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Dep. AG Fired for 'Live Ammo' Tweet; More Lawyers Billing $1K/Hour; Ethics Code for SCOTUS?; Howrey Exodus Continues - ABA Journal Weekly
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Legal Ethics
Indiana Deputy AG Loses Job After Live Ammo Tweet
Feb 24, 2011, 06:49 am CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/indiana_deputy_ag_loses_job_after_live_ammo_tweet?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Texas Lawyers Reject Ban on Sex with Clients
Feb 22, 2011, 11:36 am CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/texas_lawyers_reject_ban_on_sex_with_clients?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
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Attorney Fees
More Top Lawyers Break Through $1,000 Hourly Billing Barrier
Feb 23, 2011, 06:50 am CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/more_top_lawyers_break_through_1000_hourly_billing_barrier?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Constitutional Law
100 Law Profs Lobby Congress to Apply Ethics Code to US Supreme Court Justices
Feb 23, 2011, 05:13 pm CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/100_law_profs_lobby_congress_to_apply_ethics_code_to_us_supreme_court_justi?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Law Firms
17-Lawyer Howrey Group, Including New MP of Brussels Office, Heading to Shearman & Sterling
Feb 23, 2011, 01:03 pm CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/17-lawyer_howrey_group_including_mp_of_brussels_office_is_headed_to_shearma?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Legal Ethics
Fen-Phen Lawyer Should Be Disbarred, Disgorge $7.5M of His $20M Fee, Hearing Officer Suggests
Feb 22, 2011, 07:16 pm CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/fen-phen_lawyer_should_disgorge_7.5m_of_his_20m_fee_hearing_officer_recomme?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Solo Suspended, Partly for Implying His Law Firm Was Bigger
Feb 24, 2011, 06:00 am CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/solo_suspended_partly_for_implying_his_law_firm_was_bigger?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Trials & Litigation
Reports: Convicted Judge Proclaims Victory, Turns His Back on Mom Blaming Him for Her Son's Suicide
Feb 22, 2011, 05:49 pm CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/convicted_judge_proclaims_victory_turns_his_back_on_mom_blaming_him?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Government Law
To Resolve $145.88 Dispute, Sheriff Retains Law Firm, Winds Up with $5,370.67 Legal Bill
Feb 22, 2011, 01:17 pm CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/to_resolve_145.88_dispute_sheriff_retains_law_firm_winds_up_with_5370.67_le?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Constitutional Law
Obama Concludes Federal Law Banning Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage Is Unconstitutional
Feb 23, 2011, 11:44 am CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/us_concludes_federal_law_banning_same-sex_marriage_is_unconstitutional?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Real Estate & Property Law
Lawyer's Suit Against Developer Claims Condo Was Missing 109 Square Feet
Feb 22, 2011, 05:30 am CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/lawyer_claims_condo_was_missing_109_square_feet_in_suit_against_developer?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Labor & Employment
Woman Who Got Weekly Calls from Work During Her FMLA Leave Can Make Her Case in Court
Feb 23, 2011, 05:19 pm CST
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/woman_who_got_weekly_calls_from_work_during_her_fmla_leave_can_make_her_cas?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
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Question of the Week
Does Your Workplace Have a 'Macho' Culture?
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/does_your_workplace_have_a_macho_culture?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=default_email
In the March issue of the ABA Journal, we note a complaint filed against Dechert by a male associate who says the firm retaliated against him--at first withholding work, and eventually firing him--for taking time under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act after the birth of his second child to care for his children and mentally ill wife. Dechert says the claims are baseless.
The complaint states that "two of the top and most senior associates in Ayanna's group, both of whom later became partners ... regularly bragged about how little time they spent on family obligations."
Also, last week, Above the Law shared the story of anonymous woman working in BigLaw whose male co-workers torment her for being the breadwinner in her romantic relationship. From the lawyer's post on Reddit that ATL found:
"He works at the coffee shop most of the lawyers (and others) I work with go to every day. They've always teased me about dating a 'peasant' (one of them actually uses that word, non-ironically, to describe him), but it seems that since I announced our engagement they've decided to go after him directly. So now whenever they're in the coffee shop they're messing with him, calling him a loser to his face, assuring him I will come to my senses and leave him, etc."
So this week we'd like to ask: Does your workplace have a "macho" culture? Can you relate to either of these stories? If so, how have you or your colleagues coped?
We'd also be curious to know what your particular office environment is (large firm? small firm? in-house? etc.) and what city or region you're in.
Answer in the comments.
Read the answers to last week's question: Do You Recall Any Creative Hypotheticals From Law School? Did They Cross the Line?
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/question_widener_do_you_recall_any_creative_hypotheticals_from_law_school/
Featured answer:
Posted by Lawyer Kathy: "I went to law school in the mid-80s. My first-year crim law professor's final involved someone infecting another with AIDS; the clueless professor forgot (didn't pay attention) that one of our first year classmates had been diagnosed with AIDS during the first month of law school and died just before finals. He didn't get to teach first-years again during my tenure at the school, and he apologized to the class."
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