December 2006
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Biglaw, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Law Firm Mergers, Preston Gates & Ellis
Law Firm Merger Mania: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Preston Gates
As helpfully noted by a commenter, the news is now official. As previously rumored, the law firms of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham and Preston Gates & Ellis are getting hitched. The merger will be effective January 1, 2007. According to the official press release, the new entity will be called “Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston […] -
Admin, Biglaw, Blogging, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Midday Open Thread
We’re stepping away from our computer briefly. Normally we’d just do so, without comment; but this is bonus season. So if Simpson, Skadden, or some other Biglaw firm makes an announcement while we’re gone, please post it in the comments, with a link to your source. We don’t want to be accused of the capital […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Nauseating Things, Practice Pointers, Shameless Plugs
Associate Bonus Watch: Wachtell Lipton Windfalls
Ah yes, the legendary bonuses of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Tout le monde wants to know: So, just how big were they? Very big (and bigger than yours). We can’t give up specific numbers for specific classes, because that might get our sources in trouble (and WLRK is a pretty small firm). But we’ll […]
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9th Circuit, Benchslaps, Consuelo Callahan, Douglas Berman, Harry Pregerson, Howard Bashman, Orin Kerr, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sentencing Law, Stephen Reinhardt, Supreme Court
Judge Harry Pregerson Is Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
Or at least a big benchslap upside the head, courtesy of the Supreme Court. Per Orin Kerr: A lot of people have talked about the Supreme Court’s small docket; Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit is actually doing something about it. He handed down an opinion today in Carrington v. United States that has […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Boring Stuff, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Shearman Matches. Yawn.
This morning’s news is that Shearman & Sterling announced bonuses that match Milbank. We haven’t confirmed this yet, but we have no reason to doubt it, since it’s what everyone else is doing. If you have a memo, please send it our way. While we were over at Greedy NY, our eye was caught by […] -
7th Circuit, ACLU, Cars, Conspiracy Theories, Crime, Deaths, Immigration, Morning Docket, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Sex, Tax Law, Videos
Morning Docket: 12.14.06
* The feds and the ACLU wrangle over a classified document. Is such use of the grand jury subpoena creative, or improper? [New York Times] * A Swift (& Co.) crackdown: federal raids on meatpacking plants in six states result in over 1,200 arrests on immigration charges. [Associated Press] * MoveOn and those Swift Boat […]
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Crime, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Rape, Screw-Ups, Sex
The Duke Rape Case: DNA in All the Wrong Places
Things that make you go hmmm: DNA testing in the Duke lacrosse rape case found genetic material from several males in the accuser’s body and her underwear — but none from any team member, defense attorneys said in court papers Wednesday. The papers were filed by attorneys for the three lacrosse players charged, Reade Seligmann, […] -
Admin, Biglaw, Blogging, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Wednesday Open Comment Thread
As you can see from the time of our first post of the day, we’ve been in front of our computer for about twelve hours. Our eyes hurt. And we’re hungry. We need to stand up. Maybe we’ll be really daring and leave our apartment. Hence this open comment thread. Some of the biggest Biglaws […] - Sponsored
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Courtney Love, Crime, Fabulosity, Howard Weitzman, Music, Nicole Richie, State Judges
A Merry Christmas to Courtney Love
We’ve been so obsessed with law firm bonus developments that we missed the happy news earlier this week about Courtney Love, one of our most favorite celebrities. At long last, Love’s legal troubles are behind her. From the music news website liveDaily: A judge terminated Courtney Love’s probation and dismissed three misdemeanor charges against the […] -
Antonin Scalia, Art, Celebrities, Federal Judges, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Money, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Rap, Romance and Dating, Trademarks
Non-Sequiturs: 12.13.06
* This is beautiful and noble. Painting with your butt — or, rather, using your butt as a type of giant rubber stamp — not so much. [Richmond Times Dispatch] * Not all law students are holed up in the library 24/7, but it’s clear that cramming has taken a lot out of Legal Bachelor’s […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Boring Stuff, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: The Fat Lady Is Losing Her Voice
The latest news is that Morrison & Foerster’s New York office has matched the market bonuses. We’ve checked with our MoFo sources, and this is accurate. So consider it CONFIRMED. Specific numbers, after the jump. Earlier today, a reader made this comment: “Why don’t you just call up all the firms now, instead of waiting […] -
Asians, Eumi Choi, Federal Government, Litigatrix, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Vicious Infighting, You Go Girl
What Part of "Fabulous" Do You Not Understand?
