager-turned-madam of Wall Street’s most expensive escort service is pissed that she got busted, but the DA has no interest in any of her nearly 10,000 high-power clients—including a Cravath partner—who [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, so take a Tylenol already and relax: The maddening of Madoff is the order of the day as more and more is revealed about the reverberating effects (and possible prevention?) of his investing scandal… — Madoff’s vic list dropped it like it was a hot party guest list last [...]