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Entertainment Law, Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
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? -
Bar Exams, Money, Screw-Ups, Technology
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5th Circuit, Abortion, American Bar Association / ABA, Anthony Kennedy, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 07.30.14
* When it comes to bans on same-sex marriage, for Justice Anthony Kennedy, animus is a “doctrinal silver bullet” — the fact that there was no animus involved in the enactment of many of them may be problematic at the high court. [New York Times]
* Relying on some obscure Supreme Court precedent, the Fifth Circuit saved Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic after striking down as unconstitutional a state law that would have required doctors to have hospital admitting privileges. [National Law Journal]
* Given the situation over at Bingham McCutchen, people are starting to wonder about whether all the guaranteed contracts to members of merger partner McKee Nelson’s partnership helped to shape the firm’s current financial plight. [Am Law Daily]
* Hot on the heels of Cooley Law canceling its first-year class at Ann Arbor and announcing tentative plans to close the campus, the ABA approved the school’s affiliation with Western Michigan. Yay? [MLive.com]
* Here’s one way to become a lawyer without racking up massive amounts of debt: you could try to “read” the law like Abraham Lincoln, and work as a law firm apprentice. That sounds delightful. [New York Times]
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2nd Circuit, 9/11, Bankruptcy, Basketball, Biglaw, Deaths, Gay Marriage, Howrey LLP, Lateral Moves, Law Professors, Marijuana, Money, Morning Docket, Religion, Weddings
Morning Docket: 07.29.14
* The Second Circuit ruled that the World Trade Center Cross may remain on display in the September 11 Memorial and Museum. Apologies, atheists, but it’s a “genuine historical artifact.” [New York Daily News]
* Howrey going to get money back when judges keep tossing unfinished business claims like they’re yesterday’s trash? We’ll see if such claims will be laid to rest after a hearing later today. [Am Law Daily]
* Paul Weiss had a good get this week, with Citigroup’s deputy general counsel leaving the bank to join the firm — which coincidentally has served as the bank’s outside counsel for two decades. [WSJ Law Blog]
* North Carolina, a state that adopted a ban on same-sex marriage in 2012, said it will no longer defend its law in the wake of the Fourth Circuit’s ruling as to a similar ban in Virginia. Hooray! [Los Angeles Times]
* If you missed it, a judge issued a preliminary ruling against Donald Sterling, meaning that the sale of the L.A. Clippers may proceed. Don’t worry, his attorney says this is just “one stage of a long war.” [CNN]
* It seems that “weed-infused weddings” are a hot commodity in states where the drug has been legalized. Sorry, it may be better than an open bar, but it doesn’t seem like a very classy thing to do. [Boston.com]
* Cheryl Hanna, Vermont Law School professor and praised legal analyst, RIP. [Burlington Free Press]
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Asians, Gay, In-House Counsel, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Pets, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: An In-House Counsel's Housing Hunt
Where does this corporate counsel work, and how big was his budget? -
Cheapness, Law Schools, Money, Texas
Why One Law School Is Bucking The Downward Trend On Applications
Turns out, people DO want to go to law school -- if it's cheap. -
Biglaw, Money, Reader Polls, Romance and Dating, Weddings
What Should Junior Biglaw Associates Spend On Engagement Rings?
The prelude to the perfect marriage is the perfect engagement ring. But how much should you be spending on one? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Bonuses, Money
Biglaw Firm's New Timekeeping Policy May Screw Associates Out Of Bonuses
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Amy Schulman, Bonuses, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Rankings
Who Are America’s Best-Paid General Counsel? (2014 Rankings)
Who are the nation's highest-earning in-house lawyers? -
Advertising, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Which Firms Are Potable For Your Portable Business?
What's the best way to decide where to bring your business when making a lateral move? -
Labor / Employment, Money, Paralegals, Quote of the Day
Do Paralegals Deserve Overtime Pay?
A new lawsuit alleges that this firm doesn't pay its paralegals for overtime work. -
California, Celebrities, Cellphones, Constitutional Law, Death Penalty, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Military / Military Law, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.17.14
* There’s a very good chance that if you go in-house, you could wind up making more money than even the wealthiest of Biglaw partners. But how much more? Take a look at the latest GC compensation survey. [Corporate Counsel]
* GM has hired outside counsel to review the way the company handles its litigation practices. Since we’re not sure which, we’ll take bets on whether this “well-respected outside law firm” is Wachtell or Jenner & Block. [WSJ Law Blog]
* A federal judge in California ruled that the state’s death penalty was unconstitutional. A defendant living with the “slight possibility of death” violates the Eighth Amendment. Damn appeals! [New York Times]
* “He hasn’t been charged with anything at the moment and we’ll deal with the charges when they’re filed.” Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl hired Yale Law lecturer Eugene R. Fidell, a military law expert (and husband of noted legal journalist Linda Greenhouse). [New Haven Register]
* We all know that George Clooney’s fiancée, Amal Alamuddin, has both beauty and brains. What we didn’t know is that she poses for incredibly embarrassing pictures, just like the rest of us. [Us Weekly]
* How do Americans feel about the Supreme Court’s recent cellphone privacy ruling, Riley v. California? [Digital Constitution / Microsoft]
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Celebrities, Gay, Job Searches, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Religion, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 07.16.14
* Per the latest Gallup study, Republican approval of SCOTUS is up, while Democratic approval is down. Gee, considering how the biggest cases of OT 2013 went down, no one should be terribly surprised by this news. [New York Times]
* Will our leader make the grade? Law profs wrote a strongly worded letter to President Obama, asking that he not include a religious exemption in his executive order prohibiting anti-gay bias in federal contractor hiring. [National Law Journal]
* Hey guys, there’s a new report out that contains some pretty shocking information about the realities of life after law school. Seriously, who knew that would-be lawyers were poor? Oh wait, we did. [CNN Money]
* Washington & Lee recently surrendered its Confederate flags to appease its black student population. Here’s an interview with Brandon Hicks, the law student behind the historic movement. [Huffington Post]
* “Fret for your latte, and fret for your lawsuit.” Tool hasn’t put out a new album in in almost a decade, and it’s all because of one pesky little lawsuit filed way back in 2007 that just won’t go away. [Rolling Stone]
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Judicial Divas, Lawyerly Lairs, Loretta Preska, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate, S.D.N.Y.
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? -
Associate Salaries, Back to the Future, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Flashback Friday: A Look At Associate Compensation In The 1990s (Part 2)
How much did Biglaw associates in New York earn back in the 1990s? -
Biglaw, Citigroup, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Managing Partners Take Survey; What Happens Next... Won't Amaze You
How are managing partners feeling about the legal business and the economy as a whole? -
Advertising, Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
5 Ways To Increase Your Biglaw Salary
Just because your law firm tells you that you are worth a certain amount of dollars doesn't mean you can’t secure more greenbacks. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Associate Bonus Watch: Summer Bonuses At Cahill Gordon Once Again
How robust are they looking this year? -
Cheapness, Law Schools, Money, Screw-Ups, Student Loans
This Law School Is LITERALLY Nickel And Diming Alumni
Is this what happens in a world of declining tuition dollars? -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
The Haves And The Have-Mores: Partner Pay Spreads At Leading Law Firms
Which firms have the biggest gaps between their highest- and lowest-paid partners?