February 2008
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Monica Goodling
A Postcript on the Monica Goodling - Michael Krempasky Engagement
Make that a Post-script — a shout-out in the Washington Post, for both the happy couple and ATL. From the WaPo’s delicious Reliable Source column (which has new details about the Goodling/Krempasky engagement, including their ages and the story of their courtship): Engaged: Monica Goodling, 34, the former Alberto Gonzales adviser, to Michael Krempasky, 33, […] -
Biglaw Perk Watch: Skadden to 18 Weeks
We don’t think that we’ll post every single announcement about new and improved parental leave policies, since Justin Bernold is already tracking them through this handy-dandy table. But we will let you know about the big ones. Today’s announcement qualifies. The latest firm to move to the new benchmark of 18 weeks paid maternity leave […] - Sponsored
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Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, New York Times, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Linda Greenhouse's Departure, Confirmed
We already discussed this news yesterday. But in our earlier post, we promised to let you know if and when Linda Greenhouse got back to us — and she kindly did, sending the following message to ATL about her rumored departure as the New York Times’s Supreme Court correspondent: As you may know – the […]
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Job Survey
Featured Job Survey: Is Your Practice Hot Or Not?
Last year, we asked you whether work was busy at your firms, and only about half of you said yes. Patent attorneys were particularly busy nationwide (and remain quite popular), while associates in real estate and structured finance were pretty slow in many markets. In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we dig a little […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.28.08
* Relatives of murdered girls may sue D.C. [Washington Post] * Humane Society files suit against USDA over recalled beef. [MSNBC] * Pay raises hurting PPP? [WSJ Law Blog] * Two hapless robbers walk into a biker bar… [CNN] * … while two crafty robbers rob a robber jeweler… [MSNBC] * … and a not-so-ambiguously-gay […]
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Layoffs, Robert Link, Screw-Ups
Cadwalader to Its Chairman: You Are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
Cynics might say the firm is rearranging the proverbial deck chairs, but these leadership changes strike us as prudent. From a report by Anthony Lin in the New York Law Journal: As it wrestles with an ongoing slump in its core capital markets practice, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has shaken up its top management team. […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.27.08
* A link in honor of everyone taking the bar exam today: the true story of someone who was told he failed the New York bar exam, in the wake of Laptopgate, but appealed the failure and prevailed. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * A “do-it-yourself” approach to filing dates? Nice try. [Utah District […] -
Barack Obama, Biglaw, Money, Politics, Skaddenfreude, Tax Law, Ted Frank
NY to... 147K? More About Barack Obama's Tax Plan(Or: Time to make the donuts?)
[Ed. note: Yesterday’s guest post about how Barack Obama’s tax plan might affect Biglaw associates, authored by Ted Frank, generated a record number of comments on ATL: 564 (and counting). It also generated lots of reaction throughout the blogosphere (links collected below). So we thought we’d invite Ted to do a follow-up.] Here it is. […] - Sponsored
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Contests, Pictures, Reader Polls
ATL Caption Contest: The South Florida Blackout
Here’s a photo of lawyers affected by the south Florida blackout, from the Miami Herald: Here’s the actual caption: Lawyers, from the left, Alan Lash, Justin Fienberg, and Alex Mendez, not lawyer, working on a project at Greenberg Traurig, on 27th floor of 1221 Brickell, went to lunch and found the building out of power. […] -
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Foley & Lardner
This latest bit of associate pay raise news is not particularly new. It was conveyed last week, via hard copy letter (in envelopes marked “professional and confidential”). But we never met a pay raise announcement we didn’t like, so we’ll pass it along. Foley & Lardner — which, by the way, recently announced its new […] -
Job Searches
Are NALPpy-Headed Hos Causing Trouble for Rising 2Ls?
From an anxious first-year law student: I saw this piece on Tax Prof Blog and thought your readers might have some interesting thoughts. NALP has decided next fall the 2Ls only get 45 days to hold an offer for a summer position. See here. I have a job at a firm this summer that is […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Weirdness
Good Luck to February Bar Exam Takers!(And an open thread for bar prep stories.)
We didn’t notice this, until a tipster just mentioned it to us: today is the February MBE day. So, to everyone taking the multistate bar examination right now, good luck! From the same source: I thought an open thread about the weirdest bar preparation might be entertaining. I immediately thought of you when I was […] -
Aaron Charney
Lawyerly Lairs: New Million-Dollar Digs for Aaron Charney(And a new boyfriend, too?)
So how much did Aaron Charney get in his settlement from Sullivan & Cromwell? There has been lots of speculation, but little evidence. Here’s one fact suggesting that he did pretty well: Aaron Charney just bought a $1.5 million Manhattan condo. As reported by Max Abelson in the New York Observer: A deed filed in […]
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Job Survey, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Featured Job Survey: Firms With Benefits
We received 826 responses to last Thursday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, which asked you what kind of benefits, leave or part-time policies you would most like your employers to offer. Both men and women found a reduced-hours track with lower compensation a particularly appealing policy, with roughly a third of male respondents and a […] -
Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, New York Times, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Is the Margo Channing of One First Street Taking Her Final Bow?(Or: Is Linda Greenhouse leaving the New York Times?)
We have previously compared Linda Greenhouse, the veteran Supreme Court correspondent of the New York Times, to Margo Channing, the great but aging diva of All About Eve. The comparison continues to hold. Just as Margo Channing eventually leaves the thea-tuh, so too does Linda Greenhouse leave the SCOTUS. Ed Whelan, the former Scalia clerk […] -
New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 2.11 and 2.17: Spellbound
We’re back with another installment of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, where we weigh the relative prestige and fabulosity of the newlywed lawyers who are brave enough to splash their happy news across the pages of the New York Times. Here are the latest LEWW hopefuls: 1.) Mindy Jaffe and Per Chilstrom 2.) Jennifer Abrams […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.27.08
* EU fines Microsoft $1.3B. [New York Times] * Sinking Eskimo village sues energy companies for global warming. [CNN] * Polygamist Jeffs charged in Arizona. [MSNBC] * Mayor recalled over MySpace picture and golf course management. [CNN Video] * Law Blog chats with “NCAA defender to the stars.” [WSJ Law Blog]
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Lawyerly Lairs
Lawyerly Lairs: Who Cares If You're Disbarred, If You Own a $35 Million Mansion?
A struggling personal injury lawyer was disbarred last month, for splitting fees with non-lawyers, aiding the unauthorized practice of law, and other offenses. Sounds pretty unexciting, right? But Keith Rubinstein is no ordinary PI lawyer; don’t cry for him, Argentina. Last year, he beat out Evita — i.e., Madonna, the Material Girl herself — in […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.26.08
* Law school applicants: they got they mind on they money, money on they mind. NY to 190! [TaxProf Blog] * And can you blame them? Even if 2008 is looking grim, 2007 was another great year for Biglaw. Record PPP, yeah you know me. [Wall Street Journal via WSJ Law Blog] * How much […] -
Admin, Announcements, Asians, Job Searches
ATL Seeks An Asia Columnist
In light of the explosive economic growth of China and the Far East, many top U.S. and global law firms are trying to figure out how to enter Asia. And Above the Law is, too. We’re looking for someone to write a weekly column for us about practicing law in Asia. It would be similar […]