Oh! Whooo! Aye. Yeah, yeah, yeaaah! Oh! Hey! Ooh, ooh, yeah! We press on with our open threads on Vault 100 law firms. Sure, these next five firms are ranked by their Vault prestige scores (indicated parenthetically). But in our opinion, every one of them is a winner: 71. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis […]
Please accept our apologies. After breaking the story on Friday afternoon, we kinda dropped the ball on the merger of Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb. We’ll write more about this transaction later. Sadly, we have to head offline for a bit. But in the meantime, here’s an open thread for people to discuss the merger. […]
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Congratulations to Nixon Peabody. All of the “winners” at that venerable law firm are winners once again. VH1’s Best Week Ever just named the firm’s non-theme-song song its Favorite Jam of Summer ’07! We kid you not. See here: “Everyone’s a Winner at Nixon Peabody” is officially our Favorite Jam of Summer 07! The type […]
We’re way behind on this story. Last night, from Roll Call (via Blogonaut): Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon. Craig’s arrest occurred just after […]
Memo from Jonathan Lowe to all DC associates, after the jump.
* The next Attorney General? [MSNBC] * Or will it be one of these folks? [CNN] * If you’re going to bet on it, here are some odds and wild-cards. [Slate] * NY Times investigates Fred Thompson’s early legal and political career. [NYT] * Paris Hilton settles $10m defamation suit by former fiance’s ex-girlfriend. [CNN] […]
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Time for a walk down ATL memory lane. On April 20, we opened a poll about how much longer Alberto Gonzales would serve as Attorney General. In light of yesterday’s announcement that Gonzales will be stepping down as AG effective September 17, the correct answer would have been five months. But it looks like almost […]
* Oh, those crazy French people. They eat the darnedest things! [Conglomerate] * A shameless (and belated) plug: we were interviewed last week by NPR’s Mike Pesca, for an interesting story about Jonathan Lee Riches and his wacky pro se lawsuits. (We appear around the 2:30 mark.) [NPR] * Blawg Review #123 — in the […]
Our open threads on Vault 100 law firms seem to be drawing fewer comments. But we’ll finish what we’ve started. We don’t want to give you a case of these. So here is this afternoon’s set of Biglaw shops (with Vault prestige scores in parentheses): 66. Greenberg Traurig, LLP (5.631)67. Kaye Scholer LLP (5.591)68. Holland […]
Judge Loretta K. Preska (S.D.N.Y.) has it all: a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, a rich husband, and killer shoes. As well as, it appears, no patience for lawyers who play fast and loose with the rules. From the WSJ Law Blog: Cleary Gottlieb conjures images of Ivy League bookishness and international savoir faire, […]
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Right now some of you are probably thinking: “Enough already about Alberto Gonzales and Michael Vick! Isn’t there anything else you can write about?” Of course. Let’s go back to the story of Nixon Peabody, and its ridiculous law firm theme song! (In preemptive response to those of you who are sick and tired of […]
Lots and lots of press conferences today. President Bush, at a Waco airport, about to board Air Force One, gave a brief statement on Alberto Gonzales’s resignation as attorney general. Bush said that he “reluctantly” accepted AGAG’s resignation. Gonzales was subjected to “months of unfair treatment” that has “created harmful distraction at the Justice Department.” […]
Michael Vick, dressed in a sober charcoal suit and gold tie, just made a short public statement about his case. He took no questions. Here are some excerpts. “For most of my life, I’ve been a football player, not a public speaker…. I’d like to take this opportunity to speak from the heart.” He apologized […]
The plea hearing for the embattled star quarterback took place this morning. One of Michael Vick’s lawyers, Billy Martin, spoke to reporters on the courthouse steps. He stated that “this matter is concluded until December 10th, when Judge Hudson will sentence Michael Vick according to the plea agreement.” He also announced that Vick will make […]
Wow, that was short. We were prepared to liveblog the Alberto Gonzales resignation announcement, but it was over before it began. We didn’t time it, but it probably didn’t run over two minutes. Here’s what we jotted down: AGAG seems a little choked up. [Update: Pete Williams of NBC had the exact opposite reaction; he […]