Covington & Burling
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Federal Government, Small Law Firms, U.S. Attorneys Offices
More Prominent Prosecutors Leaving For Private Practice
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.21.16
* The Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, rules that Texas’s voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act by having discriminatory effects on minority voters (but remands on the issue of discriminatory purpose). [How Appealing]
* It appears that yes, Roger Ailes is on his way out at Fox News — thanks in part to the work of lawyers from Paul, Weiss. [New York Times]
* Matt and Melissa Graves, the parents whose two-year-old son was killed by an alligator at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort, will not be suing Disney. [Washington Post]
* Congratulations to exoneree Jarrett Adams, who served nearly eight years in prison for a crime he did not commit, on his admission to the New York bar. [ABA Journal]
* Republican VP nominee Mike Pence is a lawyer, and his Democratic counterpart probably will be as well: shortlisters Tim Kaine, Thomas Perez, and Tom Vilsack are all lawyers, and James Stavridis is a law dean. [New York Times]
* A California man gets convicted in a plot to kill two prosecutors, two FBI agents, and federal judge Andrew Guilford — with a wood chipper. [Los Angeles Times via ABA Journal]
* A New York appeals court affirms a ruling in favor of Boies Schiller in a malpractice suit brought by fashion model Mary Anne Fletcher. [Big Law Business]
* A bit more about former Attorney General Eric Holder’s work for Airbnb (a development we noted yesterday). [American Lawyer]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Biglaw Firm Changes Course On Associate Compensation
It's a firm's prerogative to change its mind.
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
What Firms Miss The 'MoneyLaw' Cut?
Now comes everyone's favorite part of the salary wars: the airing of grievances. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Biglaw Salary Hike: Not All Offices Are Created Equal
Talk about a gut punch, but at least you can't accuse the firm of being opaque about its compensation decisions. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.08.16
* Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises that he won’t speak ill of Judge Gonzalo Curiel anymore, but it took a lot of heavy criticism from GOP leaders for him to come around to the idea of being civil. He now says his comments about Judge Curiel’s ability to remain impartial due to his Mexican heritage were “misconstrued.” [Washington Post]
* You know you’ve screwed up when a judge accuses you of “egregious misconduct,” but you know you may have made the biggest mistake of your career when your “bad faith conduct” results in the voiding of a $200M patent infringement verdict. This in-house Merck patent prosecutor must be in a very bad place right now. [Big Law Business]
* Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court has two weeks to respond to a complaint lodged by the state’s Judicial Inquiry Commission over his order that probate judges not issue same-sex marriage licenses. If found in violation of ethical rules, Moore could be removed from his position — for the second time. [Montgomery Advertiser]
* Arlo Devlin-Brown, the head of the public corruption unit for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York since 2014, will be leaving office to head to private practice. After working to put Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos behind bars, he’s off to Covington & Burling, where he’ll be on the white-collar defense team. [New York Post]
* “The concept of fair market value under Delaware law is not equivalent to the economic concept of fair market value.” Vice Chancellor Laster (Del. Ch.) made lawyers’ jaws drop when he overruled the market in the Dell case. Martin Lipton of Wachtell says more buyers may be tempted to walk away from deals now. [DealBook / New York Times]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: An Addendum On Leverage
In figuring out which Biglaw firm will bring us the next pay raise, it's important to consider the concept of leverage. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: New York Bonuses Go To Washington
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Word From A Top D.C. Firm
Will some firms once again pay their non-New York associates significantly smaller bonuses than their NYC-based colleagues? -
Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Public Interest
Serving The Public Interest Outside The Practice Of Law: An Interview With Jenny Mosier
Jenny Mosier left a high-powered Justice Department job to take on a new and important mission. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.13.15
* Has America been duped by the greatest double agent in history? That’s one take on Eric Holder’s return to Covington & Burling (they even kept his office waiting for him). [Rolling Stone]
* The merger between Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs may have had a rocky first year, but the merged entity looks to get its lobbying game back on fleek. [Washington Post]
* It’s fairly unlikely Abigail Fisher has experienced discrimination a day in her life, but white privilege means this mediocre student will have yet another day in front of the Supreme Court. [For Harriet]
