Over at Above the Law, Elie Mystal writes that recent events suggest we are seeing a new bifurcation of the attorney career path: traditional partnership-track associates and a new species of what he calls “barely legal” career paths. This week, law firm WilmerHale announced that it is seeking 20 lawyers with the title of “discovery [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: In his closing argument, opposing counsel just referred to my medical malpractice expert witness as a "$400,000 lounge singer." Outrageous! Can I get a new trial? Answer: Nope! (The Legal Intelligencer, No New Trial Despite Lawyer’s Closing Argument [...]

Nathan Thornburgh, a DadWagon reporter who also writes about Russia for Time magazine, last week pulled back the curtains to reveal the woman behind "Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina," a video-gone-viral that initially was widely regarded as a hoax and that was later pulled from YouTube, which deemed it too disturbing even for its seasoned, [...]

In the country of Oman, the Mohammed Ibrahim law firm has, since 2006, represented clients in a wide range of fields. The firm’s website notes that it helps clients with international laws and has "tried to overcome language barrier in the present day commercial world which is gearing towards Globalization." One language barrier that the [...]

District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos of Cameron County, Texas wants to be able to search potential jurors’ Facebook profiles as part of the jury selection process, Gizmodo notes. Currently, jurors must provide names and basic information about employers, religion and children. Attorneys have the ability to run a quick Google Search on potential jurors via [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: OMG, my husband just got shot by a fox hunter! He has an injured leg. Do we have any claims available to us here? Wait. What’s that honey? OK, sorry, correction: he just got shot by an actual [...]

When Broward Circuit Judge Cheryl Aleman of the Family Court Bench passed away suddenly last month due to an aggressive form of lung cancer at the age of 52, attention quickly turned to her workplace, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.’s Broward County Courthouse, home of the Broward County 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Concerned that repeated flooding [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court justices will hear their first oral arguments of 2011 today, returning to the bench on a somber morning with a rare intrusion of the outside world into the marble palace. SCOTUSblog and the BLT reported Sunday evening that the Court will begin its session 10 minutes before the usual 10:00 a.m. [...]

I’ve written here before about San Francisco’s stupid ban on Happy Meals, but I mean, I’m just one blogger. How much can I really do? Now if I worked for the The Daily Show, and had a camera crew, and had actual talent like Aasif Mandvi, then things would be different. Then I could make [...]

From THR, Esq. comes word that Courtney Love has tweeted her way into a lawsuit. Starting in March 2009, the rocker allegedly began a series of tirades on Twitter against fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, who was demanding payment for a couple thousand dollars’ worth of clothes she said Love owed her. THR, Esq. notes that: [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I just returned home to find, to my surprise, two women and a man having sex in my carport. Specifically, a "half-naked man was having sex with one of the women, while the other female was ‘naked and [...]