American Lawyer

  • Morning Docket: 06.25.19
    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]

  • Morning Docket: 11.21.18
    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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