Dan DiPietro

Some firms should be happy, but others should be worried.

Pretty decently, as it turns out.

Biglaw leaders aren't confident about much, except for their need of more warm bodies...

Quite possibly, according to a recent survey of law firm performance.

Biglaw is no longer in free fall, but things are still far from fabulous.

It seems that the year is off to a rocky start. Will things get better over time?

What prompted the question on our part? Here's the evidence....

Not too shabbily. But problems could arise in 2013....

A new client advisory from Citi Private Bank and Hildebrandt Consulting contains predictions and advice for large law firms.

* L.A. city council voted in favor of banning pet stores. Because walking your dog contributes to childhood obesitywaitwaitwhatthehell? [LA Times via Overlawyered] * If marijuana gets legalized, will there be a Green Gold Rush? [Daily Beast] * A Texas high school won’t let students vote for Homecoming unless they wear an electronic tracking chip around their neck. I didn’t realize Minority Report took place in Texas. [CNET] * A special Halloween version of scary s**t on the internet you maybe should be afraid of. [IT-Lex] * A bunch of alternate mottos for legal blogs, ATL included. Ours stars — who else? — the Commentariat. Nice work gang. [Legal Blog Watch] * After the jump, Lee Pacchia speaks with Dan DiPietro of Citibank, and has watchlist of the Biglaw firms that may fail in the near future….

What does the rest of this year look like for large law firms? Not great, it seems.

Most major law firms didn't pay spring bonuses this year -- and maybe that was a good thing, given the warning signs ahead for Biglaw.

Dewey might be closing some of its foreign offices. Which overseas outposts are on the chopping block? And which rival firms might pick up the pieces?

* Johnson & Johnson will have to fix several factories after an agreement with the FDA prompted by massive product recalls. This still doesn’t explain why my bottle of Tylenol may contain tree nuts. [Bloomberg] * Charlie Sheen hammered out a custody agreement With Brooke Mueller. That’s nice. [People Magazine] * Texas may consider a […]