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Biglaw Firm Raises Associate Salaries! This Time Non-Major Markets Are Getting The Love
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.22.18
* Remember how Trump promised that he’d “fight for” the transgender community while he was campaigning? Perhaps he meant that he’d fight to erase them. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining sex under Title IX “based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth.” [New York Times]
* Democratic senators in Washington are refusing to return their blue slips for Perkins Coie partner Eric Miller, a Ninth Circuit nominee, and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is pissed. Slow your roll, Chuck. I thought we didn’t care about blue slips anymore? [The Recorder]
* About half of lawyers in the United Kingdom say they’re not ready to deal with Brexit. That’s okay. The United Kingdom isn’t ready to deal with Brexit either — and 40 percent of lawyers think their Biglaw firms will try to escape the UK because of it. [Am Law International]
* In case you missed it, Paul Manafort showed up at the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday afternoon in a wheelchair, citing health concerns as his attorney requested an expedited sentencing date. Manafort seems to have gotten what he wanted, and will be sentenced there on February 8. [National Law Journal]
* During his inauguration speech, the University of Virginia’s new president, James Ryan — a UVA Law graduate who once worked as a UVA law professor — pledged that tuition would be free for students whose families earned less than $80,000 a year. We wonder if that applies to law school tuition as well. [WTTF Fox 5]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.24.18
* Jeff Sessions assures people that the Justice Department won’t be intimidated by the administration. Trump responds with intimidation effort, blasting Justice for not doing enough about the “other side” and then just lists a bunch of Republicans he doesn’t like. [CNN]
* The White House is crowing over an unsealed Starr investigation report that “fully exonerates” Brett Kavanaugh… as a media leak. The collective delusion over there that being a leak is the worst possible sin, and not, you know sexual harassment issues, continues to astound. [National Law Journal]
* The Trump administration continues its efforts to raise taxes on Americans who didn’t vote for him. [Law360]
* After Debevoise offered a comically cozy report to help Ohio State keep winning football games, it’s worth remembering the school still has another internal investigation going on into sexual abuse claims against the wrestling staff. [Corporate Counsel]
* The Texas lateral market is making a whole lot of money. [Texas Lawyer]
* K&L Gates gets the go ahead on Singapore merger. [International]
* Ady Barkan, an ALS patient who has become an activist for patients, announced a campaign to raise money for Susan Collins’s next opponent if she supports the Kavanaugh nomination. Over the course of 3 days, he’s raised over $130K. [Crowdpac]
* RelativityOne announces Allen & Overy to its list of clients. [PR Newswire]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.16.18
* A White House spokeswoman claims that Judge Brett Kavanaugh “had never heard any allegations of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment” made against Judge Alex Kozinski prior to last year when everyone else found out, and an extern who worked in Kozinski’s chambers while Kavanaugh clerked is backing him up. [Washington Times]
* The art of the
dealdon’t: United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May says that President Trump told her she should sue the European Union instead of negotiating when it comes to Brexit options. There’s no real cause of action, so she says that won’t be happening — not like that’s something that has ever stopped Trump before. [Vox]* President Trump leaned heavily on Biglaw partners for his latest nominations to the federal judicary. Perkins Coie, K&L Gates, and Barnes & Thornburg could soon see representation on the Ninth Circuit, the Western District of Washington, the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the Northern District of Indiana. [The Recorder]
* After months of debate, a panel has finally recommended that Florida State rename the law school building via legislative action. It currently recognizes former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice B.K. Roberts., a ” staunch segregationist” who once tried to deny a black student’s admission to U. Florida’s law school. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* “For better or worse, I have become an agent for hope for those that are opposing this president.” Michael Avenatti is famous for being President Trump’s biggest critic, but he’s “using that platform for good.” In addition to Stormy Daniels, he now represents parents whose children were separated from them at the border. [AP]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.08.18
* With NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigning, the negotiations to determine his successor are in full swing. Expect someone no one has ever heard of from some upstate DA’s office who will then hold the job for a decade. [New York Law Journal]
* Trouble in paradise? Donald Trump reportedly frustrated with Rudy Giuliani because Fox is starting to let him know that Rudy’s completely screwing him. But is he? It may be embarrassing, but if he sells the story that Cohen paid off women all the time, then it may not be a campaign law violation because it’s something he does in the ordinary course. Giuliani’s may be crazy like a fox. Or just crazy. [Time]