We enjoy reading your comments. Well, some of them. See, e.g., here, here, and here. But some we find rather mystifying. Like this comment on How Yummy Is Eumi?, our profile of high-powered federal prosecutor Eumi Choi, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (San Francisco). Commenter “Barbara” wrote: This post, like […] -
Akin Gump, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Eliot Spitzer, Kramer Levin, Laurence Tribe, Milberg Weiss, Musical Chairs, New Jersey, State Judges, Thomas Goldstein, White House Counsel, White-Collar Crime
Musical Chairs: 12.13.06
It has been a while since our last round-up of notable moves within the legal profession. So there’s a lot to report today: Law Firm to… Prison? * Former Milberg Weiss name partner Steven Schulman resigned from the firm to pursue “new ventures.” The most important of these “ventures” will surely be fighting federal charges […]
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ACLU, Asians, Civil Rights, Lawsuit of the Day, Lesbians, Sex, Television
Lawsuit of the Day: Lesbians in the OC
No, we’re not talking about that time on “The OC” when Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) shared a girl-on-girl kiss with Alex (Olivia Wilde). Rather, we’re referring to a civil rights case currently pending before Judge James Selna, in the Central District of California. From the L.A. Times (via How Appealing): Two high schoolers are caught […] -
5th Circuit, Advertising, Announcements, Job Searches, R. Ted Cruz, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Ted Cruz Is Looking for a Few Good... Appellate Lawyers
Many of you, especially those of you about to deposit Biglaw bonus checks, will update your résumés at the start of the new year. It’s a common time to jump to a new job, or to start looking for one. In the first few weeks of 2007, expect departure memos to go around like the […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Yes, Sullivan Has Matched
We have it on very, very good authority that Sullivan & Cromwell has issued associate bonuses that match the market. So consider the rumor from earlier today to be verified. The only caveat from our source: at the most senior levels, the S&C bonuses do not “top out,” like those at Cravath. As explained by […] -
Blogging, Books, Charles Fried, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Gay Marriage, Neal Katyal, Politics, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
The Breyer-Fried Discussion: Some Highlights (Part 2)
This is a continuation of our prior post about an event we recently attended at Georgetown Law School, “On Liberty: A conversation between Justice Stephen Breyer and Professor Charles Fried.” For more background about the event, click here. For the conclusion to our write-up, keep on reading. We bring you a “true confession” from Justice […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, H. Rodgin Cohen, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Has S&C Matched?
The latest word on the street (per Greedy NY): Sullivan & Cromwell has matched the market with respect to associate bonuses. We are investigating. Update (10:54 AM): We’ve left messages with S&C’s spokesperson and with H. Rodgin Cohen, the firm chairman. We’ll let you know when we hear back from them. Update (12:14 PM): Consider […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.13.06
* On second thought… do not pass “Go,” do not collect 200 (million) dollars. [Associated Press; Washington Post] * Cindy Sheehan, anti-war mother extraordinaire, has been convicted of trespassing at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. There might have been nobody home, though. [MSNBC] * Sen. John McCain takes a stand against online smut (and […]
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FCC, New York Times, Sex, Television, Weirdness
Pick Your Poison: Janet Jackson's Exposed Breast, or a Horny Manatee
Near the top of the NYT “Most E-Mailed Articles” list sits a piece entitled So This Manatee Walks Into the Internet. And, oddly enough, there’s a legal angle to the story: At the end of [a recent] skit [on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien”], in a line Mr. O’Brien insists was ad-libbed, he mentioned… www.hornymanatee.com. […]