February 2011
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Biglaw, Holidays and Seasons, Money, Romance and Dating, Women's Issues
Advice for 'Sugar-Mama' Attorneys and Their Low-Income Male Life Partners
This is a very modern Valentine’s Day story, and one that is only possible in the prestige-obsessed world of Biglaw and a few other similar professions. A woman is an associate at a law firm. She’s probably an associate at a Biglaw firm, since she claims to earn a six-figure salary. She’s engaged to a […] -
Clarence Thomas, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Maybe His Wife Does All the Talking?
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Weil Gotshal Plays the Match Game
Last week, we told you that Weil Gotshal was waiting to see how the other top-tier dominoes fell before deciding on spring bonuses. Well, since that time, many dominoes have fallen, all in line behind Cravath. Davis Polk, Skadden Arps, and now Paul Weiss have all matched the Cravath spring bonus scale. Cravath’s bonuses are […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Paul Weiss Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Paul Weiss associates! Uncle Brad loves you. PW just matched the Cravath spring bonuses — memo after the jump. So who are we still waiting to hear from? -
Breasts, Small Law Firms, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Social Media and Breast Implants
Many large law firms forbid their lawyers from visiting social-media sites while at work. Some have actual software blocks, preventing sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even blogs like Above the Law from loading on the firm computers. Other firms tacitly discourage visiting these sites, since every six minutes wasted on them are six minutes that could have been billed. Small firms are less likely to have these policies or blocking programs, mainly because small firms are less likely to have any policies. Or IT departments. This is partly a generational issue. On the one hand, you've got the Millennials: twenty-somethings who are used to having IM chats, Pandora music, and Facebook walls floating in the background while they bash away at Lexis or Microsoft Word. On the other hand, you have more-senior (or just plain "senior") lawyers, for whom the Interwebs are something to either be feared or restricted to off-duty hours. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Amazing Tribute From Son to Joseph Flom
Apparently Joseph Flom — name partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — is gravely ill. On Friday, his son took to the internet to talk about the life of his father. It’s a pretty amazing tribute. One of the knocks on making it big in Biglaw are the family life sacrifices. But if […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.14.11
* The Video Game Bar Association: perfect for unemployed lawyers who play Call of Duty all day… like my boyfriend. Happy Valentine’s Day, please don’t break up with me! [Am Law Daily] * Is Hugh Hefner cooking the books? He valued the Playboy Mansion at $1.2M, but this lawsuit says he was off on the […]
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3rd Circuit, Asians, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Litigators, Racism, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Trials, Videos, Violence
Commonwealth v. Ung: The Other Side of the Story
In response to our last story about Gerald Ung — the Temple Law student now on trial for attempted murder and aggravated assault (among other charges), after shooting Eddie DiDonato, a former Villanova lacrosse captain and the son of a prominent Fox Rothschild partner — some commenters expressed the view that our coverage was too […] - Sponsored
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Law Professors, New York Times, Noah Feldman, Politics, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: But Black Is So Slimming!
The justices are human — and the more we let them be human, the better job they will do. Let the unthinkable be said! If the medieval vestments are making people think the justices should be monks, then maybe, just maybe, we should to do away with those robes. — Noah Feldman — professor at […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.11.11
* Tipsters, I’ve seen the Milbank / Harvard Law news. I just don’t have a strong opinion about it. Good, bad, indifferent? You tell me. [Harvard Law School; National Law Journal via Truth on the Market] * Is Ashley Madison (the dating site for adulterers) a scam? [Forbes] * Ah, the real reason Hosni Mubarak […] -
Craigslist, Gay, Job Searches, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Sex
Proof That the Legal Job Market Still Sucks
It’s a little risqué, so we’ve placed it after the jump. If your sensibilities are delicate or you don’t like crudeness, please stop reading here. -
Lawyer Advertising, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Videos, YouTube
Volkswagen Uses 'The Force' Of Social Media
By now, everyone has seen the Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial featuring Max Page as a pint-sized Darth Vader. You know, Max Page — the kid who plays Baby Reed on The Young and The Restless. You mean to tell me you don’t watch a little Y&R? Yeah, I don’t either, and I also hadn’t heard […] -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Do You Need to Take a Bar Review Course?
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL, I’m in my last year of law school and will be taking the bar this summer. I was wondering if you had some advice on the necessity of a bar review course. The opinions I’ve received from friends who have […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Headhunters / Recruiters, Money, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Don't Ask Why, Just Ask How Much
I can’t say with any reasonable certainty what has triggered the spring bonus phenomenon. The lateral law firm market is heating up, but it’s not sizzling by recruitment standards. — Katherine Frink-Hamlett, president and CEO of Frink-Hamlett Legal Solutions, a legal recruiting firm, commenting to The Careerist on spring bonuses. -
Constitutional Law, Politics
Are There Any Egyptian Constitutional Scholars in the House?
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has finally decided to step down. We should all be thankful that this has been a relatively “bloodless” coup. We should all take notice of a middle eastern regime change that didn’t require the use of American armed forces. We should all wish the people of Egypt the best of luck […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues
Associate Bonus Watch: Skadden Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses!
This shouldn’t come as a shock: Skadden is paying spring bonuses. And it’s doing so on the top-of-the-market Cravath scale. Yay! According to a memorandum sent to the Skadden Arps partnership by email this morning — before 8 a.m., so prior to the Davis Polk announcement — the firm was originally planning to match market […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
This Is Howrey Do It: Partner Departures and Other Updates
This week has been fairly quiet in terms of news about the troubled Howrey law firm. A post over at the Howrey Doody Time blog — with a brilliant punny title (wish I had thought of it myself) — describes the current state of affairs as “a painful holding pattern.” Well, this morning we do […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Davis Polk Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses!
The venerable and aesthetically pleasing law firm of Davis Polk has decided to join in the springtime bonus party. They’ve just announced their spring bonuses — and they’re matching the generous Cravath scale, not the Sullivan & Cromwell scale (which is slightly lower for more-senior associates). Congratulations, DPW associates. It may have taken a while […] -
Barry Bonds, Baseball, Celebrities, Immigration, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Prisons, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking
Morning Docket: 02.11.11
* If the Muslim Brotherhood gains power in Egypt, they will impose sharia law. Just like Oklahoma! [ABC Online] * Lindsay Lohan took to Twitter to announce that she “was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal.” Well, nature it is. [msnbc.com] * Arizona is suing the federal government over the porous border. Mr. Obama, […]
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Deaths, Police
Good Samaritan Liability? Reflexive Trust of Police Costs a Man His Life
Joke about Good Samaritan liability all you want, but we’re about to talk about an interesting case that is right on point. The Philadelphia Daily News reports on a lawsuit that has been filed in New Jersey. Keith Briscoe was killed during a scuffle with Winslow Township police officer Sean Richards and other men who […]