Wachtell
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Biglaw
Wachtell's New Co-Chairs Likely To Stay The Course With Their Leadership Style
If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- and Wachtell certainly isn't broken. -
Biglaw
Wachtell's Co-Chairs Step Down After 17 Years, Ushering In New Leaders
They led the firm through good times and bad, and still came out ahead of the game. - Sponsored
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Courts
Even The Judge Doesn't Want To Deal With The Elon v. Wachtell Spat
This is judge speak for ‘get someone else to do it.’
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Biglaw
World's Richest Man's Complains About Law Firm's 'Greed'
I'd like to report a murder. The victim is 'irony.' -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.14.23
* This may come as a shock, but new study suggests the public defender system is overburdened. Who could have known other than anyone who listened to public defenders for the last 50 years? [ABA Journal]
* Cleta Mitchell missed out on indictment, but the disgraced former Foley & Lardner lawyer is still leading the election denial movement. So maybe it’s more fair to say she’s escaped indictment so far. [The Intercept]
* For a guy with a Real Housewives pedigree, Tom Girardi does not understand a hot mic. [Law360]
* Wachtell still trying to get its Twitter money. [American Lawyer]
* Court papers can now “slide into your DMs,” proving Twitter really can get worse. [Legaltech News]
* Law firms line up to advise clients on maintaining productive and often client- and investor-demanded diversity programs in the face of activist lawsuits. While other firms cower in fear. [Reuters]
* DISCO chief’s departure causes shares to take a tumble. What’s next for Kiwi Camara? If history is any guide, maybe a company called “Hair Metal.” [Bloomberg Law News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.21.23
* FTC will drop its opposition to the Microsoft-Activision merger. While it’s going to go down as a loss, the agency secured some key concessions from Microsoft over cross-platform access. [Yahoo]
* Everything you need to know about Elon Musk’s complaint over Wachtell’s success fee. [Legal Eagle-YouTube]
* It’s the Women’s World Cup and that means Bethany England will miss her law degree graduation… for a second time. [LegalCheek]
* Federal public defenders likely victims of a congressional budgeting error. As a reminder, the Department of Defense has failed five consecutive audits and can’t find hundreds of millions of dollars. But, yeah, cutbacks at the public defenders. [ABA Journal]
* The importance of the DOJ joining the fight over Mississippi’s whites-only court regime. [Reuters]
* AI companies offer up guardrails in bid to quell growing government scrutiny. Because that always works well when industries self-regulate. [Bloomberg Law News]
* FTX wants hundreds of millions back from SBF. Will they take it in bored ape NFTs? [Law360]
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Biglaw
Elon Musk Sues Wachtell For Being Better Lawyers
Wachtell helped Twitter force Musk to buy the company... now he wants that money back. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.10.23
* Lawyers don’t understand lawyer talk either. [Scientific American]
* While Elon Musk merely whines about Facebook, he actually filed a suit against Wachtell for the $90 million in fees the firm generated whipping Elon in the first place. Now, if he can just get back that $90 million… and then another $30 billion he’d be back where he started. [Law360]
* Law firm mergers aren’t crossing borders as much anymore, which is a pity since merging presents sort of an existential crisis for UK firms. [American Lawyer]
* Sarah Silverman sues AI developers for training on copyrighted material. Defense likely to argue “yeah, but our output still sort of sucks so there’s no harm.” [Reuters]
* Private credit on the rise as core Biglaw practice area, so remember this when the economy collapses in 10 years and everyone cites “private credit.” [Bloomberg Law News]
* “Testi-lied” is super clever! Also super gonna get you censured. [ABA Journal]
* Florida will stop recognizing certain state IDs. In case you needed a “full faith and credit” hypo for your exam. [Yahoo]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.13.23
* Walking through the arraignment process. This is a public service for Donald Trump, since he might not have local counsel at hand to give him this primer. [New York Times]
* Everything you ever wanted to know about the Miami courthouse. [Miami Herald]
* Trump is encouraging his supporters to show up to the arraignment, but analysts aren’t seeing much enthusiasm to go get arrested. [NPR]
* All right, enough of that… the golf merger looks to be in serious trouble, but Wachtell gets to bill either way so it’s all good from our perspective. [American Lawyer]
* Employers must continue to provide health insurance that covers cancer screenings, with a special carveout for plaintiffs citing religious objections who got the Fifth Circuit to strike down the rule. [Reuters]
* Stinson looks to expand into California. There are probably some Barber Ranen lawyers out there looking for a new home. [Bloomberg Law News]
* New York courts shut down paying security expenses for former judges… by that we really mean one specific former judge. [Law360]
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Biglaw
No Stranger To Paying Support After Screwing Around, Elon Musk Faces Twitter Lawsuit Over Failed Deal
Wachtell joins the chat... plans to file suit on behalf of Twitter this week. -
Biglaw
All The Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firms: A Look At The Am Law 100
See which firms came out on top this year!
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Politics
The Lincoln Project Got Every. Damn. Thing. They. Wanted.
Count these Republicans in the winners column. -
Biglaw
Wachtell Is More Than Doubling Up Its Nearest Competitor
We're talking about profits per lawyer. -
Biglaw
Wachtell Partner Is Having None Of Your Bullsh*t During A Freaking Pandemic
Nothing is normal right now. Not even litigation. -
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Biglaw
Wachtell Litigator George Conway Just Can't Help Slamming His Wife's Boss
How embarrassing for the president, his ignorance is on display. -
Government
George Conway Puts Trump's Iraq Policy In Terms Law School Grads Can Understand
All those nights at bar review finally pay off.