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Dechert's Global Finance And Real Estate Co-Chair Explains How Biglaw Firms Can Get More Women Into Partnership And Leadership Roles
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Top 50 Biglaw Firm Gets Bigger, Better Space To Entice Lawyers To Work From The Office
The firm's new office may help lawyers better understand there's a 'purpose' to working in person. - Sponsored
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Top Biglaw Firm Spreads The Season Cheer With Bonuses (And More)!
Big money big money big money!
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.05.23
* The collapse of crypto is paying off for lawyers. [NY Times]
* Federal Circuit moves to dismiss Judge Pauline Newman’s lawsuit challenging the court deciding to kick her off panels arguing that no court can question their internal affairs. Sounds like the Federal Circuit is taking a lot of lessons from the Supreme Court. [Reuters]
* A primer for Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial. [Law360]
* All-white federal district courts still exist. Because people like this still exist. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Dechert facing sanctions over dragging out discovery. [American Lawyer]
* NY begins cracking down on Airbnb. [NY Daily News]
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Biglaw
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Offers Optional Deferral To Incoming Associates
And it seems like only some would-be associates will receive a stipend.
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Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Gets Brutally Honest About Donald Trump's Latest Legal Woes
A target letter is no joke. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.02.23
* Science confirms that legal writing is terrible. [AAAS]
* Maryland judge benchslapped for using Beowulf and Whistler’s Mother to import racist stereotypes into an opinion. As racism goes, it’s a very erudite version. Much more National Review than Daily Caller. [ABA Journal]
* House Oversight Committee is probing FTC Chair for pursuing the policies she said she would pursue before getting the job. Really scrounging the bottom of the barrel these days… go back to Hunter Biden’s laptop or something. At least it was interesting. [Reuters]
* Speaking of Hunter Biden, he’s setting himself up to be the next Second Amendment test case to erode laws barring felons from keeping arsenals. [NY Times]
* Federal judge delivers tongue-lashing to Crowell attorneys suing over policies they allegedly advised the defendant on earlier. [Law360]
* Dechert secures sanctions reversal in earplug trial. I SAID, DECHERT SECURES SANCTIONS REVERSAL IN EARPLUG TRIAL. Take those things out, will ya? [Law.com]
* Starbucks is in Trenta trouble as labor law rulings come down. [Bloomberg Law News]
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Biglaw
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Overhired, And Now Associates And Staff Are Paying The Price
Is overhiring responsible for the latest Biglaw layoffs? It's very likely. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
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Finally We Have U.S. News Law School Rankings... And They're Weird
Joe and Chris talk about law school, layoffs, and basic decency. -
Biglaw
Am Law Top 50 Firm Begins Reduction In Force, Will Cut 5% Of Global Workforce
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Still Fighting Allegations Of Impropriety On Part Of Former Partner
The real question is how much will it cost the firm? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.28.23
* When the Trump administration used COVID as a rationale to unilaterally rewrite immigration laws, the Supreme Court thought that was fine. Today, the same justices will scream bloody murder at the idea of the Biden administration using the COVID economic slump to justify forgiving $20K worth of student loans the same way the government forgave millions in PPP loans. Because… reasons. [Reuters]
* Law firms get conservative on legal technology amid recession fears. I guess this means they aren’t trying to bring in tech to reduce attorney ranks. [Legaltech News]
* Rupert Murdoch acknowledges in testimony that Fox News lied about the election. Did these people even have in-house counsel in 2020? [Law360]
* Merrick Garland’s appearance on Capitol Hill tomorrow will very much suck for him. [Esquire]
* The ongoing Neil Gerrard scandal will go to court next week to find out just how much Dechert owes one of its former clients. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Florida court denies the habeas petition a pregnant detainee filed on behalf of her fetus. As always “Life Begins At Conception… Some Terms and Conditions Apply.” [The Guardian]
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Huge Firm, Big Bonus Bucks! Read The Story For Details.
You think I'd give it all away in the title?
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm About To Write A $20 Million+ Check To Their Former Client
Dechert places the blame squarely on their former partner. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Treated Client As 'Cash Cow,' Gets Benchslapped In Court Judgment
Oh, and words like 'negligent' and 'reckless' get thrown around too. -
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Biglaw
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Offers Associates More Cold, Hard Cash With DPW Match
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Biglaw
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Doles Out Bonuses, With Extra Money For High Billers
Showing appreciation with money is a Biglaw tradition. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.22.21
* A lawsuit alleges that the wife of an MLB star had an affair with a former pastor. Guess that pastor allegedly made it to home base… [Fox News]
* A lawyer at Dechert has been sanctioned $10,000 for conduct during closing arguments of litigation involving purportedly defective earplugs. [Reuters]
* A defendant accused of stabbing a California attorney to death is due in court. [ABC News]
* A class action has been filed over a massive chemical fire that occurred at a Chemtool plant earlier this month. [Chicago Tribune]
* Harvard successfully dismissed a lawsuit alleging that students should receive tuition discounts due to COVID-19. Guess a Harvard education doesn’t just cost a Zoom subscription and $1.50 in late fees at the public library. [Forbes]