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A&O Shearman To Move Into Shearman’s New York Office Space Post-Merger
The legacy firm’s NYC office is beautiful, so this isn’t a shocking decision. -
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Another Biglaw Firm Raises Associate Salaries To Take Their Place In The Top Tier Of The Industry
The pressure mounts for the top of Biglaw to match the latest round of salary increases. - Sponsored
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Good: Biglaw Firm Encourages Charitable Donations. Bad: Biglaw Firm Reminds Associates They Haven't Gotten Raises.
Charitable giving is great, but maybe there's a more tactful way to ask for donations.
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Biglaw
Top Biglaw Firm Removed From Notorious Hackers' Website 1 Day Ahead Of Ransomware Deadline
LockBit threatened to publish the Biglaw firm's data unless it negotiated a price by November 28, and now the firm has been removed from hackers' site on the dark web. What could this mean? -
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Allen & Overy Hit By Ransomware Cyber Attack
The hackers threatened to publish the Biglaw firm's data unless it negotiates a price by November 28. -
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What Do Magic Circle Partners Think Of The A&O Shearman Merger? Not Much...
The deal seems to be getting met with a collective shoulder shrug in the U.K. -
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A&O Shearman Merger Approved, Poised To Become Third-Largest Firm In The World
Make way for the next Biglaw behemoth. Congratulations! -
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As Expected, Allen & Overy Leaders Will Manage A&O Shearman
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With Nearly 'Everyone' In Favor Of This Biglaw Merger, A&O Shearman 'Is Going To Happen'
The partnership vote on the tie-up is ongoing, and will end in mid-October. -
Biglaw
A&O Shearman Moves Closer To Reality As Partnership Vote Approaches
The vote is expected to begin next week. -
Biglaw
Are Redundancies On The Horizon After Allen & Overy Merges With Shearman?
Leaders of both firms don't seem to be too worried about it -- which is a good thing. -
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Allen & Overy Loses Managing Partner Amid Shearman Merger Talks
An unexpected exit from one of the firm's leaders. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.13.23
* The FTC is appealing its case against the Microsoft-Activision merger. There’s a lot of talk about the FTC “failing” but even in losing they forced Microsoft to publicly claim it wouldn’t make key franchises XBox exclusives and… that’s a victory in itself. Successful litigation doesn’t have to end in a win to have been a smart case to bring. [Law360]
* But, because everything is stupid now, the FTC is going to get grilled in a congressional hearing. [Reuters]
* Gun ban in state parks upheld because the law has never been enforced and may never be… haven’t these people heard of 303 Creative? You don’t need any of that anymore. [Hartford Courant]
* Allen & Overy’s managing partner has stepped down in the midst of the Shearman merger negotiations. [Bloomberg Law News]
* The Titanic sub disaster underscores the need for robust anti-SLAPP laws. [Daily Beast]
* NCBE unveils its nextgen bar exam questions. They are not much better than the existing questions. [Law.com]
* A new wrinkle in the hybrid office reality: small firms sharing office space. A new ethics opinion deals with this issue and hopefully settles who gets to decide if the toilet paper is overhanded or underhanded. [ABA Journal]
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Mergers And Office Openings: UK Firms Seek Growth In The US
UK 'Magic Circle' law firms are increasingly looking to the US for growth, as evidenced by the proposed merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling and the expansion of Clifford Chance into Houston. -
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Biglaw Leader Expresses Doubts About A&O Shearman 'Merger'
Not everyone is buying that this is a true 'merger' of equals. -
Biglaw
What's It Going To Take To Get This Biglaw Megamerger Across The Finish Line?
All of the partners need to be on board, and that could be difficult. -
Biglaw
Will This Megamerger Become A Biglaw 'Breakthrough' For The Magic Circle?
If they can get over the partner pay hurdle, things may work out for this merger. -
Biglaw
Can Biglaw's Best Guide This Law Firm Megamerger To Completion?
A&O Shearman is doing everything right so far. Let's hope it stays that way. -
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Proposed A&O Shearman Merger Needs 75% Partnership Approval To Survive
Will the firms be able to get the votes in? Senior partners seem confident. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.23.23
* Remember when Donald Trump lost that defamation case to E. Jean Carroll and immediately went out and repeated the same claims about her being a liar? Because E. Jean Carroll does and she’s seeking another $10M. [Law360]
* Complaints against federal judges jumped 22 percent last year. You don’t think this could be a knock-on effect from putting unqualified judges on the bench and blessing widespread financial ethical breaches, do you? [Legal Intelligencer]
* Wells Fargo piling up NLRB complaints to go with the $1B they had to pay over the Fed, Treasury, and CFPB complaints. [Bloomberg Law News]
* TikTok sues Montana over state’s performative ban. [Reuters]
* Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi law designed to give white state officials control over the court system but only in majority Black areas. This briefing is going to read like a timewarp. [AP]
* Expect the rest of the Magic Circle to reevaluate their U.S. strategies in response to A&O merging with Shearman. [LegalCheek]