October 2008

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  • Heller Ehrman, Musical Chairs

    Dechert Picks Up An Interesting Piece From Heller

    Dechert has just announced the hiring of former Heller chairman Matt Larrabee. His official partnership with Dechert is thought to be a mere formality. From Dechert’s press release: “Matt’s experience is unusually diverse, with each of his practice areas intersecting with a number of Dechert’s core litigation practices: class action defense, antitrust, fraud claims, and […]
  • Layoffs

    Nationwide Layoff Watch: Bell Tolls at Bell Boyd

    The Chicago market is really tough these days. In the past month, 21 associates lost their jobs with Katten, 25 associates were laid off from Sonneschein, and Jenner Block parted ways with 10 partners. A tipster tells us that Bell Boyd’s Chicago office could be the next firm to suffer the layoff bug: 18 fired […]
  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket 10.30.08

    * Nebraska doesn’t want your teenagers or kids from other states. The legislature will hold a special session to fix its safe-haven law. [New York Times] * The DOJ declares Delta and Northwest Airlines man and wife. [Pacific Business News] * Washington Judge Roger Fisher doesn’t want anything to do with scalded monkeys. [Seattle Times] […]

  • Gay, Gay Marriage

    Countdown to California's Prop. 8 Showdown

    Unless something very strange happens, California’s electoral votes are already spoken for. In fact, we might know the next President long before the California polls close. But regardless of the national election, there are many reasons why Californians should go vote on November, 4th. For many, Proposition 8 (the initiative to ban gay marriage) will […]