Seyfarth Shaw
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dissolution, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Bingham To Go Bust In Wake Of Morgan Lewis Raid
What is the fate of Bingham after Morgan Lewis’s “mass lateral hire” of 226 Bingham partners?
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Rankings, Reader Polls, Tax Law
Over- And Underrated Biglaw Practice Groups
According to the ATL Insider Survey, these practice groups deserve more (or less) acclaim.
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INNOVATION IN ENTRY LEVEL RECRUITING
We’ve all heard how dysfunctional entry-level legal recruiting is: Inordinate expense, decisions made on the briefest of subjective impressions with opacity all around, and what do firms reap for all their efforts? Shocking attrition rates among junior associates. It’s time for a conference on what could work better, and this is it.
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Federal Judges, Football, Labor / Employment, Morning Docket, Native Americans, Partner Issues
* Congrats to Diane Humetewa, the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge in United States history. You’d think this achievement would’ve already been reached. [Arizona Daily Star]
* When your case is compared to a law school exam, and the judge uses the number “bazillion” to describe the problems that could happen, it sucks to be you, Detroit. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Dewey know when this failed firm actually went belly up? It’s liquidating trustee says D&L was insolvent in 2009, and wants $22.5 million from ex-international partners in his latest clawback suits. [Am Law Daily]
* The managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw refers to his firm as the “Costco of corporate legal services” because it’s a place where you can “get more for less.” What’s the membership fee? [Chicago Tribune]
* The Buffalo Bills filed a motion to dismiss the wage and hour suit put forth by the disgruntled members of its cheerleading squad, the Buffalo Jills. You better hope that motion survives the “jiggle test.” [CBS Sports]
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Labor / Employment, Plaintiffs Firms, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Greatest Risk For Workplace Lawsuits In 2014 Remains ‘Doing Illegal Stuff’
Businesses are told that plaintiff lawyers are out to get them. In reality, businesses need to do more to stay out of trouble in the first place.
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Alston & Bird, Antitrust, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Keker & Van Nest, Law Students, Litigators, Munger Tolles & Olson, Partner Issues, Rankings, Tax Law, White & Case, Willkie Farr
Biglaw’s Most Underrated Firms by Practice Area
The most underrated practice groups in Biglaw, according to the ATL readership.
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Biglaw, Contracts, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Money, Rankings
Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies? (2013)
Which firms do Fortune 500 companies turn to when facing bet-the-company litigation?
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Biglaw, Gay, King & Spalding, Labor / Employment, Lesbians, Quote of the Day
Seyfarth Says Yes To Defense Of Anti-Gay Bias Case
Will Seyfarth come to regret taking on this case?
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Advertising, Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Some thoughts on the lateral market for “counsel,” from Michael Allen of Lateral Link (sponsored post).
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Biglaw, Politics, Romance and Dating
Cory Booker: The Perfect Wingman for This Seyfarth Shaw Associate
Need some help with your marriage proposal? Have no fear, Cory Booker is here!
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Job of the Week: Better Hours, Better Culture, Better Future
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Biglaw, California, Department of Justice, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Layoffs, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs, Student Loans, Supreme Court
* In the nick of time, lawyers for the Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court urging the justices to strike down California’s ban on gay marriage. Let’s hope their views have evolved. [BuzzFeed]
* As the lawyers and administrative staff who just got laid off at Patton Boggs can attest to, it sucks to be on the wrong side of “rightsizing.” We’ll have more on this developing story later today. [Reuters]
* Lanny Breuer is leaving the DOJ today, and he’s doing it with a bit of “swagger.” He’s shrugging off rumors that he’ll retreat to Covington, insisting he’ll interview at many firms. [DealBook / New York Times]
* It’s time for the changing of the guard over at Milbank Tweed. Mel Immergut, the longest serving chair of any Am Law 100 firm in New York, is passing the reins to Scott Edelman. [New York Law Journal]
* Michigan Law has a new “Debt Wizard” program that’s extremely useful in that it will allow you to see what you’re getting yourself into. Or, in my case, how poor I’ll be for the rest of my life. Yay! [National Law Journal]
* All he wanted to do was “make the world a better place,” but that didn’t work out so well. In a plea deal, Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of the charges against him in his WikiLeaks case. [Los Angeles Times]
* Of all of the words that are used to describe Cory Booker, one of them is now “matchmaker.” The Newark mayor assisted a young Seyfarth Shaw associate with his engagement proposal earlier this week. [TIME]
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Antitrust, ATL Career Center Survey, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Career Center, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Rankings, Tax Law
Biglaw’s Most Underrated Firms by Practice Area
Above the Law readers identify the most underrated firms in a wide range of practice areas, from antitrust to bankruptcy to labor and employment to tax….
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2nd Circuit, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, California, Dissolution, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Robinson & Cole, S.D.N.Y., Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
A Welcome Ruling for the New Law Firms of Refugees from Bankrupt Firms
A decision just handed down by a judge of the Southern District of New York has important implications for law firm dissolutions.
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Document Review, Law Schools, Small Law Firms, State Judges, Technology
E-Discovery in Law School: Yes, You Need to Learn This Stuff
Do law students need to learn about electronic discovery? Uh, yes. Yes they do.
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Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, UVA Law
* A District Court judge in Iowa ruled that warrantless GPS tracking is A-OK, despite a very recent Supreme Court ruling saying pretty much the exact opposite. In other words, Judge Mark Bennett said, “Well, I forgot how to give a f**k!” [Threat Level / Wired]
* Is it more amusing that law students at the University of Georgia adopted a “Law Hawk” as an unofficial mascot, or that the student newspaper article about it reads like something out of The Onion? You decide. [Red and Black]* Ogletree Deakins takes Manhattan (and some lawyers from Seyfarth Shaw). [New York Law Journal]
* OK, Marines lawyers. No more excuses, it’s time to suit wire up. Get your tech on, thousands of your jobs may depend on it. [Nightly Business Review]
* A North Carolina judge blocked a death sentence based on racial bias. A lot of people say that everyone’s a little bit racist, but let’s work out our prejudices in the Octagon, not the courtroom, okay? [New York Times]
* Lat discusses blogging v. journalism, why you shouldn’t be stupid, and the state of legal education with UVA School of Law. [Virginia Law Weekly]
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Admin, Announcements, Job Searches, Labor / Employment, Media and Journalism, New York Times
On the Legality of Unpaid Internships
(And: ATL seeks a paid intern.)This week, Seyfarth Shaw announced the arrival of two construction litigators from Howrey, David Mancini and James Newland Jr. The two partners have been on the Seyfarth website for a while, as we noted last week, but Seyfarth made it official on Monday with a press release. The other big news this week at Seyfarth: […]
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Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Howrey Going to Save the Winston Deal?
We’re hearing reports — not yet confirmed, so please take them with the proverbial grain (or shaker) of salt — that Winston & Strawn has rescinded some or all of its offers to partners of Howrey. The supposed catalyst for the collapse: antitrust star Sean Boland, who had been leading the talks on the Howrey […]
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Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Sheppard Mullin, Summer Associates
Howreying for the Exits: More Partner Departures; Bootcamp Gets the Boot
The spinning of the revolving door at the beleaguered Howrey law firm is making our heads spin here at Above the Law. Keeping track of all the partner departures is becoming quite the challenge. We’ve collected some links about the latest partner defections, after the jump. At this rate, it’s not clear how many lawyers […]
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