* GDPR = Y2K 2018? European regulators claim they aren’t ready for the planned switch over to GDPR. The law is definitely more stringent than what most of Europe was used to, but it’s not wildly out of sync with what some countries were already doing. Stop hyperventilating and get it together, people. [Reuters]
* The SEC wants a completely open-ended opportunity to meet with Jay-Z. He says this is unreasonable and offered them a full day of testimony. Why are we wasting a judge’s time with this? Give the SEC one whole day with the right to come back to make a request for more. It’s an SEC investigation, it’s not Bonnie & Clyde. [Law360]
* The administration may have pardoned Sheriff Joe for his crimes, but that doesn’t mean the county who elected him over and over can avoid paying for it. The Ninth Circuit determined that Maricopa County is on the hook for the illegal activity Sheriff Joe perpetrated behind his badge. [The Recorder]
* Forget Amazon, drones are now delivering contraband and other smuggled goods. Ah, the future. [Futurism]
* A financial technology firm claims Perkins Coie and Bracewell cost it millions of dollars by leading it into a contract with Morgan Stanley without protecting it from changes the bank made to the contract. Are you saying a major bank tried to screw someone over? [American Lawyer]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.06.18
* A reminder that legal counsel is expensive even if you don’t fight all the way to trial — Michael Flynn is selling his house to pay his legal bills. [ABC News]
* Jim Walden has a very Oscar-friendly practice. His clients managed to be the subject of the Best Documentary winner and a Best Screenplay nominee. So if you’re a criminal looking to break into the entertainment industry, hire Walden. [New York Law Journal]
* Sam Nunberg thinks it’s advisable to ignore Robert Mueller’s subpoena. Good luck with all that. [Courthouse News Service]
* At this firm, revenue is up… but the partners aren’t really seeing it. [American Lawyer]
* Poor Michael Cohen complains that he never got reimbursed for paying off that porn star for the president. [New York]
* Some advice for newly minted GCs. [Corporate Counsel]
* Hearings begin tomorrow for DOJ Civil Division chief nominee Jody Hunt tomorrow. Here’s a primer on exactly how many times you’ll hear the word “Russia” tomorrow. [National Law Journal]
* Oregon passes new gun control law. Go ahead and set your watch to the NRA filing a lawsuit by the end of the month. [Huffington Post]
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Perkins Coie Chief Diversity Officer Theresa Cropper On Community Organizing, Working With Stevie Wonder, And Diversifying The Legal Profession
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.07.17
* Is there a constitutional right to follow President Donald Trump on Twitter? Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute apparently thinks so, and lawyers from the free-speech center have demanded that Trump’s unblock critics from his @realDonaldTrump account. Good luck! [WSJ Law Blog]
* Following an investigation conducted by Perkins Coie, Uber fired more than 20 employees thanks to complaints of sexual harassment, bullying, and discrimination. Perkins Coie’s probe is separate from that of former Attorney General Eric Holder, who is now employed at Covington & Burling. [ABC News]
* Per sources inside the Trump administration, the president is expected to nominate Cheryl Stanton, a former Ogletree Deakins partner, to head the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Stanton shares a former boss with Labor Secretary Alex Acosta: Justice Samuel Alito. [Big Law Business]
* Michelle Lee, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has resigned. During her time at the USPTO, Lee was known for her efforts to crack down on patent trolls, which ultimately led to a decrease in their vexatious litigation. The Trump administration has not yet put forth a nominee. [Reuters]
* The American Bar Association has granted provisional accreditation to the University of North Texas Dallas College of Law. Last summer, the ABA refused to grant even provisional accreditation to the school because there was concern about future graduates’ ability to pass the bar exam. Congrats… [ABA Journal]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.26.16
* A judge who drank alcohol “on court premises” now has a lot of free time to drink in comfort elsewhere. [Legal Cheek]
* A fascinating research paper on how the media is leading everyone astray by portraying the Islamic State as lawless — their key to holding land is based in large part on their imposition of legal institutions. [Brookings Institute]
* Quinn Emanuel’s Susan Estrich is representing Roger Ailes. Am I alone in hoping she manages this case like she managed the Dukakis campaign? [Observer]
* The DNC Wikileaks fallout hits a law firm. Marc Elias of Perkins Coie is on record urging DNC officials to accuse Bernie Sanders of lying. I’m sure Perkins Coie will respond that he was just being “nuanced.” [Am Law Daily]
* F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law was just kidnapped in Brazil and is being held for a $36 million ransom. But, you know, let’s definitely have the Olympics there! [NPR]
* A review of the courtroom fates of a number of voter suppression tactics proposed around the country. [Economist]
* This University of Chicago professor is not happy with Judge Frank Easterbrook [Valparaiso University Law Review]
* The folks at Practice Panther took the ABA law school data and made this nice infographic. [Practice Panther]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Firm Offers Raises Retroactive To July 1
It's not perfect, but some pretty good news about raises.