King & Spalding
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Biglaw
Sally Yates Returns To Private Practice -- Not Politics -- After Being Fired By Trump
At her new Biglaw firm, she'll be handling situations where 'the allegations are egregious and the public and press are involved.' -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.17.17
* If you were wondering how the tax bill would screw over attorneys, here it is. [Law360]
* Neil Gorsuch appeared at the Federalist Society dinner and made jokes about the “frozen trucker” case because a lifetime appointment means never having to say you’re sorry. [National Law Journal]
* Jared Fogle tried the old “sovereign citizen” trick. Unfortunately for him, admiralty courts have jurisdiction over subs. [ABA Journal]
* Does the media’s prophylactic use of “allegedly” to avoid libel contribute to a culture that dismisses women’s stories of harassment? An interesting Al Franken-inspired case study. [Washington Post]
* Don’t kill Section 230 just because some websites don’t take the time to manage their trolls. [Slate]
* Robert Hays secured a fifth term as chair of King & Spalding. Woe to those who oppose his glorious reign. Dilly dilly. [American Lawyer]
* The Washington Supreme Court has finally ruled that former Skadden Fellow Tarra Simmons can take the bar exam. [KING5]
* When you’re paying $160 million in bribes, you’re doing something wrong. [Law360]
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In-House Counsel
What Were You Thinking? Equifax GC Probed For Executive Stock Sales Before Public Learned Of Breach
The timeline puts Equifax Chief Legal Officer John Kelley in an uncomfortable bind.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.15.17
* Yes, it’s true: Jeff Sessions came thisclose to resigning as attorney general, after Donald Trump berated him following the appointment of special counsel Bob Mueller in the Russia probe. [New York Times]
* Bye-bye to blue slips? It wouldn’t exactly be “nuclear,” since their treatment has varied greatly over the years. [BuzzFeed]
* The State Bar of California tries to cut down the arguments in favor of a lower cut score on the bar exam. [ABA Journal]
* Technology platforms are driving an increase in transparency that’s having profound consequences for the employer/employee relationship (as I recently discussed on the podcast of Akerman employment-law partner Matt Steinberg). [Akerman]
* Embattled Equifax has turned to Phyllis Sumner and King & Spalding for much-needed legal help in the wake of its massive data breach. [Law.com]
* Statutory interpretation question: can you be both the victim and the perpetrator in a child pornography case? [How Appealing]
* The ranks of nonequity partners continue to grow; has this trend gone too far? [Big Law Business]
* Prosecution of individuals in cases of corporate wrongdoing (aka the Yates Memo), and Justice Department policy on enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states where it has been decriminalized — both are “under review” at the DOJ, according to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [Law.com]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.04.17
* The White House announces ten new judicial nominations, including two for circuit courts (previously predicted in these pages). We’ll have more on this later. [Washington Times]
* King & Spalding joins Jones Day and Sullivan & Cromwell as a “feeder firm” for the Trump administration. [Law.com]
* Will the Trump Justice Department’s possible attack on affirmative action succeed? Law professors disagree. [How Appealing]
* Michelle Carter, the woman convicted for basically texting her boyfriend into committing suicide, gets sentenced to 15 months. [ABA Journal]
* White-collar criminal defense lawyers discuss what to expect from the grand jury convened by special counsel Robert Mueller. [National Law Journal]
* The trend continues: fewer law school graduates, better employment statistics. [ABA Journal]
* Elliot Katz, a leading lawyer in the self-driving-car space, motors from DLA Piper to McGuireWoods. [Law.com]
* If you’ll be online in the afternoon on Wednesday, August 16, join me and ABA Legal Career Central for a Twitter chat about career paths for lawyers, especially alternative careers. [American Bar Association]
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Biglaw, Department of Justice, Federal Government
Departure Memo Of The Day: Chris Wray Bids Farewell To King & Spalding
Christopher Wray will deeply miss his superb colleagues (and that seven-figure paycheck). -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.02.17
