Non-Sequiturs: 01.03.07
* Having your cake — and screwing it, too? [Overlawyered]
* If your cake contains trans fats, Judge Posner — who’s rumored to enjoy grapefruit for dessert — will take it away from you, and dump it in the trash. [Becker-Posner Blog]
* Marty Lipton’s theory of executive compensation: “I make tons of money, and I’m just the hired help. So client CEOs should make even more!” [Reuters]
* Chief Justice John Roberts: the boy who cried “constitutional crisis”? [Slate via How Appealing]
* This is lame. If everyone’s a name partner, then no one’s a name partner. [WSJ Law Blog]
* We suspect that the percentage of bad bosses is higher in the legal profession. Lawyers aren’t trained to be managers. And suck at it. [Workplace Prof Blog]
* The New York Court of Appeals: some tricky picking for Eliot Spitzer. [Judicial Reports]
* It’s about time that we had a litigatrix in the White House! [New York Times]
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Agreed on the "this is lame" comment. The guy's explanation is basically "we're a meritocracy, but everyone at our firm is awesome."
By that standard, WLRK might be WLRKABBBBCCCCCCCDDEEFGGGGGHHHKKKKKKLLLMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNOOPPRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSVVWWW.
After all, I'm sure they think that they're a meritocracy and that their partners are all awesome.
I agree with 9:59 AM. But that said, Wachtell Lipton DOES have an insanely large letterhead (which includes not just all of the partners' names, but also those of many associates).