Cleary Gottlieb

  • Morning Docket: 07.31.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.31.18

    * Children’s lawsuit over climate change moves forward. [Courthouse News Service]

    * If you’re an armed terrorist organization, AstraZeneca may be able to help. [Corporate Counsel]

    * In “dog bites man” news, profitable partners accused of sexual harassment can easily get new jobs. [Wall Street Journal]

    * “We’ll Get You And Mangle You” takes on new meaning as Weil holds attorney to a six month waiting period before he can lateral to Kirkland. [American Lawyer]

    * Maybe cyberinsurance isn’t really insurance at all. [Slate]

    * North Carolina awards man $8.8 million because his wife doesn’t love him anymore. Apparently being a loser can be profitable. [KCRA]

    * Cleary’s in-house outsourcing company slapped with another sexual harassment suit. [Law360]

    * A conversation with Michele Coleman Mayes, general counsel for the New York Public Library and former GC at Allstate and at Pitney Bowes about the persistent bias against black women lawyers. [Law.com]

  • Morning Docket: 05.07.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.07.18

    * According to Rudy Giuliani, if special counsel Robert Mueller issues a subpoena, Donald Trump “[doesn’t] have to” comply with it. After all, “[h]e’s the president of the United States. [He] can assert the same privileges other presidents have.” And he has no plans to allow Trump to sit for an interview with Mueller — Giuliani won’t allow him to “walk him into a prosecution for perjury.” Admitting during a TV interview that your client is a liar? Check. [Washington Post]

    * And that’s not all, folks! According to Rudy Giuliani, although he has “no knowledge” of it having happened, Michael Cohen may have paid hush money to other women — similar to money that was paid to Stormy Daniels — to get them to stay silent about their alleged affairs with Donald Trump “if it was necessary.” [CNN]

    * So, about Morrison & Foerster’s $100 million “mommy track” lawsuit: The firm’s managing partner, Larren Nashelsky, has commented on the allegations, stating that MoFo is “somewhere between disappointed and angry” because “[i]t’s just not who we are, it’s not what we value and it’s, in fact, not how we operate.” [American Lawyer]

    * Of course a Biglaw partner owns the horse that won the Kentucky Derby. Congrats to both Justify and C. Edward Glasscock, chairman emeritus of Frost Brown Todd, on their big win during the first leg of this year’s Triple Crown. [American Lawyer]

    * Sylvia Bloom, a legal secretary who retired from Cleary Gottlieb after working at the firm for 67 years, amassed a $9+ million fortune by purchasing the same stocks as her boss. In her will, she directed that the majority be donated for college scholarships. Be sure to thank your maybe-millionaire secretary today, everyone. [New York Times]

  • Morning Docket: 05.01.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.01.18

    * The New York Times has a list of the questions Mueller would like to ask Trump. Why are we hearing about it? Methinks the “he’s exceeding his mandate” noise is about to ramp up. Either that or the New York Times scored a coup with their RudyGiuliani_69@aol.com account. [NY Times]

    * California Supreme Court opts for employee classification standard that critics claim could ruin the gig economy. That… sounds like a good thing. Happy May Day! [Law.com]

    * Cleary is getting slapped with a harassment suit arising from conduct between two Williams Lea employees. What does Cleary have to do with this? Well, the employees work at Cleary, use Cleary equipment, and are directly controlled by Cleary. It’s the common law “walks like a duck” doctrine. [Law360]

    * Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter is running for Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat because we’ve reached the point where even the W era is renouncing the GOP. [CNN]

    * The lawyer social event of the season is upon us, and it’s called the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. At least a dozen firms are getting in on this fray. [American Lawyer]

    * Justice Sotomayor will get “reverse shoulder replacement surgery” which… sounds like the wrong direction. [National Law Journal]

    * DACA fight looks like it’s heading for the Second Circuit. [Courthouse News Service]

    * DA candidate in Maine suspended from practicing law over sexual assault allegations brought by a former client who was living in the candidate’s house. [Sun Journal]

  • Morning Docket: 04.05.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.05.18

    * Good news for Holland & Knight, who successfully escaped a $34.5 million malpractice rap. [American Lawyer]

    * Wisconsin passes a law requiring disclosure of litigation financers because juries should be gravely suspicious of anyone who can afford to seek legal redress from a corporation. [National Law Journal]

