Magic Circle
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Magic Circle, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: From One Magic Circle Firm to Another
More lateral movement, this time from the New York office of one Magic Circle firm to another. Who's moving, from where to where? -
Bail, Biglaw, Bonuses, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Education / Schools, Job Searches, John Osborn, John Roberts, Law Schools, Magic Circle, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Scott Rothstein, SCOTUS, Sun Microsystems, Supreme Court, Texas, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 07.06.12
* Chief Justice John Roberts might “enjoy that he’s being criticized,” but that’s probably because he’ll get the chance to show his true conservative colors this fall when issues like affirmative action and same-sex marriage are before SCOTUS. [Reuters]
* Dewey know why this failed firm thinks a bankruptcy judge is going to allow it to hand out $700K in “morale” bonuses? You better believe that Judge Martin Glenn is going to tell D&L where it can (indicate). [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]
* It seems like attorneys at Freshfields may actually need to get some sleep, because it was the sole Magic Circle firm to report a decline in in revenue and profitability in its latest financial disclosure statements. [Financial Times (reg. req.)]
* Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. didn’t do George Zimmerman any favors when he set his bond at $1M. Watch how quickly the defense fund Zimmerman concealed from the court disappears as he struggles to post bail. [CNN]
* Whatever it takes (to count you as employed): 76% of law schools report that they’ve now changed their curriculum to include more practical skills courses in light of the dismal job market. [National Law Journal]
* Texas Christian University is expanding its graduate programs, but a law school isn’t necessarily in the works, because TCU is only interested in “programs that promote employability.” Well, sh*t, y’all. [TCU 360]
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Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Former Freshfields Barrister Wonders If Your Biglaw Job Is Making You Sick
The question isn't "is your job making you sick," the question is, "do you care?"
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Holland & Knight, Lateral Moves, Magic Circle, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Pepper Hamilton
Dewey Have More Partner Departures To Report? Sadly, Yes
Who are the latest partners to leave Dewey & LeBoeuf, and where are they going? -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Magic Circle, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Videos, YouTube
The Latest Plot Twist in Deidre Dare v. Allen & Overy
What's the latest news in sexy expat Deidre Dare's never-ending litigation against her former employer, Allen & Overy? -
Antitrust, Letter from London, Litigators, Magic Circle, Money, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: The Queen's Lawyers
What does it mean when a British lawyer has the letters "QC" after his name? What are the advantages to being designated a "Queen's Counsel"? And what are the disadvantages of the QC system? -
Allen & Overy, Job Searches, Letter from London, Magic Circle, Student Loans, Unemployment, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: Can Jobless U.S. Law Grads Find Work in Britain?
What happens when you put thirty American lawyers in a London pub where the drinks are free for the evening? Well, let’s just say it’s rather different to what happens when thirty British lawyers are assembled in equivalent conditions. The attendees at last week’s inaugural Benedict Arnold Society meeting for young and young-ish American lawyers […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Crime, Letter from London, Magic Circle, Sentencing Law, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: Prison for Biglaw Partner With Fabricated Kidnapping Story
“Oh, What a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive,” said Judge Guy Anthony, quoting Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmion, as he sentenced British Biglaw attorney Francis Bridgeman to 12 months in prison on Friday. The former Allen & Overy (A&O) and Macfarlanes partner, who had already had his membership of the latter firm's limited liability partnership terminated, then collapsed in the dock.... - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Drinking, Letter from London, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: 'I Thought Freshfields Was a Supermarket'
“I thought Freshfields [Bruckhaus Deringer] was a supermarket when I got here,” says Kirsty Grant, a fourth-year associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Happily, Grant -- a fast-learner who got through law school in L.A. while working full-time during the day -- quickly figured out that the Anglo-German law firm, a member of the Magic Circle, wasn’t the place to fulfill her grocery needs. Not that Grant, 33, has oceans of spare cash to splash on her grocery needs. How do her finances as an American abroad compare to those of her Biglaw counterparts back home? -
10th Circuit, Cars, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Election 2012, Election Law, Elena Kagan, FCC, LLMs, Magic Circle, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 01.11.12
