McDermott Will & Emery
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Crime
Report: McDermott Will & Emery Is Done With Michael Cohen
Is Cohen about to flip? Or is he just broke now? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.10.18
* McDermott Will & Emery has a new plan to protect Michael Cohen: get Michael Avenatti’s pro hac motion denied. That seems… weak. [National Law Journal]
* Another list of possible successors to Eric Schneiderman. Still no one talking about Eliot Spitzer… that guy has experience! [Law360]
* David Lat argues that the end of blue slips is a good thing for the judiciary over the long-term. He’s totally right, and regardless of the naked cynicism involved, it’s refreshing that Senate Republicans have decided to ditch their states’ rights principles over this. [New York Times]
* Interesting election-related legal issue: can Facebook ban international advertisers from buying ad space related to the upcoming midterms? The answer seems to be yes. [Corporate Counsel]
* Have lawyers finally embraced the cloud? [Legaltech News]
* Managing clerk isn’t known as a particularly lucrative position. But a former Simpson Thacher clerk figured out how to make ends meet. Unfortunately, he’s going to have to go to jail for it. [American Lawyer]
* Lawyers for white guy accused of murdering a black student argue that his Facebook posts are too offensive to be shown to the jury. They say stuff about him hating black people and, really, what’s the probative value of that in a case where the defendant had no apparent motive other than racial animus? [Daily Beast]
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Biglaw
The Biglaw Firms Potentially Caught In The Cohen Raid
Which firms are connected to the controversial attorney?
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Biglaw
Here Are The Law Firms Donald Trump Is Paying With His Campaign Donations
Jones Day has debased itself. Will McDermott Will & Emery be next? -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Swipes ~50 Lawyers From DLA Piper, Adds $100 Million In Revenue
That's a baller move. -
Biglaw
Associate Bonus Watch: Biglaw Firm Gives Majority Of Associates Bonuses Bigger Than Cravath Scale
If a firm is going to wait three extra months to announce bonuses, at least they have the courtesy to beat the prevailing market scale. -
Accounting / Accountants, Biglaw
King Kong Is Coming To Crush Your Practice With A Calculator
'Big Four' accounting behemoths are opening law firms. Biglaw should be scared. -
Health / Wellness, Sexism
Women Lawyers: How To Interrupt Interruptions
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Litigation Finance, Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content
The Loop Elite: The Go-To Firms Of Chicago
A handy primer to the top firms in the Windy City. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: It Ain't Over Til It's Over
Associates at this firm did well for themselves. -
Life Science, Rankings, Sponsored Content
Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Thought Leadership Category Update
This update recognizes the top firms in the Thought Leadership category of the Life Sciences Law Firm Index. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.16.16
* Former Berkeley Law dean Sujit Choudhry is suing the school, claiming that Berkeley discriminated against him by punishing him more harshly for alleged sexual harassment compared to white professors. [Law.com]
* The family of Sandra Bland settles its lawsuit over her death for $1.9 million. [New York Times]
* The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc (and rather splintered), rules that the mental-health ban on gun ownership could violate the Second Amendment. [How Appealing]
* Congratulations to Miami corporate partner Ira Coleman, who will replace Peter John Sacripanti and Jeffrey E. Stone as chair of McDermott Will & Emery in January. [Big Law Business]
* Ashurst remains in a tailspin, with five partners (including two office heads) leaving in the span of 24 hours. [Ashurst]
* In other U.K. law firm news, Freshfields is replacing “Dear Sirs” with gender-neutral salutations in all communications and legal documents. [The Lawyer via Big Law Business]
* More exciting news for Bancroft: recognition for its pro bono work, which partners pledge will continue after they move over to Kirkland. [Law360]
* Paging parents who left Davis Polk to raise their kids: here’s a program to bring you back into Biglaw. [Law.com via ABA Journal]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
After Jerking Around Associates, McDermott Raises Salaries
It's all fun and games until someone takes money out of your pocket.
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Bar Exams, Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Increases Cash For First-Year Bar Stipend Ahead Of Summer Exam
How much money is this firm offering to incoming attorneys? -
Rankings, Sponsored Content
The Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Patent Category Update
Which law firms were at the top of our patent category through Q1 2016? -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Ex-Biglaw Partner Sues Over 'Destroyed' Reputation Thanks To Overbilling Scandal
For someone who's trying to save his reputation, it sure seems like this fellow isn't familiar with the Streisand effect. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: More Money At McDermott
Associates at the firm are much, much happier this time around. -
Rankings, Sponsored Content
Wilson Sonsini, WilmerHale, And Cooley Top New Life Sciences Law Firm Index
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Biglaw Firm Announces New Base Salary Scale
This leader in merit- or performance-based compensation is moving back in the direction of a lockstep system, it seems. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.31.15
* In the wake of fired CEO Martin Shkreli’s arrest for securities fraud, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company will be repped by Hogan Lovells (and likely won’t be charged 4,000 percent more than it should be). [Reuters]
* “Not all of it is law at its grandest but all of it is the practice of law.” Yet another contract attorney’s suit for overtime pay has bitten the dust with a recent dismissal. This time, Quinn Emanuel was the Biglaw firm victorious in keeping doc reviewers downtrodden. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Since Dechert decided to up the ante on first-year associate salaries, other Philadelphia Biglaw firms have responded in kind. Drinker Biddle has matched, while Pepper Hamilton and Cozen O’Connor are following close behind. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Facebook needs a “dislike” button: The social media titan’s suit against DLA Piper and Milberg for their defense of alleged con man Paul Ceglia in a fraudulent breach of contract case versus Zuckerberg’s first baby was dismissed. [Buffalo Business First]
* From “weird to wildly costly,” check out some of the craziest malpractice cases that were filed against Biglaw firms during the course of 2015. The McDermott Will & Emery elder abuse case here is particularly creative. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]