Skadden

Top 10 Firm Smacks Its Associates Across The Face With Money

An Am Law Top 10 player matches Cravath.

ATL’s Top Law Firm Bankruptcy Practices

These are the firms that work to allow distressed corporations a fresh start.

Absolutely Insane Law Firm Recruiting Pamphlet

You have to feel bad for these lawyers.

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.

NY To $190K: Who Will Lead The Charge?

A Biglaw pay raise will happen (someday); when it does, who will be the first mover?

Morning Docket: 05.05.16

* Florida public defender disbarred over sex and drugs with inmates. Amazingly, this is not just an update of this story about... a Florida public defender allegedly caught banging an inmate. What's going on with these Florida public defenders? [NY Daily News] * Law firms know they need to radically change their model and yet haven't done anything about it. But they're telling GCs it's the clients' fault for not pushing firms harder to change. Holy blame the victim, Batman. [Law360] * As some of you may have heard by now, Milbank Tweed is ditching its downtown home for relatively law firm-free Chelsea. Cue Steve Winwood: "Back on the High Line again..." [Real Estate Weekly] * Law school rechristening its building over its namesake's KKK ties. Political correctness run amok -- remember when you could support lawless acts of terrorism against minorities and be venerated by institutions of higher learning? [CBS News] * Judge Alan Simon has already received a suspension after a commission found a "history of bullying and verbally abusing court staffers" and now he may be losing his job. [Law360] * Cass Sunstein explains the Constitution with Darth Vader's help. As it turns out he's got a book about it too (affiliate link). [National Law Journal] * A panel discusses the labor and employment implications of legalized marijuana. Pretty sure Afroman already covered these when he intoned: "I was gonna go to work but then I got high/I just got a new promotion but I got high/now I'm selling dope and I know why yea hey/cause I got high/cause I got high/cause I got high." [Corporate Counsel] * A breakthrough, "gotcha" moment on cross-examination in a big case is such a holy grail achievement of Matlockian proportions that we should celebrate it whenever it happens. Skadden managed to net one in a $2.1 billion suit this week. [Litigation Daily] * Kirkland & Ellis offering "emotional fitness training" at its offices. Pretty sure the curriculum for Biglaw attorneys should be a primer on Wheaton's Law and this video with the word "baseball" replaced with "law." [Kirkland & Ellis]

Stats Of The Week: The Last Of The True Biglaw Partnerships

As Biglaw begins to run itself more like a “business,” vestiges of the traditional law partnership have started to fall away.

What’s The Biggest Law Firm In The Country?

There's a new champion law firm when it comes to headcount.

Is Chicago Challenging New York For M&A Dominance?

Can the Windy City blow NYC out of its traditional top perch in M&A work?

The Best Law Firms In America According To In-House Counsel

Who has the best law firm brand? And what embarrassing ATL stories have they overcome to keep it?

Join A Group Of Biglaw Associates Giving Public Interest Law A Boost

An exciting opportunity to put your Biglaw money and skills to good use.

Non-Sequiturs: 01.13.16

* Skadden associate Corey Laplante started a grant foundation to support legal aid and litigation-related nonprofits -- and he wants your help. [Bloomberg / Big Law Business] * Oh, so you're a recent law grad, have actually found a job, but now realize you hate it? Guess what? YOU ARE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. [Slate] * Are you pissed because that SoulCycle class certificate expired before you had a chance to use it? Then you might be interested in this class action. [Jezebel] * Why are there so few conservative law professors? [TaxProf Blog] * Ted Cruz takes a swing at his former law professor because Laurence Tribe is a Hillary supporter. Ummm, okay? [Talking Points Memo] * Want to know the easiest way to succeed in law school? Listen to DJ Khaled. [Ms. JD]

Judith Kaye, First Woman To Serve As New York’s Top Judge, R.I.P.

The legal profession just lost one of its great leaders.