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Date: June 29th, 2006 8:33 PM Author: glittery ebony dragon well? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6106574) |
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Date: June 29th, 2006 8:35 PM Author: Thirsty Nursing Home Indirect Expression Fucks his secretary. goes home to his psychotic wife. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6106587) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:04 PM Author: mind-boggling spot keepsake machete "I could be doing that, but then I'd also have a $1000 a day coke and hooker habit and beat my wife and kids in the Hamptons on the weekends that I see them. This way, I only punish my liver, and what good is a liver if you don't abuse it?"
Tucker Max, in reference to being a corporate lawyer. |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:21 PM Author: adventurous haunting crackhouse vault.com ---> industries ---> law
They have day-in-the-life things. |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 4:14 AM Author: insanely creepy abode persian He watches the O'RLY Factor on FOX NEWS! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6122328) |
Date: June 29th, 2006 8:45 PM Author: contagious chest-beating public bath 10 a.m. wake up to the gentle sound of money rustling. 10:30 be served breakfast in bed by french maid 11:00 be taken by limo to office 11:15 start working 11:45 leave for lunch with client. Take easurely stroll to restaurant. 12:15 arrive at restaurant. Eat steak with client. Drink wine. 2:15 pm Leave restaurant. Take easurely stroll to office. 2:45 Arrive at office. Start working. 3:30 Time for a coffee break. 3:50 Return to your desk. Start working 4:00 Go to CLE seminar. They serve good food. 5:00 Return to desk. No more work, but stay for face time, 5:30 take limo to your private club. Relax with friends. 7:30 meet date for dinner. 9:30 Go dancing. 11:30 Return home, make passionate love 11:32 Fall asleep to the sound of interest accruing. |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:20 PM Author: diverse hominid 4 a.m. Wake up to the sound of alarm clock ringing, hit snooze button.
4:15 a.m. Wake up to sound of alarm clock ringing again, drag ass out of bed and into shower.
4:45 a.m. Arrive at office, having picked up McDonald's breakfast on the way.
5:00 a.m. Start working.
12:00 p.m. Order lunch for delivery. Eat at desk.
7:00 p.m. Order dinner for delivery. Eat at desk.
8:00 p.m. Check bank balance online. Notice it is very large. Wish for time to spend it.
10:00 p.m. Go home. Wack off with aid of internet porn.
11:00 p.m. Cry self to sleep. |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:22 PM Author: Ungodly brunch Can I drink between 10 and 11? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112343) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:23 PM Author: diverse hominid Edited: Sure, alcohol burn makes the wacking off that much better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112353) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:23 PM Author: Ungodly brunch In the PM. I'm home then in my boxlike studio in a trendy building. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112359) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:25 PM Author: Floppy school cafeteria 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112371) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:47 PM Author: Aqua Electric School New Version What a total fucking lie. As if McD's is open at 4am. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112565) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:49 PM Author: diverse hominid http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5437151/
Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald's, which since 2003 has curbed expansion to improve operations and build traffic at existing stores, now has about 80 percent of its 13,000 U.S. restaurants on some form of extended hours, a spokesman said. At least 12 percent operate around the clock. |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:52 PM Author: Aqua Electric School New Version Damn, moving to oak brook now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112635) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:55 PM Author: Ungodly brunch You don't have 24 hour McDonald's... WTF???? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112675) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:55 PM Author: charismatic meetinghouse Isn't the Times Sq. one 24 hours? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112679) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:58 PM Author: Ungodly brunch So is one by my house on the Island. I thought a lot of them were. Unless you live in bumblefuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112710) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 11:35 AM Author: Anal azn Even lots of the ones in East Bumfuck are open 24 hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6122521) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:23 PM Author: submissive principal's office flame. associates have to take town cars; only partners get limos (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112357) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:24 PM Author: Cordovan Exhilarant Party Of The First Part Theater Stage this was getting a 175 until the last one brought it up to 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112365) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:49 PM Author: Ungodly brunch Agreed dood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112604) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:49 PM Author: 180 Codepig Menage This lawyer has sex for less than 2 minutes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112595) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:50 PM Author: diverse hominid Hookers don't care. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112608) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:55 PM Author: 180 Codepig Menage I would think they would prefer it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112669) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:56 PM Author: diverse hominid That must be why they get along so well with lawyers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6112689) |
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Date: June 30th, 2006 3:58 PM Author: submissive principal's office here is joke (imagine it flying) . . . . . here is your head |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 12:47 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office Just beautiful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6117628) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:26 PM Author: Racy milky gunner yarmulke 10:15 teach immigrant the word is 'leisurely,' not 'easurely.' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118293) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 7:18 PM Author: Yellow gaped shrine wrinkle and here i thought i was learning a new word. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6119301) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 2:55 PM Author: mind-boggling spot keepsake machete 9:00 am - I just got into the office. The investment bankers will be here any minute to bully us around with this billion-dollar acquisition they're advising on. I start putting on my kneepads.
10:00 am - The bankers roll in, late as usual, joking about how they make twice as much as us. I get on my knees and start sucking.
