February 2007

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  • Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude

    Skaddenfreude: Orrick, and Lunchtime Open Thread

    Here’s the lunchtime open thread for discussion of associate salary developments. In the morning thread, there are rumors about various announcement that allegedly have (or have not) been made. Please send us whatever info you have, so we can verify and post. After the jump, the Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe announcement, which made the rounds […]
  • Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Litigatrix, Rudeness, Shanetta Cutlar

    More About Docket Review With Shanetta Cutlar

    Last month we wrote about how Docket Review is conducted over at the Justice Department’s Special Litigation Section (SPL). Attorneys who have worked under Shanetta Cutlar, chief of the section, have described Docket Review with her as an excruciating experience. Since then, we’ve received some more information about the process. A recent email from a […]
  • Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Gay

    Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: Morning Newswrap

    As previously discussed in these pages, Sullivan & Cromwell isn’t taking Aaron Charney’s lawsuit lying down. To the contrary, they have turned around and filed their own suit against Charney. We summed up this development as follows: “Aaron, Biglaw is about to get medieval on your ass. You’re going to be bending over for Messrs. […]
  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.05.07

    * What’s DNA anyway? Just three little letters. Probably stands for “did not attack”. [New York Times via How Appealing] * It’s called the first f***ing amendment; look into it. [CNN] * Switzerland allows physician-assisted suicide for sufferers of incurable mental disorders (but they must first establish the rational and “well-considered” basis for their decision). […]

  • Admin, Technology

    A Quick Comment on Comments

    As some of you have noticed, several reader comments posted over the weekend have mysteriously vanished. A few people wondered whether they were deliberately deleted. For the record, these reader comments were not removed on purpose. We are in the process of upgrading the technology behind the site — a process that’s still ongoing. Unfortunately, […]