Partner Issues
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California, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Litigators, Loyola Law School, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Litigator Laps Up Malibu Mansion(For A Cool $10 Million)
The seller of this $10 million Malibu mansion is a famous music mogul. But we're more interested in the lawyer-purchaser. Who is he? -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dewey Ballantine, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
Legacy Dewey Ballantine and Legacy LeBoeuf Lamb: Choose Your Weapon
Who is to blame for the troubles currently afflicting Dewey & LeBoeuf? There's a whole lot of finger-pointing going on between legacy Dewey and legacy LeBoeuf lawyers. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Barack Obama, Biglaw, California, Department of Justice, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Eric Holder, Facebook, Fast Food, Food, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Texas
Morning Docket: 04.05.12
* “I think that you know what the president said … was appropriate.” While the DOJ scrambles to meet Judge Smith’s memo deadline, Attorney General Eric Holder is busy defending Obama’s con law faux pas. [CNN]
* Six more partners have fled from Dewey & LeBoeuf, bringing the grand total of partner defections to at least 46 since January. Good Lord, somebody needs to get this firm a freakin’ tourniquet. [Wall Street Journal]
* Facebook filed a motion to dismiss Paul Ceglia’s ownership claims, but he isn’t going anywhere soon. Ceglia’s got two months to submit expert reports as to the authenticity of his fake contract. [Associated Press]
* Joe Jamail, America’s richest practicing lawyer, donated his $3M law library to TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Now students can learn more so they don’t have to sue over being graded on a curve. [Fox]
* McDonald’s doesn’t have to worry about its G-rated Happy Meal toys in California anymore. It’s that XXX-rated lawsuit over a former employee’s “Filet-O-Fish” that the company’s really got to keep an eye on. [Reuters]
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Arent Fox, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Dewey Have A Problem With Defections? Or With Math?(Plus information on international offices.)
What's going on with Dewey defections? And restated financial results? And overseas offices? -
Bernie Madoff, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Money, Partner Issues
New York Court Rules on Biglaw Partner's Request for a Divorce Deal Do-Over
New York's highest court has ruled on a wealthy Paul Weiss partner's request to make his ex-wife share in his Madoff-related losses. What did the court have to say? -
Biglaw, California, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Whatever Happened to Baker & McKenzie - San Diego?
Remember all the rumors about Baker & McKenzie's San Diego office closing? Did that ever come to pass? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patents
Dickstein Shapiro: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
There's good news and there's bad news coming out of Dickstein Shapiro. Let's start with the good news.... -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Locke Lord, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Money, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Paying $14K/Month to the Woman You Used to Bang Certainly Has Its Pitfalls
Alimony definitely has its downfalls, especially if when you're forced to leave your Biglaw firm. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
Musical Chairs: From Patton Boggs Partner to Brooklyn Law School Dean
Going from a law firm partnership to a law school deanship is an unusual move. What’s behind Nick Allard’s career shift? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Kids, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Married to the Firm: Partners Act Like My Kids
What is it like being married to a man who's married to his firm? A Biglaw spouse tells all.... -
Biglaw, Bonuses, H. Rodgin Cohen, Money, Partner Issues
Sullivan & Cromwell Will Pay Spring Bonuses -- But Will They Be Too Small To Be Worth Matching?
Sullivan & Cromwell plans to pay spring bonuses, but how big will they be? Big enough to require matching from other firms? -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Partner Issues, Willkie Farr
Dewey Know How Many People Can Manage a Firm at One Time?
Dewey is creating a "chairman's office" of five co-equal members. Yeah, that will work.... -
King & Spalding, Money, Partner Issues, UVA Law, Violence
This King & Spalding Partner Allegedly Kicks Ass
Corporate law partners are supposed to have kick ass deal books, but they’re definitely not supposed to kick their mistresses’ asses. Let's learn about the charges that one King & Spalding partner is facing....
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Airplanes / Aviation, Biglaw, Breasts, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Fashion, Law Schools, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, Nina Totenberg, Partner Issues, Wall Street Journal, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 03.19.12
* With 269 partners to go, Dewey need to start panicking yet? Twelve additional partners, including practice group leaders, have jumped ship, bringing the grand total of partner-level defectors to 31 since January. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Late-breaking news: law schools’ numbers still don’t add up. The New York Times has already said its piece on the problem with law schools, so the Wall Street Journal decided that it was time to chime in again. [Wall Street Journal]
* Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the man accused of going on an Afghan killing spree, will be represented by Ted Bundy’s lawyer. In the court of public opinion, that’s equivalent to pleading guilty. [Bloomberg]
* “I have had it with these motherf**king snakes breastfeeding women on this motherf**king plane!” A mother has settled a lawsuit with her airline over being kicked off a plane for nursing her child. [Businessweek]
* Here’s a fashion tip for law firm staff: you wear orange shirts in prison, not at the office. Think twice next time before you wear that color to work, because you might get fired like these folks in Florida. [Sun-Sentinel]
* Let’s face it, there is no escape from the law, not even in your free time (if that even exists). That being said, here’s a lawyerly crossword puzzle, inspired by Nina Totenberg’s reporting on legal affairs. Have fun! [NPR]
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Money, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day, Wall Street Journal
Quote of the Day: 1% Problems!
What are former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners whining about in the news? 1% problems! -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Partner Issues, Romance and Dating, Sex, Sex Scandals
Biglaw Blind Item: Making (It With A) Partner
We begin this Biglaw blind item with a fairly familiar setup: a partner sleeping with an associate. Shocking, right? Well, let's add a few elements to the mix.... -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Partner Issues
Are Graduates of Elite Law Schools 'Too Good' for Biglaw?
Are graduates of elite law schools "too good" for Biglaw? Interestingly enough, they tend not to stick around large law firms. Grads of many lower-ranked schools make partner at higher rates than grads of certain top law schools. -
Legal Ethics, Partner Issues
New York Says 'No' (For Now) to Non-Lawyer Firm Ownership
But as we noted in Morning Docket, "America's Most Familiar Law Firm," Jacoby & Meyers, took a bit of a blow in New York yesterday when one of its lawsuits challenging the ban on non-lawyer firm ownership was dismissed. Let's take a look at what happened.... -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Hotties, Partner Issues, Rudeness, Screw-Ups, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sexism
A Quinn Emanuel Partner's Lecherous 'Reply All'
A Quinn Emanuel partner recently sent a "reply all" email that was, er, not very politically correct. What on earth did he write (to the entire New York office)? -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: 'Flattery' or 'Lies'?
Where do you draw the line between "flattery" and "lies"? Here are three very interesting anecdotes....