10:50 am - Finally, some directors from this prestigious buyout fund show up for the drafting session. One of them tells me to grab him some coffee.
10:54 am - As I'm handing him his mug of coffee, I just barely touch his hand. I almost climax.
11:00 am to 10:45 pm - I suck more people's dicks. Finally, I can go home.
11:05 pm - I'm about to sneak out of the office, when a senior partner leaves me a voicemail telling me that there's a whole bunch of shit to do. I was told during law school that biglawyers work a little less than junior investment bankers, but I guess I was lied to; I'll have to spend the night in the office. Again. |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 2:59 PM Author: Floppy school cafeteria i laughed at this. ty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118211) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:11 PM Author: boyish house-broken ticket booth you're too stupid and unprestigious to ever become a biglawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118252) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:28 PM Author: Floppy school cafeteria agreed. kill self? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118306) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:58 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested A+++++++++ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118448) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:56 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office My days vary a lot. But as a basic template:
9:30 Come in, read newspaper. 10am-6pm Talk on phone with people about issues in documents. Eat lunch at desk. 6pm-7:30pm Revise drafts of those documents. 7:30pm-8pm Dinner 8pm-? Revise drafts of those documents.
That's what I do -- negotiate documents, and draft them. |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:57 PM Author: irradiated house riveting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118443) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 3:59 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested How does a negotiation with a document go? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118453) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:01 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office ?
I normally negotiate with people about documents. Not with documents. |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:02 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested You don't know anything about negotiation, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118463) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:05 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office What do you mean? If you mean that I'm not particularly trained in negotiation, I'd concede that. If you mean I don't negotiate, I would disagree. I'm not the one negotiating price or major deal terms, but the junior associates pretty regularly negotiate confidentiality agreements, agreements with various agents (i-bank engagement letters, exchange agent agreements, proxy solicitor engagements), language in securities filings, reps in merger agreements, disclosure schedules, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118481) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:06 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested Typical they don't let you get anywhere near money. You'll always be below ibankers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118488) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:07 PM Author: irradiated house far below, even (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118491) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:09 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested In preschool on career day, a v50 partner's child was teased mercilessly. It was then I knew a career in law was a dead end. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118494) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:05 PM Author: Racy milky gunner yarmulke Good thing you attend TAMU then, hotbed of ibank recruiting that it is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118730) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:20 PM Author: dull piazza french chef "i don't do anything important, but, like the other tards, i get to 'negotiate' boilerplate clauses." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118537) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:02 PM Author: irradiated house Usually pretty one-sided, which is nice because we can feel like we're winning, which is much different than negotiating with the ibankers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118466) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:02 PM Author: Ungodly brunch This doesn't sound too bad up utnil after dinner. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118464) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:05 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested He could cut his day in half if his first revision of the documents weren't so shitty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118479) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:06 PM Author: irradiated house Corporate associates never know what they're doing. That's why they chose a career of proofreading and due diligence rather than practicing law. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118485) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:08 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office You two are pretty boring. I'd love to hear how your typical day goes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118492) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:10 PM Author: irradiated house My day is pretty similar to yours, actually. Just giving you a hard time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118497) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:10 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested 11:20 get up 11:25 smoke weed 12-2 class 2:20 smoke 3 dr phil 4:30 PTI 5 smoke 3am sleep |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:12 PM Author: irradiated house 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118504) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:14 PM Author: Ungodly brunch Dr Phil bro? GHEY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118511) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:15 PM Author: razzle sepia stag film idea he suggested wtf bro? phil roolz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118514) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:18 PM Author: Ungodly brunch IF YOU WANT DIFFERENT DO DIFFERENT- this is not roolz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118530) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:17 PM Author: boyish house-broken ticket booth this is the best life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118527) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:38 PM Author: Floppy school cafeteria it never ceases to amaze me how many people make PTI a crucial part of their day. that show is still good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118620) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:24 PM Author: jade sanctuary good thing showers and dates don't sneak their way into your schedule. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118799) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 6:33 PM Author: Ungodly brunch lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6119092) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:14 PM Author: charismatic meetinghouse How do you know when you have the ability to "negotiate" a particular term, and when that term should be passed to someone higher up? If the negotiate to reach an agreed upon understanding, generally, or are you really getting something more for your side?
Thanks for continuing to contribute even with so many jackasses here. |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:19 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office Depends. To some extent you just have a feel for what people care about. Or you'll negotiate your first ____ agreement/rep/whatever and ask the partner for advice, and by your second or third you'll know what to do on your own. In general, the more something restricts your client, creates liability, or allows the other side to do dangerous things, the less you can do on your own.
In general you negotiate to achieve more for your side, though it depends a bit. But there are a whole lot of provisions in any large contract that the principals don't have an "understanding" about -- no CEO has a clear, well-founded opinion on what his absence-of-changes rep should say -- but that are nonetheless important. |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:02 PM Author: charismatic meetinghouse So it sounds like you quickly move from having no experience to someone with responsibility for at least pieces of the deal. It sounds like a job for someone who likes chatting it up on the phone.
