January 2010
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Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Money, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Secretary Gets Her Boss in All Kinds of Trouble
Be nice to your secretary. It’s the right thing to do. What, basic human decency doesn’t appeal to you? Alright, how about: be nice to your secretary — or else she might totally screw you over by revealing your secrets. It’s advice product liability lawyer David Gross might have wanted to take. The ABA Journal […] -
Craigslist, Job Searches
Ivy League Law School Graduate Begs for Work on Craigslist
We know that many law schools fudge their “employed upon graduation” statistics for the benefit of their U.S. News ranking. But I wonder what it would like if law schools reported their “still employed five years after graduation” numbers. Something tells me it wouldn’t look good. One well credentialed top law school graduate has been […] - Sponsored
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… -
Lawyer of the Day
Tiger Woods's U.K. Lawyer Leaves His Firm, Heads for the Hills
Sometimes, helping your client avoid media scrutiny has consequences, even in England. The Lawyer reports that the lawyer who helped keep naked, sexy pictures of Tiger Woods out of the U.K. press has mysteriously left his firm: Schillings partner Simon Smith has left the media boutique weeks after winning a controversial injunction on behalf of […]
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Politics
Breaking: Mark Sanford Censured by South Carolina Legislature
Ah, censure. It’s what politicians do when no laws have been broken but they’re still really pissed about what went down. With little debate, the South Carolina House of Representatives overwhelming voted to censure Governor Mark Sanford. The Palmetto Scoop reports: After less than 30 minutes of debate, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2009, Associate Salaries
Kaye Scholer: Salary and Bonus Follow-Up
Yesterday, we reported that Kaye Scholer would be paying market busting bonuses to associates who hit their hours. Today, associates are telling us that “hitting hours” is kind of like shooting the moon in hearts. A tipster reports: Bonus hour requirements were moved up from 2,000 to 2,200 this year, with the “superbonus” at 2,400 […] -
Texas, YouTube
Texas Bar Gives Money for YouTube Creativity
Last year we reported that tuition would be on the rise at the UT-Law. We’ve discussed the fact that American Bar Association appears to be oblivious to the rising cost of legal education. But for the second year in a row, the State Bar of Texas is offering scholarships to intrepid law students. All you […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.13.10
* General Counsels make bank. [Corporate Counsel] * Southerners trying to carpetbag New York’s U.S. Senate seat need to get on board with gay marriage. [New York Times] * Google v. China. [Wall Street Journal] * in case you haven’t seen it, Conan O’Brien’s letter to Earth is brilliant. But notice how many times he […]
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Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Technology, Trials, Videos
Cameras in the Prop 8 Courtroom: Why Not?
A disclaimer: we’re not sure how we feel about Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge brought by superlawyers Ted Olson and David Boies to Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. We are somewhat sympathetic to Jonathan Adler’s position: gay marriage makes perfect sense as a policy matter, but the constitutional case is […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.12.10
* Boy, it’s going to be interesting to see if NBC’s attempt to screw over Conan O’Brien will succeed because Conan’s lawyers didn’t include every conceivable way NBC could screw over Conan. I hope Conan gets his money, but whatever happens, the show that he’s sure to get to go up against Leno (on Fox […] -
Salary Cuts
Kaye Scholer: Back to More Simple Methods for Cutting Salaries, Plus a Big Time Bonus
After being inundated with firms that are trying to cut salaries through the implementation of a merit-based associate compensation structure, it’s refreshing to see a firm cut salaries the old fashioned way. Tipsters report that Kaye Scholer is just going about its paycut in a straightforward manner: Associates will be paid on a 145K scale […] -
Commencement, Law Schools
Let's Commence Commencement Speaker Watch
As was evident last year, I kind of get giddy around the time colleges and law schools start picking their commencement speakers. I don’t know why. You remember graduation for the rest of your life and it’s interesting to me to see the people your school picks to give you a proper send-off. And you […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Lawyer of the Day, Wall Street, Weirdness
More Twists, Turns, and Craziness from Patricia Cohen's SAC Inspired Lawsuit
Patricia Cohen, ex-wife of SAC Capital billionaire Steve Cohen, has dropped her lawsuit against her ex-husband. Except she hasn’t. Dealbreaker is covering all the ins-and-outs of this case. After it was reported that the lawsuit had been dropped, Dealbreaker received comment from Patricia Cohen. Bess Levin writes: Uh, so Patricia has this to say: “I […] -
Celebrities, listserv, Parties, Reality TV
Jersey Shore at NYU Law?
Over the break, one NYU Law student started a movement to bring Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. Snooki from the cast of Jersey Shore) to an NYU party. NYU students thought they could hang out with a drunk girl who likes to party, for just $2,000. Here’s the email that was sent to the NYU Law listserve: […]
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Scott Rothstein, Scott Turow, Travel / Vacation, White-Collar Crime
Scott Rothstein and His Amex Card: He Never Left Home Without It
In the new movie Up in the Air — which is worth seeing, if you haven’t already — Ryan Bingham, played by George Clooney, is on a quest to rack up 10 million frequent flyer miles. That’s a heck of a lot of miles. In the Walter Kirn novel the film was based on, it […] -
Killing Lockstep, Salary Cuts
McDermott Will & Emery: Another Firm Kills Lockstep, Cuts Pay
As we have discussed at length, it’s one thing to move to a merit-based compensation structure. Many associates will accept it. What really seems to bother people is when the firm kills lockstep and replaces it with a system that includes a significant salary cut. E.g., DLA Piper. Now, McDermott Will & Emery is poised […] -
SCOTUS, Sports
Sports and the Law: Oral Arguments Begin Tomorrow in American Needle v. NFL
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in the case American Needle v. National Football League for the purposes of determining whether the NFL clubs’ collective licensing of individual club trademarks is exempt from Section 1 of the Sherman Act under antitrust law’s single entity defense. American Needle, which is represented by the […] -
Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Schulte's November Layoffs Become Official
In November, we reported that Schulte was letting people go. We noted that Schulte decided to lay people off before the holidays. Now it appears that Schulte wasn’t exactly being a total Scrooge. It looks like Schulte let people know they were going to be fired back in November, but those layoffs become official this […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.12.10
* New Jersey may have nixed gay marriage, but it’s cool with medical marijuana. [New York Times] * Speaking of the Garden State, the legislature there has given the green light to unionization of prosecutors. [NJ.com] * The Proposition 8 trial gets underway in California, as Ted Olson asks: “What does it mean to be […]
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Law Schools, Technology
Boring Professors Ban More Interesting Things in the Classroom
As 2010 gets underway, a couple of law schools are taking steps to keep students from accessing the internet while they’re in class. This would be a pretty mundane and much expected story, if we all lived in China. The most extreme attempt by a law school to captivate an audience comes from Villanova Law. […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.11.10
* A big time judge is stepping down. No, it’s not J.P. “Methuselah” Stevens. [New York Times] * Spending your 3L year camping outside the Supreme Court sounds like an excellent use of your third year. And it could end up being hilarious. [First One @ One First] * More evidence that the legal industry […]