Boies Schiller
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller's Bounty
One shouldn't paint the BSF bonuses with too broad a brush, but overall, people seem pleased. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.02.16
* It’s officially time to be worried about voter intimidation — the lawsuits may not be enough to stop it. [Huffington Post]
* Huma Abedin gets some Biglaw muscle on her side: Karen Dunn of Boies Schiller. [Law and More]
* No, refusing to consider any Hillary Clinton Supreme Court nominee is not principled. [Salon]
* Texas official dropped a c-bomb on Twitter over Hillary Clinton. [The Slot / Jezebel]
* A little change in the Freedom of Information Act could lead to a lot more transparency. Eventually. [Slate]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Biglaw, Sexism
Are Lawyers Considered 'Tainted' If They Sue Their Firms?
Filing suit against your firm may do damage to your career.
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Alan Dershowitz, Defamation, Law Professors
Settlement Reached In Litigation Between Alan Dershowitz, Paul Cassell, And Bradley Edwards
Three legal superstars agree to end their legal battle. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.04.16
* “Say you’ll remember me, standing in a black robe, waiting for a hearing, babe. Begging the SJC, say you will confirm me, even if it’s just in my wildest dreams, ah-ha ohh.” SCOTUS nominee Judge Merrick Garland has something in common with an overwhelming number of teenage girls: he loves Taylor Swift sing-alongs. That’s cute! [People]
* “A judge does not check his First Amendment rights at the courthouse door.” Judge Olu Stevens has filed suit against the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission on free-speech grounds in an attempt to stave off an ethics sanction for publicly commenting on Facebook about all-white juries and their “disproportionate and disparate impact on black defendants.” [Courier-Journal]
* Hardly any partners leave Cravath, but a very important one just did, and his exit is making people talk. Scott Barshay, once a top M&A partner at the firm that tends to set the associate bonus scale, has defected to Paul Weiss, where he’ll become its global head of M&A. Which clients will he take to the “dream team”? [DealBook / New York Times]
* This plaintiff’s antitrust allegations against Uber’s CEO may be “wildly implausible” and representative of an “impossibly unwieldy conspiracy,” but in Judge Jed Rakoff’s eyes, they were enough to overcome a motion to dismiss that was filed by Boies Schiller. Something tells us Uber’s legal bills are going to see some surge-pricing. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Per a study by Ravel Law, in a new index that tracks federal judges by their rulings and subsequent citations to those rulings, Michigan produces the most influential judges on the federal bench, followed by Chicago, Harvard, and Yale. Harvard has finally gotten one over on Yale — but for a measly bronze trophy. [Crain’s Detroit Business]
* According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector gained 1,200 jobs in March. On top of that positive news, February’s numbers were revised from a loss of 1,500 jobs to a gain of 100 jobs. In any case, what with the huge discrepancy, we’re happy to see Dewey’s bookkeepers found new work. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.28.15
* The lawsuit the Bernie Sanders campaign filed against the Democratic National Committee is far from over. Will a “full investigation from top to bottom” reveal that the DNC was trying to burn the Bern in the polls? [Yahoo!]
* It seems like the whole two-year law school gambit isn’t working out as planned, but maybe that’s because it hasn’t been properly executed yet. Sorry, Northwestern, but we’re really not sorry for saying that. [DealBook / New York Times]
* DraftKings and FanDuel threw the challenge flag after Illinois AG Lisa Madigan declared that daily fantasy sports betting was illegal in her state. Gibson Dunn and Boies Schiller hope review of the play won’t result in another “Fail Mary.” [Chicago Tribune]
* “I thought I was the only person who felt that way.” Feeling left out at law school? USC Law is trying to make legal education a little less intimidating for students who are the first in their family to attend institutions of higher education. [Los Angeles Times]
* iDamages: If you thought Apple liked gouging its customers, then you should see what it does to its adversaries. Samsung just paid the company more than $548 million in patent infringement damages, but Apple wants about $180 million more. [Reuters]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller Pays Up To $350K (Again)
Bonuses at Boies Schiller aren't quite as big this year, but the average bonus still falls just shy of $100,000. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Sports
Did This Biglaw Firm Get Benched In Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation?
Two leading law firms will be working as co-counsel on this case. -
Alan Dershowitz, Defamation, Depositions, Law Professors
Dersh Deposed: Alan Dershowitz Accuses Former Federal Judge Of Billion-Dollar Extortion Scheme
Columnist Tamara Tabo reports on the latest developments in the ongoing legal battle between two legal luminaries, Alan Dershowitz and Paul Cassell. -
Biglaw, Contests, Summer Associates
Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2015): The Winner!
This wasn't exactly a close contest; the winner scored a runaway victory. -
Biglaw, Contests, Summer Associates
Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2015): The Finalists
Check out these super-fun events -- which is your favorite? -
11th Circuit, Clarence Thomas, Gay Marriage, Goldman Sachs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings, William Pryor
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Love Wins
Summer is here, so Legal Eagle Wedding Watch is back in full force!
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Celebrities, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Weddings
Congratulations And Best Wishes To Elizabeth Wurtzel And Jim Freed On Their Marriage!
Which legal celebrity officiated at the wedding, and what fun items are on the happy couple's registry? -
Biglaw, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Quote of the Day
Biglaw Could Use Some Gorgeous Yale Law Grads Who Are Also Bestselling Authors
The latest pronouncements of Elizabeth Wurtzel, on Biglaw, Boies Schiller, and more. -
Biglaw, Women's Issues
75 Outstanding Women Attorneys (2015)
Who are the worthy women recognized as outstanding lawyers? -
Events
Law Bloggers, Now With Sound: Converge Podcast Round-Up
Audio highlights of the 2015 ATL Converge conference. -
Biglaw, Rankings
Translating Talent Into 'Success': Another Look At Law School Pedigree
How does expected talent (as measured by law school credentials) correlate with other indicators of “success” (as measured by profits per partner)? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, David Boies
Associate Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller Pays Up To $350K
How on God’s green earth do you wind up with a $350K bonus as a Biglaw associate? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.03.14
* Everyone’s “BFF” Anthony Elonis, of the Elonis v. U.S. case that’s currently before the Supreme Court, is facing additional scrutiny over a snarky note he sent to an ADA last year about burning a cross on the prosecutor’s lawn. Wow, he sounds like really a “fun” guy. [WSJ Law Blog]
* I was gonna go to class, but then I got high: DU Law is teaching a class about how to sell lots and lots of weed. Just kidding. According to the professor, the class is actually about the legal issues that come up when selling lots and lots of weed. [Cannabist]
* The HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index is out, and noticeably absent from the list of Biglaw honorees is Boies Schiller. We suppose the firm forgot one of its name partners is helping to overturn gay-marriage bans across the country. [Am Law Daily]
* The University of Iowa College of Law is asking — nay, begging — the Supreme Court to block a retrial of Teresa Wagner’s claims of political bias discrimination. This is just one of the things law schools will do to keep their faculties liberal. [Associated Press]
* From Yale to Wayne State, law students are getting involved in protests to spread the word about social injustice in Ferguson in the wake of Michael Brown’s death. If you have a problem with this, someone from NYU might too. [National Law Journal]
* Winter break is the perfect time for undergraduate students to start working on their law school applications, but we’re more than willing to bet the future gunners out there have already sent all of theirs in. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]