Drinker Biddle
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.07.21
* The NRA’s top lawyer claims he was not consulted on the group’s bankruptcy filing. Guess the organization might be shooting from the hip… [LAw360]
* A high-profile Nevada lawyer has seemingly admitted to failing to safeguard client funds and other ethical breaches. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
* Several Italian-American organizations are filing a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and local officials over canceling Columbus Day and removing statutes of Christopher Columbus. [CBS News]
* Colorado is considering mandatory diversity training for all attorneys. [Denver Post]
* Drinker Biddle must face a lawsuit alleging it broke a promise when it purportedly promised to retain an attorney so long as she “performed as an average associate.” Seems like a low bar… [ABA Journal]
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Biglaw, Partner Issues
40 Lawyers -- Including 15 Partners -- Are Leaving This Biglaw Firm
The new year finds this firm shedding the pounds.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.31.15
* In the wake of fired CEO Martin Shkreli’s arrest for securities fraud, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company will be repped by Hogan Lovells (and likely won’t be charged 4,000 percent more than it should be). [Reuters]
* “Not all of it is law at its grandest but all of it is the practice of law.” Yet another contract attorney’s suit for overtime pay has bitten the dust with a recent dismissal. This time, Quinn Emanuel was the Biglaw firm victorious in keeping doc reviewers downtrodden. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Since Dechert decided to up the ante on first-year associate salaries, other Philadelphia Biglaw firms have responded in kind. Drinker Biddle has matched, while Pepper Hamilton and Cozen O’Connor are following close behind. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Facebook needs a “dislike” button: The social media titan’s suit against DLA Piper and Milberg for their defense of alleged con man Paul Ceglia in a fraudulent breach of contract case versus Zuckerberg’s first baby was dismissed. [Buffalo Business First]
* From “weird to wildly costly,” check out some of the craziest malpractice cases that were filed against Biglaw firms during the course of 2015. The McDermott Will & Emery elder abuse case here is particularly creative. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Sued By A Fortune 500 (Former) Client
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Football, Intellectual Property, Sports, Trademarks
Patent Office Just Tomahawk-Chopped The 'Redskins' Trademark
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White-Collar Crime
If You Have a FERC Problem, Maybe Don't Hire a FERC Lawyer
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Alston & Bird, Antitrust, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Keker & Van Nest, Law Students, Litigators, Munger Tolles & Olson, Partner Issues, Rankings, Tax Law, White & Case, Willkie Farr
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From the ATL Insider Survey: Overlooked Firms and Schools
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, King & Spalding, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Where's LeBoeuf? An Update on Doings at Dewey
What's going down at Dewey? Some claim the firm is experiencing financial difficulties, and there have been some partner departures and reports of associate layoffs. But Dewey claims that it's really just business as usual over there. Let's tackle the question: Where's Le Boeuf? -
Biglaw, California, Depositions, Lunacy, Quote of the Day, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Violence
Quote of the Day: No 'Martial Arts Moves' Here
I never had the inclination, or the physical strength, to attack Mr. Bloch. — Henry Shields Jr., the Drinker Biddle partner accused in a lawsuit of assaulting opposing counsel at a deposition. Shields, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy, maintains that he was the victim of the assault rather than the perpetrator. (To read more about […] -
Biglaw, California, Depositions, Lunacy, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Violence
Beverly Hills Brawl: Escape From The Deposition Room!
Can we all just get along? A California deposition devolved into a fracas, according to a recently filed lawsuit and additional court documents. -
Feminism, Gay Marriage, Gender, Immigration, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 05.27.11
* And finally, a law student sues a law school for its allegedly misleading post-graduate employment information. [Law School Transparency] * A “leading business lawyer in Germany,” reportedly a partner at Linklaters, allegedly attempts to evade paying taxes on his new lederhosen. Now is the time on Spockets when we dance. [Roll on Friday] * […]
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ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 3)Government jobs; balancing work and play in Biglaw.
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Biglaw, Billable Hours
Drinker Biddle's Latest Attack on the Billable Hour
Have you ever heard of a “chief value officer”? Let’s assume your answer is “no,” because you don’t spend your free time reading synergistic white papers produced by McKinsey & Co. But that’s something the good people at Drinker Biddle would like to change. The Legal Intelligencer reports that Drinker Biddle is creating a new […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Killing Lockstep
Legal Press More Fascinated By Apprenticeship Programs than Law Firms
A year ago, Howrey announced that it was slashing first-year starting salaries and radically changing its first-year program. Drinker Biddle had adopted a similar “apprenticeship” approach a few weeks before Howrey. Aside from Howrey, Drinker Biddle, and some firm in Kentucky, no other law firm has tried to sell below market salaries and intensive “training” […]