* “We have a very crappy judicial system.” Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit says the Supreme Court has far too few justices, and is calling for 10 more to be added to the high court’s ranks, as he thinks the current arrangement on the bench is “[m]ediocre and highly politicized.” Tell ’em how you really feel, Your Honor. [Chicago Tribune]
* “This is deeply disturbing.” The Justice Department’s civil rights division is planning to sue colleges and universities that engage in “intentional race-based discrimination” in their affirmative action policies — that is, discrimination against white applicants. Hmm, wasn’t this recently before SCOTUS… twice? [New York Times]
* RIP, billables: Microsoft wants to completely eliminate the billable hour by entering into alternative fee arrangements with all of the firms it works with in the future. Twelve Biglaw firms and one intellectual property firm will spearhead this movement as the company’s strategic partners. [Big Law Business]
* The Department of Education has filed a motion for summary judgment in a suit brought by the ABA over public service loan forgiveness, claiming that its forgiveness eligibility determinations won’t be final until 10 years have passed and that any eligibility letters sent thus far are nonbinding and merely advisory. How comforting for law grads drowning in debt? [Law.com; ABA Journal]
* The Senate has confirmed King & Spalding partner Christopher Wray as the new director of the FBI. During his hearings, Wray said he’d resign if he were ever asked to do something immoral or illegal, as his “commitment is to the rule of law, to the Constitution, to follow the facts wherever they may lead.” [CNN]
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Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Politics
King & Spalding Pays Christopher Wray $9.2 Million A Year
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White-Collar Crime
Cardiac Arrest, Part III: A Word From The Lawyers
Always, always, always prepare as if you're going to trial. -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Politics
President Trump Selects DOJ Veteran Christopher Wray As F.B.I. Director
President Trump's pick for FBI director is "amazing" -- and no, that's not DJT exaggeration. -
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Firm With Big Profits Per Partner Shares The Riches -- In Certain Cities....
A nice Friday afternoon gift of money. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
What Firms Miss The 'MoneyLaw' Cut?
Now comes everyone's favorite part of the salary wars: the airing of grievances.
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Litigation Finance, Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content
The White Sandal Elite: The Go-To Law Firms of Silicon Valley
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Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money
ABTL 2015: Litigation Finance Is Here To Stay
Buoyed by a combination of shrinking corporate legal budgets and under-resourced startups seeking to protect their interests, litigation-finance options are proliferating. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.07.15
* Dewey know what Justice Robert Stolz will do now that the jury has declared itself deadlocked on most charges? Tune in later today. [American Lawyer]
* A case brought by law student turned privacy activist Max Schrems has triggered a European court ruling that Facebook won’t “like.” [How Appealing]
* King & Spalding associate Ethan Davis talks about how he prepared for his argument yesterday before the U.S. Supreme Court. [National Law Journal]
* Thanks to sentencing reform, the Justice Department will release about 6,000 inmates from prison starting later this month. [New York Times]
* Speaking of the DOJ, BP will settle Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims with the feds for a whopping $20 billion. [ABA Journal]
* Elsewhere in news of embattled companies, Volkswagen is turning to Mayer Brown for help in dealing with the emissions scandal that stinks to high heaven. [American Lawyer]
* 50 Cent’s malpractice suit against his ex-lawyers seeks 7.5 billion cents. [Law360]
* When legal recruiters sue each other, things can get ugly — fast. [American Lawyer]
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Biglaw
Which Biglaw Firm Had An Actual Exorcism Performed At Its Office?
This isn't something you see every day in Biglaw. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Musical Chairs: Fried Frank Loses A Former Leader To Freshfields
What's going on at Fried Frank, which has seen significant lateral losses lately? -
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Biglaw, Email Scandals, King & Spalding, Quote of the Day, Rankings, Technology
Associates Outraged Over Access To Personal Email Being Blocked By Firm
And the firm received a devastatingly low score on the latest technology survey as a result....