    * Cleary Gottlieb partner loses battle over rent-stabilized penthouse. While that sentence doesn’t make him sound particularly sympathetic, he’s actually the good guy here. [New York Law Journal]

    * Executives and board members should be more involved in cybersecurity efforts according to the Department of Obvious Things. [Corporate Counsel]

    * Sexual assault defendant pleas down to charge of “seduc[ing] and debauch[ing] any unmarried woman.” That’s offensive on so many levels. [Detroit News]

    * Workers comp can’t cover paralegal injured playing for firm softball team. [ABA Journal]

    * Law firm conducting use-of-force review simultaneously representing deputy accused of shooting and killing two men while on duty. Foxes, hen houses, etc. [KOB 4]

    * Did you know some law schools are now accepting the GRE? Because the Times just figured that out. [New York Times]

  • Morning Docket: 04.03.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.03.18

    * The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill]

    * Andrew McCabe’s GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate]

    * LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal]

    * While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they’re also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer]

    * Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal]

    * Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO’s syrup. [Daily Report Online]

    * The Supreme Court declared it’s ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So… we’ve got that going for us. [Law360]

  • Sponsored

  • Morning Docket: 04.07.17
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.07.17

    * According to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Judge Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed to the Supreme Court at about 11:30 a.m. on the first day of the Senate’s nuclear winter. Now that we’re in the nuclear age, when it’s time for the next SCOTUS nominee’s confirmation hearings, Senator Orrin Hatch “expect[s] Armageddon.” [CNN]

    * It’s been about a month since Preet Bharara was ousted from his position as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he isn’t mincing his words when it comes to his firing, calling it “a direct example of the kind of uncertain helter-skelter incompetence” people associate with the Trump administration. [New York Times]

    * Speaking of the Trump administration’s “helter-skelter incompetence,” Twitter has filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security in an attempt to block an agency summons to reveal the identity of @ALT_uscis, an anonymous user who has used the social media platform to criticize the president’s immigration policies. [Reuters]

    * According to the latest data from Bloomberg, Cleary Gottlieb handled the largest volume of M&A deals in 2017’s first quarter, with the firm involved in 22 deals worth more than $98 billion. Skadden Arps, Cravath, Kirkland & Ellis, and Slaughter and May fell in line behind Cleary, each surpassing $54 billion in deal volume. [Big Law Business]

    * Welcome back, John White! Now that Mary Jo White has departed from her position at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is back at Debevoise & Plimpton, her husband — who was the firm’s lone nonequity partner for four years — will return to the firm’s equity partnership, where he can enjoy all of the rain he makes. [Am Law Daily]

  • Morning Docket: 09.14.16
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.14.16

    * “Your complaint claims that it must speak for us because we are too afraid to speak for ourselves. That is not how we see ourselves and certainly not how any of us believes our clients and colleagues perceive us.” Some female partners at Chadbourne & Parke are speaking out against the $100 million class-action sex discrimination lawsuit that’s been filed on their behalf. We’ll have more on this news update later today. [WSJ Law Blog]

    * Davis Polk is so desperate to improve gender diversity at the firm that it has launched an alumni rehiring program to give women who have opted to leave the firm to raise children a pathway back to an associate-level position. Participants in the program will earn $190K for one year, and may be offered a permanent job. [Am Law Daily]

    * Say hello to Michael Gerstenzang, who was elected as Cleary Gottlieb’s new managing partner. He’s been with the firm for his entire career as an attorney since the 1990s, and he’ll continue to maintain his private equity and funds practice during his time serving as the firm’s leader, or rather, its “listener in chief.” Congratulations! [Legal Week]

    * The House of Representatives approved the Financial Choice Act, a bill meant to roll back portions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the Volcker Rule and the Durbin Amendment. Critics had this to say: “This bill is so bad that it simply cannot be fixed. It’s clear that this is a rushed, partisan messaging tool.” [DealBook / New York Times]

    * Sixteen years after the alleged fraud took place, ex-AIG chairman Hank Greenberg is standing trial. Although he’s accused of orchestrating multimillion-dollar transactions, David Boies of Boies Schiller says “[t]his case is devoid of any admissible evidence that ties Mr. Greenberg to anything improper in either of these transactions.” [Reuters]

    * Deborah Broyles, global diversity director at Reed Smith, RIP. [Big Law Business]

Sponsored