* One lawyer’s quest against the Commission on Presidential Debates and their implicit perpetuation of the two-party duopoly. [Law360]
* An issue near and dear in the hearts of many of our readers: how do you stay married to a lawyer? [Lawyerist]
* The top 4 funny [boo hoo] moments from the Dewey trial. [American Lawyer]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.06.15
* It’s time to start shutting down law schools, but this clearly isn’t something that the American Bar Association is ready to act on. After all, new schools keep popping up, and the ABA keeps accrediting them for reasons beyond understanding. [Bloomberg Business]
* At the end of a landmark Term at the Supreme Court, some presidential candidates are fanning the flames of voters’ fears. Linda Greenhouse asks, “[W]hat, exactly, are people supposed to be afraid of now? A same-sex married couple with affordable health insurance?” [New York Times]
* Eric Holder will return to Covington & Burling, the Biglaw firm from whence he came, and he’ll be there “until [he] decide[s] [he’s] not going to be a lawyer anymore.” This crazy guy says he’d even turn down a SCOTUS nom to continue working there. [Am Law Daily]
* Congrats to Skadden, the firm that ranked numero uno in worldwide deals according to Bloomberg’s quarterly M&A league tables. Davis Polk finished $93 billion behind that, but hopefully the bonuses will be just as sweet this winter. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
* If you’re planning to enter law school at the end of the summer — especially if you’re a gunner in training — there’s no better way to spend your last months of freedom than to read one (or all of) these law prof-recommended books and papers. [Washington Post]
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Biglaw, Technology
Biglaw Trend Alert: Say Goodbye To Gmail
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Coveting Your Neighbor's Bonus
Bonus news being announced this late can't be good, right? -
Biglaw, Rankings
Top Litigation Firms By Pedigree: Is Prestige Fate?
How much does law school pedigree correlate with other measures of law firm "success"? -
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, Money, Willkie Farr
Associate Bonus Watch: 4 Firms Follow Davis Polk
Congrats to associates at these fine firms! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.08.14
* A student at Barry Law claims someone stole her phone and used it to call an African-American blogger an N-word on Instagram. We’ll have more on this believable story later. [Miami Herald]
* Mark Wahlberg wants to be pardoned for a crime committed before he was known as Marky Mark. He should also consider asking to be pardoned for The Happening and Planet of the Apes. [CNN]
* The job market was flat last month, and in 2014, the legal sector lost 3,000 jobs. Don’t worry, you’ll get a job eventually, per the hopes and prayers of your career services employees. [Am Law Daily]
* Shine bright like A. Diamond: Howrey’s bankruptcy trustee says he’ll have a confirmed creditor-repayment plan “well before” the end of next year. [WSJ Law Blog]
* iF*ckedUp? The last named plaintiff in the Apple iPod class action may not have bought an iPod during the time period at issue in the suit. [Bits / New York Times]
* We suppose that with new tech comes new logos, because Covington & Burling is dropping the “& Burling” for global branding purposes. [National Law Journal]
* David Lat, ATL’s founder and managing editor, doesn’t “think [he’s] defamed anyone” in his book, Supreme Ambitions (aff. link). Yay! We’ll have more on this later. [New York Times]
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Biglaw, Election Law, Eric Holder, Law Firm Mergers, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Politics, Pornography, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Morning Docket: 09.29.14
* Now that we know Eric Holder is resigning, there’s been speculation as to where he’ll go next. The obvious choice is a return to Covington & Burling, but he could still surprise everyone. [National Law Journal]
* “Judicial campaign cash is burning a hole in the Constitution.” State court judges are pumping money into their election campaigns, and some have been left to wonder about its true price. [New York Times]
* Details have emerged as to conditions that must be met for Bingham McCutchen’s proposed merger with Morgan Lewis: partner promises, de-equitizations, and forgivable loans, oh my! [Reuters (sub. req.)]
* In the wake of Dean Makau Mutua’s decision to step down at Buffalo Law, a “deep rift” among faculty has been brought to light. The school’s future doesn’t seem as “bright” as we were one told. [Buffalo News]
* A former law student who was falsely identified as a porn star on the radio had her day in court and pulled out a win. Here’s the money shot: she’s walking away with $1 million in damages. [Kansas City Star]
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Department of Justice, Drugs, Eric Holder, Federal Government, Immigration, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
When The Confirmation Of The Next Attorney General Gets Political, Thank Eric Holder
The battle to confirm Eric Holder’s successor will be messy, according to conservative columnist Tamara Tabo.