August 2007
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Latham Joins the $50K/$70K Club (For Real)
To all of you who have been complaining about the clerkship bonus policy of Latham & Watkins, the firm has heard your pleas. And it has taken action. But if you’re starting at the firm in 2007, you might not reap the benefits of your whining advocacy. An LW offeree passed along this information to […] -
Advertising, Announcements, Blogging, Shameless Plugs
The ATL Email Newsletter: A Special Promotion (Extended)
[Ed. note: This is basically a repost of a prior posting. But the deadline has been extended until 5 p.m. today, so if you missed out last week, here’s your chance.] As some of you already know, Above the Law offers a daily newsletter, via email. We encourage you to subscribe. You can sign up […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Drugs, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Football, Jonathan Lee Riches, Michael Vick, Morning Docket, Perverts, Pro Se Litigants, Sports, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 08.20.07
* Who needs lawyers? [WSJ Law Blog] * Take the deal, Vick. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Buyer’s remorse on the surveillance law? [New York Times] * I want a new drug website. [BBC] * Being the creepiest guy on earth is apparently not a crime. [CNN]
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Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Job Searches, Litigatrix, Shanetta Cutlar
What's Up With Shanetta Cutlar?
Some of you have been asking for updates on Shanetta Cutlar, the high-powered Department of Justice lawyer who has generated some colorful stories in the past. If you’re not familiar with her, click here, and browse through the archives. We don’t have anything terribly new to report on her. We hear that she has been […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Carol Lam, Legal Ethics, Qualcomm
Benchslap of the Day a Few Days Ago: The Qualcomm Debacle
We briefly mentioned that Carol Lam, one of the controversial U.S. Attorney firing victims, is now the interim general counsel of Qualcomm. If you’d like to know about the scandal that caused her predecessor, Lou Lupin, to resign, check out the WSJ Law Blog: It’s something no lawyer wants to get — a ruling from […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime
More Proof That Crime Doesn't Pay
Removing all that duct tape must have hurt like hell. Why not just wear a ski mask? ‘Duct tape bandit’ charged in robbery [Associated Press] -
Deaths, Federal Judges
Judge Adrian Duplantier, R.I.P.
Attention Loyola 2L: Someday you might serve on the federal bench. From the New Orleans Times-Picayune: U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier, who as a lawyer, lawmaker and jurist was a force in New Orleans life for more than a half-century, died Wednesday of cancer at Ochsner Medical Center. He was 78…. A lifelong New Orleanian […] -
Aaron Charney, Gay, Money, Real Estate
Brokeback Lawfirm: Noble Black
After we wrote about Aaron Charney flipping his condo for a tidy profit, a reader emailed us: Do some research on Noble Black, Charney’s agent at Corcoran. I remember reading an article several years ago where he left a New York Biglaw firm to go into residential real estate because the money just wasn’t good […] - Sponsored
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Admin, Announcements, Weirdness
ATL Way Back Weekend
We tend not to write much over the weekend — usually just a post here or there. But this weekend we’ll try something new. Some radio stations have what they call “wayback weekends,” during which they play music from past decades. We’re going to borrow this idea and declare today and tomorrow to be ATL’s […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
The person maintaining this Atlanta List of Shame needs to update it. The starting salary in the Atlanta office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan is now $145,000 (effective January 1, 2008). The firm has also raised first-year salaries to $160,000 in Houston and Washington, DC (effective September 1, 2007). For more senior associates, things are […] -
Ann Althouse, Jose Padilla, Non-Sequiturs, Orin Kerr, Real Estate, Religion, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Non-Sequiturs: 08.17.07
* Ann Althouse is a visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School this year — and they’ve put her up in an apartment with some pretty sweet views. (Perhaps she can see 125 Broad Street, home of Sullivan & Cromwell, where she once worked as an associate.) [Althouse] * Pope Benedict: Tax evasion is sinful (in […] -
Crime, Michael Vick, Pets, Sentencing Law, Violence
Michael Vick: His Co-Defendants Are Barking Up A Storm
Things aren’t look so hot for football star Michael Vick right now. See here and here. Despite the incriminating statements of his co-defendants, Vick still hasn’t reached a plea agreement with the government. Rumor has it that there’s a split among Vick’s lawyers about whether to take a plea deal. After the jump, we post […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Crime, Legal Ethics, Practice Pointers, Taser, Violence
ATL Practice Pointers: Don't Taser the Client
Even if you have a possible justification for doing so — ’cause it might be illegal. From the ABA Journal: Proceedings have been delayed in a California misdemeanor case in which the defense is claiming that police brutalized their client with a stun gun during his arrest at a shopping mall last year. That’s because […]
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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1st Circuit, Harvard, Harvard Law Review, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Smart Alex
We’re bummed that we can’t write this week about the groom who arranges music for Yo-Yo Ma and Jay-Z. Or the one who’s associate counsel for the NBA. But lawyer-lawyer couples abound, and we know those are the pairings ATL readers crave. Here are our finalists: 1. Lisa Kutlin and Alexander Goldenberg 2. Shauna Burgess […] -
Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pro Bono, White & Case
Biglaw Perk Watch: Pro Bono Work
The subject of today’s perk post may not jump to mind as a perk or fringe benefit, but we think it’s important and worthy of inclusion here. From a reader: Please do a “perks” thread on pro bono work. What kind of opportunities are presented? How are the hours counted (if at all), both de […] -
Celebrities, Jonathan Lee Riches, Lunacy, Michael Vick, Prisons, Pro Se Litigants, Sports
Lawsuit of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches Strikes Again (and Again and Again)
Federal prisoner Jonathan Lee Riches, whose “$63,000,000,000.00 Billion dollar” lawsuit against Michael Vick was discussed in these pages last month, has a new celebrity athlete in his sights. From a tipster: Got to think you’ve seen this by now: the guy suing Michael Vick for a bazillion dollars or whatever it is now realizes that […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 11-15
Since our last two threads on Vault 100 law firms have generated healthy (and generally enlightening) discussion, we’ll continue to move on down the list. Please pose questions about or share insights into these five law firms (in Vault 100 order, with prestige scores in parentheses): 11. Kirkland & Ellis LLP (7.492)12. Debevoise & Plimpton […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Jones Day (Atlanta)
A source at Jones Day has confirmed for us the rumor that the firm’s Atlanta office has raised starting salaries to $150,000. Here’s more detail: First years are at $150,000, and senior classes are to be paid commensurate with Jones Day’s goals to pay at the top of each market in which it operates. There […] -
Cars, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, White-Collar Crime
Judge of the Day: Michael Joyce
We fondly remember this episode of 90210: “Brenda gets into a car accident. The woman involved in the accident claims she has whiplash and threatens to sue the Walsh family.” But then, when Brenda visits the woman at home to apologize, she looks through the living room window — and sees the woman jazzercising in […] -
Advertising, Job of the Week, Job Searches
Job of the Week
Each week we highlight an exciting job opportunity available through Lateral Link, ATL’s career partner. Company: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. Position: Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs Responsibilities include: (1) Review and analyze clearance issues/approvals , including music, for special features, including featurettes, DVD menus, audio commentaries, bloopers, etc. (2) Negotiate and draft talent approval […]