Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Biglaw
Davis Polk Is 'Predominantly An In-Office Firm' Now, As It Clings To Mandatory 4-Day Attendance Plan
Sorry, but the 'modern law firm workplace' is hybrid, without this forced attendance nonsense. -
Biglaw
Davis Polk Is Here To Announce Its 2022 Bonus Scale
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Biglaw
Biglaw Compensation Leader To Close Office By Year's End
Sources say profitability factored into the firm's decision to shut down the office.
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Biglaw
BREAKING: Davis Polk Finally Announces New Compensation -- And It's MORE Than The Milbank Scale
More money for associates! Let the matches begin! -
Biglaw
Davis Polk Smashes Bonus Scale Again With Year-End Bonuses PLUS More Special Bonuses
DPW comes over the top. Yet again. -
Biglaw
Davis Polk's Reopening Plan Includes 3-4 In-Office Days, And Floating Remote Workweeks
The firm is introducing a period of five consecutive remote work days -- and they won't impact vacations. -
Biglaw
Davis Polk Sets Up Optional 'Back To Office' Days For Lawyers To Reacquaint Themselves With Office Life
The compensation leader has spoken on what its return to work will look like. - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Courts
Judicial Notice: Vernon Jordan, RIP
Plus other notable legal news from the week that was. -
Biglaw
Davis Polk Is Named After A Segregationist... Perhaps It's Time To Consider A New Name
For that matter, change Holland & Knight too. -
Biglaw
Biglaw's New, Inclusive Trend -- Just In Time For Recruiting Season
Davis Polk is making a step in the right direction. -
Biglaw
What's Going On With Counsel Bonuses?
Which super-elite Biglaw firm apparently stiffed its counsel on bonuses this year? -
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Justice, Politics
Robert Mueller Will Be Greeted As A Liberator... By Senate Republicans
By impaneling a grand jury, Mueller makes things even easier for Republicans. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.11.17
Uh-oh! Trouble in paradise? It looks like Martin Shkreli’s lawyer — who also happens to be his co-defendant — has turned on him.
* Florida has released the results from its administration of the February 2017 bar exam, and they were not pretty. The percentage of those who passed dipped a bit since 2016, but students at both Orlando law schools were more likely to have failed. But which law school did the worst of all? We’ll have more on this later. [Orlando Sentinel]
* Trouble in paradise? Martin Shkreli’s former lawyer, Evan Greebel — who also happens to be his co-defendant — has turned on him, accusing the pharma bro of submitting false documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and engaging in illegal stock trading. Greebel, of course, now wants to be tried separately from Shkreli. [Bloomberg]
* “I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be back.” Five women who once worked at Davis Polk and had been gone for at least two years to raise their families have returned to the firm for one-year stints with a program called “Davis Polk Revisited.” If all goes well, they may be able to return for a longer period of time. [WSJ Law Blog]
* A former Hunton & Williams partner who spent 20 years on the lam as a fugitive has finally been caught. Scott Wolas, who was disbarred in 1999, was most recently accused in a $1.5 million real estate investment fraud scheme. Over the course of his alleged criminal career, Wolas reportedly assumed a number of other aliases. [Am Law Daily]
* Each year around Easter, the ABA Journal hosts a Peeps in Law diorama contest. It’s time to cast your vote for your favorite, and this time around, the competition is pretty stiff. We’re particularly partial to the entry that’s been dubbed “State of Peepington v. Trump,” but “Peepsburg and Sugarmayor” is also very cute. Vote! [ABA Journal]
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Biglaw, Mergers and Acquisitions
Stats Of The Week: New Global M&A Law Firm Leaders
Despite a geopolitically tumultuous 2016, the U.S. M&A market had a robust year. -
Rankings, Sponsored Content
Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Top Deal Firms Update
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.16.16
* Former Berkeley Law dean Sujit Choudhry is suing the school, claiming that Berkeley discriminated against him by punishing him more harshly for alleged sexual harassment compared to white professors. [Law.com]
* The family of Sandra Bland settles its lawsuit over her death for $1.9 million. [New York Times]
* The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc (and rather splintered), rules that the mental-health ban on gun ownership could violate the Second Amendment. [How Appealing]
* Congratulations to Miami corporate partner Ira Coleman, who will replace Peter John Sacripanti and Jeffrey E. Stone as chair of McDermott Will & Emery in January. [Big Law Business]
* Ashurst remains in a tailspin, with five partners (including two office heads) leaving in the span of 24 hours. [Ashurst]
* In other U.K. law firm news, Freshfields is replacing “Dear Sirs” with gender-neutral salutations in all communications and legal documents. [The Lawyer via Big Law Business]
* More exciting news for Bancroft: recognition for its pro bono work, which partners pledge will continue after they move over to Kirkland. [Law360]
* Paging parents who left Davis Polk to raise their kids: here’s a program to bring you back into Biglaw. [Law.com via ABA Journal]
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Biglaw, Rankings, Vault rankings
Move Over Wachtell, There's A New Firm At The Top -- Vault Top 100 Firms (2017)
There's a new most prestigious firm in town.