Eversheds
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Biglaw, Bloomberg, Technology
The Transforming Profession
New columnist Scott Mozarsky reflects on how globalization and technology are changing the legal profession. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers
Whirlwind Romance Leads To Global Biglaw Merger
This deal came together really quickly. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Law Firm Merger Mania: Eversheds And Sutherland Are Talking
What's driving this deal, which would create a Biglaw behemoth with more than 2,000 lawyers worldwide?
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Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers
Foley & Lardner To Leave Eversheds Standing At The Altar
Sorry you got dumped, Eversheds, but it happens to the best of us. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers
Holy Moly! A Gigantic Transatlantic Merger For Foley?
It looks like Foley & Lardner may finally have found the law firm of its dreams. -
Art, Biglaw, Brown Rudnick, California, Celebrities, Crime, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 12.18.13
* “No one calls me Justice Sotomayor and no one calls Justice Kagan Justice Ginsberg. It’s an exhilarating change.” Back in the day, people used to mistake the Notorious RBG for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. How rude. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* Eversheds, the national U.K. law firm that sounds like it’s an outdoor storage emporium, has elected a new chairman. Congrats to Paul Smith, who specializes in environmental law, and will begin his four-year term on May 1. [Am Law Daily]
* In his last year of service, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer will moonlight in Brown Rudnick’s Irvine office. Critics think this move “looks and smells bad.” If it’s brown, flush it down? [Bloomberg]
* Down 11 percent from last year, this fall, law schools enrolled the fewest amount of students since 1975, when there were only 163 ABA-accredited schools. Too bad tuition’s still so high. [National Law Journal]
* Aaron Hernandez is now facing a wrongful death suit filed by Odin Lloyd’s family. Without anything else to say about this sports-related legal news, here’s a picture of Elie Hernandezing. [Associated Press]
* George Zimmerman is an artiste extraordinaire, and one of his paintings is currently for sale on eBay where the price has been bid up to $110,100. The guy’s almost as talented as George W. Bush. [CNN]
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Gender, Magic Circle
Man Wins Sexual Discrimination Case Against Law Firm
It takes balls to file this kind of lawsuit. A man working for the British firm Eversheds filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit after being fired from the firm. He claimed that the firm should have fired a woman out on maternity leave — but Eversheds didn’t because it was worried that the woman would file […]