Anyone call you a "f--king monkey scribe" yet? |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 1:31 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office Yes. I (and most of my classmates) became responsible for parts of deals very quickly. There are deals where I'm the only associate and entirely responsible for things like confidentiality agreements, reps and warranties, disclosure schedules, proxy statement, etc. Partners will occasionally take a quick look. And I talk on the phone a lot.
No one has called me a fucking monkey scribe. |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:17 PM Author: orchid drunken weed whacker That does seem quite painful, and unless ? is like 8:15, ridiculously long. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118524) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:20 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office Well I'm writing at a very general level. Replace "negotiate and draft documents" with "review emails and troll Lexis" and you have a day in the life of a litigator. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118541) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:22 PM Author: orchid drunken weed whacker Hardly -- only an idiot would use lexis. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118552) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:24 PM Author: boyish house-broken ticket booth haha, i'm not clear on what "troll lexis" even means. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118560) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 4:58 PM Author: charismatic meetinghouse Lexis is cheaper and has a better interface. It's the choice of champions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118693) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:02 PM Author: flushed flickering dilemma goal in life Westlaw pwns lexis. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118714) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:11 PM Author: Racy milky gunner yarmulke The fact that you can get pleadings from cases handled by quality firms makes your life much easier. Gibson handled an identical, and very complicated, issue to what I was charged with researching, and I stayed late that night rewriting their work. I next "worked from home" the next two days watching espn and lounging at the pool, then turned in the assignment a full day early. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118747) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:14 PM Author: flushed flickering dilemma goal in life wow, you're gonna be a great lawyer someday! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118754) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:16 PM Author: Racy milky gunner yarmulke I think it's clear I already am. Besides, why re-create the wheel? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118762) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:14 PM Author: orchid drunken weed whacker Do they not have pleadings on lexis? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118755) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:16 PM Author: Racy milky gunner yarmulke Not that I recall, but I haven't used Lexis in years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118764) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:17 PM Author: orchid drunken weed whacker Sucks to be them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118768) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:17 PM Author: razzle-dazzle opaque rigor yes, they actually do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118767) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:06 PM Author: orchid drunken weed whacker Cheaper? WTF? Why would I possibly care if it is cheaper? Lexis is shit. Westlaw is far superior. Nothing is worse that a lexis citation that forces me to use that crap. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118731) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:07 PM Author: flushed flickering dilemma goal in life i hate how lexis's citation's must be perfect...if you cite "columbia law review" it will have no idea what you're doing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118736) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:08 PM Author: irradiated house LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118738) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 5:09 PM Author: orchid drunken weed whacker I just can't figure out why they would not have the useful headnotes like westlaw. The lexis headnotes are worthless. And the key number digest is great. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6118741) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 10:41 AM Author: diverse hominid Both interfaces are fucking hopeless. I'm praying for the day that google starts indexing caselaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6122440) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 6:59 PM Author: Aromatic juggernaut theater Are you ever solely responsible for drafting whole, extensive deals (like 50 pages and up) or are they derived from other sources? (like multiple authors and existing documents). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6119225) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 7:14 PM Author: flushed flickering dilemma goal in life that'd probably constitute malpractice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6119290) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 1:33 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office I don't think anyone has ever sat down (at least not in the last 40 years) and written a merger agreement from scratch. It would make no sense. I am often responsible for first drafts of merger agreements, but I'll stitch them together from precedents. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6122953) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 2:11 PM Author: Aromatic juggernaut theater Thanks for the response - so you would say that the challenge of your job lies in deciding the appropriate terms/rules/prices within somewhat standardized formats? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6123191) |
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Date: July 1st, 2006 7:14 PM Author: flushed flickering dilemma goal in life The 7 Habits of Highly Useless Corporate Lawyers.
"Ernie from Glen Burnie", not his real name, is an unreliable but wise childhood friend of mine who likes the works of Hunter Thompson. EFGB is now a partner at a Washington, DC law firm. For years he has claimed that the following--by an unknown and long-dead lawyer, and dated 1836--was discovered during the 1980s in the ruins of an old Episcopal church in a northern Virginia town near our native DC. I would believe EFGB--except that I doubt that the word "weenie" was much in style in the antebellum American south:
1. Be risk-averse at all times. Clients have come to expect this from their lawyers. It's tradition. Honor it.
2. Tell the client only what it can't do. Business clients are run by business people who take risks. They need to be managed, guided, stopped. Don't encourage them.
3. Whatever you do, don't take a stand, and don't make a recommendation. (You don't want to be wrong, do you?)
4. Treat the client as a potential adversary at all times. Keep a distance.
5. Cover yourself. Write a lot to the client. Craft lots of confirming letters which use clauses like "it is our understanding", "our analysis is limited to..." and "we do not express an opinion as to whether..."
6. Churn up extra fees with extra letters and memoranda and tasks. Milk the engagement. (If you are going to be a weenie anyway, you might as well be a sneaky weenie.)
7. As out-house counsel, you are American royalty. Never forget that. |
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Date: July 2nd, 2006 1:35 PM Author: Grizzly passionate box office There are many firms for which this is 100% accurate. Mine, fortunately, is not one of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=444939&forum_id=2#6122963) |
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