Goodwin Procter
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Announces Bonuses, But Not Every Associate Is Taking Home Money
To their credit, at least the firm is transparent about their bonus process. -
Biglaw
Let The Good(win) Times Roll For These Associates Getting Raises
Another Biglaw firm joins the $190K scale. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Biglaw
Biglaw Summer Programs Phasing Out 'Boozefests' To Create All-New, Worse Sexual Harassment Opportunities
These firms mean well, but sometimes good intentions aren't enough.
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Biglaw
Which Biglaw Firms Joined The Billion-Dollar Revenue Club In 2017?
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Biglaw
Associate Bonus Watch: The Good News Keeps On Coming
The firm is doing well, and it's sharing the wealth with its associates. -
Biglaw
Ropes Raids Continue
A month of partner defections at Ropes & Gray continues with two more Boston laterals. -
Biglaw, Gay, Sponsored Content
LGBTQ In Biglaw: Advice For Law Firms And For Job Seekers
Despite the progress, Biglaw is not perfect – more can be done. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: No News Is Good News
This is not the most exciting announcement -- and associates are probably okay with that. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Rankings, Sponsored Content
Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Top Deal Firms Update
Discover which firms played a significant role in transactional achievements over the course of 2016. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.30.16
* Fresh off a five-month stint in prison for defrauding clients, Todd Malacuso, a lawyer who once represented Casey Anthony, has been arrested and accused of conspiring to smuggle almost two tons of cocaine into the United States from Central America on his own plane. He’s being held without bail as he’s been deemed a flight risk. [Daily Mail]
* “Taking a fee when you’ve got people literally still paying off their credit cards is a lot different than when it’s essentially found money for the plaintiffs.” In a wide-ranging interview, Jason Forge, a partner at Robbins Geller, explains why plaintiffs’ lawyers in the Trump University fraud case decided to forgo attorneys’ fees. [WSJ Law Blog]
* SCOTUS justices seem poised to block Texas from executing a man due to the fact that an outdated definition of intellectual disability is being used in its capital punishment regime. Justice Stephen Breyer said that the Texas standard to determine impairment “would free some, while subjecting others to the death penalty.” [USA Today]
* “We are refusing to comment on speculation around partners being in discussion with other firms.” Biglaw firms are circling King & Wood Mallesons like vultures, hoping to pick off partners as its EUME operations struggle. Goodwin Procter and Chadbourne & Parke are reportedly in talks to extend offers to KWM partners. [Big Law Business]
* According to the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-led Congress may be able to tweak some elements of Dodd-Frank without completely dismantling or rewriting the law. After all, “federal agencies have wide latitude to undo reforms” and “there is room to change things.” [Reuters]
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Life Science, Rankings, Sponsored Content
Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Thought Leadership Category Update
This update recognizes the top firms in the Thought Leadership category of the Life Sciences Law Firm Index. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.05.16
* Who recently made partner at Kirkland & Ellis, Covington & Burling, Goodwin Procter, and Curtis Mallet-Prevost? Here’s a nice round-up that highlights the names of the 112 associates who were promoted at these four firms. Don’t be too shocked by that high number; the vast majority of partner promotions were made at Kirkland, where 81 attorneys were welcomed into the ranks of the firm’s non-equity partnership. [Big Law Business]
* In what’s hailed as a victory for gay rights, Massachusetts expanded the legal definition of the word “parent” to be read “in a gender-neutral manner, to apply where a child is ‘born to [two people], is received into their joint home, and is held out by both as their own child.'” The state’s high court also allowed parentage laws to be construed to apply to members of same-sex couples without biological ties to the children. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Today, SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case challenging “judge-made law,” that is, what is and isn’t considered insider trading. If you trade on information received from a third party who received it from an insider, is that insider trading? Even Mark Cuban wants to know, writing in an amicus brief that “no one should be prosecuted for conduct that Congress is either unwilling or unable to define.” [DealBook / New York Times]
* The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a law that forced abortion providers to save fetal tissue samples from patients younger than 14 years old, on top of other broad restrictions. The court unanimously ruled that the law violated the state constitution’s “one subject” rule. In a separate concurrence, four judges would’ve struck down the law as an unconstitutional burden on a woman’s right to have an abortion. [Reuters]
* Much like America, the Supreme Court seems to have a problem with race this Term. The high court will be hearing three divisive cases having to do with racial slurs, racial rhetoric, and racial epithets, and the Court may very well be divided along ideological lines, resulting in 4-4 deadlocks thanks to the seat left vacant by the late Justice Antonin Scalia and the Senate’s refusal to give Judge Merrick Garland a hearing. [CNN]
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Litigation Finance, Sponsored Content
Rt. 128 Elite: The Go-To Law Firms of Boston
In our series of White Sandal round-ups, Lake Whillans presents this handy primer on The Go-To Law Firms of Boston.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.20.16
* Alecia Schmuhl, the lawyer accused of teaming up with her husband and plotting to kill the managing partner of the law firm she was fired from, has taken a deal in her case and could serve anywhere from 10 to 45 years in prison under the terms of her plea agreement. She’ll be sentenced by the middle of January 2017. [Washington Post]
* Two heads are better than one, especially when it comes to taking over a Biglaw titan’s position as chairman at K&L Gates. Longtime chairman Peter Kalis will step down at the end of February, and come March, James Segerdahl will serve as the firm’s global managing partner, while Michael Caccese will serve as chairman of the firm’s management committee. We’ll have more on this later today. [Big Law Business]
* A big old welcome back to Biglaw: Brackett Denniston III, who has served as general counsel at GE for more than two decades, is throwing in the in-house towel to get back to the daily grind of law firm life. He recently rejoined Goodwin Procter — a firm where he previously worked for about 15 years — as senior counsel, and while there, he hopes to work on “hard cases” and mentor some of the firm’s younger lawyers. [WSJ Law Blog]
* What do the Redskins and the Slants have in common, aside from names that some may consider offensive? As it turns out, the football team and the rock band are fighting the same fight before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. They both claim the First Amendment bars the USPTO from refusing to register their “disparaging” marks, and the Supreme Court may soon grant cert on either one of their cases. [Associated Press]
* If you’re planning to apply to law school during this admissions cycle despite the state of the job market for entry-level attorneys, then you may want to follow this 10-week timeline for submitting your applications. Don’t forget that the goal here is to get ahead of the game, take advantage of rolling admissions, and submit all of your materials before those pesky December LSAT test-takers. [U.S. News & World Report]
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Antitrust, Politics
Yes, No, Or Maybe? Did Aetna Threaten The DOJ Over Their Proposed Merger?
So did Aetna actually threaten the DOJ? -
Rankings, Sponsored Content
Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Corporate Category Update
A look at the top firms in the Corporate category for the Life Sciences Law Firm Index. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Another Boston-Based Firm Matches Cravath
An evening pay raise announcement for this firm. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
What Firms Miss The 'MoneyLaw' Cut?
Now comes everyone's favorite part of the salary wars: the airing of grievances. -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Why An Unconference Makes Sense For Lawyers
At an unconference, participants gather around a theme or very broad topic, and it is perfect for lawyers. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Better Than Before (By A Bit)
This firm improved on its 2014 bonuses (which associates already found pleasing).