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Jul 31, 2021 12 tweets 6 min read Read on X
1/ THREAD. Most people are vain. We think that people are up to date on what's going in our lives.

This is not the case. People are busy with their OWN lives.

But for anyone who cares (hi Mom!), here's...

The Current State of My Life, in 12 Tweets. David Lat (left), Zach Shem...
2/ A few recent messages from friends have reminded me that not everyone is up to date on what's going on with me (shocking, I know).

So I thought I'd write about all the recent changes in my life. Think of it as a holiday card update, except in July.
3/ HEALTH. I'm happy—and grateful—to be feeling good these days.

When I left @nyulangone on 4/1/20 after my 3-week #COVID19 ordeal, I feared I had suffered permanent damage—to my lungs, heart, or vocal cords (since my voice was shot from the ventilator). Receiving oxygen through a ...
4/ I don't think I have suffered any major permanent damage, knocking wood—and thanking God.

It took a year-plus, but my #LongCovid symptoms have finally dissipated, for the most part. The pulmonologist and cardiologist have given me clean bills of health.
5/ My one issue is that during exercise, which I've resumed, I get unusually winded, and my heart rate goes too high.

But this has been improving with exercise, and it should continue to improve. The docs say I don't need any meds or procedures, just time. I've gotten back into runni...
6/ JOB. My near-death experience with #COVID was very clarifying for me, in terms of my career.

It reminded me that life is short—and we should, to the extent that we can, do what we love. For me, that's writing.

bit.ly/3g6Uv0H
7/ In May, I left legal recruiting and @LateralLink—a great company, where I enjoyed working with wonderful colleagues during my two-year stint—and returned to full-time writing.

I liked recruiting, but I love writing. More here:

8/ I now make my living from Original Jurisdiction, my @SubstackInc newsletter about law & the legal world. I'm giving myself until May 2022 to see if I can get enough paid subscribers to make it work. I welcome your support!

bit.ly/3nQyDJj
9/ Although I founded Above the Law (@atlblog) in 2006 and led it from 2006 to 2017, and it's what I'm most known for (aside from #COVID), I have no involvement with the site today or control over its content (and haven't really since 2017).
10/ HOME. Our family just moved from Manhattan to Summit, NJ. Three weeks in, we're enjoying suburbia.

My husband Zach and I grew up in NJ, our parents still live here, and it's great having them so close, especially since they help us with our son Harlan. David Lat (left), Zach Shem...
11/ I feel incredibly blessed—to still be here, given the 600,000 Americans and 4 million worldwide who have lost their lives to #COVID, and to be doing as well as I am, given the challenges that so many still face.🙏🙏🙏
12/ Thank you for your prayers, good thoughts, and wise advice, during these 16+ months. Twitter gets flak, some of it deserved, but it's also a source of support during tough times.

I'm happy to add to this thread to answer any questions. Thanks again.

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More from @DavidLat

Apr 12
1/ I realize folks aren't coming to me for theater recs, but I saw Paula Vogel's "Mother Play" at @2STNYC last night, and I was blown away. Bring tissues if you tend to cry during powerful works of theater.

#MotherPlayBway
2/ My husband Zach and I agree that the performances in Mother Play—by Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons—are superb. #MotherPlayBway
3/ We did have differing reactions to Mother Play itself.

I found the play extremely engrossing and emotionally resonant.

Zach liked it overall, but might agree with the Google AI review summary saying "some of the dynamics seem familiar." #MotherPlayBway
Read 8 tweets
Apr 11
1/ Here's my (very detailed) post about Tuesday night's protest at the home of Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

It includes new reporting, detailed legal analysis, and links to many other sources (including videos).

Link: bit.ly/3Ue6uh1
2/ I asked @BerkeleyLaw Dean Erwin Chemerinsky whether he and Professor Catherine Fisk would be seeking discipline against Malak Afaneh and the protesters.

Dean Chemerinsky said they're not sure—but if they do, it will be confidential, per law (e.g., FERPA).
3/ Was Dean Chemerinsky's house subject to the 1st Amendment?

As he told the @LATimes, it's a privately owned home, owned by him and Professor Fisk; it's "not owned by the university, on university property, or in any way paid for by the university."
Read 21 tweets
Apr 4
1/ Read Judge Aileen Cannon's order, linked in @emptywheel's post below (👇).

It's kind of clever—in a devious way....
2/ On the one hand, Judge Cannon kinda walks back some of her prior crazytown order:

The Espionage Act counts "make no reference to the Presidential Records Act, nor do they rely on that statute for purposes of stating an offense."

Ding ding ding!
3/ On the other hand, as @emptywheel notes, Judge Cannon reserves the right to "do something whack with jury instructions"—i.e., instruct on his nutty Presidential Records Act (PRA) theory.

AFTER the jury has been sworn and jeopardy has attached.
Read 17 tweets
Mar 21
1/ I'm interrupting my Twitter hiatus to share an important story I just published on Original Jurisdiction:

"Cannon Fodder: Law Clerks Quit On Judge Aileen Cannon"

Here's the link to the full story:

bit.ly/3TqQVRE
2/ Why is this significant? For a few reasons.

First, law clerks are critically important to judges, who couldn't do their work without them.

They are not "clerical." Instead, as I've written before, they're the wind beneath the wings of federal judges.
3/ Second, a federal district judge usually hires only two to three law clerks each year, so for two clerks to quit is quite notable.

It's not like associates quitting a 1,000-lawyer Biglaw firm.
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Mar 24, 2023
To anyone who has been following the #gwynethpaltrowskicrashcase more closely than I have, can you explain to me:

Why the heck didn't this settle?

The plaintiff seeks $300K. Gwyneth can sell enough "Smells Like My Orgasm Candles" ($75) to cover that.
2/ More than 95% of civil cases settle.

@GwynethPaltrow is presumably (a) rich & (b) averse to bad publicity.

When a case does go to trial, there's usually a reason (e.g., grudge match, no middle ground, etc.).

Why this can't be solved for $300K (or less)?
3/ I can see @CecereCarl's point as to, say, large companies and patent trolls.

But I can't imagine Paltrow is sued THAT often (or any more often than a comparable celeb).

And it's undisputed that an accident did happen.

Read 4 tweets
Mar 23, 2023
1/ 🧵Judge Allison Burroughs (D. Mass.) said it was "greedy" of @JeannieSGersen to push for greater disclosure of sealed portions of the trial-court record in the @Harvard affirmative-action case.
2/ But as @JeannieSGersen writes in her @NewYorker piece, "it is not greedy for the public to expect the transparency on which the courts’ legitimacy depends."

3/ The need for greater transparency applies to both the judicial proceedings in the Harvard case and the underlying admissions process at issue in the litigation (now before #SCOTUS).

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