New York City
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Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Tax Lawyer's (Upper) West Side Story
The brutal Manhattan real estate market is the great leveler. -
Biglaw, Partner Profits
Stats Of The Week: NYC Rules Am Law Rankings
Further evidence that elite Wall Street firms are operating by different economic rules than the rest of the legal industry. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Deaths, Suicide
Clerk Jumps To His Death From 10th Floor Of Manhattan Law Firm
"It looked like he was stressed as hell."
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Crime, Immigration
Old Warrants And The War On Immigrants
Warrant forgiveness: an idea whose time has come. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.22.16
* The antitrust battle between Apple and Nokia has heated up. Apple filed a new lawsuit against nonpracticing entities, Acacia Research Corp. and Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc., alleging an abusive anti-competitive scheme. [Law.com]
* Gibson Dunn partner Debra Wong Yang may be in line to lead the SEC under President Trump. [CNN]
* North Carolina failed to repeal their controversial law regulating the use of public bathroom by transgender people. [Washington Post]
* New York City’s plan to destroy data collected in connection with its IDNYC card program is on hold pending a hearing in a Staten Island courtroom. [New York Times]
* 2016 was a record breaking year for the SEC’s Whistleblower program. [National Law Journal]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.16
* The New York City Council is considering a measure that would weigh a defendant’s ability to pay in setting bail. One small step away from de facto debtor prisons. [Politico]
* One potential Homeland Security Secretary, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., isn’t a big fan of habeas corpus. [Slate]
* Trump’s Attorney General pick, Jeff Sessions, isn’t a big fan of laws that protect schoolchildren with disabilities. [Huffington Post]
* West Virginia assistant attorney general Gilbert C. Dickey is heading to D.C. to clerk for Justice Thomas. [West Virginia Record]
* Private prisons, another beneficiary of a Trump administration. [The New Yorker]
* The divorce between between real estate moguls Harry and Linda Macklowe has now dragged their son in to the fray. Harry has filed a lawsuit against his son, William “Billy” Macklowe — just in time for the holidays. [Commercial Observer]
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Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Columbia Law Grad Seeks Dishwasher, Washer-Dryer
Finding a decent apartment in New York City takes tenacity, as one Columbia Law grad learned. -
Food, Trivia Question of the Day
Is This The Nanny State Run Amok, Or Informing Consumers?
Is this unconstitutional? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
ATL Redline, Justice, Travel / Vacation
Airbnb Lawsuit Pits Poor New Yorkers Against Middle-Class New Yorkers As Hotels Laugh And Count Money
The lawsuit pits poor New Yorkers, and the hotel lobby, against middle-class New Yorkers, and the internet. -
Biglaw, Rankings
Which Law Firms Are The Best Places To Work In NYC? (2016)
Which law firms are considered the cream of the crop in the city that never sleeps? -
Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Biglaw Partner's $12 Million Home -- With Amazing Central Park Views
This is quite the trophy property. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.29.16
* The scary part is I am not even surprised by the allegations in the latest Trump lawsuit. [Los Angeles Times]
* An intimate look at Marilyn Mosby and the aftermath of the Freddie Gray case. [New York Times]
* President Obama is bringing sick days to more Americans. [Slate]
* Unequal treatment of women in law firms can start at the interview. [Medium]
* NYC settles over the death of an inmate at Rikers Island. [Huffington Post]
* In criminal cases, you’ve got to be in it to win it. [Katz Justice]
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Litigators, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology
Beyond Biglaw: Lawyers On Demand
Technological change is inevitable, and the quicker we embrace it and allow it to help us, the better off our profession will be.
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Young Yale Law Grad's $32 Million Apartment
He's only 12 years out of law school, and he just sold his Fifth Avenue co-op for $32 million. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: 3 Lessons From Brooklyn's Streets
Columnist Gaston Kroub reflects on the borough he calls home and what lessons it has for lawyers. -
Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Biglaw Partner And His CEO Wife's $12 Million Penthouse Loft
Biglaw partners do pretty well for themselves; Biglaw partners married to CEOs do even better. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Sponsored Content
Is NY To $180K Hurting The New York Market?
The latest associate pay raise could actually make New York less appealing as a place to practice law compared to other markets. -
Real Estate
The Hot New Rich Person Accessory Is Two NYC Apartments For Different Days Of The Week: WSJ
Weekend Apartments: Not just for second families anymore. -
Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: What $500K Buys You In The East Village (Hint: Not Much)
This apartment isn't fancy, but its owner seems quite happy. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.25.16
* Sorry to ruin your childhood, but a Pennsylvania judge found that there is enough evidence for Bill Cosby to stand trial for his felony assault charge in the Andrea Constand case. Cosby has waived his right to a formal arraignment, and could face up to 10 years in prison if he’s convicted. Cosby has been free on $1 million bail since December. [Associated Press]
* “You need to have order in a courtroom. And there needs to be proper decorum with attorneys.” A Las Vegas Justice of the Peace ordered that a deputy public defender be handcuffed for interrupting him as she tried to represent a client. A tipster has referred to this judge as “demented.” We may have more on this. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
* According to inside sources, Hunton & Williams is in advanced merger talks with Addelshaw Goddard, a London-based firm. These talks have reportedly been going on for months, and Addelshaw partners supposedly met last night to discuss the tie-up. If successful, the combined firm would have more than 1,300 lawyers. [Big Law Business]
* Silicon Valley staple Fenwick & West is opening up an office outpost in New York City. The firm’s clients in Manhattan include BuzzFeed, FanDuel, Blackrock, Citi, and JPMorgan. Associates will be working around the clock in the city that never sleeps — with a roster like that, they won’t be getting shuteye anytime soon. [WSJ Law Blog]
* AG Loretta Lynch announced yesterday afternoon that the Justice Department would be seeking the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the suspect alleged to have gone on a shooting spree in a Charleston church last summer, killing nine and wounding numerous others. It’s said Roof hoped to incite a race war as a result of the massacre. [USA Today]
* Carl Buchholz, managing partner of DLA Piper’s Philadelphia office, RIP. [Philadelphia Business Journal]