Partners With Issues
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5th Circuit, Disability Law, Insurance, Partner Issues
Former Biglaw Partner Caught Faking a Disability
Insurance fraud committed by someone who should know better is one thing, but this case also features allegations of assault, foreign retaliatory detentions, computer hacking, extortion, spurned lovers, and revenge. -
Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Money, Partner Issues, United Kingdom / Great Britain, White & Case
A Biglaw Partner's Big-Ticket Divorce Bill
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Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Legal Ethics, Money, Partner Issues, Weirdness
Sidley Austin Turned DLA Piper Partner Responds To Ethics Charges
So what does this prominent real estate lawyer have to say for himself? Do you find his defenses persuasive?
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Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Legal Ethics, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Weirdness
Mystery Departure Solved: Ex-Sidley Austin Partner Hit With Ethics Charges
What is he accused of doing? The alleged conduct is surprising.... -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, Legal Ethics, Partner Issues, Summer Associates, Women's Issues
Lawyer Claims His 'Slut-Shaming' Is Protected By the First Amendment -- Just Like the Founders Intended
Hell hath no fury like a patent practitioner romantically scorned. -
Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Partner Issues, Weirdness
A Partner's Bizarre Departure Memo
This is quite the bridge-burning departure memo. Can you believe it was sent by a prominent employment lawyer? -
Boutique Law Firms, Disasters / Emergencies, Email Scandals, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Rudeness, Small Law Firms
Faruqi & Faruqi: A Kinder, Gentler Law Firm?
Do you think small law firms are always "nicer" workplaces than large firms? Not necessarily, if these emails are any indication.... -
Biglaw, ERISA, Gender, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Litigatrix, Old People, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patents, Women's Issues
Does Ropes & Gray Hate the Old and Gray?
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Death Penalty, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Federal Judges, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Small Law Firms
Morning Docket: 02.20.13
* Should the mentally disabled receive the death penalty? Neither SCOTUS nor Georgia’s Supreme Court stayed Warren Lee Hill’s execution, but the Eleventh Circuit saved the day. [Washington Post]
* If you’re looking for a mishmosh of Biglaw news, from new offices to new hires to new firm leaders, then look no further. If only this list were in alphabetical order! [Law Firm Insider / U.S. News & World Report]
* Dewey know why this partner who was sued by Barclays in the U.K. over his capital loan is suing the bank in the U.S.? It involves an alleged fraud and Joel Sanders. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* So much for that “silly sideshow”: Judge Richard Sullivan of the S.D.N.Y. hasn’t made a ruling in the Greenlight case yet, but he says David Einhorn may have a “likelihood of success on the merits” if the matter proceeds further. [Bloomberg]
* One of the partners at this small law firm apparently watched Secretary a few too many times, and he’s now accused of threatening to “whip” his ex-assistant into shape because she was a “bad girl.” [New York Post]
* The University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law named an interim successor to former dean Hiram Chodosh, but we can’t say he’s a law dean hottie. He looks like Van Pelt from Jumanji. [Salt Lake Tribune]
* The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law will house the first clinic in the nation devoted to pardons and the law. It figures that a religious school would focus on legal Hail Marys. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Career alternatives for law school dropouts: mining magnate and financier of the Titanic II. Much like the value proposition of going to law school for today’s generation, this idea is unsinkable. [New York Times]
* Prosecutors have upgraded the charge against Oscar Pistorius to premeditated murder, and one could now say the track star doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to being released on bail pending trial. [CNN]
* D is for… divorce? Sesame Street is talking about divorce in a way that children can understand, but alas, the series neglects important topics like “why mommy is a whore” and “why daddy drinks.” [Law Firm Newswire]
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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
Benchslap Update: Skadden Partners Learn Their Fates
Remember the two Skadden partners who got hit with a big benchslap, an order to show cause why they shouldn't be sanctioned? What punishment did they get from the court? -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Sheila Birnbaum
Benchslap of the Day: Skadden, Smacked, Eats Crow
Responding to a big-time benchslap by a federal judge, a high-profile Skadden partner issues a giant mea culpa. -
Biglaw, Crime, Drinking, Kids, Parties, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Accused Of Being Too Cool To Her Daughter On New Year's Eve
Apparently, our government would much rather have teens getting liquored up in alleys and driving home rather than experiencing a safe party at home. -
Biglaw, Citigroup, Depositions, Howrey LLP, Money, Partner Issues
Quote of the Day: Howrey Going To Void These Loans?
A former Howrey partner alleges fraud by a major bank.
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Partners in Peril
Associates and staff have borne the brunt of law firm layoffs over the past few years. But, according to some recent surveys, partners are far from immune.... -
Admin, Announcements, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Bonuses, Celebrities, Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, Email Scandals, Fabulosity, Hotties, Kids, Law Professors, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Lesbians, Libraries / Librarians, Litigators, Masturbation, Money, Music, Partner Issues, Pornography, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rankings, Rap, Romance and Dating, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals, Summer Associates, Supreme Court, U.S. News, Videos, Weddings, Women's Issues, YouTube
Above the Law's Top Ten Most Popular Posts of 2012
It's hard to believe that another year has passed, but here we are. That said, let's check out the ten biggest stories of the past year as decided by our readers. -
Biglaw, Crime, Fabulosity, King & Spalding, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Violence
Lawyerly Lairs: A Castle Fit For A King (& Spalding Partner)
Steven Guynn, a former partner at King & Spalding, has been the subject of some salacious allegations. Whether they're true or false, here's one thing established beyond a reasonable doubt: his $3 million mansion is magnificent. -
In-House Counsel, Lawyerly Lairs, Magic Circle, Money, Partner Issues, Real Estate, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Inside Straight: London Partners Can't Afford Homes . . .
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann now lives in London -- and he can't believe the real estate prices over there. Partners at major law firms in London can't afford to live in the city itself.... -
Biglaw, Litigators, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Women's Issues
Buying In: Partner Paydays (Part 3)
Some thoughts from the Anonymous Partner on various partner pay disparities -- between closed-comp and open-comp shops, between litigators and transactional lawyers, and between women and men. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: Partner Paydays (Part 2)
Additional thoughts from the Anonymous Partner on partner compensation at large law firms. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: Partner Paydays (Part 1)
Wherein our Anonymous Partner further explicates the growing partner compensation spread at nearly all Biglaw shops.