Corporate law
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: If Not For Clients, Then Why Do Firms Open New Offices?
Back to a topic we've covered before: why do law firms like to open all these far-flung new offices? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann may have solved the mystery.... -
Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Tax Law
Biglaw's Most Overrated Firms by Practice Area
Which firms do Biglaw attorneys think are more sizzle than steak? Check out our survey results and find out! - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Antitrust, ATL Career Center Survey, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Career Center, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Rankings, Tax Law
Biglaw's Most Underrated Firms by Practice Area
Above the Law readers identify the most underrated firms in a wide range of practice areas, from antitrust to bankruptcy to labor and employment to tax....
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Career Center, Labor / Employment, Tax Law
And Biglaw's Happiest Campers Are...
You might be surprised to see what factors help Biglaw attorneys stay happiest with their jobs. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Do Clients Insist On One-Stop Shopping?
Is it true that corporate clients are looking for "one-stop shopping" from their outside counsel? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann discusses. -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Firm Mergers, Morning Docket, Partner Issues
Morning Docket: 08.30.12
* Apparently spring bonuses don’t make the Biglaw world go ’round after all. The annual Am Law midlevel survey is out, and satisfaction levels are up across the board. Maybe they’re happy to still be employed. [American Lawyer]
* When Dewey get to retire this used up, old D&L pun? Probably around the same time as that Howrey joke — never. Oh, and the firm asked a bankruptcy judge to approve its $70M partner “clawback” plan. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Oh mon dieu, it’s time for some law firm merger mania! DLA Piper, the second-largest Biglaw behemoth, proposed to French firm Frieh Bouhenic, and of course, the corporate boutique said “oui.” [Legal Week]
* Judicial efficiency: Judge Robert Hinkle says he’ll block Florida’s regulations on voter registration groups just as soon as an appeals court boots the state’s arguments. [Bloomberg]
* Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. will step down as judge in the George Zimmerman case after using “disparaging” language in a bail order. Zimmerman’s probably hoping that the third judge will be the charm for him. [CNN]
* Kim Kardashian settled her suit against The Gap over the company’s use of a look-alike actress in an Old Navy commercial. Sigh. She’ll keep getting paid, no matter what we do. [Hollywood, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Law Professors, Litigators, Partner Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Small Law Firms
Inside Straight: Revealing Our (Legal) Prejudices
What are the (often negative) stereotypes associated with different kinds of lawyers? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann runs through a few. -
In-House Counsel, Litigators
Inside Straight: No More Projects Named 'Death Star' Or 'Piranha'!
Columnist Mark Herrmann has some advice for in-house counsel on how to name shell companies. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: What's The Difference Between A Lawyer And A Doctor?
What's the difference between a lawyer and a doctor? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
King & Spalding, Money, Partner Issues, UVA Law, Violence
This King & Spalding Partner Allegedly Kicks Ass
Corporate law partners are supposed to have kick ass deal books, but they’re definitely not supposed to kick their mistresses’ asses. Let's learn about the charges that one King & Spalding partner is facing.... -
Advertising, Career Center, Lateral Moves, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: State of the Market - Florida
Lateral Link Director Scott Hodes gives his assessment on one of the nation’s hottest lateral markets in recent years. Florida has continued to represent one of the most active states in the country in terms of hiring. 2011 saw a resurgence of positions in almost all areas, which is good news for 2012 and beyond. […] -
Advertising, Career Center, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Lateral Moves, Shameless Plugs
Career Center: State of the Market - Atlanta
This week, Lateral Link Director Scott Hodes gives us some insight into the increase in lateral hirings in the Empire State of the South. Atlanta has emerged as one of the best lateral associate markets in the country. While 2009 was slow as in most markets, 2010 signaled a comeback, and 2011 confirmed the upward […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Back to the Future, Billable Hours, General Counsel, In-House Counsel
Inside Straight: Things Will Not Return To Normal After The Recession!
Here’s a puzzle for you. What decade am I discussing in the following paragraphs? I’m doing something a little different here. The entire text of this column appears before the jump. I’ve hidden only the citations after the jump. Ponder while you read these paragraphs when the source materials supporting these words were written: The […]
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Holidays and Seasons, Intellectual Property, Reader Polls, Shameless Plugs, Tax Law, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey Results: Who Worked on Thanksgiving Day?
According to the over 900 respondents to the Career Center survey, only 16% reported working on Thanksgiving Day. That means a whopping 84% of you took the day off for feasting with family and friends. However, of these respondents, 24% said they did have to work the day after Thanksgiving, but still, that’s an impressive […] -
Contracts, In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
Moonlighting: Feeling the Kumbaya (Part II)
In Feeling the Kumbaya (Part I), we looked at how different the perspectives of business clients and in-house lawyers can be. Below are a few techniques that have helped me and my clients to feel the Kumbaya for each other (or at least have helped them to not think I’m only a total loser who […] -
In-House Counsel, Practice Pointers
Moonlighting: Feeling the Kumbaya (Part 1)
So you’ve moved in-house or are planning to go in-house sometime. Be ready to think less like a lawyer. Business clients think differently. I know, crazy, right? But, seriously, one of the biggest transitions from working as a transactional lawyer at a law firm and moving over to a company is learning to understand the […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX
House Rules: Moving From Litigation to Transactional Work
Welcome to the inaugural installment of House Rules, a column for in-house lawyers by our newest writer, David Mowry. David's column will appear on Wednesdays. Of course, all good stories must have a conflict; David's was that he was taking a job as a transactional lawyer....