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Technology
Stupid Lawyer Tricks: Legal Tech Edition
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Biglaw
It Happened AGAIN -- Another Biglaw Partner Falls For Internet Prank
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Biglaw
WilmerHale And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Of Leaking Client Whistleblower Docs To The WSJ
The one simple thing you can do right now to avoid ending up like the lawyers in this story.
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Biglaw
Biglaw Leaders Denounce Trump's Repulsive Rhetoric On Charlottesville
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.11.17
* President Donald Trump rejects reports that he’s considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller, while offering a less-than-ringing endorsement of his relationship with Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “It is what it is.” [New York Times]
* Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, whose house was the subject of a predawn raid by the FBI, parts ways with WilmerHale and goes back to his former lawyers at Miller & Chevalier. [National Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, the Trump administration files its opening brief in the Supreme Court in the travel ban litigation. [How Appealing]
* Georgetown Law launches a new con-law center, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, led by star SCOTUS litigator Neal Katyal, former National Security Council official Joshua Geltzer, and former Justice Department official Mary McCord. [ABA Journal]
* Some Democratic senators claim that the White House isn’t consulting them enough about judicial nominations. [Politico]
* The hype may exceed the reality on alternative-fee arrangements — but not at pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, which takes an aggressive and innovative approach to AFAs. [Am Law Daily]
* Settling the “pink slime” litigation cost Disney/ABC how much? [How Appealing]
* Also not cheap: the costs of bad-faith discovery spoliation. [Big Law Business]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues
Stats Of The Week: The Great Associate Pay Raise Of 2016
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Biglaw
The 2017 A-List Arrives To Salve That Itch You Had For Another Law Firm Ranking This Week
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Biglaw, Rankings, Women's Issues
Best Biglaw Firms For Women Who Actually Want To Make Partner
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.30.17
* “Gimmie an L!” Antitrust suit brought by Oakland Raiders cheerleaders dismissed. On the bright side, they’re all losing their jobs to a bunch of Vegas “dancers” soon anyway. [Litigation Daily]
* Cleary prevailed in the discrimination suit brought against it, but the real story here is a reminder that Trump made a dating show and now he has nuclear codes. [Law.com]
* Russian bank sues Buzzfeed over “Pissgate,” which is really more of a “Pissghazi.” [Courthouse News Service]
* The biggest 400 law firms in the country. Did we really need to go all the way to 400? [Law360]
* Speaking of accolades you didn’t think we needed, Wilmer Hale is the D.C. Litigation Department of the Year. [National Law Journal]
* Ralph Baxter is toying with a congressional run in West Virginia. So… somebody expects a 2018 Democratic wave. [Am Law Daily]
* How to reform the MDL process? Get more judges involved. [Corporate Counsel]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.24.17
* President Donald Trump has hired his longtime lawyer, Marc Kasowitz of Kasowitz Benson, to represent him as his independent counsel in the investigation of claims that his campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. Is anyone really surprised that Trump chose to hire Kasowitz? Moreover, is anyone really surprised that he’d further complicate hiring Joe Lieberman as FBI director by doing so? [FOX Business]
* In somewhat related news, despite having worked as a partner at WilmerHale — a firm that represents former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort as well as Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner — Robert Mueller has been approved by ethics experts at the Justice Department to go ahead as special counsel in the Trump/Russia investigation, as he did not participate in those matters. Things are about to start heating up. [NPR]
* President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 fiscal budget includes a $1.1 billion cut in funding for the Department of Justice. The $27.7 billion request for the DOJ represents a 3.8 percent decrease from its current funding level, while the antitrust division’s funding will remain the same, at just under $165 million. It makes you wonder which initiatives will be discontinued. [Big Law Business]
* Speaking of the Trump budget, American Bar Association President Linda A. Klein has spoken out against it, criticizing its “egregious cuts to the Constitution’s promise of a fair legal process.” Funding for the Legal Services Corporation and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program have been completely eliminated, and if the money is not reinstated, “severe damage [could be done] to the most vulnerable people in our society.” [ABA Journal]
* Convicted killer Dylann Roof, who was found guilty of 33 federal charges, including hate crimes and religious rights violations, has appealed his conviction and his death sentence to the Fourth Circuit. According to his lawyers, Roof wanted to appeal to drag the case on as long as possible, since he thinks white supremacists will eventually take over the country and pardon him. Wow. [AP]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.22.17
* Joe Lieberman is senior counsel at Kasowitz Benson, one of President Donald Trump’s go-to law firms, and now that he’s considered to be a frontrunner for FBI director, someone has been desperately trying to edit the firm’s Wikipedia page to remove Trump from its list of notable clients. Gizmodo did some investigation as to who was trying to cover up the fact that Lieberman has a relationship with Trump’s longtime lawyer, Marc Kasowitz. [Gizmodo]
