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master of your domain
July 16, 2010
Not So Fast, Keith Olbermann He may have more difficulty getting his domain name than he realizes.
By Dan Amira
crossing over
July 6, 2010
Justice Department Could Sue Arizona As Early As Today Arizona shouldn’t be trying to do the federal government’s job.
By Dan Amira
Gene Simmons and His Codpiece Defense When in costume, “grinding” is basically impossible.
By Adam K. Raymond
the opposite sexts
May 4, 2010
Wall Street Sexting Case Prompts Lawyer to Ponder the Eternal Question “What man out there ever thinks sending text messages like that is going to generate a response from a woman of, ‘Oh, where have you been all my life?’”
By Jessica Pressler
barely legal
Apr. 27, 2010
By Chris Rovzar
steven seagal
Apr. 14, 2010
Filming of Steven Seagal Lawman Suspended Louisiana sheriff halts production on reality series.
By Josh Duboff
jurisprudence
Apr. 12, 2010
Steven Seagal Sued for Sexual Assault We’re not sure how this will affect Seagal’s reputation as a ‘Lawman,’ but it can’t be good.
By Adam K. Raymond
Robert Morgenthau Doesn’t Want to Overstate How Utterly Cataclysmic That Would Be The entire court system would shut down if we held a terrorism trial in the city.
By Dan Amira
state of disunion
Jan. 28, 2010
By Dan Amira
the post-racial world
Jan. 14, 2010
New York Has Its Own Ricci Case, Except More Discriminatory A judge rules that the FDNY intentionally discriminated against minority applicants.
By Dan Amira
machinations
Nov. 23, 2009
Alberto Gonzales Won’t Be Charged Over Eavesdropping Testimony The most serious allegations against W.’s attorney general have been dropped.
By Murray Waas
ballsy crimes
Nov. 9, 2009
Former SEC Lawyer, Accomplice to Dreier, Pleads Guilty to Impersonating Canadians Robert Miller faces up to twenty years in prison after helping Marc Dreier sell bogus securities by impersonating foreigners on phone calls to hedge funds.
By Zeke Turner
Killer Fish In Lake Michigan; Canning’s Day In The Sun Plus: Hooters adds a bowling alley; are Froot Loops a healthy choice?
By Helen Rosner
oh albany!
Sept. 22, 2009
David Paterson Can Appoint a Lieutenant Governor After All! Something good finally happened to Governor Paterson! It probably won’t change much, though.
By Dan Amira
the long arm of the law
Sept. 14, 2009
Judge Smacks Down Bank of America’s Settlement With the SEC, Wilde-Style The judge quoted Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan” in the end of his ruling.
By Jessica Pressler
the long arm of the law
Sept. 9, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
whither josh hartnett?
Aug. 31, 2009
Brooklyn Judge’s Influences Include Obscure Bruce Willis Movies Former high-school teacher Arthur Schack tells banks where to stick it while showing his cinema savvy.
By Jessica Pressler
Bob Morgenthau Skips Vacation, But Is It to Aid Cyrus Vance Jr.? Prosecutors think Morgenthau is rushing headline-grabbing cases, which might aid Cyrus Vance Jr. in his bid for D.A.
By Geoffrey Gray
early and often
Aug. 5, 2009
By Geoffrey Gray
crimes of passion
July 24, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
great divorces
July 16, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
Bernie Madoff’s Lawyers Would Like Him to Celebrate His Last Birthday Out of Prison They’ve calculated how long it will be before he dies and are proposing a sentence just shy of that.
By Jessica Pressler
today in astor-ia
May 22, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
ballsy crime
May 12, 2009
Marc Dreier Has Joined the Group ‘Most Egregious Frauds in History’ The New York lawyer pleads guilty to a $700 million fraud, and gains admittance to the last elite club that will have him.
By Jessica Pressler
winners who are still losers
Apr. 3, 2009
‘Little Eichmann’ Professor Wins His Case Ward Churchill was fired after comparing 9/11 victims to Nazis.
By Dan Amira
the industry
Mar. 13, 2009
Mischa Barton Is Slipping Plus: ‘Jurassic’ Park with aliens.
