Partner Issues
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Advertising, Biglaw, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
The Women’s Biglaw All-Star Team Of 2014
It’s that time of year folks: the dust has settled, the remainder of last year's major moves have been executed, and it is time to vote for the Biglaw All-Stars of 2014. -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Rankings
The Biglaw Firm With The Best Brand In The Business (2014)
A good brand can withstand even the bad taste that layoffs can leave in a client's mouth. How strong is your firm's brand? - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Shaping Up For Summer
Which law firm just announced double-digit cuts?
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Basketball, Biglaw, Kimba Wood, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day, Racism, Sports, Twittering
Adam Silver v. Donald Sterling: A Tale Of Two Lawyers
Embattled billionaire Donald Sterling and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver are both lawyers; let's look at their professional pedigrees. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2014 Am Law 100: 'The Super Rich Get Richer'
How did your firm fare in this year’s Am Law 100 rankings? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Legal Advice!
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann gives examples of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad legal advice, followed by the advice that should have been given instead. -
Biglaw, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: An Introduction
Please welcome our newest columnist: Bruce Stachenfeld, founder and managing partner of Duval & Stachenfeld LLP. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Mergers and Acquisitions, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Private Equity, Texas
Musical Chairs: Kirkland Raids A Rival To Launch In Houston
Which promising young partner just got pirated away by Kirkland? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Advertising, Biglaw, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
The Men's Biglaw All-Star Team Of 2014
It’s that time of year folks: the dust has settled, the remainder of last year's major moves have been executed, and it is time to vote for the Biglaw All-Stars of 2014. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Severance
What's Going On At Dickstein Shapiro?(Plus a leaked severance agreement.)
Plummeting profits, defecting partners, and layoffs of associates and staff -- is this firm in trouble? -
Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Partner Issues
7 Thoughts About The Lateral Hiring Process
Are you looking for advice about the lateral recruiting process? Look no further. -
Boutique Law Firms, Holidays and Seasons, Kids, Partner Issues, Religion, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Family Time
How does moving from Biglaw to a boutique change your work-life balance? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Layoffs And Firings Galore
Yet another double-digit law firm layoff amid the firing of associates. Which firm is behind the action?
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Advertising, Headhunters / Recruiters, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
A Former Partner's Perspective On Legal Recruiters And Lateral Partner Moves
In today’s highly competitive legal market, it makes sense to know your options. Choose your recruiter wisely. -
Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues
10 Interesting Findings About Lateral Partner Recruitment
How happy are lateral partners about their new firms, the recruiting process and recruiters, and integration efforts after they arrive? -
Biglaw, Citigroup, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
Managing Partners More Confident In Market -- Not Intended As An April Fools' Joke
If you didn't completely believe the headline that managing partners see the market improving, then you were right. -
Airplanes / Aviation, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
Morning Docket: 04.01.14
* Maybe things are getting better. Per the latest Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Index, Biglaw partners have shown an uptick in confidence in the first quarter of 2014. [Am Law Daily]
* Thanks to this ruling, Chevron can sue Patton Boggs over claims it engaged in fraud during the Ecuador case. Don’t worry, we’re sure the merger with Squire Sanders will be just fine. [Reuters]
* Dewey know how much the latest clawback suit seeks from this failed firm’s ex-COO? About $9.3 million, for his “astronomically generous” employment contract. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* No more “unfounded” filings for this unfound plane: A firm’s attempts to get documents from Malaysian Air to file a possible lawsuit have been thwarted by a judge, with the possibility of sanctions. [Bloomberg]
* When your “concerned uncle” is writing to a pre-law adviser about your future when you haven’t even gone to college yet, you know you’re probably destined to be a gunner. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
The 4 Types Of In-House Meetings
What are the different types of in-house meetings, and what purposes do they serve? -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
More Partners Depart From Patton Boggs
How many partners are leaving, and where are they going? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Crime, Job Searches, Kasowitz Benson, Law Professors, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rap, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 03.27.14
* The federal judiciary is hiring for staff and public defender positions lost during the government’s sequestration throughout the better part of last year. Ready, aim, fire those résumés! [Legal Times]
* New York Biglaw firms always manage to find their way to the top of the Am Law 100 rankings. When all’s said and done, being so close to Wall Street definitely has its perks. [Bloomberg Businessweek]
* Absolutely no one should be alarmed about the fact that Kasowitz Benson’s profits per partner have dropped by 15 percent — well, no one but the equity partners, that is. Have fun with that. [Am Law Daily]
* The managing partner of Jacoby & Meyers is worried people will think his personal injury firm is going under, not Jacoby & Meyers Bankruptcy. Either way, those commercials won’t die. [New York Law Journal]
* A professor at George Mason University Law was pepper sprayed IN THE FAAAAAACE by an unknown assailant in his classroom yesterday afternoon. We’ll obvious have more on this story later. [ARLNow]
* La Verne is the first law school to offer flat-rate tuition. There will be no scholarships and no discounts. Students will pay $25K/year, nothing more, nothing less. This is, dare we say, wise. [National Law Journal]
* “Passion over pension.” Mekka Don, the Weil Gotshal corporate lit attorney turned rapper, just released his first CD, and it’s all about leaving Biglaw to follow his dreams. Go buy it here (affiliate link). [MTV]