Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
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Biglaw, Weirdness
Biglaw Firm Inundated With Rambling, Genius Conspiracy Theory Memo
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
With Profits Per Partner This High, It Was Only A Matter Of Time Until Associates Got Raises
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Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues
4 Leading Litigators Leave Cadwalader For Greenberg Traurig
The head of this group is a major rainmaker, but not necessarily fun to work for.
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Catching Up With Cadwalader: Partner Profits, Associate Bonuses, Lawyer Departures, And More
Profits dipped a bit last year, the firm reinstituted a billable-hours requirement for associate bonuses, and lawyer and staff departures are running high in some departments. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Without A Billable Hours Requirement, All Associates At This Firm Got Bonuses
This firm eliminated billable-hours requirements from its bonus eligibility standards, and associates seem happy with their bonuses. -
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Biglaw, Partner Issues
A Sick Burn For A Biglaw Partner Who Left His Firm In The Lurch
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Biglaw, Public Interest
Watching Lawyers Freeze To Death For Fun And Cash
A gaggle of young lawyers slept outside in the snow last week. Want to know why? -
Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.04.15
* Meet David King of King v. Burwell, the epic Obamacare case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court today. [New York Times]
* And meet the two legal heavyweights who will be arguing the case before SCOTUS. [Politico via How Appealing]
* Meanwhile, another Supreme Court has put a stop to same-sex marriage down in Alabama — for now. [Buzzfeed]
* General David Petraeus reaches a plea deal, requiring him to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and pay a fine (but no prison sentence). [Washington Post]
* It’s not as sexy as Obamacare or marriage equality, but the collection of state sales tax on out-of-state purchases made online is a pretty important issue — and Justice Kennedy wants SCOTUS to revisit it. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]
* In the wake of a leadership shake-up, Cadwalader is beefing up its Houston energy practice — but is that a wise idea, with the price of oil spiraling downward? [American Lawyer]
* Finally, something that Elie Mystal and Jordan Weissmann can agree upon: dropping the LSAT is a bad idea. [Slate]
* A jury of eight men and 10 women will start hearing arguments today in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, defendant in the Boston Marathon bombing. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]
* Legal ethics guru Monroe Freedman, RIP. [ABA Journal]
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Biglaw, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: A Major Move Out Of Cadwalader
The revolving door spins again at Cadwalader, this time with a firm leader taking his leave. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Fenwick & West, Locke Lord, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: 5 Firms Foster Frustration
Many Biglaw associates are happy with their bonuses -- but not some associates at these firms. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: No Billable Hours Requirement Still Equals High Bonuses At This Firm
A law firm finally decided to come out of hiding to announce its year-end bonuses.
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Hair, Howrey LLP, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Morning Docket: 02.24.14
* Being a former partner of a firm that’s flopped ain’t easy. Ex-Howrey partners find themselves haunted by the failed firm’s “phantom” funds, and now they’re going to court to fight their tax liabilities. [Am Law Daily]
* Silly Cadwalader! You’re not the “oldest law firm in the United States.” Neither are you, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald. That title goes to Rawle & Henderson, a firm that’s been around since 1783. [ABA Journal]
* If you’d like to work at a firm that’s being touted for its anti-Biglaw culture, you might want to take a look at Tandem Legal Group. You won’t ever have to wear a tie at this “fun” and “cool” place. [Washington Post]
* Jason Bohn, the Florida Law grad accused of murder — who also happens to be the guy who was once featured in an NYT article about the perils of law school — has apparently killed before. [New York Post]
* Nicki Minaj is being sued for $30 million by the man who once served as her “wig guru.” Having absolutely nothing to do with the case, imagine being so obscenely rich that you could employ a “wig guru.” [CNN]
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B for Beauty, Biglaw, Christopher Christie, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Money, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Religion, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 01.10.14
* The Supreme Court has been “surprising[ly] silent” when it comes to how to apply Obamacare’s contraception mandate to religious non-profits. We imagine at least one justice will raise hell about it during their first judicial conference of 2014. [Los Angeles Times] * Contrary to what was apparently popular belief by some, Justice Sonia Sotomayor doesn’t wear dentures. She was very candid about her oral hygiene at a recent speaking event — her teeth are so great because she’s had a lot of work done on them. [Washington Post] * In your face, Cravath! James Woolery is movin’ on up to officially taking the rein at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. Fun fact: Chuck Woolery of “Love Connection” is his distant cousin. [Am Law Daily] * The U.S. Attorney’s office Chris Christie used to be in charge of will investigate Bridgegate. Word on the street is that the governor had just finished reading War and Peace when he heard the news. [Bloomberg] * Sumner Redstone donated $10 million to Harvard Law School so that its graduates can pursue public interest careers — because otherwise they’d be too poor to “build a better world.” [National Law Journal] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Cadwalader And Proskauer Ante Up
We've got bonus news from two more firms; did they beat the market or fall in line? -
7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Insurance, Quote of the Day, Richard Posner
A Biglaw Firm's 'Shenanigans' Result In An Even Bigger Benchslap
Judge Posner just ripped this firm a new one. -
Biglaw, Sex, Sex Scandals
Lawsuit Describes Erotic Misadventures of a Biglaw Mailroom
According to the suit, a supervisor penned some fine works of erotic poetry to impress a subordinate. -
Airplanes / Aviation, Biglaw, Billable Hours, California, Crime, Disasters / Emergencies, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Patents, Pranks, SCOTUS, Sexual Harassment, Supreme Court, Television, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.15.13
* Size matters when it comes to hourly rates. Because when you work in Biglaw, it’ll be all the more odious for your poor clients when you “churn that bill, baby.” [Corporate Counsel]
* Would you want this Cadwalader cad, a former mail room supervisor, at your “erotic disposal”? The object of his affections didn’t want him either, and she’s suing. [New York Daily News]
* In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, the NAACP is pressing for federal charges and a civil suit may be in the works. This trial isn’t over in the court of public opinion. [Bloomberg]
* This experience inspired George Zimmerman, fresh off his acquittal, to go to law school to help the wrongfully accused. If it makes you feel better, when he graduates, he’ll be unemployed. [Reuters]
* Here’s the lesson learned by Prop 8 proponents: If at first you don’t succeed at the Supreme Court, try, try again at the state level and base your arguments on technicalities. [Los Angeles Times]
* You do not want this patent troll — one of the most notorious in the country — to “go thug” on you. Apparently this is just another danger of alleged infringement in the modern world. [New York Times]
* Asiana Airlines is considering suing the NTSB and a California television station over the airing of “inaccurate and offensive” information (read: wildly racist) about the pilots of Flight 214. [CNN]
* Ariel Castro was slapped with an additional 648 counts in the kidnapping case against him, bringing the total to 977. Prosecutors are not yet seeking the death penalty. [Cleveland Plain Dealer]
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