Paul Weiss
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Biglaw
Paul Weiss Goes Dark On Compensation
Transparency only stands in your way when going after top laterals. -
Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Bumbles Into Arguing Sex Trafficking Laws Are Unconstitutional... To Own The Libs
Turley scoffs at the very notion that buses can be liable for trafficking! (Psst... it's been a federal law for two decades.) - Sponsored
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Biglaw
Another Top Biglaw Firm Makes Their Compensation Move
Another firm matches the Cravath scale, but adds discretionary bonuses on top!
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Biglaw
Top Biglaw Firms Trade Partner Raids In Rainmaker Battle
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.15.23
* Keep track of who’s who in the latest indictment. [Politico]
* Meanwhile, Abbe Lowell and Winston & Strawn have stepped up their collective role in the Hunter Biden case, arguing that the original plea agreement included binding government promises that didn’t evaporate just because the judge rejected the deal. [Law360]
* CFPB going after data brokers selling people’s personal data. Yet again, the government agency making the most direct, tangible impact for people is the one that still worries that every election might be its last. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Justice Department urges Supreme Court to deal with unconstitutional social media laws out of Texas and Florida. [Reuters]
* Has “flexibility” lost all meaning when it comes to law firm office scheduling? No. Just because some law firms try to engage in flexibility newspeak, doesn’t actually change its meaning. [American Lawyer]
* AI may not be ready to replace lawyers, but the California Innocence Project is leveraging the tool to assist in pursuit of justice. [ABA Journal]
* London Kirkland team headed to Paul Weiss resigned on a Sunday in a power move. [LegalCheek]
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Biglaw
Loretta Lynch's Hazing Investigation
The Biglaw attorney will be looking at allegations of hazing on the football team. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.02.23
* Six of Donald Trump’s co-conspirators go unnamed in the federal indictment against him for crimes related to the January 6th coup attempt. Five of them are attorneys. Let’s speculate on who they all are. [Washington Post]
* Former Attorney General/current Paul, Weiss attorney Loretta Lynch to investigate allegations of hazing on the Northwestern football team. [Law360]
* A look at the judge assigned to the Donald Trump January 6th case. [Huffington Post]
* The family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over her stolen cells. [Law & Crime]
* If you can even believe it, America’s gun laws could get even more lax. [Vox]
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Biglaw
Look Which Biglaw Firm Is Hiring (Corporate!) Associates...
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.20.23
* Corporate Counsel names the finalists for its best legal department awards. Come see if FTX made the list! [Corporate Counsel]
* Taylor Swift hires Venable attorney as general counsel. [Minute Mirror]
* Tom Cotton doesn’t actually legislate, but he does write letters like an elderly shut-in complaining to the local paper about the weather. His latest attempt at making a pen pal involved writing 51 law firms to warn them that he thinks hiring diverse attorneys violates the Supreme Court’s college admissions opinion. [Law360]
* Senate panel poised to pass Supreme Court ethics package that will die on the vine after this. [Reuters]
* Government unveils new merger guidelines to replace the old guidelines that encouraged bigger and bigger mergers. When people say the government keeps losing antitrust cases, a big part of that is the pre-existing pro-merger guidelines that the government just made up decades ago. [New York Times]
* A profile of retired Judge David Tatel as he heads to Hogan Lovells to work on pro bono matters. [Bloomberg Law News]
* The other day we featured a story about a lawyer leaving the job to cycle through the Americas so it’s only fair to balance that with a two-time Olympic cyclist who became a lawyer representing injured cyclists. [ABA Journal]
* While others talk layoffs, Paul Weiss announced it’s still looking at first-year applicants. And when it comes to job security, Paul Weiss has a strong reputation. [Intuitive Career Coaching]
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Biglaw
Solicitor General Offers Legal Writing Advice Not At All Directed At A Very Specific Biglaw Firm
I'd like to report a murder... -
Biglaw
Paul Weiss Writes That Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar's Arguments Are A 'Hot Mess'
Does this seem sexist to you? Because this seems sexist. -
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Biglaw
Paul, Weiss Backs The Hell Away From Messy FTX Litigation
Maybe, um, let your lawyers do the talking.
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Biglaw
Paul Weiss Taking Leadership Role In The Wake Of Dobbs
Oh look, a Biglaw firm that's been planning ever since the draft opinion leak. -
Biglaw
More Law Firms Step Up To Match Donations For Ukraine
May the donation match cycle be as robust as the salary match cycle. -
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Biglaw
Paul Weiss Mobilizing Pro Bono Resources For Ukrainian Refugees
There's a lot about world affairs that can make you feel helpless, but there's a lot firms can do. -
Biglaw
Top Biglaw Firm Makes Salary Move As New Market Standard Emerges
Paul Weiss was quick to match salary increases -- once the dust had settled. -
Courts
Supreme Court Frontrunner's Former Clerk Takes Devotion To New Heights
Biglaw associate takes the battle to be the next Supreme Court justice to the pages of Wikipedia. -