Choate Hall & Stewart
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Plans To Cut 5% Of Its Workforce, Including Attorneys
The latest in Biglaw layoffs, and more than a dozen lawyers will be left jobless. -
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw
Boston Biglaw Firm Hands Out Raises And Bonuses For Associates And Select Staff
The firm is sharing the wealth!
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Biglaw, Partner Issues, Rankings
The 2017 Am Law 200: Keep Calm And Carry On
Reports of Biglaw's death are greatly exaggerated. -
Career Alternatives, Women's Issues
How Adrienne Penta Uses Her Law Degree And Legal Experience To Support Women’s Wealth
Meet a UVA Law and Biglaw alum who's made the jump over to the business side. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Firm Kicks Off The Weekend With Raises
Firm with some unique staff gets raises for the lawyers. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.03.16
* A ray of light for Madonna as the Ninth Circuit hands her a victory in a long-running copyright infringement case, creating a circuit split in the process. [Billboard]
* The New York Court of Appeals overturns the $17.2 million award Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder earlier won against Cadwalader at summary judgment. Life’s hard for billionaires who beg regular people pay their bills for them. [Law360]
* Kirkland & Ellis plays hardball with departing partner, forcing him to repay a $120K bonus before walking out the door. [Legal Week]
* This is why we can’t have nice things. Literally. Intellectual property concerns threaten customizable goods. [Corporate Counsel]
* Texas AG Ken Paxton’s still gonna have to face those criminal fraud charges. [Courthouse News Service]
* Industry groups come out of the woodwork to challenge a Department of Labor rule requiring retirement advisors to act in the best interest of their customers. Crocodile tears abound as the groups claim they agree with the sentiment of the rule but just want the SEC to write it — knowing full well that the SEC isn’t going to write it. [Wall Street Journal]
* Add ABA President Paulette Brown to the list of people outraged that Donald Trump is criticizing a federal judge for, among other things, being of Mexican descent. [Law360]
* Irell gets sneaky in this copyright win over pre-1972 songs. [Litigation Daily]
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Biglaw, Choate Hall & Stewart, Crowell & Moring, Rankings, Summer Associates
Ranking Summer Associate Programs: You Were Optimistic About Offers (And Getting Paid More)
Which firm came out on top, and how much more are summer associates being paid? - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Biglaw, BuckleySandler, Chadbourne & Parke, Choate Hall & Stewart, Cozen O'Connor, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Fabulosity, Fenwick & West, Kasowitz Benson, Money, Munger Tolles & Olson, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2013 Am Law 200: A 'Hiring Binge' Hangover
Which firms had the highest revenue last year, according to the latest Am Law 200 rankings? -
Biglaw, Choate Hall & Stewart, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Screw-Ups
Think A Lawyer Can Afford a $13 Million Condo? Think Again.
Some readers have issues with the often irreverent commenters here at Above the Law. While ATL commenters sometimes say hurtful or offensive things, like anonymous commenters all over the internet, they also provide significant value. They serve as copy editors, highlighting our typographical mistakes; they work as tipsters, pointing us in the direction of news […] -
Biglaw, Choate Hall & Stewart, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Wicked Awesome, $13 Million Penthouse Condo
One Boston attorney has enough free cash flow to buy the most expensive condominium ever sold in Boston -- the very best penthouse at the Mandarin Oriental Residences, on tony Boylston Street. And who is the lucky lawyer who will get to spend another seven-figure sum finishing and then furnishing this 7,000-square-foot space?