February 2008
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Some Follow-Up on Jones Day's Confidential Compensation Model
Last week we put up a post about associate compensation issues at Jones Day. It generated a torrent of comments. As always, some were negative, some positive. A few readers were upset by the negative comments and came to their firm’s defense. Here’s what one wrote: I am a third year lawyer at Jones Day. […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.13.08
* From a male law student’s manifesto: “I Am A Law School Girl (Snatch, Gunch, Clam, Whisker Biscuit — Pick Your Subject Synonym)…” Charming, isn’t it? [Jezebel] * Are celebrity gossip sites developing consciences? [Media Law Prof Blog] * Could Greg Fleming’s status as the “last guy standing” at Merrill Lynch spell legal trouble for […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Judge of the Day
Judge of the Day: Nicholas Del Vecchio(And a digression on judges and oral sex.)
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Unless it involves an allegedly misbehaving judge, in which case it makes these pages. If the allegations are true, today’s Judge of the Day puts the “Sin” in Sin City. From the Las Vegas Review Journal: The Family Court judge accused of making a 14-year-old girl perform oral […]
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SCOTUS, Sex
All Rise! Dildos in the Court?
Hey, if they can make it past the metal detector at One First Street, it’s all good. Is that a gavel under your robe, Your Honor — or are you just reviewing the Joint Appendix? This is certainly one of the more interesting circuit splits out there. Let’s hope for a cert petition and a […] -
Biglaw Perk Watch: One Two Three Four, Cleary Declares Perk War!
The venerable law firm of Cleary Gottlieb, which has always been known as a kinder, gentler sort of place — at least by Biglaw standards — has fired a shot across the bow of its peer firms. Cleary just announced their move to the new “market” rate of 18 weeks of parental leave. But they […] -
Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: Homero Canales
The main villain this story is the client rather than the lawyer. But the facts are too good for us not to mention it. From today’s New York Times: ALICE, Tex. – Rustling has been frowned upon in this South Texas cow and cotton town since long before it was named for the youngest daughter […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Heller Ehrman, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Heller Ehrman
Our latest associate bonus news comes from Heller Ehrman. On Monday, we were alerted to their bonus meeting: Heller has an all-associate video conference tomorrow (Tuesday, 9 a.m. PST) where, among other things, associate compensation will be discussed. Bonus checks are due on Friday, and no one knows what they’ll get in advance. (You have […] -
Job Survey
Featured Job Survey Results: Making Rain?
We received over five hundred responses to last Thursday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on client contact, and most of you have been enjoying extensive client interaction: Results: How many times have you interacted with clients in the last month? Of course, not all client contacts are created equal: About 93% of respondents spoke with […] - Sponsored
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. -
Guns / Firearms
Objection as to... Firearm? Packing Heat to a Deposition
We’re having a very sportcentric morning here at ATL. From the AP: A lawyer for a sports marketer who is suing football star Reggie Bush said he and his client walked out of a deposition Tuesday after a bodyguard for Bush’s attorney opened his jacket to expose a pistol. “He made sure we saw it,” […] -
Sports
Sports and the Law: Steroids, and Spygate, and Churchgate, Oh My!
For most of the past century, Congress has failed to adequately regulate professional sports. For example, when Major League Baseball (“MLB”) actively monopolized, Congress did nothing (1914-1998). When the National Football League (“NFL”) sought to merge with its main competitor (the American Football League), Congress granted the NFL a special antitrust exemption to do so […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.13.08
* Senators Obama and McCain sweep D.C., Maryland, and Virginia primaries; Obama overtakes Clinton in delegate count. [CNN] * Writers vote to end strike. [New York Times] * Senate spy bill includes telecom immunity. [Washington Post] * Sen. Specter, NFL Commish Goodell to discuss Patriots’ “spygate” incident. [ESPN] * Foreclosure rescue plan coming together. [New […]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Gibson Dunn
We have confirmed, with a reliable source at the firm, the rumor that Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher now pays a $50,000 clerkship bonus, as of January 1 of this year. We don’t know the firm’s policy for multiple clerkships of years of clerking; if you happen to know, email us, and we’ll update this post […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.12.08
* A new blog committed to civil justice and consumer advocacy issues. Maybe they can start a blog war with Overlawyered.com? [The Pop Tort] * As it turns out, the plaintiffs’ bar may need all the help it can get these days. They don’t need the feds to show up and indict them; they can […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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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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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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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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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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Email Scandals, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting, William and Mary School of Law
Turmoil at William & Mary - Law School Dean Takes Over as President
We love internecine warfare at law schools and in other academic settings. As the old saying goes — our cursory Googling doesn’t immediately generate the exact wording or source, so we’ll paraphrase — fights in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small. As Hillary and Barack do battle in Virginia today, so […] -
Bad Ideas, Contests, Hotties, Reader Polls
Skadden's Hotness Contest, Chilled By the Powers That Be
Everyone’s written about this story already; we don’t have much to add. Maybe we’ll write more later if the spirit moves us, but we’re not feeling terribly inspired right now. In the meantime, check out the numerous links collected below, opine in the comments, and take our poll. We’re curious about what you think of […] -
Lawsuit of the Day
Lawsuit of the Day: So Is Raelyn Campbell's Laptop Worth More Than Roy Pearson's Pants?
Why do so many dubious lawsuits originate here in the D.C. metro area? First we had Judge Roy Pearson’s $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaners, over a pair of lost pants. And now we get this, via Engadget: We’ve definitely heard some horror stories about Best Buy, but it looks like a DC woman […] -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Here’s some recent associate pay raise news from Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell (the entity formed by the merger last year of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp and Chicago-based Lord Bissell & Brook): Attached is a memo from, purportedly, the Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell (the new combined firm) management regarding associate salary increases. Despite […] -
Intellectual Property, Jeremy Pitcock, Kasowitz Benson, Litigators, Morgan & Finnegan, Musical Chairs, Sexual Harassment
Musical Chairs: Jeremy Pitcock Has Left the Building
Some of you may recall the strange tale of Jeremy Pitcock, a successful IP litigator in New York. As we previously reported, he recently left Kasowitz Benson, where he headed the intellectual property practice, for Morgan & Finnegan. That’s par for the course, in this age of increased lateral partner movement. The weird part was […] -
Job Survey, Kids, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity
Featured Job Survey: Is Your Firm Family Friendly?
This blog has posted several entries over the last few months, and even this morning, about law firms updating their parental leave policies. That’s a great trend in the industry, but there’s probably not an associate pirate out there who doesn’t still get at least a call a week from associates who want to go […] -
Blank Rome
Nationwide Pay Raise (and Associate Bonus) Watch: Blank Rome
This isn’t super-exciting news, since the key point — an increase in starting salaries — was previously announced. But in case you’re interested, the pay raise (and bonus) memo of Blank Rome — which announced an increase in first-year associate salaries last fall, but said it was still “reviewing the compensation levels for all Associates […]