Davis Polk & Wardwell
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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. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: Who Will Lead The Charge?
A Biglaw pay raise will happen (someday); when it does, who will be the first mover? - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Davis Polk Announces!!!
What did DPW do? See if you can guess....
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.18.15
* Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the lateral raids of lawyers from competing law firms. Wilson Elser just poached 11 litigators from Lewis Brisbois, including the firm’s regional managing partner, who now holds the same title at his new firm. Ride ’em, cowboy! [Houston Business Journal]
* “I think almost 50 years of paying for those crimes is enough.” Winston Moseley, the man convicted of killing Kitty Genovese in an infamous case that came to define the meaning of bystander apathy, was recently denied parole for the eighteenth time. [AP]
* We love an underdog story: On the topic of lateral moves, it seems like Greenberg Traurig has a habit of “cherry picking” top talent from higher-ranked law firms like Davis Polk, White & Case, and McDermott Will & Emery. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* When it comes to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house judges, Chairman Mary Jo White says that while its court system could be “modernize[d],” it’s still a fair process — for the SEC. The house usually wins in these proceedings. [WSJ Law Blog]
* How old is too old to be a judge? Pennsylvania voters are going to be asked this question next year when a referendum on a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution to raise the judicial retirement age from 70 to 75 hits the ballot box. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
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Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine
Biglaw Compensation Leader Makes Costly Changes To Its Health Insurance Plan
Is your firm planning to institute serious changes to its health insurance plan in 2016? -
Reality TV, Television
Former Biglaw Associate Looks For Love On TV... Again
A good-looking attorney with a prestigious background is up for more public dating. -
Caption Contests
Caption Contest Winner: Behold The Most Beautiful Biglaw Firm
Did these gorgeous lawyers get the worst bonus ever or what? -
Caption Contests
Caption Contest Finalists: Behold The Most Beautiful Biglaw Firm
Which Biglaw firm has associates that need to take a selfie before tending to their pleadings? - Sponsored
Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
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Caption Contests
Caption Contest: Behold The Most Beautiful Biglaw Firm
The firm is nationally known for hiring hotties. Its associates are probably billing for their beauty. -
Contests
Above the Law’s 2014 Lawyer of the Year Contest: The Finalists!
From distinguished to despicable, who should be Above the Law's Lawyer of the Year for 2014? Please vote in our poll! -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Davis Polk Beats Simpson!
Davis Polk: follower no more! -
5th Circuit, Abortion, Biglaw, Celebrities, Crime, Election Law, Eric Holder, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Student Loans, Texas, U.S. Attorneys Offices, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Weddings
Morning Docket: 10.15.14
* The Fifth Circuit is allowing the Texas voter ID law to be enforced during the upcoming election, even though it was recently struck down by a federal judge. After all, “preserving the status quo” is very important down south. [Bloomberg]
* We suppose that’s why the Supreme Court stepped in to make sure that abortion clinics in Texas were allowed to reopen following their shut down. Take that, Fifth Circuit. [New York Times]
* AG Eric Holder is showing off some fancy legal footwork before he walks out the door. Federal prosecutors can no longer ask defendants to waive their IAC claims when pleading guilty. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Davis Polk & Wardwell is a Biglaw firm where hotties roam, and it looks like this top Justice Department prosecutor who started his career there is returning home there to roost. [DealBook / New York Times]
* It’s the debt: With headlines like “Law school applications plummet – at U of L too,” the University of Louisville School of Law can’t even convince alums from its undergrad school to attend. [Courier-Journal]
* Amal Alamuddin changed her name to Amal Clooney on her firm’s website. It’s as if she wants to rub the fact that she’s a human rights lawyer who just got married in everyone’s face. [New York Daily News]
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Rankings, Reader Polls, Tax Law
Over- And Underrated Biglaw Practice Groups
According to the ATL Insider Survey, these practice groups deserve more (or less) acclaim.
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Biglaw, Mergers and Acquisitions, Quote of the Day
This Poor Partner's Migraines Mean More Money For The Firm
Somebody get this guy some Advil. -
Biglaw, Quote of the Day, Technology
This Guy Wants To Kill All Your Biglaw Job Opportunities
Tech guru worked as a first-year associate in Biglaw just to figure out how to code a program to automate first-year tasks. -
Fabulosity, Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Lawyerly Lairs: A Law Clerk's $1.7 Million Apartment
How can a law clerk afford such an expensive apartment? Well, he's not your ordinary "law clerk." -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
New Partner Watch: Incoming Partner Classes at 10 Top Firms
What do the incoming partner classes at 10 leading law firms reveal about the state of Biglaw? -
Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Job Survey, Law Students, Lawyers, Rankings
ATL’s 12 Top Rated Firms For 2013
Which Biglaw firms are the highest rated by their own employees? -
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Biglaw, Caption Contests, Contests, Pictures, Weirdness
Caption Contest Winner: Hot Cups
This firm's lawyers are super hot, and now you can get them at a discount!