Glenn Greenwald on the Complacency of Corporate Law Partners

Journalist/lawyer Glenn Greenwald, with observations on the leadership of America's corporate law firms, from his early days as a BigLaw associate:

There's a huge dichotomy between people who grow up with alienation, which, for me, was invaluable, and people who grow up so completely privileged that it breeds this complacency and lack of desire to question or challenge or do anything significant. Those are the types of people who become partners at the corporate law firms."

(via +Rolling Stone)

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, December 6, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 6, 2013:

• The Day the Rob Ford Story Stopped Being Funny
• Is the notion of "practice-ready" law grads a farce?
• Gang Members Said to Consider Blackmailing Toronto’s Mayor (NYTimes)
• Kim DotCom's Lawyer's White Paper on Bogus Charges
• Blogging Is for Lawyers, Too
• Law Firm Editorial Calendars: 6 Steps to Success
• Cruel grandmother’s testimony swiftly crosses the line at inquest into Jeffrey Baldwin’s death
• Markham backs out of arena partnership deal
• After four years without an execution, Tennessee seeks dates for 10 lethal injections
• Family Law Week: Russian court orders return of children to UK in its first application of Hague
• Rob Ford: It gets worse and we haven’t hit bottom yet (DiManno)
• Chief Justice Warren Winkler Retirement Dinner
• Tim Hortons boss accused of cheating workers out of OT
• Rob Ford scandal: Why haven't charges been laid?
• Oz Leads the Way in Open Office Concept Law Firms
• Mayor Rob Ford tells U.S. radio station cash-for-video allegation an 'outright lie’
• Doctor’s wife is charged in his shooting outside law office after mediation session
• LAWPRO: Five client types to watch out for – there be dangers in these relationships
• D.C. judge’s ‘impatient treatment of litigants’ makes her ill-suited for busy courts: Commission
• Ontario couple’s $97,500 life insurance mistake results in payout denial, court loss
• Microsoft fights back against NSA 'snooping'
• US Prosecutors Draw Fire For Sentences Called Harsh
• Mike Duffy audit: PMO interference breach of privilege, say Liberals
• Password hack nets 2 million Facebook, Twitter users - CBC.ca
• BigLaw firm opts for smaller office space in ‘realistic reset’ of real-estate spending
• U of Iowa to cut law school tuition 16 percent
• Liberal cabinet minister tells Rob Ford to ‘step aside’
• Rob Ford's lawyer slams Toronto Police - Toronto Sun
• A new breed of law firm CEO, from the land down under
• Obama: Mandela belongs to the ages
• Nominations Open for 2013 Clawbies
• Chantal Bernier appointed Canada's Interim Privacy Commissioner - Lexology
• Top ten things you need to know about Canada's anti-spam law - Lexology
• Canada’s anti-spam law: final regulations mark countdown to coming into force
• Prosecutors face tough choices in NYC derailment
• Melissa Todorovic seeks new trial in Stefanie Rengel murder - CBC.ca

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, December 5, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, December 5, 2013:

• Blogging Is for Lawyers, Too - My post today at SlawTips
• Did Rob Ford try to buy crack video?
• DealBook: E.U. Imposes $2.3 Billion in Fines Over Rate-Rigging Scandal
• Rob Ford-themed Christmas cards sent out by Toronto law firm - The Globe and Mail
• Proposed new Ontario labour law extends to foreign workers - Toronto Star
• Twerking at office Christmas party could be harassment
• CBC News - Currency fraud based in Toronto stole millions, RCMP say
• Keon Clark, former Raptors forward, sentenced to eight years in Illinois prison
• NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
• Prosecutor says judge secretly dismissed cases, seeks court OK for 10-year review
• Saskatchewan same-sex inmate couple loses case to share same housing unit
• New Employment Standards Reforms to Expand Protection for Ontario Workers
• Texas lawyer gets 20 years in judicial bribery case, is ordered to pay $12M restitution
• Rapper says death threat just a lyric

- Elysia Cherry, Legal Assistant

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, December 4, 2013:

• Michael Jackson’s mother seeks retrial for final tour promoters
• Facebook chat about ‘hit’ on judges adds to court problems for 2 Maryland defendants
• Drinking & Divorce
• An Interesting Approach to a Routine Motion
• Man's turkey taken at gunpoint
• Montreal bar apologizes for kicking out kissing lesbian couple
• Tangled Up in Thought Crime: The Persecution of Bob Dylan
• Detroit free to shed billions in debt after bankruptcy ruling
• Provide a reference, please - Canadian HR Reporter (blog)
• ArtsBeat: Bob Dylan Charged With ‘Inciting Hate’ Under French Law
• Quebec's New Code of Civil Procedure
• Quebec secular charter 'racist and immoral,' says Hampstead mayor
• Marion Barry refuses to talk about Rob Ford’s similar foibles
• DealBook: Tyco's Kozlowski Is Granted Parole
• Bay Street Articling Hiring Described as "Bloodbath" via Omar Ha-Redeye
• RCMP boss 'disappointed' by pot-smoking N.B. Mountie

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, December 3, 2013:

• Perils of the loss of privacy online: A Dark Cloud Over Our Heads?
• 'Ski buddy' sued in heli-ski death
• 7th Annual Blawg 100
• Minnesota man who flung $1,000 cash into crowd at Mall of America cited for disorderly conduct
• A Three Step Solution for Tackling the Problem of Ontario's Unpaid Internships
• Tory Stafford’s killer wants public money to fund appeal
• New Ontario website touts ‘public executions’ for deadbeat debtors
• Senate to turn over more emails to RCMP
• Three Black Students Arrested While Waiting for School Bus After Cops Order Them to 'Disperse'
• Conrad Black to interview Rob Ford on Vision TV
• Nadon's Supreme Court appointment ignores spirit of law, professors argue - The Globe and Mail
• Supreme Court ends Liberty University lawsuit over Obama health care law
• FCA nails the coffin on judicial review of CRA misbehaviour - Lexology
• SCOTUS to Review Allocating Liability for Child Pornography, in Full or Fractional Shares
• Toronto man owes $350,000 in child support to dying woman
• Retro Report: Born of Grief, ‘Three Strikes’ Laws Are Being Rethought
• 'Massive' clues about Syria war crimes
• Should lawyers have an obligation to mentor peers? LSUC Task force created to study mentorship
• Lawyer ‘surprised’ after LSUC takes control of Heydary firms
• Ethics trial starts for Nev. judge accused of trying cases while in relationship with prosecutor
• Couple gives adopted son back to children's services after raising him for 9 years
• Loonie falls to 2-year low under 94 cents
• Texas cops handcuff and take 13-year-old white girl from black guardians
• US military judge to allow defense to photograph 9/11 terror suspects' scars
• CPD deadline looms
• Tips for making more effective use of Google as a legal research tool
• Garth Drabinsky's request for full parole gets split decision
• Angry at $10K bond, woman curses out Florida judge, winds up with $20K bond

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, December 2, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, December 2, 2013:

• Nominations Open for 2013 Canadian Law Blog Awards
• Why Canada banned pot (science had nothing to do with it)
• Can a Quebec employer refuse to give a reference letter? - Lexology
• 'Deleted' PMO emails found after Privy Council Office error
• Senate scandal: New emails turn up in Duffy-Wright affair
• Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger's belongings headed for auction
• Former PMO staffers hire pricey law firms as RCMP probes Wright-Duffy deal - CTV News
• Leaked paper shows major policy split in UN on international drug war | The Raw Story
• Docs dispute transparency | Shanoff | Opinion | Toronto Sun
• Regulating Law Practices as Entities: Is the Whole Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts?
• Missing lawyer Javad Heydary’s disappearance devastates clients
• Ontario private school and storefront daycares operate in legal loophole - Toronto Star
• Liberals ask RCMP to probe Tory party's role in Duffy deal
• Bail denied for accused in alleged VIA terror plot
• Porn photo judge Lori Douglas just won’t go away: Mallick
• Rob Ford and Doug Ford plan comeback on YouTube
• Judge finds missing Toronto lawyer Javad Heydary in contempt of court - Financial Post
• B.C. probes 2 fatal attacks by dementia patients in seniors’ homes
• Doug and Rob Ford turn down Dr. Phil and Oprah Winfrey to create their own YouTube show

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, November 29, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 29, 2013:

• Sexual harassment cases in Manitoba on the rise?
• Orangeville lawyer disbarred by Law Society over misappropriations | Orangeville Citizen
• Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details
• Saudi cleric says ban on women drivers protects society from ‘evil’
• Top spy won't answer questions about G20 surveillance
• Israeli mother fined for refusing to circumcise son
• Ontario Court of Appeal Decision Raises Questions About Employment Law
• Overtime class actions — Lessons learned and applied - Canadian Employment Law Today
• Stephen Harper's self-styled bagman survives scandal: Tim Harper
• Pot-smoking Mountie has uniform seized by RCMP
• Medical marijuana-smoking Mountie provokes new pot debate
• Lori Douglas: Case of judge whose nude photos posted online needs judicial review, says lawyer
• Ashley Smith’s mother believes daughter died from homicide
• Law Society slashes penalty but upholds misconduct finding against Joe Groia | Financial Post
• Groia and LSUC: Suspension reduced for "uncivil" Toronto lawyer
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford could be denied entry to U.S.
• Ire in Canada Over Report N.S.A. Spied From Ottawa Ire in Canada Over Report N.S.A. Spied From Ottawa
• My post today @SlawTips: Inbox Zero: Unsubscribing (And the Next-Best Option)

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 28, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 28, 2013:

• Court backs firing of Muslim woman for wearing head scarf at private nursery in France
• Judge calls evidence against OJ Simpson ‘overwhelming,’ denies bid for new trial in robbery case
• Court Reform by Stealth?
• Does the City of Toronto Need to "accommodate" Rob Ford?
• Law Society Recognized as GTA Top Employer an Eighth Time - Marketwired (press release)
• Berlusconi booted from Italian parliament after tax fraud conviction
• Manitoba Judge's nude photo case in Federal Court
• N.J. appeals court upholds parole board ban on use of social media by sex offenders
• Javad Heydary, Toronto lawyer spearheading Trump lawsuit, disappears
• Teenager sues Hockey Canada over concussion
• Murder charge stayed against 95-year-old B.C. man due to his dimentia
• New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in Toronto
• Toronto lawyer Javad Heydary probed over missing client funds - The Globe and Mail
• NHL concussion lawsuit grows to over 200 players: lawyers
• Woman who orchestrated Rengel murder appeals
• Ontario passes law making carbon monoxide detectors mandatory
• Quebec judge orders children from Jewish sect be placed in foster care. Will Ontario CAS follow?
• Judge accused of signing blank child-removal orders isn’t immune from suit, federal court rules
• Remaining pages in Lisi ITO to be made public

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, November 27, 2013:

• Peel police face $125 million class-action lawsuit over alleged racial profiling
• Shopping mall Santa arrested, accused of pinching 18-year-old elf’s bottom
• Supreme Court of Canada to rule on independence of expert witnesses
• Israeli mom fined $149 a day for refusing son's circumcision
• 'This isn't Toronto,' Florida sheriff says after mayor's drug arrest
• Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act violates charter
• Intellectual property education: are Canadian law schools doing enough to support innovation?
• Chicken manure on homeless camp leads to B.C. rights complaint
• Ontario probing charges Jewish sect mistreated children
• Federal judge allows Illinois same-sex couple to marry
• American Humane Association accused of ignoring Hollywood animal abuse
• Federal judge blocks new nonsurgical abortion law - Times Union
• Complaint filed against lawyers in Wright-Duffy affair
• Edward Snowden leak: NSA monitored online porn habits of ‘radicalizers’ to discredit them
• Judge orders cool down at Sriracha hot sauce factory
• O.J. Simpson Loses Bid for New Trial

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, November 26, 2013:

• GTA Lawyers Take Note of New Motion Practice Direction (Toronto)
• Pot smokers warned: think twice before crossing U.S. border - British Columbia - CBC News
• Judge accepts peppermint oil mishap as valid defense of taking out penis during airplane flight
• Norton Rose terminates 30 lawyers and staff in Australia
• Conrad Black comes to Rob Ford's rescue: Hume
• CJC announces further probe of Quebec judge
• Rights group: Afghanistan must reject stoning law - Times Union
• Philadelphia contractor charged with murder for fatal building collapse
• More legal work moving in-house, ACC survey says
• Beware heavy-handed collection calls by fraudsters impersonating Ontario lawyers
• Federal judge: Lawyer must pay costs of producing imprisoned ex-attorney Rothstein at her trial
• Ashley Smith inquest: Family lawyer says jurors should return a homicide verdict | Toronto Star
• US Supreme Court will hear Hobby Lobby birth control case on Tuesday
• Canada’s prison population at all-time high
• Who are the NHL concussion lawsuit plaintiffs?
• Former players sue NHL over concussions - Yahoo Sports

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Monday, November 25, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, November 25, 2013:

