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The Diatribe: Dick Cheney Edition
Friday, 13 Feb, 2009 – 18:46 | Comments
The Diatribe: Dick Cheney Edition

Welcome to the first edition of Diatribe. A space specially reserved for TLL to go absolutely ape-shit nuts. Much worse than unfiltered (which is basically PG-13 at worst), diatribe will be directed at specific individuals. …

Economic Stimu-fuck!
Friday, 13 Feb, 2009 – 18:44 | Comments
Economic Stimu-fuck!

Amid reports that the demand for legal services has flat-lined, one wonders when exactly the legal world will be shocked back to life. Work is down all across the board, from M&A’s, to even IP …

Unfiltered Volume II: What’s a Lawyer to do?
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 18:41 | Comments
Unfiltered Volume II: What’s a Lawyer to do?

If you are a lawyer, you likely keep up with the latest on the bloodbath that has engulfed the Biglaw industry.

ADA Scandal Soils Santa Clara DA’s Office (say that 3 times fast)
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 18:39 | Comments
ADA Scandal Soils Santa Clara DA’s Office (say that 3 times fast)

Now here’s an interesting one. TLL recently learned that Santa Clara County Assistand District Attorney Benjamin Field has been suspended for 4 years for abusing his power as a D.A. Among the legal violations Mr. …

Madoff Madness
Wednesday, 11 Feb, 2009 – 18:34 | Comments
Madoff Madness

Oh Bernie. I can’t hate on you. (Yes I can). You single handedly pulled off one of the world’s most ballsy crimes. You then got caught, not because it was your fault exactly,but because of …

Epic Fail!
Wednesday, 11 Feb, 2009 – 18:32 | Comments
Epic Fail!

American Journalism has failed you, the public. Unless you are independently searching for your news like you should be, major news networks are failing to bring you the stories that are relevant to your lives. …

Anteaters at the Top of the Heap?
Thursday, 5 Feb, 2009 – 18:27 | Comments
Anteaters at the Top of the Heap?

Chemerinsky. The name conjures thoughts of both fear and admiration. You have to admire a guy who can teach a barbri course off the top of his head. (Conspiracy theorists believe Erwin to be half …

The Hit List: Volume I
Tuesday, 3 Feb, 2009 – 14:40 | Comments
The Hit List: Volume I

The Hit List is a collection of TLL’s favorite stories that we’ve come across from all over the ‘net. Sometimes political, sometimes completely asinine, these stories have weeded their way through the interweb and onto …

Unfiltered Volume I: Law School
Monday, 2 Feb, 2009 – 14:40 | Comments
Unfiltered Volume I: Law School

As I sit back from my lawyerly vantage point, overlooking the yard from the spare bedroom in my Aunt and Uncle’s apartment, I can’t help but think that I have somehow been fooled.

The Legal Line: Rambles and Preambles
Sunday, 1 Feb, 2009 – 14:37 | Comments
The Legal Line: Rambles and Preambles

Welcome to The Legal Line (beta). We here at TLL are dedicated to one thing. Smacking you upside the head with a bit of knowledge, and sprinkling some food for thought on top. We are …