Real Estate
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: In Defense Of The Billable Hour
Should the billable hour really be vilified as something that rewards inefficiency and incompetence, or is it a benchmark with which to judge performance, or is it both? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: A Satisfied Client Is… A Disaster!
If "satisfying" clients is not enough, what must law firms do in order to survive and thrive? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Making Partner -- Doing The Math
Why are large law firms so stingy when it comes to making new partners?
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Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Skadden Makes A Major Move
The neighborhood Skadden is moving to isn't very pretty right now, but that might change in the years to come. -
Barack Obama, Biglaw, Death Penalty, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court, Trials
Morning Docket: 10.21.14
* When asked what his favorite SCOTUS decision was during his POTUS tenure, Obama said it was the high court’s cert denials on the gay marriage cases. Well played, sir. [Wall Street Journal]
* “Leverage has started to shift away from law firms.” Despite the fact that their headcounts are rising, Biglaw firms are downsizing office space as rents keep climbing higher. [Am Law Daily]
* Schools are trying to slap lipstick on the pig that legal education has become amid an “anemic job market.” We bet your law school has some shiny new innovations too. [News Observer]
* Citing the fact that “the courts do not exist to win popularity contests,” a judge sentenced Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison. Serious question: Will he be allowed to bring his prosthetic legs? [New York Times]
* Nancy Grace and her friends have pitchforks at the ready because Jodi Arias’s penalty phase retrial begins today, and another jury will decide if she deserves to die for murdering her boyfriend. [Reuters]
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Biglaw, Rankings, Real Estate
ATL Power 100 By Office: You Work In An Office, Which One Is The Best?
Other people rank Biglaw by "firms," we get into the weeds and rank them by office. -
Biglaw, Gay, Intellectual Property, Lawyerly Lairs, Litigators, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Skadden Associate's Housing Hunt
A patent litigator picks up a pad. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Embracing Volatility For A Law Firm
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld offers 7 tips for how to run a law firm. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Facebook, Kids, Lateral Moves, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Trials
Morning Docket: 10.16.14
* Dickstein Shapiro’s IP practice was raided by Manatt Phelps & Phillips, and now the struggling firm is down one practice group coleader thanks to its partner defections. [Am Law Daily]
* Contrary to popular belief, O’Melveny & Myers is not opening a Portland office. Instead, the firm is setting up a temporary shop to work on a local patent trial. [Portland Business Journal]
* You can turn an IPO into a gold mine for your firm using this one weird trick. Discover how you can turn that one deal into your future. Prepare to be shocked. [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* Now isn’t the best time to enroll in law school. It’s also not the best time to rank law schools as “top” schools based on enrollment alone. Seriously, have you even heard of all of these law schools? [Birmingham Business Journal]
* Thanks to this Georgia appellate ruling, parents may now be held responsible for what their silly little children who weren’t supposed to be on Facebook are posting on Facebook. Dislike. [WSJ Law Blog]
* John Grisham says not all consumers of child pornography are pedophiles. Here’s a story about one of his law school pals: “He shouldn’t ‘a done it. It was stupid, but it wasn’t 10-year-old boys.” [The Telegraph]
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Art, Lawyerly Lairs, Melvyn Weiss, Milberg Weiss, Money, Plaintiffs Firms, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: From A Big House To The Big House And Back Again -- Mel Weiss's $19 Million Mansion
The former king of securities class actions, now out of federal prison, has put his massive mansion up for sale. -
Biglaw, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, Contests, Hotties, Real Estate, Romance and Dating
New York's Most Eligible Biglaw Bachelors
Feast your eyes upon some of Biglaw's best and brightest, and then vote for your favorite... -
Lawyerly Lairs
Lawyerly Lairs: Public Defenders Have Homes With Indoor Plumbing!
What kind of house can you afford on a public defender's salary? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Layoffs, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Beyond Profits Per Partner -- Embracing Volatility
Why are lawyers so afraid of volatility, and what are the advantages of overcoming that fear?
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, Real Estate
Morning Docket: 10.01.14
* Weil Gotshal is tired of winnowing its workers, so this time around, the firm is relinquishing some of its real estate. The firm will have the same address as usual, but its space will be smaller — 20 percent smaller. [WSJ Law Blog]
* It’s not just leaders of Biglaw firms who are looking to downsize. Leaders of midsize firms are trying to do the same thing, but with their management responsibilities instead of their people. Charming. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
* Lawyers are typically stereotyped by the uninformed as being some of the richest people in America. As luck would have it, some lawyers are the richest people in America. Which ones? We’ll have more on this later. [Am Law Daily]
* “If I could redo a year ago, I would still go. Just because I know that [law school] still opens doors.” We’ve got a correction: Silly 2L, Columbia Law — not law school in general — still opens doors. [USA Today]
* Tracy Morgan has spoken out for the first time since his tragic accident this summer, but only after Wal-Mart blamed him for getting hurt in the first place. It’s a rollback on pure class. [New York Daily News]
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Barack Obama, Biglaw, Books, Crime, Insider Trading, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Politics, Securities Law
Morning Docket: 09.22.14
* Politics and Biglaw just don’t mix: House Republicans hired Quinn Emanuel to handle their suit against President Barack Obama after Baker Hostetler withdrew from the representation due to “political pressure” the firm was facing. [Politico]
* The paper and napkin-eating “Middleman” in the post-it note insider trading ring pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges. This might make it difficult for his cohorts to substantiate their not-guilty pleas. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “This is a tale with no shortage of knaves or villains.” If you’re interested in learning about Chevron’s legal wranglings in Ecuador and with plaintiffs attorney Steven Donziger, there are a bunch of interesting new readings for you to peruse. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Crisis in legal education be damned! They may have bad timing, but these law schools are focusing on building bigger and better facilities for students they’re unable to put in their seats. [National Law Journal]
* Ohio law schools have taken a bruising in terms of decreased enrollment, but the University of Toledo has faced the worst of it. With a 25.9% reduction in 1Ls, tuition cuts can only do so much. [Toledo Blade]
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: A 'Profits Per Partner' Emancipation Plan
What are the many advantages of not fixating on Profits Per Partner as a law firm metric? -
Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Public Interest, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Ex-ACORN Attorney Sells $21 Million Townhouse
Can you imagine how awesome this house would be if converted to single-family use? -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Profits Per Partner -- A Good Servant But A Bad Master
Has the focus on "Profits Per Partner" gone too far? This managing partner thinks so. -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Money, Real Estate, White-Collar Crime
Managing Partner Accused Of Embezzling $30 Million From Clients
A firm alleges that its former managing partner siphoned off a cool $30 million from client escrow accounts to live like a proverbial rock star. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: An Ode To Large Law Firms
Do Biglaw firms get a bad rap? Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld thinks so.