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Biglaw
Top 20 Biglaw Firm Mandates Vaccination For Employees To Return To Office
Take a shot to go back to your desk. -
Biglaw, Courts
What's It Like To Argue Before The Supreme Court -- For The 30th Time?
Paul Weiss partner Kannon Shanmugam, a veteran high-court advocate, discusses arguing telephonically before SCOTUS in the midst of the pandemic. - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Courts
Arguing Before SCOTUS: An Advocate's Perspective
What's it like to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States? A leading high-court advocate offers insights and tips.
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Biglaw
Former Paul Weiss Attorney Gets 5 Years On Child Pornography Charges
He'll see five years in prison and 10 years of supervised release. -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw
Biglaw Staff Attorney Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges
'I'm so f**king hard thinking about that right now,' he wrote from his Biglaw office. -
Biglaw, Cellphones, Technology
Which Biglaw Firm Is Providing Funds For All Associates To Get An iPhone X?
This is pretty awesome. -
Biglaw, Federal Government
Trump Favoring Paul, Weiss Partner For Leader Of The FTC
The current acting FTC chair could be skipped over. -
Law Schools, Litigators, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
3 Lessons Learned From Litigating A Landmark Case
Paul, Weiss partner Roberta Kaplan reflects on the history-making case of United States v. Windsor. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Media and Journalism, Sexual Harassment
Bill O'Reilly Is Out At Fox News
Who's looking out for Bill O'Reilly? He's no longer the Murdoch family's problem. -
Biglaw, Federal Government, Partner Issues
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Returns Home -- To Paul, Weiss
What career advice does he have for law students and young lawyers? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.23.17
* Several prominent lawyers and legal scholars are filing a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump is violating the Emoluments Clause by letting his businesses accept money from foreign governments — but the litigation looks like a long shot to some. [New York Times via How Appealing]
* Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (previously profiled here) is returning to private practice — and, not surprisingly, to Paul, Weiss. [American Lawyer]
* Judge Andrew Hanen (S.D. Tex.), who brutally benchslapped the Obama Justice Department last year, has withdrawn the sanctions he imposed on the DOJ, finding that the misstatements in question were inadvertent. [ABA Journal]
* If you’ve been handicapping the Supreme Court race, adjust the odds in favor of Judge Neil Gorsuch (10th Cir.) — he’s conservative but less contentious than some other nominees, as noted by Jan Crawford. [CBS News]
* Confirmability might be increasing in importance as a factor for picking a SCOTUS nominee now that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged to block any nominee who is not “bipartisan and mainstream.” [How Appealing]
* The Obama Administration didn’t fare so well before SCOTUS; will the Trump Administration do any better? [New York Times]
* The Second Circuit joins the Seventh Circuit in considering whether discrimination “because of sex” encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation. [New York Law Journal]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: The First Cravath Matches
These two firms were the first matchers last year as well. -
Antitrust, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: Cadwalader Antitrust Stars Decamp For Paul, Weiss
What does this move say about the futures of the two firms?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.04.16
* Jason Greenblatt, an NYU Law grad, is Donald Trump’s chief Israel advisor; so what if he is a real estate lawyer and has no foreign policy experience? Trump has no political experience, and now he’s the GOP standard bearer. [Politico]
* The Paul, Weiss investigation into Roger Ailes has allegedly grown in scope. [Law and More]
* Apparently you can be suspended from legal practice for sexting — well, if the sexts are unwanted and sent to a client. [Legal Profession Blog]
* A look at the Supreme Court’s historic disregard for black lives. [Huffington Post]
* An eight-member Court is really putting a crimp in SCOTUS’s style. [Empirical SCOTUS]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.21.16
* The Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, rules that Texas’s voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act by having discriminatory effects on minority voters (but remands on the issue of discriminatory purpose). [How Appealing]
* It appears that yes, Roger Ailes is on his way out at Fox News — thanks in part to the work of lawyers from Paul, Weiss. [New York Times]
* Matt and Melissa Graves, the parents whose two-year-old son was killed by an alligator at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort, will not be suing Disney. [Washington Post]
* Congratulations to exoneree Jarrett Adams, who served nearly eight years in prison for a crime he did not commit, on his admission to the New York bar. [ABA Journal]
* Republican VP nominee Mike Pence is a lawyer, and his Democratic counterpart probably will be as well: shortlisters Tim Kaine, Thomas Perez, and Tom Vilsack are all lawyers, and James Stavridis is a law dean. [New York Times]
* A California man gets convicted in a plot to kill two prosecutors, two FBI agents, and federal judge Andrew Guilford — with a wood chipper. [Los Angeles Times via ABA Journal]
* A New York appeals court affirms a ruling in favor of Boies Schiller in a malpractice suit brought by fashion model Mary Anne Fletcher. [Big Law Business]
* A bit more about former Attorney General Eric Holder’s work for Airbnb (a development we noted yesterday). [American Lawyer]
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Biglaw, Media and Journalism
Has Paul, Weiss Secured Roger Ailes's Ouster?
Paul Weiss may have accomplished what MSNBC has only dreamt about. -
Gay, Quote of the Day, Religion
The Struggle For LGBT Equality Continues
And Roberta Kaplan of Paul Weiss is leading the charge. -
Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Law Schools
The Tragedy In Orlando: The Legal Community Responds
Statements from law firms and law schools in response to the Orlando shooting. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Summer Associates
NY To $180K: The Raises Spread To Summer Associates!
What is your firm doing for summer associates and incoming associates in the Class of 2016? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $180K: Another Big New York Firm Matches Cravath
When it rains cash in Biglaw, it pours! Another large New York firm has matched the Cravath scale.