Videos

Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) — Lisa Granik, master of wine and founder of Tastingworks, talks about her transition from practicing law to entering the wine trade. Granik, speaking with Bloomberg Law’s Spencer Mazyck, also discusses how she uses her legal background to analyze wine. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — Robert Townsend, co-chair of the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group at Morrison & Foerster LLP, talks about national security implications of Softbank Corp.’s $20.1 billion takeover of Sprint Nextel Corp. Townsend, speaking with Bloomberg Law’s Spencer Mazyck, also discusses driving forces behind the recent surge of outbound Japanese M&A activity. [...]

With the presidential race so close, what would happen if Americans wake up on Wednesday to a tie in Electoral College votes? The answer comes from the Constitution’s Twelfth Amendment. It provides that if no candidate has a majority in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives shall choose the President, but the Senate chooses [...]

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Jeremy Schneider, a lawyer appointed by a Manhattan federal judge to represent alleged al Qaeda member Abu Hamza, says he’s interested in speaking to prosecutors about a plea deal. He declined to say whether his client would accept a deal. Hamza is the former imam of London’s Finsbury Park mosque, where [...]

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Alex Patterson, chief creative officer of the 10-12 mile obstacle course competition Tough Mudder, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Spencer Mazyck about his transition from being a tax attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to creating obstacle course challenges. Subscribe to the Bloomberg Law YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=bloomberglaw Bloomberg Law: http://www.bloomberglaw.com Bloomberg [...]

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg Law) — The Supreme Court is set to decide what you can sell on eBay, Craigslist, or in a yard sale. In oral arguments today, the Court will consider conflicting parts of the federal copyright law. The first-sale doctrine says if you legally buy a book, record, or TV show, you can [...]

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Colen Wiley, an award-winning writer and filmmaker, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Spencer Mazyck about his transition from Harvard Law School to a career in film. (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — Eric Tanenblatt, senior managing director and head of the National Government Affairs practice group at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, talks about the firm’s cross-practice Charter Schools team. Tanenblatt, speaking with Spencer Mazyck in a Bloomberg Law video, also discusses the team’s role in creating a November referendum aimed at amending [...]

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Lisa Hart Shepherd, chief executive officer of legal market research firm Acritas, discusses primary reasons why general counsels fire their law firms. Shepherd, speaking with Spencer Mazyck in a Bloomberg Law video, also talks about ways law firms can retain business and other results of Acritas’ 2012 Sharplegal Global survey of [...]

It’s amazing what you can do with a law degree. History is replete with stealth lawyers — people who graduated from law school or even practiced law before achieving success in other walks of life. Russia’s Vladimir Lenin and India’s Mahatma Gandhi were both practicing lawyers before leading their very different revolutions. The painter Henri [...]

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — Warren Brown, founder and owner of Washington D.C.’s CakeLove bakeries, talks about his transition from practicing law to starting a bakery. Brown, speaking with Spencer Mazyck in a Bloomberg Law video, also discusses how he uses his legal background in secured transactions to create recipes. (Source: Bloomberg)

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) — Harley Lewin, partner at McCarter & English LLP, discusses his representation of French luxury shoemaker Christian Louboutin in a case that has received a significant amount of media attention, Christian Louboutin SA v. Yves Saint Laurent America, Inc.¶ Lewin, speaking with Spencer Mazyck in a Bloomberg Law video, also talks about [...]

(Bloomberg Law) — Times may be tough at many of the nation’s largest law firms, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at partner paychecks. Average partner compensation at America’s largest law firms is up more than 6 percent since 2010, to $681,000, according to a recent survey of more than 2,000 partners nationwide by [...]

Oct. 12 (Bloomberg Law) — An increasing number of major law firms are quoting “suicide prices” just to get business that will keep their lawyers occupied, even though the firms can’t make money on the work, according to law firm consultant Bruce MacEwen. Those firms may be training clients, like department stores have done with [...]

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Will Shortz, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and founder of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, talks about his transition from law school to a career in puzzles. Shortz, speaking with Spencer Mazyck in a Bloomberg Law video, also discusses how he became the subject of the 2006 documentary film [...]

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — Robert Bauer, general counsel to the President’s re-election committee, Obama for America and Democratic National Committee, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Spencer Mazyck about recent changes to voting laws across the country. Bauer, partner at Perkins Coie LLP, also discusses the Obama campaign’s efforts to coordinate and deploy a legion of lawyers [...]

What will happen when the copyright on Mickey Mouse is about to run out? How long should patents last on software? University of Virginia School of Law professor Christopher Sprigman, co-author of “The Knockoff Economy” and contributor to the Freakonomics blog, addresses how he feels intellectual property law can best spur innovation.

What do the West Coast offense, the Macintosh computer, and fashion designs all have in common? University of Virginia School of Law professor Christopher Sprigman, co-author of “The Knockoff Economy,” explains how many creative industries thrive without copyright or patent protection.

With all the stories about the lousy lawyer job market, it may come as a surprise that there are legal jobs for recent graduates that are going begging. But to earn a paycheck, new lawyers may need to make like the doctor in the 1990s TV series Northern Exposure, and head to the nation’s small [...]

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) — Marilyn Chinitz, partner at Blank Rome LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Spencer Mazyck about representing Tom Cruise in his divorce from Katie Holmes and motivating factors for quick settlements. (Source: Bloomberg)