In the wake of this story, which had a happy ending, we received this email: I read about you helping the woman with cancer who wanted to wear her hat in court. I’m handicapped, paralyzed with a closed head injury. I’m in a wheelchair and rarely leave my condo except to see doctors. I’ve lived […]
More news from one of ATL’s favorite law firms, Quinn Emanuel. See Gawker and Radar. If your friends are as fabulous as Susan Estrich’s, why hide them behind a bcc? Query: Could this actually be a brilliant viral marketing ploy? Has Susan Estrich harnessed the power of the blogosphere to get all the world to […]
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
So far, we’ve received exactly 1,400 responses to last week’s survey on hours and bonuses. You can see how bonuses broke down for the Classes of 2005 and 2006, based on hours, in the results to yesterday’s Lawyer of the Year survey. But how did billable hours break down by city? There’s been a lot […]
Who knew that being a judge could be so dangerous? Maybe jurists should get hazard pay. From the Boston Globe: Few at the Norfolk Superior Court house in Dedham disputed that the worn and uneven front steps needed fixing. But when a judge in his late 60s tripped on them and broke his left kneecap […]
Sometimes we wish we had the breastses. Then we could enjoy the luxurious lactation room at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Back in this post, we wrote about the lactation room at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. We’re sure it’s plenty nice. But we doubt it’s as snazzy as what the competition on the other side of […]
Back in September, during our focus on non-top-tier law schools, there was some brief discussion over how much an LLM degree from a top program can help you in the job search if you graduated from a non-top law school. Let’s return to that topic. Here’s an email we recently received, from a loyal reader […]
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
* Former congressman indicted in connection with group that allegedly funded terrorism. [Washington Post; CNN] * Randy Moss denies battery allegations. [SI.com] * SCOTUS upholds NY judicial selection. [New York Times] * OJ released on doubled bail. [AP; Reuters] * Delicious, buttery lawsuit pops up in Colorado. [MSNBC] * Big award round-up: Apollo Group must […]
Obesity isn’t just a problem for Biglaw lawyers who don’t get to the gym enough. From the New York Post: He weighs more than 500 pounds, but that wasn’t enough to tip the scales of justice for ex-cop Paul Soto. The rotund retiree lost his legal argument that it was a line-of-duty fall outside a […]
* Calling all cougars — and the young studs who love them. If you’re a single female who earns more than $500,000 a year (e.g., a Biglaw partner), you should check out this event. [DealBreaker] * Canadian lawyers are horndogs, too. [Legal Blog Watch] * “Though I did not think Judge Kopf owed me anything, […]
A case going to trial next month raises some, er, probing questions. From the NYT’s City Room: Under what circumstances can a patient in an emergency room be forced to submit to a procedure that doctors deem to be medically necessary? That question — and the notion of informed consent — is at the heart […]
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
We’re still collecting nominations for the first annual ATL Lawyer of the Year, and we’ve decided to combine last month’s open thread with today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey. Let us know who you think should be our Lawyer of the Year, and why. To add a little fun, we’re also going to let you […]
Some of you might think we have a strange obsession with Quinn Emanuel around here. That’s really not the case; it’s just that, for whatever reason, we have a lot of tipsters over there. It seems that QE associates love to talk about their firm, for good or ill. Today, for good. From a source […]
Here’s an update to last week’s post about how various law firms fared in recruiting summer associates for this year. That post, including the comments, featured oodles of info about the expected summer class sizes at different Biglaw shops. Now we bring you a few more data points. First, just a few short hours after […]
Do you have a Scrabulous problem? Are you addicted to the online version of Scrabble, which you can play via Facebook? We had a Scrabulous addiction for a while, until we forswore the game. We’re finishing up current games; in fact, we just scored a bingo right before posting this (“OPERATED” — see board at […]
From the Smoking Gun: Disgraced and disbarred, Mike Nifong is now bankrupt. The former North Carolina prosecutor, whose career imploded with his botched handling of the Duke University rape case, today filed for bankruptcy, listing liabilities in excess of $180 million. A summary schedule from Nifong’s Chapter 7 petition can be found below. Almost all […]