* “It seems no one can use dirty words, except Steven Spielberg.” Well, sh*t, I’ll be damned. Is Elena Kagan going to be the voice of reason in the Supreme Court’s FCC profanity case? [Los Angeles Times] * Ken Cuccinelli filed an emergency motion to get Virginia’s primary ballots printed. You can’t wait three days […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Letter from London, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter From London: Beware Of The Innovative Lawyers
The Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards ceremony, held in London last Wednesday, was most notable for the contrast between the puppy-like excitement of the lawyer nominees and the auto-pilot professionalism of the host, FT editor Lionel Barber, whose aura was of a man who’d rather be at home watching TV. This was a shame, not […] -
Biglaw, Magic Circle, Outsourcing, United Kingdom / Great Britain
India Considers Becoming A Little Less Racist Protectionist
Protectionism is a song as old as time. We do it, and other countries do it to us. Every country is trying to figure our how to maximize the benefits of globalization without making their own people join a frenzied “dey tuk er jerbbbs” mob. And that’s fine. This economic competition is good for standards […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, China, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Letter from London, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: How To Squander an Empire
Somehow, the UK’s legal system has avoided being dragged into a spiral of decline. Yes, they're still good at law -- so good, in fact, that London is the top destination in the world for international companies to settle disputes, and English law the most popular among international in-house counsel (40% use it, with just 14% opting for New York law). The question turns, then, to the UK's ability to sustain this legal dominance....
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Celebrities, Gender, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Women's Issues
Letter from London: Chelsy Davy Joins Biglaw
Maybe it was the hypnotic effect Pippa Middleton’s ass had on Prince Harry? Or perhaps it was simply that Chelsy Davy didn’t want to marry into the crazy old royal family? Either way, shortly after William and Kate tied the knot in April, Harry and Chelsy split up. And what did the Zimbabwean blonde bombshell do next? She became a lawyer.... -
Allen & Overy, Books, BP, Magic Circle, Sex, Sex Scandals
An Update on Deidre Dare, Allen & Overy Associate Turned Aspiring Authoress
Remember former Allen & Overy associate Deidre Dare, and her effort to raise $25,000 online through Kickstarter, to publish her sex-soaked novel about expat escapades? Did she succeed? -
Allen & Overy, Books, Layoffs, Magic Circle, Sexual Harassment, Unemployment
Deidre Dare Wants $$$ For Her Sexy Little Adventure Story
Deidre Dare, the expat lawyer who was terminated from Allen & Overy after writing a "sexy" e-novel, is back, and this time she's suing the firm in the Big Apple. Her claims of unfair termination didn't work in London, so now she's asking the courts for $35 million over her supervising partner's alleged sexual advances. Maybe this will help her raise money to publish her new book... -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Letter from London, Magic Circle, Politics, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weddings, Weirdness
The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 3)
Ed. note This is the final installment in London-based journalist Alex Aldridge’s series of stories for Above the Law about the royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. You can read the prior posts here and here. Well, they got married. Best man Prince Harry remembered the ring. None of Wills’ disgruntled exes […] -
Allen & Overy, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Letter from London, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weirdness
The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 2)
Ed. note This is the second in a series of posts that Alex Aldridge, a London-based journalist who covers legal affairs, will be writing for Above the Law about the upcoming royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. You can read the first post here. In Britain, middle-class people who don’t know what […] -
Allen & Overy, Magic Circle, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals
A Deidre Dare Update: Allen & Overy Lawyer Turned Sex Columnist Makes Controversial Claims About Rape
Memorial Day weekend is almost here, and we all know what that means: the arrival of summer. And we all know what summer means: people taking their clothes off, at the beach or pool. People taking their clothes off got us thinking about one of our favorite personalities here at Above the Law: Deidre Dare, […] -
Gender, Magic Circle
Man Wins Sexual Discrimination Case Against Law Firm
It takes balls to file this kind of lawsuit. A man working for the British firm Eversheds filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit after being fired from the firm. He claimed that the firm should have fired a woman out on maternity leave — but Eversheds didn’t because it was worried that the woman would file […]