American Lawyer
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.25.19
* If you thought demand for legal services couldn’t get worse… [Corporate Counsel]
* We just talked about the best cities for lawyers. One area that’s not on that list is Silicon Valley and basically here’s why. [The Recorder]
* We’re in the midst of a Biglaw salary war… just not in the U.S. [Legal Cheek]
* Facebook examined its cadre of counsel and crowned this firm the tops in diversity. The prize was some sticky video showing pictures of Zuckerberg and firm attorneys over some warmed over pablum about the power of friendship. [American Lawyer]
* Speaking of Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica bankruptcy has officially let Schulte Roth off the hook. [Law360]
* Sidney Powell wants security clearance so she can rant about classified documents that have nothing to do with the case against her client. [NY Times]
* Strength in numbers we can get it right/One time/We are a part of the Biglaw nation. [Los Angeles Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.21.18
* President Trump pardoned two turkeys yesterday with a stern warning that “House Democrats are likely to issue them both subpoenas,” and that he couldn’t “guarantee that [their] pardons won’t be enjoined by the Ninth Circuit” since it “[a]lways happens.” [NBC News]
* In case you missed it, and we’re pretty sure that’s exactly what was intended here given the timing, President Trump submitted written answers to special counsel Robert Mueller’s questions regarding Russian interference with the 2016 election. [Washington Post]
* That’s our Trumpy! He also wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James Comey, and reportedly only backed down when he heard he could be impeached. [New York Times]
* Biglaw partners are leaving their firms to become judges, and it’s because ex-White House counsel Don McGahn picked people just like him — “traditional, conservative, blue-ribbon, white-shoe law firm lawyers” — to fill vacancies. [American Lawyer]
* Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, a staunch defender of LGBT rights who helped keep a woman’s right to choose legal, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Lawyer next month. Congratulations, Your Honor! [American Lawyer]
* Seattle University School of Law has suspended its externship program with ICE after students signed a petition stating that the agency goes against the school’s mission to “empower[] leaders for a just and humane world.” [Seattle Times]
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New Partners Tell All: The Inside Scoop On Making Partner In Biglaw
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Biglaw
Why These Global 100 Numbers Should Scare The Bejeezus Out Of You
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Biglaw, Money
The Global 100: Fractured Futures At The Richest Law Firms In The World (2017)
Uncertain times may be ahead of us given their financial performance. -
Biglaw
The 2017 A-List Arrives To Salve That Itch You Had For Another Law Firm Ranking This Week
The top 10 law firms around. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Rankings
The 2017 Am Law 200: Keep Calm And Carry On
Reports of Biglaw's death are greatly exaggerated. -
Biglaw, Money, Rankings
The Global 100: The Richest Law Firms In The World (2016)
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Biglaw, Rankings
Midlevels Are Actually Happy -- Ranking Associate Satisfaction (2016)
As it turns out, midlevels are more satisfied than ever before. -
Biglaw, Rankings
What Firms Are Atop The A-List? (2016)
Who are the American Lawyer Top 10 A-List firms? -
Biglaw, Rankings
The 2016 Am Law 200: Revenue Swirling Down The Drain
While some firms came out on top, others were merely surviving. How did the Am Law 200 stack up? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Year-Over-Year Growth Comparisons – Dumb And Dumberer
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld warns against putting too much stock in year-over-year comparisons. -
Biglaw, Rankings
The Global 100: The World's Top Law Firms Ranked By Revenue, Profit, And Headcount
Which law firms landed in the top 10 according to these different metrics?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.29.15
* Judge uses hearing to take out lost luggage irritation on airline appearing before him. [Legal Cheek]
* Law schools should teach entrepreneurship, because students should be learning something they can apply when the job market turns up empty. [Tax Prof Blog]
* Meet Dylann Roof’s defense counsel, David Bruck. [The Marshall Project]
* Lawyer quits law and opens a brewery. Good idea. [Click on Detroit]
* Making “patently offensive racial, ethnic, homophobic, sexist, and other derogatory remarks to attorneys” nets a three-month suspension in New York. [Legal Profession Blog]
* A new white paper on law enforcement and electronic communications, co-authored by Viet Dinh, the keynote speaker at our recent Technology & Law event. [Bancroft PLLC]
* After Bruce MacEwen expressed doubts over the usefulness of the Am Law 200 as “a conceptual category,” Kimberly Kleman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer, responds to the criticism. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Biglaw, Rankings
World's Biggest Law Firm Wants To Blow Up The Whole Am Law 100 Rankings
A global behemoth lashes out at THE premier Biglaw ranking. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Partner Issues
What Do In-House Lawyers Read?
If you're trying to reach in-house readers, here are some tips to consider, courtesy of in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The Global 100 Rankings: Which Biglaw Firms Are The Richest In The World?
Hallelujah and rejoice, for there are new Biglaw rankings upon us. -
2nd Circuit, Biglaw, Immigration, Insider Trading, Law Schools, LSAT, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, Plaintiffs Firms
Morning Docket: 09.17.14
* Uh oh! The Second Circuit is having a copy/paste problem in that it copied and pasted the wrong legal standard into twelve of its immigration opinions from 2008 to 2012. Embarrassing. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Am Law named the grand prize winners of the magazine’s Global Legal Awards for the best cross-border work in corporate, finance, disputes, and citizenship. Was your firm honored? [Am Law Daily]
* An attorney at this Louisiana law firm was apparently attacked by a co-worker’s husband who claimed that the lawyer was behind his cuckolding. We may have more on this later. [Louisiana Record]
* A computer systems engineer at Wilson Sonsini has been charged with insider trading. This is the second time in three years that an employee from the firm has been charged with this crime. [Bloomberg]
* The best way to navigate common mistakes in the LSAT logical reasoning section is to display your logical reasoning capabilities by not taking the LSAT right now. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Biglaw, Google / Search Engines, Litigators, Partner Issues
In Defense Of Cleary Gottlieb
Is this elite law firm getting a bum rap? -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Pro Bono, Rankings
Ranking The Best In Biglaw: The Am Law A-List (2014)
Associate satisfaction scores will make you or break you in these rankings. How did your firm measure up?