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Biglaw, Federal Judges
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.23.16
* A deep dive into Justice Thomas’s dissents this term. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Without Justice Scalia, Supreme Court outcomes are a lot more difficult to predict. [The Guardian]
* A definitive list of portmanteaus for countries thinking of leaving the EU. Portugo. Beljump. Czech-Off. I love these. [Quartz]
* Federal court orders preliminary injunction in favor of transgender bathroom rights. [Buzzfeed]
* What goes into making a Biglaw brand? [Law and More]
* Kicking your procrastination habit and becoming a productive law student. [Law School Toolbox]
* A “frustrating” and “heartbreaking” decision: U.S. v. Texas. [Friend of the Immigrant]
* Latham partner, Abid Qureshi, is being vetted for a seat on the D.C. district court. [Law.com]
* David Lat’s take on surviving in the digital age. [Infinite Spada]
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Biglaw, Rankings, Vault rankings
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.22.16
* OK Cravathketeers! Sound off if you raised salaries yesterday. Greenberg Traurig (sort of)! Olshan (consistent with its existing scale)! Stroock! Haynes and Boone! [Above the Law / 2016 Salary Increase]
* Second Circuit nixes former Bryan Cave attorney Harvey Newkirk’s effort to put off jail. [Law360]
* Armed with well-compensated associates, Latham & Watkins targets laterals to its partnership. [The Am Law Daily]
* Some questionable reasoning on the value of law school. Sure there are haves and have nots. But the conclusion is basically, “hey, a senator went to a mediocre law school, so… I guess those work out.” Not exactly encouraging. Especially when your example of a successful law grad is a guy who faced questions raised over his ability to cover his personal expenses. [New York Times]
* The defense rested yesterday in the ongoing Led Zeppelin trial. I’m sure the closing will sound vaguely like someone else’s closing argument and spur another stupid lawsuit. [Courthouse News Service]
* The ABA really likes Judge Merrick Garland. I’m sure that will melt hearts on Capitol Hill. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Our compatriots across the pond talked Brexit with Shearman & Sterling partners [Legal Cheek]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.03.16
* A ray of light for Madonna as the Ninth Circuit hands her a victory in a long-running copyright infringement case, creating a circuit split in the process. [Billboard]
* The New York Court of Appeals overturns the $17.2 million award Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder earlier won against Cadwalader at summary judgment. Life’s hard for billionaires who beg regular people pay their bills for them. [Law360]
* Kirkland & Ellis plays hardball with departing partner, forcing him to repay a $120K bonus before walking out the door. [Legal Week]
* This is why we can’t have nice things. Literally. Intellectual property concerns threaten customizable goods. [Corporate Counsel]
* Texas AG Ken Paxton’s still gonna have to face those criminal fraud charges. [Courthouse News Service]
* Industry groups come out of the woodwork to challenge a Department of Labor rule requiring retirement advisors to act in the best interest of their customers. Crocodile tears abound as the groups claim they agree with the sentiment of the rule but just want the SEC to write it — knowing full well that the SEC isn’t going to write it. [Wall Street Journal]
* Add ABA President Paulette Brown to the list of people outraged that Donald Trump is criticizing a federal judge for, among other things, being of Mexican descent. [Law360]
* Irell gets sneaky in this copyright win over pre-1972 songs. [Litigation Daily]
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Bankruptcy, Career Center, Career Files, Law Students, Lawyers, Rankings
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: An Addendum On Leverage
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Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2016 Am Law 100: Trouble Ahead?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.08.16
* Professors at George Mason are outraged that administrators agreed to rename the law school after the late Justice Antonin Scalia without any input from the people who work or study there — his opinions don’t “reflect the values of our campus community.” They’re circulating a petition to denounce the name change, but thus far, none of its signatories are law professors. [NBC News]
* “I would appreciate if we could keep things that are very serious here appropriately viewed that way.” 50 Cent got yelled at by his bankruptcy judge because he brought his cellphone into the courthouse, took a picture of himself with a stack of fake cash, and posted it on Instagram. A motion to dismiss this wanksta is needed. [WSJ Law Blog]
* SCOTUS will hear oral arguments on the appeal of securities fraud case Salman v. United States next term, and Eugene Ingoglia of Morvillo L.L.P. hopes the justices will provide some greater detail as to “what counts as a personal benefit.” Let’s just hope that they don’t make insider trading’s road any rockier. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “The district court’s ruling errs in so many respects that it is hard to know where to begin.” You know that when an appellate holding begins with the prior statement, the trial judge is going to be in for a doozy of a benchslap. We’ll have more on the First Circuit slapping around Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez (D.P.R.) later today. [BuzzFeed]
* Jamie Wine, who was recently appointed as the chair of Latham’s global litigation and trial department, says even though L&W already has 610 litigators, she’s looking to hire more of them in the firm’s New York and London offices. If you think you want to lateral in, you should know you may be meeting with up to 50 partners. [Big Law Business]
* Hiring for law school summer associates may be on the rise, but you shouldn’t assume this means you’ll automatically be able to land a job at a prestigious law firm. These firms tend to “put a high value on law school pedigree and grades,” so if you happen to attend a lesser school, you’ll need to be ranked very highly. [U.S. News & World Report]
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