Dechert
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Biglaw
The New Normal Sinking In As More Firms Join Davis Polk With $205K Scale
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.07.21
* A Republican Congressman was finally served with papers related to a lawsuit over the January 6th Capitol riot after prior attempts failed. Seth Rogen may have served the papers right the first time… [Hill]
* A California lawyer, who allegedly used a cafe to embezzle money, has been sentenced to prison. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* A New York lawyer, who is an associate at Dechert LLP, appeared on Jeopardy! last week. [Brooklyn Eagle]
* Jerry Falwell, Jr. is asking that a lawsuit filed by Liberty University over Falwell’s departure from the school be dismissed. [NBC News]
* The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether America’s all-male draft is unconstitutional. Maybe the movie RBG will be quoted in the briefs… [Fox News]
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Biglaw
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Will Allow Lawyers To Work From Home 50% Of The Time
The firm has reached a happy, middle ground as far as flexibility is concerned.
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Top 50 Biglaw Firm Rolls Out 'Enhanced' Bonus Structure
Not so fast, it's not as 'enhanced' as you think it is. -
Biglaw
Spying On A Biglaw Partner Is TOTALLY NORMAL, Attorney Tells Judge
This is... one way to deal with litigation. -
Biglaw
Am Law 50 Firm Demands Massive Tax Breaks, Sues Government For Not Handing Them Over
Sometimes it's about 'should we file this suit,' not 'can we file this suit.' -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.04.18
* Eric Trump has decided to go after George Conway and proves he’s every bit as effective a defender of his father that The Onion makes him out to be. [Washington Post]
* Today is E-Discovery Day, so tune in for a huge day of educational programming about the electronic discovery space. [E-Discovery Day]
* As his client prepares to testify before the body on a
naked political stuntnew subpoena, Dechert partner David Kelly trolls the House Judiciary Committee for wasting everyone’s time and money on the empty Benghazi investigation. Biglaw trash talk is the best trash talk. [Washington Examiner]* After kicking off the year under investigation for enabling domestic violence for years, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is retiring meaning we will no longer have to suffer through sports reporters praising his “resilience” in succeeding after being caught in a scandal of his own making. [ESPN]
* Cleary joins other DC firms in swapping real estate. Hopefully, no one will ever have to suffer from street performers ever again! [National Law Journal]
* Avvo’s former CLO is now in the cosmetic surgery game. Why do these seem like strikingly similar industries? [Corporate Counsel]
* As sure as the rising sun, Marriott faces multiple lawsuits over its massive data breach. [Law360]
* Remember to RSVP for next week’s Above the Law Holiday Party. [Above the Law]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Biglaw
18 Attorneys Jump From Quinn Emanuel, Head To Loving Embrace Of Dechert
A lot of lawyers are changing firms. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.23.18
* A trio of big name partners — including the group co-chairs — are leaving the products liability group at Quinn Emanuel for Dechert. So far there’s no email from John Quinn blasting the move. [Law.com]
* Former Michael Cohen business partner, Evgeny “Gene” Freidman, has taken a plea deal and will cooperate with the government. The pressure on Cohen just keeps on mounting. [New York Times]
* Michigan State named a new General Counsel, Robert Young. That poor bastard. [Corporate Counsel]
* A couple trying to get their 30-year-old son to move out of their house resort to court proceedings. It… does not work out well for the freeloading son. [Washington Post]
* You’re not wrong to be worried about the merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Things could really go pear-shaped for consumers. [Slate]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.21.18
* The President apparently got around? Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal has filed suit against American Media, Inc., owner of The National Enquirer, to get out of an agreement that’s preventing her from discussing her alleged affair with Donald Trump, which reportedly occurred around the same time as the Stormy Daniels affair. [CBS News]
* What’s going on at Latham & Watkins in the wake its former chairman Lathaming himself over inappropriate conduct involving “communications of a sexual nature”? According to a source at the firm, “[e]veryone is shocked” and no one has any idea who will replace Bill Voge as chair. [American Lawyer]
* “This is not what the impeachment power is for….” Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers are moving to impeach the Democratic state Supreme Court justices who ruled the state’s congressional map was unconstitutionally gerrymandered. [Huffington Post]
* Dechert has settled an age and sex discrimination case filed by female staff members. There are no details of the settlement available, but if you recall, the firm countered the ex-staffers’ claims by saying that technological advances had made their jobs redundant. [Legal Intelligencer]
* On Monday, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed the most restrictive abortion bill in the country, banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. Less than 24 hours later, Judge Carlton Reeves granted a temporary restraining order in favor of the state’s lone abortion clinic. [Associated Press]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Uses Technology As A Defense In Discrimination Case
Those are some pretty explosive allegations.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.31.18
* According to his friends, President Trump is reportedly planning to ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions to prosecute special counsel Robert Mueller and his team. Considering he’s done nothing wrong, it’s anyone’s guess as to what Mueller could possibly be prosecuted for, but that’s neither here nor there. [CNBC]
* For the first time in more than 80 years, the Senate has confirmed a circuit court judge with a missing blue slip. Yesterday, Judge David Stras of the Minnesota Supreme Court was confirmed to the Eighth Circuit, with a 56-42 vote that threw decades-old tradition to the wind. [The Hill]
* “It’s really important that lawyers in large firms know that they can sign up….” In the short time since the initiative was announced, more than 500 lawyers have signed up to take on cases for the Time’s Up legal defense fund, and they’ll be able to provide free consultations to victims of workplace sexual harassment. [Big Law Business]
* The robots are coming: Former payroll managers from Dechert claim in a federal age and gender bias suit that they were laid off because they were the oldest women employees in the department. The firm says that’s not the case, since it was cloud-based technology, not discrimination, that took their jobs. [Legal Intelligencer]
* A California appellate court has breathed new life into a proposed class action that accuses Tinder of charging older users more money to use the enhanced version of the app. The judge who wrote the opinion reversed the lower court using slang very familiar to dating app aficionados. We’ll have more on this later. [The Recorder]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues
Stats Of The Week: The Great Associate Pay Raise Of 2016
What story do these numbers tell? -
Biglaw, Summer Associates
Higher Pay For Fewer Summer Associates -- But Layoffs May Be Looming
Don't let those cushy paychecks distract you from the underlying news here... -
Biglaw, Layoffs
Dechert Layoffs -- They Laid Off First-Years (And This May Be The Way Of The Future)
Being a first-year isn't layoff armor anymore. -
Biglaw, Layoffs
Dechert Lets Multiple Associates Go After Performance Reviews
We may be entering a rough spell for the legal profession. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.22.17
* Judge Posner rules that you can’t yell “fire” on a crowded Internet. [ABA Journal]
* Want a sneak peek at Am Law 100/200 financial results? Spoiler: top firms make a lot of money. [ALM Staff]
* Apparently it’s financially tenuous to leave Biglaw. Who knew walking away from $200K+ could put a crimp in your plans? [Am Law Daily]
* Michael Cohen is spinning in the wind after his contradictory secret peace plan claims fall apart. [Business Insider]
* Dechert has jumped into Philadelphia’s looming sanctuary city fight and Hogan Lovells may not be far behind. [Legal Intelligencer]
* The harassment claims against Uber have in-house counsel under fire.
[National Law Journal]* Human boil Martin Shkreli and Evan Greebel, his former attorney from Katten, are seeking separate trials. [Law360]