David Lat & Elie Mystal
Posts by David Lat & Elie Mystal
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.05.09
* Next up for Erin Andrews and Bingham McCutchen? Maybe suing Marriot and Ramada. [Legal Blog Watch] * District Judge Stefany Miley, who replaced district Judge Elizabeth Halverson, is also allegedly a victim of domestic violence. Vegas baby. Nice place to visit, wouldn’t want to live there. [Legally Unbound] * Silicon Valley lawyer Craig Johnson, […] -
Biglaw
The New Biglaw Business Model, According to O'Melveny & Myers
There has been so much talk about the death of Biglaw that the term has become a cliché. These are challenging times, to be sure. But many firms are in the process of adjusting to the market, by making long-term plans to revise their business models so they can thrive in the future. One such […] - Sponsored
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.14.09
* If you’ll be in D.C. on Wednesday, September 23, come to this panel on New Media and the Law, featuring Lat, Tony Mauro of the National Law Journal, and Matt Welch from Reason magazine. [Georgetown Federalist Society] * Did Serena Williams threaten that line judge at the U.S. Open? [Junior Ganymede] * “In defense […]
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Summer Associates
Skadden To Reduce Summer Class of 2010 By Half
Skadden has decided to significantly reduce the size of its summer class for 2010. In a charming move, the firm told the media before informing law schools and prospective summer associates. Am Law Daily reports: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is cutting the size of its 2010 summer associate class by half and adjusting […] -
Vault rankings
Pregaming the Vault Rankings: Incorrect Rankings Appear on Vault Website
The new Vault law firm rankings, for 2010, are set to be released later this week. But earlier today, readers sent us this link, which takes you to a page on the Vault website with incomplete prestige rankings for a little over 60 law firms. We reached out to Brian Dalton, managing editor of Vault, […] -
Harvard, Police, Racism, Vicious Infighting
Gatesgate: A Legal Hypothetical
Elie here. On Wednesday, I took a closer look at the woman who called the Cambridge police on Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. I wondered if she could be held liable under a good Samaritan statute, and asked if we should hold good Samaritans to a higher standard. Most readers felt that the woman […] -
Li-ann Thio
Breaking: Dr. Thio Is Not Coming To NYU LawUpdate: Official NYU statement now available.
Details are still sketchy, but word on the street is that Dr. Li-ann Thio will not be coming to NYU Law School this fall. It appears that Dr. Thio has voluntarily decided not to serve as a visiting professor. As many of you know, Dr. Thio has been heavily criticized by some in the NYU […] -
Layoffs, Reader Polls
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Cahill Gordon, Round 2
Things could be better over at Cahill Gordon. In May, the American Lawyer noted Cahill’s fall from the Am Law 100, the nation’s 100 largest law firms by revenue. Until its recent tumble, Cahill had been on the list for 24 consecutive years. Back in January, we reported that Cahill Gordon laid off approximately 10 […] - Sponsored
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Summer Associates
We Know Where the HLS 2L Worked This SummerEx-summer associate cites visa dispute.
This afternoon, we told you about a summer associate from Harvard Law School who has already been fired from his firm. After the story went up, the HLS 2L called Above the Law to “set the record straight.” He has a different version of what went on during his brief stay at McDermott, Will & […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.17.09
* More evidence that Venable is the weirdest and/or coolest law firm in DC. [On the Record] * Is Harvard Law School just too…. nice? [The Stimulist] * Should veils be allowed on the witness stand? [Volokh Conspiracy] * Yesterday, we reported on a Saudi law firm that went a little too far in its […] -
Email Scandals, Sex Scandals, White & Case
Nationwide Layoff Getting Laid Watch: White & Case
As noted even in the New York Times, the global mega-firm of White & Case has been hit hard by the recession. But allegedly one of the firm’s associates has been hitting it up — with another man’s wife. The supposedly cuckolded husband has no intention of allowing this White & Case attorney to get […] -
Deferral Stipend, Start Dates, Summer Associates
Cravath Offers Voluntary Deferral to Class of 2009 -- and Delays Class of 2010 a Full Year
The venerable firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore has entered the building, and it’s asking up to half of its incoming first-years to take a year off. Cravath is offering a voluntary deferral option to its incoming associates, according to multiple Above the Law sources (as well as Bloomberg News). If the incoming associates are […] -
India, Outsourcing
Outsourcing: What Indian Firms Have Planned for the Future of Biglaw
Today we sat down with Gururaj Potnis, director of Manthan Legal, who was in New York to attend a legal conference. Manthan is an Indian company that describes itself as a “leader of offshore Legal Process Outsourcing.” According to Potnis, Manthan has roughly 280 lawyers — 140 senior attorneys, and 140 more junior colleagues who […]
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Morris Manning, Summer Associates
Open Thread: Is This the Beginning of the End for Summer Associate Programs?
People are already calling the class of 2009 the “lost generation.” We’ve detailed the difficult market facing the class of 2010. But yesterday we received some news out of Morris Manning, an Atlanta-based firm with approximately 175 lawyers, that suggests tough times are ahead for the classes of 2011 and beyond. Morris Manning managing partner […] -
Email Scandals
Second Bar Failure Is Proximate Cause for Quinn Associate's Ouster
Yesterday, we reported on an associate at Quinn Emanuel who had strong views about the firm’s recent victory in the Pro Football v. Harjo case, in which the D.C. Circuit upheld the Washington Redskins trademark in the moniker “Redskins.” We, along with many readers, speculated about whether the first-year associate would be able to hold […] -
Cars, Kids, Lawyer of the Day
Mommy Lawyer of the Day: Kaye Scholer Partner Leaves Bickering Kids
Madlyn Primoff, a partner in the bankruptcy and business reorganization group at Kaye Scholer, left her two daughters by the side of the road in White Plains. According to the New York Daily News: A prominent Park Avenue lawyer was arrested after cops said she got so angry at her young daughters that she kicked […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.23.09
* I’m not sure what a female associate is supposed to wear to her first golf outing. But I know what the commenters are thinking and they are certainly wrong. [Corporette] * Brian Cuban does a brilliant job here comparing the various ways dating is like basketball. But he acts as if a brother is […] -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Latham & Watkins Is Going For It
There have been a lot of rumors about impending layoffs at Latham & Watkins. Major layoffs. The firm has not responded to our multiple requests for comment, but here is the best information we’ve been able to collect over the past few days. We’re hearing that at least 70 – 150 people will be laid […] -
Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Stealth Layoffs at Kelley Drye?
There was one more firm we’ve heard a lot about recently, but the firm would not respond to ATL’s multiple requests for comment. In the past week or so, we’ve received a number of credible tips about layoffs at Kelley Drye. Because the firm will not comment, we don’t know the overall numbers. But multiple […] -
Admin, Announcements, Blogging, Free Speech, Rudeness
New Above the Law Comment Policy
As the Above the Law community continues to grow, more people are posting absurd, inane, and arguably offensive comments. And more people are complaining about those comments — in the comments, as well by email and other means. Here at ATL, we reserve the right to moderate comments as we see fit. We delete comments […]