Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Accused Of Firing Immunocompromised Paralegal Who Asked To Work From Home
The Am Law 100 firm is being sued under under state, federal, and New York City laws.
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Biglaw
Biglaw, Bigger Salaries: Another Top Firm Adopts The Cravath Compensation Scale
Counsel are getting in on the action, too! -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Makes A Lackluster Entry Into The Associate Compensation Game
Some money is better than no money. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Learns The Hard Way: Don't Talk Smack About Your Firm's Clients
Even partners screw up. -
Biglaw, Women's Issues
Managing Maternity Leave As Managing Partner
There's a double standard when it comes to female lawyers having children -- and this managing partner knows it. -
Biglaw, Technology
Pillsbury's Equation: Biglaw + alt.law = Modern Cybersecurity Solution
It's unusual to see a Biglaw firm like Pillsbury announcing a partnership with an alt.legal company. - Sponsored
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Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Why An Unconference Makes Sense For Lawyers
At an unconference, participants gather around a theme or very broad topic, and it is perfect for lawyers. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Erasing The New York/Non-New York Divide
This firm is now paying all associates on the same scale, regardless of office location, and people seem pretty happy about it. -
Biglaw, Harvard
Homeless Harvard Lawyer Reflects On Fall From Biglaw Prestige
Harvard-educated lawyer on the prestige of Biglaw life, and everything that comes after... -
Biglaw, Federal Government, Partner Issues, Privacy, War on Terror
Pathways To Partnership: To Specialize Or Not To Specialize
What are the advantages and disadvantages of focusing on a niche practice area? -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
More Partners Depart From Patton Boggs
How many partners are leaving, and where are they going?
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Quality Versus The Perception Of Quality
Would you rather be a great lawyer or be perceived as being a great lawyer? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: The Cutting Continues
Which law firm is slashing its support staff, and by how much? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, California, Cozen O'Connor, Craigslist, Disability Law, Drugs, Environment / Environmental Law, Eric Holder, Gay Marriage, Howrey LLP, Kasowitz Benson, Law Schools, LSAT, Marijuana, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.30.13
* The Department of Justice won’t be harshing anyone’s mellow in Washington and Colorado just yet, because Eric Holder has more important things to do than to get involved in people’s pot. [CNN]
* The IRS will now treat all legal gay marriages the same as straight marriages for tax purposes, no matter where the couples live. That’s absolutely fabulous! [Federal Eye / Washington Post]
* Howrey going to deal with all of Allan Diamond’s unfinished business claims made as trustee on behalf of this failed firm? By claiming as a united front that “[c]lients are not property,” even if we secretly think they are. [Am Law Daily]
* In this wonderful post-Windsor world, the parents of a deceased Cozen O’Connor attorney are appealing a judge’s ruling as to the dispensation of their daughter’s death benefits to her wife. [Legal Intelligencer]
* Reduce, re-use, and recycle: environmentally friendly words used to reduce a Biglaw firm’s carbon footprint, not the number of its lawyers. Say hello to the Law Firm Sustainability Network. [Daily Report]
* Disability rights groups are coming forward to defend California’s LSAT anti-flagging law because the amount of extra testing time you receive should be between you and your doctor. [National Law Journal]
* If you thought Charleston School of Law was going to be sold to the InfiLaw System, then think again. The law school is up for grabs on Craigslist. Alas, the “[s]tudent body has been used.” [Red Alert Politics]
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