Orrick
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.19.16
* The most difficult thing to inherit may just be an Apple ID — a widow is told by the technology behemoth she needs a court order to continue playing her games on a jointly owned iPad. [Digital Passing]
* Your trusty Bluebook is going to need some help if it is going to continue to be the bane of law students’ existence. [Harvard Crimson]
* Is it too much to ask for a picture of RBG playing Xbox? A class action over Xbox’s tendency to scratch discs heads to the Supreme Court. [Forbes]
* Orrick is casting its lot with the energy market — they are opening up a Houston office with the addition of 20 new partners. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Is threatening someone with blackmail merely a courtesy? [Associates Mind]
* ATL managing editor David Lat will be in San Francisco next month, and you’re cordially invited to meet him at this cocktail reception and Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link) book signing. [FBANC via Eventbrite]
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Boutique Law Firms, Intellectual Property, Kenyon & Kenyon, Partner Issues
Will This Law Firm Survive 2016?
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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
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Biglaw
Pillsbury Winthrop And Chadbourne & Parke Call Off Merger Talks
What a surprise: another firm decides not to merge with Pillsbury.
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Technology
Show Them The Money: Why Lawyers Should Help Startups Take Cash Off The Table
What value can lawyers bring to startups? -
Job Searches, Lateral Moves
Will Firm Culture Supersede Prestige?
What role should firm culture play in your lateral move? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Staff Bonus Watch: Open Thread (Kicked Off By Orrick And Vinson & Elkins)
One firm is paying $500; another firm is paying $1,000 (or more). What's your firm doing? -
Biglaw, Lawyer Advertising
This Orrick Ad Makes You Want To Join Biglaw. Or Kill Yourself.
This Biglaw ad is a failure unless the goal was unintentional comedy. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Gunderson Dettmer, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: A West Coast Round-Up
A mixture of satisfaction and sadness from Silicon Valley and San Francisco. - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Orrick Opens Up The Coffers
Good news for associates at Orrick -- and firms that consider themselves Orrick's peers. -
Finance
Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review
On December 2, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released the revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual. -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Faegre & Benson, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Locke Lord, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs, Technology
6 Things Managing Partners Need To Know About Law Firm Mergers
Law firm mergers are often bad ideas; if you're going to do one, do it right. -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Litigators, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day
The Land Of The Free -- Free To Sue
Is the United States too litigious a nation? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Respected Biglaw Firm Offers Buyouts To Almost 40 Employees
Which firm is offering “very generous” packages to inspire employees to walk away?
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Asians, Books, Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Drinking, Drugs, Elena Kagan, Jed Rubenfeld, Kids, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 02.03.14
* Woody Allen’s lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, responds to Dylan Farrow’s account of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her famous father. [Gawker; Gothamist] * Sound advice from Professor Glenn Reynolds on how not to increase applications to your law school. [Instapundit] * What is a “nitro dump,” and will it provide information about who (or what) killed Philip Seymour Hoffman? [ATL Redline] * “Is Elena Kagan a ‘paranoid libertarian?’ Judging by [Cass] Sunstein’s definition, the answer is yes.” [Reason via Althouse] * A petition of possible interest to debt-laden law school graduates: “Increase the student loan interest deduction from $2,500 to the interest actually paid.” [WhiteHouse.gov] * Vivia Chen wonders: Is Amy Chua, co-author of The Triple Package (affiliate link), being attacked as racist in a way that it itself racist? [Time] * Yikes — journalists around the country have been receiving “a flurry of subpoenas in recent months,” according to Jeff Kosseff of Covington & Burling. [InsideTechMedia] * Congratulations to Orrick’s 15 new partners — an impressively diverse group, from a wide range of practice areas and from offices around the world. [Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
How were bonuses at Orrick in 2013? -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Money, Public Interest, Small Law Firms
More Law Firms Support Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts
Which law firms -- large and small, domestic and international -- are supporting Philippine typhoon relief efforts? -
Biglaw, Old People, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Biglaw’s Sticky (-Handed?) Seniors
What can be done to get senior partners to pass along their clients to younger lawyers? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Quality Versus The Perception Of Quality
Would you rather be a great lawyer or be perceived as being a great lawyer? -
Advertising, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Lord, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Recently Announced Law Firm Mergers Could Create Cascade of Lateral Moves
With mega-mergers on the horizon, partnership moves can change the legal landscape. -
Biglaw, Duval & Stachenfeld, Job Searches, Trendspotting
More Jobs, Better Training, Lower Pay: Welcome To The Future Of Biglaw
Good news: a major law firm is hiring! The salary might not be "market," but a job's a job, right?