* Now that Robert Mueller has been appointed as special counsel in the investigation of possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, the DOJ is exploring possible conflicts of interest with his former law firm, WilmerHale. Coincidentally, the firm represents former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, but its GC says Mueller had nothing to do with those matters. [Washington Post]
* “You ain’t going to impeach nobody. Try it and we will lynch all of you. You’ll be hanging from a tree.” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump on the House floor last week, and now he’s being threatened. Green is unwilling to allow the racial hostility to deter him from doing the “right thing,” which he believes, in this case, means proceeding with impeachment proceedings against the president. [Houston Chronicle]
* Much has gone down in the $50 million Jane Doe/Proskauer gender discrimination case since we last checked in. It seems that one judge ruled that Doe need not be unmasked and may continue to use a pseudonym in her action against the firm, and another judge ordered that notes from Doe’s mediation with the firm be preserved, as she claims that a fellow partner allegedly threatened to fire her because of her complaints while there. [ABA Journal]
* “I’ve never known how many students didn’t come because of the old building. I’m quite certain that none came because of the old building.” Twenty years and $80 million dollars later, and the University of South Carolina School of Law finally has a shiny new building to show off that the administration is hoping will not only entice new students to enroll, but also increase its U.S. News law school ranking next year. The school is currently tied for 88th place. [Post and Courier]
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Life Science, Sponsored Content
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Health Care / Medicine, Life Science
Finding A Way Through A Tight Deal Space
Leaders of WilmerHale’s life sciences practice share trends they see regarding acquisitions and initial public offerings. -
Biglaw, Donald Trump, Justice, Politics
Should Lawyers And Law Firms Pay A Price For Normalizing The Trump Regime?
At what point are lawyers complicit in Trump's attempts to destabilize American democracy? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.21.17
* Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it… especially when it’s rumored that you were the inspiration for seminal 80s character Ferris Bueller and you’re now under consideration to be Preet Bharara’s replacement as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Edward McNally works for Kasowitz Benson now, but he’s reportedly a leading contender for the job. [Wall Street Journal]
* Preet Bharara, on the other hand, is now considering taking up teaching at a prestigious law school — like Columbia, Harvard, or NYU — or going into private practice at a prestigious Biglaw firm — like Gibson Dunn or WilmerHale. Who knew being fired after refusing to resign could work out so well? [Wall Street Journal]
* Sources claim that President Trump will nominate Makan Delrahim to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Currently employed as a deputy in the Office of White House Counsel, Delrahim previously served in the DOJ antitrust division from 2003 to 2005 as deputy assistant attorney general under President Bush. [Big Law Business]
* “The noise about lawyers is much more positive right now. Before, it was just negative noise.” Law schools may be thanking our president for something that’s being referred to as the “Trump bump.” Some speculate that applications will surge thanks to the legal profession’s prominence in the turbulent early days of his reign. [National Law Journal]
* “They say a woman’s place is in the house. I say it’s in the courthouse.” The lawyers at New York firm Meyer-Kessler & Shulevitz refer to themselves “double trouble,” claim they represent the “new feminism,” and they wear bright pink designer outfits every time they go to court. We may have more on this dynamic duo later. [New York Daily News]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: How To Keep Your Associates Happy
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.10.17
* The confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. attorney general get underway today; here’s what to watch for. [How Appealing]
* Biglaw faces big challenges today, and even top law firms need to up their game. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law (and also holder of an NYU Law degree), will serve as senior adviser to President Trump; Kushner’s lawyer, Jamie Gorelick of WilmerHale, dismissed nepotism and conflict-of-interest concerns. [Washington Post]
* Speaking of conflicts, it’s probably a wise idea for Supreme Court justices to unload their holdings of individual stocks — as a recent snafu involving Chief Justice John Roberts suggests. [New York Times]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, the Court heard arguments yesterday in a case about a Colorado law making it more difficult for criminal defendants whose convictions get overturned to obtain refunds of fines and restitution they previously paid. [How Appealing]
* Here is Chris Geidner’s assessment of the where the Court is right now — and how it might change after President Trump’s first appointment, to be announced sometime after inauguration. [BuzzFeed]
* And here is a detailed dossier on one of Trump’s SCOTUS finalists, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit. [U.S. Law Week / Bloomberg BNA]
* What can we expect from the SEC if Sullivan & Cromwell partner Jay Clayton is confirmed as chair? Thoughts from Peter J. Henning. [DealBook / New York Times]
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Life Science, Rankings, Sponsored Content
Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Thought Leadership Category Update
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Biglaw, Racism
In Time Of Political Unrest, Former Biglaw Managing Partner Told To 'Go Back To [His] Own Country'
This is incredibly troubling.