Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Index Survey
-
BiglawManaging Partners Losing Faith In The Economy
For managing partners, the economic outlook can best be described as "cautiously pessimistic." -
Biglaw, Citigroup, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
Managing Partners More Confident In Market -- Not Intended As An April Fools' Joke
If you didn't completely believe the headline that managing partners see the market improving, then you were right. 
SponsoredEarly Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.-
Biglaw, Citigroup, Job Searches, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Quote of the Day
Where Are All The Midlevels? Oops, You Laid Them Off!
Biglaw leaders aren't confident about much, except for their need of more warm bodies...
-
Biglaw, Citigroup, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Survey Points To Managing Partners' Malaise
How confident are managing partners feeling right now? Not very, according to the latest survey from Citi. -
Biglaw, Citigroup, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Do Managing Partners Need Mood Stabilizers?
What prompted the question on our part? Here's the evidence.... -
Biglaw, Citigroup, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
More Bad News for Biglaw: Waning Confidence of Managing Partners Spells Trouble Ahead
What does the rest of this year look like for large law firms? Not great, it seems. -
8th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Abortion, Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Deaths, Fashion, Kiwi Camara, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Richard Epstein
Morning Docket: 09.12.12
* Good news, everyone! According to Citi’s Managing Partner Confidence Index survey, firm leaders are feeling pessimistic about their business due to an overall lack of confidence in the economy. [Am Law Daily]
* Per the Ninth Circuit, an Idaho statute that essentially criminalizes medication-induced abortions imposes an undue burden on a woman’s ability to terminate her pregnancy. Really? You don’t say. [Bloomberg]
* Kiwi Camara’s circuitous route to SCOTUS: thanks to the Eighth Circuit, Jammie Thomas-Rasset started and ended her journey with $222K damages for copyright infringement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* “Fashion law is a real career choice,” says Gibson Dunn partner Lois Herzeca. This niche practice area is one of the hottest new trends in the wonderful world of fashion, and it’s not likely to go out of style any time in the remote future. [Reuters]
* Your clawback suit is a wonderland? John Mayer was named as a defendant in a suit filed by trustees seeking to recover money paid out by Ponzi schemer Darren Berg. [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]
