Morgan Lewis
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Biglaw
Another Firm Stiffs First-Year Associates On Bonuses
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Politics
A Memo To Trump's Lawyers: Where Is The Outrage?
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Biglaw, Tax Law
Biglaw Firm And Partner Ripped To Shreds On National TV
This is one of the many 'perks' of representing the president in his tax matters. -
Biglaw, Politics
Trump Lawyers Produce More Comically Bad Drafting
Morgan Lewis does great work, with a few exceptions. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.09.17
* Littler acquires UK firm, marking their third European deal in the last year and a half. That’s very interesting. Or should I say, “that’s vereinteresting.” No? OK, that’s very interesting. [Am Law Daily]
* Miami firms shepherd the $60 million sale of “Jungle Island.” So when the Velociraptors start rampaging through South Beach, don’t say we didn’t warn you. [Daily Business Review]
* Five hypotheticals posed by the Fourth Circuit in its travel ban hearing. Spoiler: some of them are incredibly stupid. [Law.com]
* Bill Clinton is writing a thriller with James Patterson entitled “The President Is Missing.” In the end they find the president campaigning in the Rust Belt which is where no Democrat bothered to look. [Huffington Post]
* Dentons partner launches campaign for lieutenant governor in California. [The Recorder]
* Meanwhile, Morgan Lewis partner David I. Miller is in the running for the SDNY U.S. Attorney gig which would put him in charge of looking the other way in most cases of financial crime. [Law360]
* Judge holds company publicly accountable in waterslide decapitation. But the real story here is, as always, just how terrible Kansas is. [Litigation Daily]
* How Michigan uses the law to trap people in poverty. [Jalopnik]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.04.17
Even conservatives are concerned about the damage that invoking the nuclear option for Judge Gorsuch’s SCOTUS nomination will do.
* “This is going to haunt the Senate, it’s going to change the judiciary, and it’s so unnecessary.” Senate Democrats have secured the votes to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that Senate Republicans will invoke the nuclear option, and even conservatives are concerned about the damage it will do. [New York Times]
* It turns out that the Wallace Global Fund tried hire another Biglaw firm to replace Morgan Lewis & Bockius prior to kicking the firm to the curb over its representation of President Donald Trump. Apparently Arnold & Porter “would have been perfect,” but that firm represents Trump too, so it was a “deal killer.” [Big Law Business]
* “It’s like a marriage but infinitely complex. In the beginning, it was appealing, but as you went along you see the synergies are not there.” Following a short romance, it looks like Crowell & Moring and Herrick Feinstein are breaking off their engagement before wasting their time getting married and going through a messy divorce. [New York Post]
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lovelegal ethics a bad name: Remember Tara Lenich, the ADA who was accused of forging judges’ signatures to wiretap a love interest and a coworker in a “love triangle gone wrong”? She pleaded guilty to two charges of illegal wiretapping, and could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]* If you’re a prospective law student with a learning disability or attention disorder, you may be worried about keeping up with the rigors of legal study. Don’t let it get you down. Request an accommodation, but make sure you do so before it’s too late or you may screw yourself out of getting the help you need. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Biglaw, Donald Trump, Justice, Politics
Should Lawyers And Law Firms Pay A Price For Normalizing The Trump Regime?
At what point are lawyers complicit in Trump's attempts to destabilize American democracy? -
Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Another Biglaw Firm Jumps On The Telecommuting Bandwagon
This isn't just a nice perk for associates; it's beneficial to the firm as well. -
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Biglaw, Donald Trump, Justice, Politics
Morgan Lewis Joins Trump's Reich, Shills For Toothless Interpretation Of Emoluments Clause
Anti-Trump forces have to stop acting like the Constitution is going to save them.
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associates Fear Complex Biglaw Bonus Criteria Will Leave Them In The Dust
How should associates feel about discretionary bonuses? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
So Who Is Pissed About Their Bonuses?!?
There's some anger a-brewin' in the associate ranks. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues
Troubled Biglaw Firm Searches For Merger Partner
This firm needs to take action to prevent worse damage from being done. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Remember That Raise We Told You About... We Have Some Bad News
Two weeks after raises, this firm drops some unfortunate news on its associates. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Another Associate Pay Raise -- From The Largest Firm Yet To Hike Salaries
This raise affects a lot of associates. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.17.16
* Tiger-blooded warlock Charlie Sheen sued by American Express over $287,879 in debt. #Winning. [Courthouse News Service]
* It’s really happening, folks! Get ready for ASSLaw. [Washington Post]
* Morgan Lewis knows how to play both sides — the firm is handling Donald Trump’s tax returns and accompanying controversy while simultaneously vetting Hillary Clinton’s possible running mates. [Law.com]
* Law school announces a technological innovation concentration… because programming the next LawyerBot is probably the only hope these students have for jobs in 10 years. [Northwestern Pritzker School of Law]
* Cuneo Gilbert attorneys said that they felt threatened when former colleague Preetpal Grewal emailed another former colleague stating she wanted “to kill” them in connection with her national origin discrimination suit. Someone’s overreacting here. [Law360]
* The SEC targets a patent troll and a former Fulbright & Jaworski and Bracewell associate in an unrelated securities fraud case. [The Am Law Daily]
* Neil Sedaka may have thought “Breakin’ Up Is Hard To Do” but for law firms, mergers are the tough part. [National Law Journal]
* The justice gap for poor civil litigants keeps on growing. [The Nation]
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