• Oil Spill Judge 'Deeply Disappointed' in BP
• Florida lawyer who ‘incessantly’ disparaged opposing counsel gets two-year suspension
• Chinese thief writes out hundreds of telephone numbers from iPhone contacts and sends them to owner
• More law firm mergers ahead in 2013? Record is already set
• Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat
• Rob Ford: The inside story of the police investigation
• It’s Complicated: Access to Justice & Cost Shifting in Class Actions
• Celeb Custody Battle in US Raises Questions About Mobility Rights of Pregnant Women - NYTimes
• Who Created the First--Ever Law Blog?
• Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations
• Blair must explain why police didn't arrest Rob Ford
• Human rights claims in the Ontario courts – now what? - Lexology
• Ontario's top judge reflects on career as he prepares to hang up his robe
• Ontario's top judge, Warren Winkler, set to retire
• Italy court begins trial in absentia of Egyptian cleric
• No one to blame for Rob Ford but ourselves
• Geist: Lawful Access is Back: Controversial Bill Returns Under the Guise of Cyber-Bullying Law
• How the RCMP mapped the Wright-Duffy money trail - Politics - CBC News

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, November 22, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 22, 2013:

• Michael Skakel Released on Bond Pending Retrial
• Can same-gender couples have ‘intercourse’? Top Florida court likely will have to decide
• U.S. prepares to mark 50th anniversary of Kennedy assassination
• The US Senate's Filibuster's Demise Is Great News for Judicial Confirmation Hearings
• Fake Justin Bieber-Selena Gomez sex tape spammer sued by Facebook - National Post
• At OBA Family Law MBA programme

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 21, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 21, 2013:

• Pennsylvania Cops Say Handcuffed 14-Year-Old Was Tasered in the Face 'for His Safety'
• Jewish leader blasts return of Nazi art trove to hoarding recluse
• White Supremacist Convicted of Several Murders Is Put to Death in Missouri
• Wright, Duffy accused of bribery, fraud in new RCMP documents
• Rob Ford could face class-action citizens’ lawsuit
• Rupert and Wendi Murdoch Reach a Divorce Settlement
• Requests for pardons plunge after $481 fee hike
• Microsoft Wants to Sell You an Anti-Google Mug - Businessweek
• Mike Duffy Senate scandal moves closer to Stephen Harper: Walkom
• Rob Ford: Media lawyers seek more details on investigation - CBC.ca
• Ford's lawyer denies mayor's trainer is convicted steroid pusher - CTV News
• Hope for employers seeking to manage performance issues - Lexology (registration)
• Customer zapped with $3.5K charge for critique of web retailer; terms of use ban ‘disparagement’
• Judge may compete in dance-off for religious group, ethics opinion says
• The First-Ever Law Blog (Reconsidered)
• What Legal Consumers Want
• Chicago woman, arrested 396 times, apologizes as she is released from prison
• Kennedy cousin Skakel poised for freedom this week in 1975 killing
• 10 year old Michigan girl sues mom’s ex for return of poodle
• Full Federal Hansard Now Online
• Carriers nix proposed ‘kill switch’ solution to problem of rampant smartphone thefts
• Entire Lori Douglas inquiry committee quits
• A computer is not a cupboard: the SCC grapples with computer searches
• Inbox Zero – Part III
• Lori Douglas Inquiry Committee Resigns en Masse
• Charges dropped against Florida teens accused of cyberbullying girl who committed suicide
• Canada introduces cyberbullying law - Times Union
• Illinois governor signs same-sex marriage into law - Times Union
• After 7 years, B.C. court gives student right to article
• Vancouver bans door knobs

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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140 Law - Legal Headlines for Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, November 20, 2013:

• Lance Armstrong Litigation Industry Stays in Gear
• Toronto council within its rights to curb Ford's power, legal experts say - The Globe and Mail
• Ohio Supreme Court upholds the firing of a creationist science teacher
• LAWPRO Magazine archives: Cross border selection of lawyers – issues to consider
• Onetime Florida foreclosure king David Stern accepts likely disbarment
• US Supreme Court won't block Texas abortion law
• The crime that created an art legend
• Canadian doctor guilty of molesting 21 anesthetized women
• Sun News cancels Rob Ford's show after one episode
• NLRB Files Charge Against Walmart Over Black Friday Protest
• New York City raises legal age for cigarettes to 21
• Daily Show Asks Who is Still Supporting 'Crack-Smoking' Toronto Mayor

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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