Marin
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Posts by Marin
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Associate Advice, Cars, pls hndle thx, Summer Associates
Pls Hndle Thx: Pimp My Ride
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL- I’m a summer associate in Texas (3,500 sq. ft., wife, etc) and I drive to work where I park my car in the office’s parking lot. My car is a 2005 BMW. Should I be concerned about looking like a jackass? […] -
Associate Advice, Biglaw, Job Searches, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Kill The Beast
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL — I’ve been unemployed for almost a year. I have good academic credentials, but lost my job as a junior-associate in Biglaw before I could develop a highly valuable set of skills. At first, finding interviews for available positions was […] 
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Pls Hndle Thx: Smokey the Bear Says: Help Prevent Bar Exam Fires
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. Dear ATL – I enjoyed last week’s column! Here’s another question for you. Bar class starts next week (I am in NY). Do I really have to study every day until the bar exam or is that just an urban legend? School’s […]
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Associate Advice, pls hndle thx, Romance and Dating
Pls Hndle Thx: Don't Stand So Close to Me
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. This week, we’re changing things up a bit here at Pls Hndle Thx. Does this have anything to do with the fact that the usual problem-response-counter response-response format is getting a bit tiresome? No! It has everything to do with this week’s […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: There's No Place Like Home
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL – My friends and I are in bar trip discussions right now. We all have deferred start dates (some with stipends), but at least one of us is convinced that her start date will be pushed back further. I’ve been looking […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Not Fade Away
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL – Last summer as 1L I tried out one of those quaint “secondary-markets” that I felt I’d be better suited for down the line. I really loved my work last summer in the boonies, but I’m not spending anytime this summer […] -
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Pls Hndle Thx: The Future is Unwritten
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL – I am one of many 3Ls who already missed OCI and are now trying to figure out what to do. We go to a T-50 school in a major market and have grades ranging from top 25%-15%. We’ve tried mass […] -
Associate Advice, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL – What, the hell, am I supposed to do [as a recently laid off associate] when I am NOT looking for a job? Bottom line, getting rejected only takes up so much of my day. What kinds of things should I […] 
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Layoffs, White & Case
White & Case (Minor) Layoff Delay: A Purim Miracle?
Update (5:35): We understand that White & Case began informing individual associates of the firm’s decision this afternoon. We reported yesterday that White ‘n & Case sent out a firm-wide memo announcing the layoffs of 200 associates and 200 staff. However, we’re hearing that there’s not yet blood on the dance floor, as no layoffs […] -
Layoffs
(Dated) Nationwide Layoff Watch: Schulte Roth & Zabel
We’ve been receiving reports of layoffs at Schulte Roth & Zabel since last summer, but were unable to confirm them until now. These days, it can be difficult to differentiate between layoffs and performance-based dismissals. Schulte’s spokespeople say all dismissals in 2008 were performance-based. They deny any recent layoffs in their office, saying that any […] -
Associate Advice, Layoffs, pls hndle thx
Pls Hndle Thx: No Country for Old Associates
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com. ATL — I’m a third year associate (in M&A) at one of the firms that is offering a voluntary severance package to those associates willing to take it. As you guys reported, there are layoffs in store anyway, but the firm will […] -
Celebrities, Lawsuit of the Day, Malpractice, Screw-Ups, Sports
Court Karate Chops Seyfarth Shaw Over Billy Blanks Malpractice Suit
The 90’s were good to Billy Blanks of Tae Bo fame. His taekwando-boxing hybrid workout routine was all the rage across the land, with Paula Abdul a notable follower. After his career peaked, the legal troubles started. In 1999, he filed a $10 million suit against his agent, because his agent wasn’t licensed to be […] -
Feminism, Gender, Media and Journalism, Paralegals
Magazines for Paralegals and Female Litigators Still Chugging
Times are tough for we media folk these days. Newspapers across the country are declaring bankruptcy, magazines are dying, and Atlantic Magazine has even predicted the end of the New York Times. Given the challenging environment for journalism, we thought you might be worried about the fates of Sue: For Women in Litigation and KNOW: […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Lawyer of the Day
Solicitor of the Day: Michael Wachtel
The folks from across the Pond bring us Lawyer of the Day Michael “Did I really just say that?” Wachtel. Wachtel is a former Freshfieldser who is now a partner at Watson Farley & Williams. The Lawyer conducted an interview with Wachtel last week. It was your standard interview with the regular questions: When do […] -
Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch:10% of Attorneys at Carter Ledyard & Milburn Feel the Burn
As tips continue to roll in about layoffs, I am reminded of The Hangman, the poem by Maurice Ogden. It begins: Into our town the Hangman came,Smelling of gold and blood and flame.And he paced our bricks with a diffident air,And built his frame in the courthouse square. Sadly, the Hangman has come to ply […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 02.20.09
* Lobbyist Vicki Iseman settled her suit with the New York Times. The NYT will run a note in today’s paper explaining that it did not intend to insinuate that Iseman and John McCain had gotten it on. Iseman and the Times are a bit at odds over the meaning of their joint statement though. […]
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Intellectual Property, Music, Technology, Trials
Will The Pirate Bay Walk the Plank?
Ed. note: This is a guest post by Keith Chapman, a lawyer with more knowledge of BitTorrent and all things tech than the regular crew on the ATL ship. Avast ye hearties! Especially if you’re one of those hearties using a BitTorrent client to purloin copyrighted materials. Today marks the fourth day in the highly […] -
Nationwide Bonus Watch: MoFo Giveth, Then Taketh Away
Yesterday When I was a kid, I used to steal the Reese’s Peanut Butter cups from my younger sister’s Halloween bag, eat them, place the empty wrappers back in the bag and steal away into the night. My thinking was that at no time would my sister discover that the wrappers were empty, and if […] -
Judge of the Day, Samuel Kent
Judge Kent Does Not Kiss and Tell
The days following Valentine’s Day are always a good time time to check back in with ex-flames, long lost friends and alleged abusers. On that note, what has our old friend U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent been up to? This Tuesday, Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of Florida, who is presiding over Kent’s federal […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket 02.19.09
* U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gets fierce during a speech for Black History month at the Department of Justice. “Nation of cowards” kind of rubs people the wrong way. [CNN] * Want to be Facebook’s James Madison? After its defensive contract writing debacle, Facebook is asking users to help it write a Bill of […]
