{"id":7905,"date":"2007-08-26T16:33:36","date_gmt":"2007-08-26T21:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/26\/an-unthemely-response-and-sexy-ant"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:44","slug":"an-unthemely-response-and-sexy-antitrust-models-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/26\/an-unthemely-response-and-sexy-antitrust-models-too\/","title":{"rendered":"an unthemely response (and sexy antitrust models, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H-H-H<\/em><\/strong> August weather may not be adequate justification for this mostly-frivolous and slightly soggy Saturday<\/strike> Sunday posting, but it’s the only excuse I have.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Above the Crowd<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/em>: The 600-lawyer firm Nixon Peabody<\/a> [NP] just wanted to celebrate it’s inclusion in the Forbes 2007 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For<\/a>, when it commissioned the (tacky-dorky) commemorative song, “Everyone’s A Winner At Nixon Peabody<\/em>“. But, when the music video appeared at YouTube and on the legal tabloid Above the Law<\/em>, NP quickly showed it doesn’t play well with others, nor have a corporate sense of humor, or any PR common sense. As a result, Nixon Peabody has brought a ton of e-shame<\/a>, infamy and ridicule upon itself in the space of a mere two days. You can recapture David Lat’s unfolding story at Above the Law<\/em>: “Someone Deserves To Be Shot Over This<\/a>” (Aug. 23, 2007); “Nixon Peabody: This Is Not a Love<\/strike> Theme Song<\/a>” (Aug. 23, 2007).<\/p>\n

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\"microphoneG\"<\/font> <\/font>NP came down hard on Lat, crying that the song [which got 10,000 listens in 12 hours] was never meant to be public, is certainly not a “theme song” nor advertising subject to ethics rules, was obtained illegitimately by Lat, and must be taken down. Lat complied, but don’t fear:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n