Quinn Emanuel
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Benchslaps, Biglaw, State Judges
Biglaw Partner Benchslapped: 'If You Can't Focus... Sit Down, And I Will Ask The Questions'
You know things aren't going well when the judge offers to do the job for you. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.27.16
Ed. note: Above the Law will not be publishing on Monday, May 25, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
* John Quinn is opening up a museum for the brokenhearted. Yes, this is real. [Big Law Business]
* Chris Martin is getting some really good legal advice. [Jezebel]
* It may have seemed like Baylor was super forthcoming when it fired Art Briles and demoted Ken Starr to law school professor for failing to adequately deal with allegations of sexual assault by football players, but really, they’ve mastered the art of saying nothing. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* NBCUniversal to a federal judge: watch Straight Outta Compton. Actually, in context of the case, this request makes sense. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* David Lat on why Peter Thiel shouldn’t be mad at Gawker for reporting that he is gay. [Washington Post]
* Walgreens allegedly didn’t verify that the blood-testing technology Theranos was peddling actually worked before it partnered with the startup. [Law and More]
* You may not like that Peter Thiel is trying to sue Gawker out of existence, but that doesn’t mean the practice should be illegal. [Slate]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: An Addendum On Leverage
In figuring out which Biglaw firm will bring us the next pay raise, it's important to consider the concept of leverage.
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: Who Will Lead The Charge?
A Biglaw pay raise will happen (someday); when it does, who will be the first mover? -
Biglaw, Money
California Biglaw King John Quinn Says Firm Will Surf Out Its PPP Problems, Man
He's not worried about having one measly down year. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2016 Am Law 100: Trouble Ahead?
Some firms did exceptionally well, such as Silicon Valley powerhouses and Wachtell Lipton, but for many other firms, danger looms on the horizon. -
Biglaw
Stats Of The Week: Bigger Is Not Better
Firms with fewer foreign outposts and a smaller proportion of international lawyers tend to have higher profit margins and profits per partner than their "global" peers. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Will $75K Become The New Standard?
Which litigation powerhouse just upped its signing bonus for federal law clerks? - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.31.15
* In the wake of fired CEO Martin Shkreli’s arrest for securities fraud, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company will be repped by Hogan Lovells (and likely won’t be charged 4,000 percent more than it should be). [Reuters]
* “Not all of it is law at its grandest but all of it is the practice of law.” Yet another contract attorney’s suit for overtime pay has bitten the dust with a recent dismissal. This time, Quinn Emanuel was the Biglaw firm victorious in keeping doc reviewers downtrodden. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Since Dechert decided to up the ante on first-year associate salaries, other Philadelphia Biglaw firms have responded in kind. Drinker Biddle has matched, while Pepper Hamilton and Cozen O’Connor are following close behind. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Facebook needs a “dislike” button: The social media titan’s suit against DLA Piper and Milberg for their defense of alleged con man Paul Ceglia in a fraudulent breach of contract case versus Zuckerberg’s first baby was dismissed. [Buffalo Business First]
* From “weird to wildly costly,” check out some of the craziest malpractice cases that were filed against Biglaw firms during the course of 2015. The McDermott Will & Emery elder abuse case here is particularly creative. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Lots Of Cash For The Biggest Billers
Would these extra bundles of cash incentivize you to burn even more midnight oil than you already are? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.03.15
* For the horde! If you thought Dentons was done gobbling up law firms to create its international legion of lawyers, then you were dead wrong. The firm will likely merge with 500-lawyer Australian firm Gadens and 200-lawyer Singaporean firm Rodyk & Davidson in 2016. [Reuters]
* Thanks to this ruling, lawyers for model Janice Dickinson may depose Bill Cosby in the defamation case she filed against him after he denied raping her. Cosby’s former lawyer, Martin Singer, who the comedian recently dumped for Quinn Emanuel, may be deposed as well. [Los Angeles Times]
* If daylight saving time has been messing with your head, you’ll feel better to know that even the Supreme Court was having trouble with the time. Both clocks in the SCOTUS courtroom were hours behind thanks to an electrical malfunction. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Law school graduates have been having a rough time when it comes to bar passage in recent years, but Biglaw firms likely have nothing to worry about — in fact, many partners didn’t even know a problem like this was happening. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* “[T]he Harvard crest . . . should be a source of shame for the whole school.” According to a student movement at Harvard Law that’s been dubbed “Royall Must Fall,” the school was endowed by a “brutal” slaveowner and yet still bears his family’s seal. [Harvard Crimson]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.21.15
* Bill Cosby switching his representation to some Biglaw big dogs. Wonder if it will help… [Law and More]
* Understanding the historical underpinnings of gun rights. [Slate]
* Trend Alert: Billing rates are increasing — noticeably. [Business of Law Blog]
* Yahoo! is terminally uncool. [Dealbreaker]
* To run a successful practice, don’t think [only] like a lawyer. [CodeX]
* The Reconstruction Era will never really end. [The Atlantic]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.09.15
* Six years and you get a Bachelor’s degree and a JD? Not a terrible deal University of Tennessee, Knoxville. [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]
* Winning two NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championships as an assistant coach WHILE attending Duke Law School is just showing off, Jay Bilas. [Hsu Untied]
* Now THIS is how you become divorce attorney to the stars! (It also doesn’t hurt to be born into it.) [Jezebel]
* If you can’t solve this, rethink your LSAT plans… [IFL Science]
* In defense of the end of summer associate programs. [Bloomberg BNA]
* Nick Gordon’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate, calling the accusations “conclusory, untrue, criminal.” [US Magazine]
* This is how contracts work in the real world, or at least in the legal world. [Concurring Opinions]
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Politics
The (Mostly Liberal) Political Ideologies Of American Lawyers, Law Schools, And Firms
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Biglaw, Contests, Summer Associates
Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2015): The Winner!
This wasn't exactly a close contest; the winner scored a runaway victory. -
Biglaw, Contests, Summer Associates
Best Summer Associate Event Contest (2015): The Finalists
Check out these super-fun events -- which is your favorite? -
Biglaw
Associates At This Biglaw Firm Are Under Direct Orders Not To Say 'Thank You'
Which Biglaw firm has given its associates "permission to be discouteous [sic]"? -
Biglaw, Movies
And the Oscar Goes To... A Biglaw Firm?
Winning a case is a good thing, but getting some Oscar swag out of the deal is even better. -
Law Schools
Quinn Emanuel Partner Warns: 'Don't Go To Law School'
Even if law school works out for you, this partner reminds you that it doesn't. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 3)
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld notes that if you look at the most profitable law firms in recent years, a good chunk of them are "pure play" firms.