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Beyoncé's Reps Are Kind of Awesome
Is Beyoncé pregnant? "We'll perform an ultrasound and get back to you," her reps say sassily. That and the results of other probing in our daily roundup of the city's juiciest gossip.
Posted 05/21/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Jim Yates Will Not Be David Paterson's Chief Counsel
Turns out the judge isn't going to take the job!
Posted 04/23/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Morgy Says, ‘I'm Too Old to Retire!’
LAW • Robert Morgenthau called a press conference in response to a "Page Six" item about him stepping down after 33 years: "I'm too old to retire." The man is 88! [NYT] • Big-time Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins, who maintains offices in both New York and Chicago, has been indicted for fraud in the Refco case. [Above the Law] • Which court is the worst "judicial hellhole" in the country? [Law Blog/WSJ]
Posted 12/19/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Cravath's Good Ol' Boys Miss the Good Ol' Days
LAW • One old lawyer reminisces about his time at Cravath in the fifties and speculates on why big law used to be — used to be? — such a man's world: "Obviously, male bigotry played a major role. But I think something else was involved — an attempt to protect certain values that mattered greatly to the practitioners of that time. They wanted a workplace free of the messiness of male-female relations. They liked to say, 'Yes, sir,' and 'No, sir,' and be done with it. Women might bring distractions: flirtations, gossip, dating. No more male bonding." Aw…! [American Lawyer] • Everyone's talking about Robert Morgenthau stepping down after 33 years as Manhattan D.A. — except Robert Morgenthau. [NYT] • NYU Law School listserv smackdown! First e-mail: "I decided to compile a list of the easiest professors at NYU Law for those of us who: 1. Want an easy A, and 2. Don't care about the grade and just want a B without doing a thing." Second e-mail: "Does your mom still teach here? Because I heard that she's REALLY easy." Third e-mail: "If you came to NYU Law school thinking to take shortcuts to get easy As as opposed to taking classes that you would find challenging and helpful to your understanding of law practices, here's my nugget of advice: save the money and go to a state law school." Fourth e-mail: "We come to NYU to take made-up classes like 'Jesus & the Constitution,' 'Inter-Animal Contracts,' and 'International Law.' Coming to NYU for anything other than intellectual masturbation or an easy job is a waste of money." [Above the Law]
Posted 12/17/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Donna Karan Accepts Cougarhood
Fifty-five-year-old Donna Karan's boy toy is 30-year-old model J.J. Biasucci. Ethan Hawke allegedly started dating "secret" girlfriend (his former nanny!) Ryan Shawhughes before he was divorced from Uma Thurman. Steve Martin played the banjo and read funny poems at the Cutting Room. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin shared a happy dinner at BLT Fish. Eighty-eight-year-old Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau may step down from his post, which would allow Governor Spitzer to appoint Cyrus Vance Jr. Michael Kors served mini-cheeseburgers at his store opening in Soho. Madonna kicked 25 yoga students out of a studio at the Reebok Sports Club on Columbus so she could practice by herself. Howard Stern is annoyed at Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner for bringing paparazzi to his Upper West Side block.
Posted 12/12/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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You Were Right About the Personal-Injury Lawyers
LAW • David Sheeger, a Manhattan personal-injury lawyer, pleaded guilty to using a "runner" to ferry him potential cases from inside hospitals. [New York Law Journal] • A missing Connecticut lawyer admits to embezzlement in a letter to his attorney son. [Connecticut Law Tribune] • Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau is 88 and unrelenting. [Law Blog/WSJ]
Posted 08/02/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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