Partners With Issues
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Biglaw, Crime, White-Collar Crime
Former Biglaw Partner To Plead Guilty To Criminal Tax Law Violations
He's not the first Biglaw partner to run afoul of the tax laws, and he won't be the last. -
Legal Ethics, Sex Scandals
Ex-Biglaw Partner Gets License Suspended For Sexual Relationship With Client
A lesson for all lawyers: never let a client check out your "briefs." - Sponsored
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In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
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Biglaw, Legal Ethics
Court Orders Top Biglaw Firm To Pay $1.3 Million In Fees
Which law firm is paying out big bucks due to a problematic partner? -
Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Duane Morris
Bankruptcy Judge Benchslaps A Biglaw Firm -- Hard
This bankruptcy judge is mad as hell, and he's not going to take this anymore. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.24.15
* Mary Jo White’s sizable net worth is causing sizable headaches over at the SEC. [DealBook / New York Times]
* If you work at a law firm and take way too long to perform simple tasks in Microsoft Word or Excel, shape up: a new test, developed by former in-house lawyer Casey Flaherty, could expose your weaknesses — and lead to your work being discounted. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* More from Howard Bashman about the misadventures of Howard Shipley, the Foley & Lardner partner who might get spanked by SCOTUS for a bizarre filing. [How Appealing]
* An S.D.N.Y. jury held the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization liable for supporting six terrorist attacks and issued a verdict of $218.5 million — an award that will under the law get tripled (collected remains to be seen). [WSJ Law Blog]
* Wall Street banks and their law firms are getting serious about cybersecurity. [New York Times]
* Thanks to Emily Kelchen for her review of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link), which she calls “a true legal thriller.” [Wisconsin Lawyer]
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Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Dewey Wonder How The Owner Of This $4 Million Mansion Went Bankrupt?
Check out the magnificent mansion that helped drive a rainmaker into bankruptcy. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.08.15
* 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft got to live out many an American’s fantasy: he got to screw a lawyer, again and again. [Gawker]
* “I guess if I had to change one thing, it would have been to go to law school after college. But I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up until I actually grew up, and by then it was a little too late for those goals.” [XX Factor / Slate]
* Hoboken councilwoman Beth Mason and her husband, Wachtell Lipton partner Ricky Mason, just got hit with more than $40,000 dollars in fines for election finance reporting violations. [Politicker NJ]
* Some thoughts from Professor Jonathan Adler on standing up for free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Speaking of Charlie Hebdo, Professor Ann Althouse isn’t a fan of slobbery kisses. [Althouse]
* How do legal rules contribute to the evolution of the institution of marriage? Thoughts from Professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbone. [Concurring Opinions]
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Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, White-Collar Crime
Partner Allegedly Steals Millions From Biglaw Firms To Lead Luxurious Lifestyle
If these allegations are true, perhaps partners aren't being paid enough? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Dewey Know A Third Former Partner Driven Into Personal Bankruptcy?
How does a rainmaker earning millions of dollars a year wind up in personal bankruptcy? -
Biglaw, Supreme Court
Biglaw Partner Could Get Supreme Spanking For Bizarre Filing
What was this partner thinking when he filed this off-the-wall petition with the Supreme Court? -
Email Scandals, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Pets, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Vicious Infighting
Law Firm Rocked By Allegations Of Affairs, Financial Problems... And A Missing Cat
Allegations of an affair between a senior partner and a junior attorney, crazy conduct by the senior partner's furious wife, and a mysteriously missing cat. -
Advertising, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Divorce Can Tragically End Your Biglaw Practice
The divorce started as amicably as one could reasonably hope for, but as distrust bubbled, the split escalated from a perfunctory proceeding into contentious brawl.
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Job Searches, Partner Issues, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Small Law Firms
A Personal Assistant: The Perfect Accessory For The Entitled Partner
This guy is a partner who wants an employee to "reduce [his] stress level" by handling every task that he feels is beneath his lofty stature. -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Partner Issues, Rudeness
Another Biglaw Partner's 'Reply All' Misadventure
Is this partner's firm-wide email message funny, or offensive, or both, or neither? -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Racism, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Blackface Is Not OK -- Someone Please Tell This Biglaw Firm
An unearthed photo shows the former top partner of an international heavyweight firm in blackface. And no one is apologizing. -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Depositions, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues
Biglaw Firm Ordered To Make A Video Apologizing For Discovery Abuses
Litigators are like unruly kids, which is why this benchslap with a sanction straight out of elementary school is so appropriate. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Divorce Train Wrecks, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Prostitution, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
A Wachtell Lipton Partner's Mysterious Departure
Why did this young partner leave the super-lucrative law firm? -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Crime, Legal Ethics, Money, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day, White-Collar Crime
Naughty Partner Claims He Stole From Firm Because Biglaw Made Him A Bad Father
That's one of the most interesting excuses we've heard in a while. -
Biglaw, Email Scandals, Intellectual Property, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Litigators, Litigatrix, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
An Update On A Managing Partner's Mysterious Departure
Where did this prominent partner land, and what might happen to the firm she left behind?