Katten Muchin Rosenman

What must you know about Evan Greebel, and the case against him, to be an up-to-date guest at your next holiday cocktail hour?

A Biglaw partner was arrested this morning!

Pro se plaintiff takes a swing at Biglaw firm's ability to comprehend civil litigation.

* If Taylor Swift doesn’t like a photographer she just shakes it off… and then roughs him up according to her contract. [Gawker]

* Bankers commit crimes for the dumbest reasons. [Dealbreaker]

* Chadbourne closes its Beijing office, leaving the firm with no more boots on the ground in Asia. It’s like the Asian Pivot… but backward. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

* The Florida Supreme Court just ordered the legislature to redraw some of the state’s congressional districts before 2016. All that hard gerrymandering work for nothing, huh? [Reuters via Yahoo News]

* Richard Hsu of Shearman & Sterling and the host of the Hsu Untied podcast finds himself on the other side of this interview. [One-400]

* Massively underpaying lawyers. It’s not just for Massachusetts any more. [Legal Cheek]

* Katten Muchin is back in hot water after the Seventh Circuit revived a malpractice suit. [Law 360]

* Judge Rakoff relishes an opportunity to sit by designation on the Second Circuit. [Dealbreaker]

* A reminder that Bloomberg BNA is hosting its inaugural Big Law Business Summit next week to hear from in-house counsel about the evolving relationship between Biglaw and its clients. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

The fate of the billable hour, how small firms can compete with large ones, the evil of profits per partner, and more.

Feast your eyes upon some of Biglaw's best and brightest, and then vote for your favorite...

What was the best Biglaw summer associate event of 2014?

Tumbling profits, partner departures, staff layoffs -- can't Bingham get a break?

Yet another large law firm is trying to trim its ranks. Which one this time?

How are things going over at Edwards Wildman, the entity created by the 2011 merger of Edwards Angell and Wildman Harrold? Not so well, say some....

Which major law firms offer benefits that cover adoption and/or surrogacy costs? Plus an update on the gay gross-up (aka "tax equalization for same-sex health benefits").

It's hard out here for a 1 percenter...

We hope you’ve enjoyed following the Career Center’s Top Partners series through which we’ve recognized Biglaw partners from around the country who exemplify what it means to be an exceptional partner who associates are actually happy to work for. Thanks to all the readers who took the time to submit such glowing nominations and give […]

A summer associate program at a top law firm is like sex or pizza: even when it's bad, it's still pretty good. That seems to be the conclusion of the American Lawyer's 2011 summer associate survey. If you're a law student trying to figure out where to spend your summer, you're probably asking: Which law firms came out with the highest scores?

Since our initial call for information about summer associate offer rates at major law firms, a number of people have contacted us with reports. As it turns out, there's a lot of good news floating around out there for summer associates. 100% offer rates abound. Let's round them up....

* Looking for a last-minute gift idea for the civil-liberties-loving lawyer in your life? Kash recommends this underwear. [Forbes] * Actress Zooey Deschanel is suing footwear maker Steve Madden. Does her lawsuit have legs? [Fashionista] * Law professors might not excel at practicing law, but “they often are pretty good at the enterprise of being […]

And just like that, it’s December. Flurries fill the sky, Wham’s “Last Christmas” saturates the airwaves, and the list of weddings in the New York Times shortens dramatically. Quality tends to decline along with quantity, but we’ve been pleasantly surprised to find plenty of comment-worthy nuptials (and attractive brides!) over the past couple of weeks. […]

Working Mother just released its annual list of the top 100 companies to work for. As we are (hopefully) coming out of the recession, it is possible that people might actually start caring again about family issues and work/life balance issues. This year, four law firms made the list. Before we get to the “winners,” […]

With fall recruiting gearing up, and the lateral market warming up, we continue our annual series of open threads about the law firms featured in the Vault prestige rankings. These threads provide ATL readers with a forum to discuss the different firms and their various strengths and weaknesses. The end of the Vault 100 is […]