Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: Ohhhh, so it’s porn that Duchovny’s addicted to, not sex. Whew. For a while there, we were starting to think he was some kind of pervert. [HuffPost] What does a Harvard Law grad have in common with that guy you dated in college—you know, the one in that band, [...]
Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: Should junior associates pay law firms for “training”? The Legal Blog Watch is reporting that this guy seems to think so. As he argues, “If associates get all the benefits of training at my law firm in the first three years, and can’t really add much value anyway, why [...]
Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: Germans can’t get enough of Tom Cruise—just ask the 12 movie extras suing him and his production company after allegedly getting banged up when the side of a period German army truck burst open during the filming of “Valkyrie” last year. [Reuters] Thanks to BigLaw, it looks like Facebook [...]
This just in. According to Portfolio.com, summer associates are actually being judged at the various cocktail parties, swanky dinners and goofy “out of the box” events they attend. Or, as the writer of the piece says, “Call it young lawyers gone wild—but the fun is serious business.” Is it that serious, or is everyone just looking for [...]
Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: Ever wonder what Harry Potter would be like if it was made into a porn flick? But without the porn? And set in India? Just ask Time Warner, who’s suing a Mumbai-based producer for copyright infringement involving the title of the upcoming “Hari Puttar—A Comedy of Terrors.” [WSJ Law [...]
What Bitter Lawyers have learned this week (August 18-22): Got issues with your iPhone? Use it to call someone who cares Good news is you might get a bonus this year—bad news is it’ll likely be from your barista job Finally Joe Francis can relate to how it feels to be talked into something you [...]
What Bitter Lawyers have learned this week (August 11-15): If the house is a rockin’, don’t bother knockin’–just get an injunction The curse of The Dark Knight is broken—except for that whole Heath Ledger thing “Dislikes: Jury Duty” might not be bad to add to your Facebook profile Some dogs don’t hunt, some dogs don’t [...]
What Bitter Lawyers have learned this week (August 4-8): Michigan hookers are feeling the effect of “The Secret” phenomenon We are living in times where “sweetie pie” can be more offensive than “bitch tart” The market cost for lawyers is more than a dime a dozen Mothers everywhere: “Danger lurks after midnight…on porn tour buses” [...]
What Bitter Lawyers have learned this week: You’re probably more likely to get a visit from the Prize Patrol than you are to collect from Ed McMahon. The new Los Angeles: Thanks to the gays, it’s sort of like Mayberry. Forget Kyra Sedgewick, Lou Pearlman is the real Closer. Side effects of pedophilia may include [...]