By Amos Barshad
the greatest depression
Feb. 13, 2009
For Hundreds of Lawyers, It’s Going to Be a Long Weekend They’ll have President’s Day off … and then every day thereafter.
By Jessica Pressler
ballsy crime
Feb. 5, 2009
Judge Approves Triplex Arrest for Marc Dreier The lawyer’s move back home comes with a lot of restrictions — but you can still call him!
By Jessica Pressler
the most important people in the world
Jan. 30, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
ballsy crimes
Jan. 21, 2009
Marc Dreier Breaks Parenting As Well As Federal Laws The lawyer accused of running a fake hedge fund bribed his son with a $12 million treat.
By Jessica Pressler
company town
Dec. 24, 2008
Thacher, Proffitt & Wood Closing Doors After 160 years, the subprime-mortgage crisis wipes out one of the city’s oldest firms.
By Chris Rovzar
the greatest depression
Dec. 9, 2008
Marc Dreier’s Amazing Hoax A Park Avenue lawyer is accused of swindling hedge funds out of millions.
By Jessica Pressler
instant politics
Oct. 30, 2008
Matt Bai and Patricia J. Williams Argue Over Religion in Government and Homeowners’ Role in the Financial Crisis ’New York Times Magazine’ writer Matt Bai and ‘The Nation’ columnist Patricia J. Williams argue over what an Obama presidency might mean for the judiciary and abortion, the current role of religion in government, and whether homeowners aren’t partly to blame for the financial crisis.
instant politics
Oct. 21, 2008
Dahlia Lithwick and Ayelet Waldman on Michelle Bachmann and Why They’re So Worried About Voter Suppression Today, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and author Ayelet Waldman discuss Michelle Bachmann’s anti-Obama blunder, the discouraging fight against incipient voter suppression, and George W. Bush’s one enduring, “raging success.”
opportunities
Sept. 26, 2008
Bedbug Law Emerges As Hot New Field in Vermin-Infested New York In the criminal justice system, bloodsucking is considered especially heinous.
By Jessica Pressler
Susan Molinari to Join Bracewell & Giuliani The former Staten Island representative will be helping Rudy’s firm on government affairs.
By Chris Rovzar
Fire Up Your Silk Screen: Mickey Mouse Might Be in the Public Domain Disney, of course, doesn’t think this is nearly as hilarious as we do.
By Dan Kois
company town
July 10, 2008
Horizon Strategy’s John Devaney Says He Is ‘Bleeding, Personally’ After Loss of Hedge Fund Clearly, he doesn’t know Daily Intel’s golden rule. That and more, in our daily roundup of need-to-know news from the fields of finance, media, law, and real estate.
in other news
June 9, 2008
Spin-Class Shouter Will Not Be Silenced Stuart Sugarman continues his fight against “spin rage.”
in other news
June 9, 2008
Did Paris Hilton’s PR Firm Give Lawyer the Tabloid Treatment? Fired intellectual-property lawyer Jeremy Pitcock claims his ex-employer’s flashy PR firm made a little “inappropriate behavior” charge sound like he was caught driving a hooker around backward in a car seat, or something.
white men with money
June 2, 2008
Melvyn Weiss Heads to Club Fed Which is maybe not as plush as we thought!
company town
May 12, 2008
‘Playboy’ Profits: Going Down? Plus, ‘02138’ graduates to a new publisher, Bush goes online, and Skadden makes big bucks — all in our daily industry roundup.
Murdoch Won’t Go Any Higher on ‘Newsday’ Bid Also, Microsoft gives up on Yahoo, Berkshire Hathaway’s profits tank briefly, and Buzz Bissinger apologizes to Will Leitch, all in our daily industry roundup.
in other news
May 2, 2008
Bloomberg, Baby, You’ve Got a Real Problem on Your Hands A slew of other women join the class-action suit against Bloomberg LP for discrimination of female employees.
Jerry Springer Not Good Enough for Whiny Law Students Apparently the talk-show host is not classy enough to address the future document reviewers of our nation’s enormous law firms.
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