Above the Law Story of the Week – Did Lamar Odom Cheat On Khloe Kardashian With A Lawyer?

Here at Above the Law, we sometimes write about the Kardashians, a family made famous because a celebrity lawyer’s daughter couldn’t keep her legs closed on camera. From their 72-day marriages to their legal wranglings with Jonathan Lee Riches to their deep thoughts on controversial trial verdicts, these tabloid queens have given us a fair […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Summer Drama At Cleary Gottlieb

It’s official: Cleary Gottlieb is no longer boring. The elite and esteemed firm is now exciting as well. In the past few months, Cleary has generated enough drama to fuel a law firm soap opera — think “All My Associates” or “The Biglaw and the Beautiful” (on second thought, save the latter title for Davis […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Muslim Woman Harassed Over Religious Headwear While Taking Bar Exam

From earthquakes to power outages to going into labor, we’ve written about almost every kind of bar exam horror story that exists on this earth. But we’ve never seen or heard of one that has been motivated by alleged religious bias — until today. Everyone knows that things like hats, hoods, scarves, and visors are […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Lawyer Begs For Job Via Mass Email, Includes Picture of His Toned Arms — Because Why Not?

The job scene for recent law school graduates is still pretty rough. A little more than half of the class of 2012 managed to secure full-time, long-term positions as lawyers within nine months of graduation, and now that a year has passed, many of them are still struggling to find employment. They’re doing anything and […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – How To Fail The Bar Exam With Style

The July 2013 bar exam is exactly two weeks from today. Some of you have been studying your asses off since graduation, and some of you just started studying. In either case, no matter what you do, some of you will fail — perhaps miserably (been there, done that), or perhaps by just a point […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Lawyer: Apple Should Protect Me From My Porn Addiction

Earlier this week, I wrote about a lawyer in Florida suing Apple for millions because he couldn’t be bothered to figure out how iTunes works. Little did I know that this wasn’t the craziest law suit brought by a lawyer against Apple. A tipster pointed us to a 50-page complaint filed in federal court last […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Nationwide Layoff Watch: Layoffs? What Layoffs?

In the dark days of 2009, we had frequent occasion to discuss the difference between “layoffs” and “performance-based dismissals.” Layoffs are generally understood as economically motivated, large-scale reductions in headcount, while performance-based dismissals involve specific individuals being asked to leave for cause. (Some see this as the difference being getting laid-off versus getting fired, although […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Nationwide Layoff Watch: Major Cuts Come To Weil Gotshal

Since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher, the major affirmative action case, turned out to be something of a dud, the big legal story of the day is the news out of Weil Gotshal. The firm is conducting large layoffs of both attorneys and staff, as well as reducing partner pay. Thus far, many of […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Horrifying Video Of Alleged Sexual Assault While Family Court Judge Literally Looks The Other Way

A disturbing video is making its way around social media today. It’s a six-minute family court video from August 2011 of a woman who complains that a marshal sexually assaulted her in a back room. The woman becomes increasingly agitated as the marshal, who is in the courtroom, then arrests her for “making false allegations […]

AbovetheLaw Story of the Week – Top Law Firm Fires Summer Associate After Learning Of His Criminal Past

Employers in Finland are legally prohibited from running web searches on job applicants. This anti-Googling rule seeks to protect privacy. We don’t take that approach here in the United States. Although running internet searches on job applicants can raise legal issues, the practice is generally permissible. So it’s important for current and aspiring employees to […]