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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;Some things, once you&amp;#8217;ve see them, can &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;never be un-seen, no matter how hard you try. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;v&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml&quot;?&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id=&quot;_x0000_t75&quot; stroked=&quot;f&quot; filled=&quot;f&quot; path=&quot;m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe&quot; o:preferrelative=&quot;t&quot; o:spt=&quot;75&quot; coordsize=&quot;21600,21600&quot;&gt;&lt;v:stroke joinstyle=&quot;miter&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:stroke&gt;&lt;v:formulas&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @0 1 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum 0 0 @1&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @2 1 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @3 21600 pixelWidth&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @3 21600 pixelHeight&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @0 0 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @6 1 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @7 21600 pixelWidth&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @8 21600 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @7 21600 pixelHeight&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @10 21600 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:formulas&gt;&lt;v:path o:connecttype=&quot;rect&quot; gradientshapeok=&quot;t&quot; o:extrusionok=&quot;f&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:path&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;o&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;?&gt;&lt;o:lock aspectratio=&quot;t&quot; v:ext=&quot;edit&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA&quot;&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id=&quot;_x0000_t75&quot; stroked=&quot;f&quot; filled=&quot;f&quot; path=&quot;m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe&quot; o:preferrelative=&quot;t&quot; o:spt=&quot;75&quot; coordsize=&quot;21600,21600&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8px; WIDTH: 200px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 8px&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;MARGIN: 0px&quot; height=&quot;284&quot; alt=&quot;remes_art_200_20080716145425.jpg&quot; src=&quot;http://s.wsj.net/media/remes_art_200_20080716145425.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(153,0,0); PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:lock&gt;&lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;Such is the image of Covington &amp;amp; Burling partner David Remes dropping trou at a press conference in Yemen to illustrate the &amp;#8216;humiliating&amp;#8217; search techniques his clients, Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo, are being subjected to by &amp;#8216;corn fed&amp;#8217; (to use Remes&amp;#8217; odd descriptor) U.S. soldiers. (Query: doesn&amp;#8217;t Remes&amp;#8217; public demonstration sort of undermine his&amp;nbsp;contention that the search procedure is so awful?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He looks to me like he&amp;#8217;s enjoying himself.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;Anyway, the work of BigLaw&amp;#8217;s so-called &amp;#8216;Guantanamo Bay Bar Association&amp;#8217; has never been more&amp;nbsp;conspicuous&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA&quot;&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/span&gt;in addition to Remes&amp;#8217; &amp;#8216;Michael Clayton moment,&amp;#8217;&amp;nbsp; we&#39;ve had the recent Boumediene decision&amp;nbsp;( a triumph for WilmerHale) and the imminent military commission trial of Bin Laden chauffeur Salim Hamdan ( Perkins Coie is disappointed).&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;Despite the liberal rep of a &lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;st1&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot;?&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Covington&lt;/st1:city&gt; or Cleary, or the rightwing vibe of a &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Kirkland&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; or Gibson, most BigLaw firms manage to maintain at least the appearance of political neutrality (or, at least, &amp;#8216;diversity&amp;#8217;).&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It seems, however, that the Gitmo Bar might be drawing some real differences among firms into sharp relief: a firm who throws its resources at a habeas case on behalf of alleged &amp;#8216;unlawful combatants&amp;#8217; is saying something different about itself than the firm whose pro bono efforts are focused on landlord-tenant or asylum cases.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;If the comments to the WSJ law blog post on Remes are any indication&amp;#8212;and if you can&amp;#8217;t trust blog comments, what can you trust? &amp;#8212;law students are taking note. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;For some aspiring&amp;nbsp;BigLaw associates, these distinctions may be a factor in firm choice. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Before the comments thread degenerated into &amp;#8220;wingnut!/moonbat!&amp;#8221; name calling, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;the comments lauding Remes were running about even with the likes of &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#8220;Wow, what an outrage. Dropping &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Covington&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; from my bid list.&amp;#8221; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -posted by brian&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt&quot;&gt;7/21/08 UPDATE: Remes resigns&lt;/p&gt;

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