First Hogan & Hartson merged with Lovells. Then Sonnenschein merged with Denton Wilde. Now comes news that Mayer Brown is looking for a transatlantic partner — again. (Mayer previously merged with London-based Rowe & Maw.) The Lawyer reports: Mayer Brown and Simmons & Simmons have resumed merger talks, with both firms’ management set to brief […]
We’re attending a panel at the national convention of the American Constitution Society. The subject is marriage equality / same-sex marriage, and the line-up is as follows: A liveblog, after the jump.
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Deferred associates spending a year in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office claim that Brooklyn ADA Ama Dwimoh is an abusive boss. At first blush, one assumes that kids who have been coddled at the best schools and top firms simply weren’t prepared for the rough and tumble world of actual lawyering. But the Brooklyn D.A., […]
We’re at the Friday luncheon at the American Constitution Society’s national convention. The lunchtime speaker is Janet Napolitano — the current Secretary for Homeland Security, the former governor and U.S. attorney for Arizona, and possible future Supreme Court nominee. A liveblog of her remarks, plus photos (of the low-quality Blackberry variety), after the jump.
Lawyers like going the extra mile — and we’re not just talking about meticulousness in contract drafting. For whatever reason, many lawyers like to run. Some go long distances, like the marathon (an event where lawyers excel, especially at young ages). Others are in for the shorter haul — e.g., last night’s Lawyers Have Heart […]
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We’re attending a panel at the American Constitution Society’s national convention, focused on access to the federal courts after Iqbal and Twombly. The panelists: We’re going to liveblog the panel — after the jump.
Ignorance has never stopped a federal judge from expressing an opinion. — Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit, after professing limited knowledge of antitrust law during a humorous speech about (you guessed it) antitrust law, at the annual dinner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute last night.
Things haven’t been easy for Bryan Cave and its associates during this recession. But today is a good day. There is no need for an A.K. Last night, we received word from tipsters that BC associates across most of the firm’s offices will be told that they are getting a raise: Bryan Cave announced to […]
* Joe Barton apologizes for apologizing to BP. It’s just another day in the GO(B)P. [Washington Post] * Faisal Shahzad, indicted on 10 terror-related charges. [Bloomberg Businessweek] * William Mitchell College of Law professor, Peter Erlinder, has been released from a Rwandan prison on bail. He should be back in the U.S.A. today. Welcome home. […]
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Most New York lawyer types have given up on the idea of cooking for themselves; they’re far more likely to get their dinner from Seamless Web than from their own fridge and stovetop. But not Serena Palumbo. She’s now in-house counsel for an Italian bank, and has persevered in making nightly home-made dinners, despite prior […]
* If you think capitalism has been portrayed negatively in Hollywood films before, just wait ’till the BP movies hit the theaters. I mean, can you imagine what Quantum of Solace would have been about post-BP? [Truth on the Market] * I love my dog. I like most dogs more than I like most people. […]
Here in New York, we’re in the midst of the JPMorgan Corporate Challenge, a race sponsored by JPMorgan that raises money for the Central Park Conservancy. An ATL reader at a major New York law firm described the race (which is really two races; it’s now run over two consecutive evenings, due to the large […]
Last week, we set up an open thread for people to discuss the next round of tuition hikes at their law schools. Sadly, it appears that many schools are indeed raising tuition despite the soft economy for legal jobs. Once again, the cost of legal education is proving to be recession proof. But another, even […]
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