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Anonymous Assistant: Campaigning

Editor — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:41:46 +0000

Mixing law politics and the media; all you need is Joanna Lumley...

Is this any way to treat legal recruiters?

Editor — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:19:17 +0000

When they help you find a job in a financial crisis, they're your best friend...

Anonymous Assistant: Positions of Responsibility

Editor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:52:36 +0000

Relocation, relocation, relocation and some politics...

Anonymous Assistant: Reality Litigation

Editor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:21:25 +0000

Most litigation settles before it ever gets to court...

US Legal Blog Above the Law Sued for $22m

Editor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:49:08 +0000

First things first, we’re glad its not us. Secondly, if someone did sue us for $22m we’d probably feel some sort of backhanded flattery. And slightly sick.

The case involves the blog’s coverage of a prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate Donald Marvin Jones, who was arrested on suspicion of, but never charged with, soliciting an undercover officer for sex. The suit by the African-American academic, nicknamed by ATL as "The Nutty Professor", claims ...

The Polyamorous Paralegal

Editor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:08:18 +0000

The age of the internet has given plenty of people the opportunity to tell the world about their lives. Whether its celebrity twitterers like Stephen Fry or anonymous lawyers, there’s something for everyone. We’ve had solicitors diarising tough days in the office and trainee barristers letting the world know what its really like to undergo the trial of a pupillage.

So how does the idea of someone sending in their after-hours exploits to the New York Magazine grab you? A ...

Headline of the Week: Defendant escapes after being mistaken for lawyer

Editor — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:31:10 +0000

Add whatever pun you think appropriate to that, but it is in fact a true story.

According to Lowering the Bar , Ronald Tackman, a 56-year-old man with a long criminal record escaped from a prisoner holding area in Manhattan Supreme Court last week. Tackman was facing trial for robbery charges when he made his escape, which he accomplished by means of the daring tactic of walking out the door. Some absent-minded individual had left a prisoner holding area unlocked.

It’s ...

Legal Tease: Deal Goggles

Editor — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:21:12 +0000

Long intense nights in small stuffy offices can lead one to realms they probably never imagined. There are those who thrive off the cabin fever experience of mega-deals and others who suffer it. The consequences depend upon a number of colluding factors. Here to explain all is the Legal Tease at Sweet Hot Justice with what she cannily describes as Deal Goggles :

I should’ve seen this one coming, I know. I’ve had enough experience by now with sexual humiliation ...

Anonymous Assistant: The Pay Off

Editor — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:03:48 +0000

Settlement negotiations, the best part of any litigation – The Pay Off from this week’s Anonymous Assistant :

Carlton has not given up his fight with Amelia. He has another trick up his sleeve.

“Even if she is interviewing with Chance Investments, I don’t have to give her a good reference, do I?” his voice is tinged with triumph.

“If it is your firm’s usual practice to give references then you must give her a fair one,” I point out.

“Then I could just ...

Anonymous Assistant: The Plot Thickens

Editor — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:02:15 +0000

Helen Bailey and friends receive news that many will find familiar and the plot thickens on her employment dispute…

As Grindman sets to work stalking Amelia, The Boss decides it’s time to give us another of his pep talks.

“Some of you may have noticed that I have not taken a summer holiday this year.”

All of us have noticed. We’ve talked of nothing else.

“I did not think it was appropriate for me to go swanning off The Med, whilst some of my ...