July 2007
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: What's Up With Shearman?
A reader e-mails: please do a post of shearman’s pathetic clerkship bonus, currently at $15,000!!!!!!! Okay, you got our attention with the seven exclamation points. Lat posted a clerkship bonus List o’ Shame last week that featured the top firms below the new standard of $50k: 1. Wachtell ($0) 8. Latham ($35k) [see update on […] -
India, Money
Whiners Without Borders: Lawyers Complain Around the Globe
Yet another article on unhappy lawyers: This time it’s from the UK, where it seems the legal profession has lost its “lustre.” Nearly a quarter of you want to quit. In a desperately competitive recruitment market, that’s just about the last thing law firm managers need to hear. Shocking? Yes. Not many apparently sought-after professions […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Money, Summer Associates
WilmerHale Summers: "Where's Our Raise?"
Are WilmerHale summer associates missing out on the salary bump? Wilmer recently raised first-year salaries to $160,000, and you’d think the firm’s summers would be earning that salary as well. But maybe not. Here’s a disgruntled e-mail from a current WilmerHale summer: I hope that this is tip-worthy – because it certainly is a topic […]
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Ridiculousness
Astronaut in Diapers: A Dirty Lie?
There are words you hope never to have to use in a legal representation, and surely many of them involve attire for the nether regions. To “thong” and “codpiece,” we can certainly add “diaper.” The attorney for Lisa Nowak, the country’s most notorious amorous astronaut, had to do just that, however, as he denied one […] -
King & Spalding
King & Spalding Attorney Kidnapped!
Two attorneys were reportedly kidnapped after leaving a nightclub in Atlanta Saturday night. They were found unharmed after one wrote a text message to his brother. David Deganian, 26, and a friend, Herman Hoying, 28, stayed behind to pay a bar tab as everyone started to leave around 2:30 a.m., Arman Deganian said. But David […] -
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The Lat's Away, and LEWW Will Play
Gooooooooood morning, legal community! Lat has zipped away to an undisclosed location again, and he tossed us the ATL keys this time. We’re delighted to be spending the day with the few of you who aren’t also on vacation. That said, this has all the makings of a slow news day. And we are woefully […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.02.07
* Mark Cuban sues Warriors coach, seeking to enjoin him from coaching against Dallas. [Star-Telegram] * Meanwhile, documentarians sue “We Are Marshall” creators for copyright infringement. [SI] * And in Vegas, Pacman Jones’ troubles continue…he’s getting sued by a bouncer who alleges Pacman chomped his ankle. [SI]
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Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Jonathan Cohn, Kids, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rachel Brand, U.S. Attorneys Offices, You Go Girl
Why Did the Prom Queen Leave the Party?
Okay, working at the U.S. Department of Justice may not be a party these days. But the recently announced, imminent departure of Assistant Attorney General Rachel L. Brand — her last day at the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy is July 9 — had nothing to do with recent controversies (contrary to some insinuations). As […]
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