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Lawyerly Lairs: An Acclaimed Actress, Her Biglaw Beau, And Their Multimillion-Dollar Apartment
A celebrated actress and her Biglaw husband live in a magnificent Manhattan apartment with fantastic Central Park views. -
Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Media and Journalism, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs Litigation: Big-Time Journalist v. Biglaw Partner
Prominent legal-affairs journalist versus Weil Gotshal partner: who will prevail? - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.01.15
* ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams is suing his neighbors over his lawyerly lair — and one of the defendants is a Biglaw partner at a top firm. Expect more on this later. [New York Post]
* Speaking of Biglaw, a familiar tale of financial performance: gross revenue at Am Law 100 firms grew by 4 percent in the first half of 2015, but driven by rate increases rather than demand growth. [American Lawyer]
* If you want the Supreme Court to hear your case, try to steer your cert petition clear of the “long conference,” known as the place “where petitions go to die.” [New York Times]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, the Court won’t come to the rescue of the Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — time to issue those licenses or quit, Kim Davis. [How Appealing]
* But the justices did come to the (temporary) rescue of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, allowing him to remain free until SCOTUS acts on his petition for certiorari. [SCOTUSblog via How Appealing]
* Are criticisms of the S.E.C.’s administrative-law procedures correct? Here’s a study from Professor David Zaring. [New York Times]
* The Show-Me State leads when it comes to showing defendants to their deaths: Missouri has displaced Texas as the “epicenter of the American death penalty.” [The Marshall Project]
* Speaking of capital punishment, I predicted that these particular Ninth Circuit judges wouldn’t be too sympathetic to this challenge to the death penalty — and based on yesterday’s oral argument, it seems I was right. [How Appealing]
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Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
More Bad News For Biglaw Associates?
Junior associates at one major firm will be forfeiting a traditional and coveted Biglaw perk -- but maybe this is the wave of the future? -
Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Patent Litigator Leaves The Pierre, Selling $23 Million Apartment
Patent litigation isn't as lucrative as it used to be, but those who were around for the glory days did very, very well for themselves. -
Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Skadden Royals Sell Their Palatial Pad For $11.8 Million
The sellers, who sold to one of the nation's richest families, made a multimillion-dollar profit on the deal. -
Law School Deans, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Disgraced Dean's Abandoned Abode
This mansion has lots of charm. Just be sure its former occupant doesn't feng your shui. -
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Lawyerly Lairs: Dewey Wonder How The Owner Of This $4 Million Mansion Went Bankrupt?
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Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Skadden Makes A Major Move
The neighborhood Skadden is moving to isn't very pretty right now, but that might change in the years to come. -
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Skadden Associate's Housing Hunt
A patent litigator picks up a pad. -
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Lawyerly Lairs: From A Big House To The Big House And Back Again -- Mel Weiss's $19 Million Mansion
The former king of securities class actions, now out of federal prison, has put his massive mansion up for sale. -
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Lawyerly Lairs: Public Defenders Have Homes With Indoor Plumbing!
What kind of house can you afford on a public defender's salary? -
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Lawyerly Lairs: Ex-ACORN Attorney Sells $21 Million Townhouse
Can you imagine how awesome this house would be if converted to single-family use?
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Powerful Partner's $5 Million Mansion
This name partner of an Am Law 100 firm is living large -- very large.... -
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Prominent Chicago Law Grad Sells His $11 Million Townhouse
You'll feel pangs of envy when you find out how much he paid for it.... -
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Lawyerly Lairs: An Entertainment Lawyer Unloads His $5.3 Million Home
Which prominent entertainment lawyer, married to a high-profile journalist and author, just sold his apartment for a seven-figure sum? -
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Lawyerly Lairs: An In-House Counsel's Housing Hunt
Where does this corporate counsel work, and how big was his budget? -
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Judicial Diva's $8.7 Million Penthouse
Which prominent federal judge, married to a big-time Biglaw partner, just purchased a penthouse for $8.7 million? -
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Powerful Paul Weiss Partner's Penthouse -- On Sale For $15 Million
Which legendary lawyer once called this mansion in the sky his home? -
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Morning Docket: 06.23.14
* SCOTUS justices’ financial disclosures revealed that none of them received gifts worth reporting in 2013. Either their friends have gotten cheaper, or they have fewer friends. Aww. [Legal Times]
* Here’s a headline we’ve been seeing for years, but people are still ignoring it in small droves: “Jobs Are Still Scarce for New Law School Grads.” The struggle is real. [Businessweek]
* Law schools, in an effort to avoid their own extinction, are all adapting to their new enrollment issues in different ways. We’ll see which was effective in a few years. [U.S. News University Connection]
* Quite the “divorce” train wreck we’ve got here, if only they were legally wed: This lawyer allegedly duped his “wife” into a fake marriage, and is trying to evict her from his $1 million lawyerly lair. [New York Post]
* You may have heard that Hope Solo allegedly assaulted her sister and nephew, but her lawyer says that’s simply not true. It was the drunk soccer star who needed shin guards that night. [Associated Press]