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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.06.16
* Rudy Giuliani will be taking a “voluntary leave of absence” from Greenberg Traurig thanks to his activities related to Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency. Is Giuliani’s move truly voluntary, or was the prominent partner forced to take a break as Election 2016 draws closer and the race for the White House becomes even more heated? We’ll have more on this development later today. [Observer]
* In 196 deals with a total volume of $379.6 billion, White & Case is ranked No. 1 on Bloomberg’s M&A charts for global deals in the first three quarters of 2016. The firm surpassed the likes of SullCrom (No. 2), Wachtell Lipton (No. 3), Davis Polk (No. 4), and Skadden (No. 5). This time last year, Skadden was leading the pack. [Big Law Business]
* In one of the first cases related to race that SCOTUS grappled with this Term, some say it appeared as though the justices may side with a black death row inmate in search of a new sentence because his own lawyer used an expert witness at trial who testified that the man was more likely to be dangerous in the future because of his race. [Reuters]
* Government lawyers continue to flock to Biglaw firms, and this time, the lateral hire is a “true patriot, who believes in service to the nation as a calling.” WilmerHale welcomes Alejandro Mayorkas, a former U.S. Attorney who has worked for the the past three years as No. 2 at the Department of Homeland Security. Congratulations! [WSJ Law Blog]
* “I just hope that when people think the rules don’t apply to them, they will think twice before they abuse their power.” Thanks to a California law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, it is now a felony punishable by up to three years in prison for state prosecutors to tamper with evidence or hide exculpatory material from the defense. [Los Angeles Times]
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Litigation Finance, Sponsored Content
Rt. 128 Elite: The Go-To Law Firms of Boston
In our series of White Sandal round-ups, Lake Whillans presents this handy primer on The Go-To Law Firms of Boston.
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Legal Ethics, Politics
Former White House Advisor Took $300K-$600K In Sub-Market Rate Loans From Biglaw Partner
The only thing more troubling than the story is the tone-deaf response. -
Biglaw, Rankings
The Top 10 Most Family-Friendly Law Firms (2016)
Did your firm make the cut for this year's prestigious list? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Another Top-Tier Firm Raises Salaries
There are getting to be fewer and fewer top firms left in the cold. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
What Firms Miss The 'MoneyLaw' Cut?
Now comes everyone's favorite part of the salary wars: the airing of grievances. -
Rankings, Sponsored Content
The Life Sciences Law Firm Index: Patent Category Update
Which law firms were at the top of our patent category through Q1 2016? - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Litigation Finance, Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content
The White Sandal Elite: The Go-To Law Firms of Silicon Valley
Which firms are the best in Silicon Valley? -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
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. -
Litigation Finance
M&A: The Last Refuge For Biotechs Seeking Funding
These are tough times in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries: Funding is drying up, investors are fleeing the space, the IPO door is pretty firmly shut, valuations are dropping, activists are lurking and the headlines are anything but kind. But when the going gets tough, the tough consider strategic alternatives... -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Killing Lockstep, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: 'Very Satisfying' Bonuses -- Plus A Pay Scale Overhaul
Another firm moves away from merit-based compensation and back toward lockstep. -
Rankings, Sponsored Content
Wilson Sonsini, WilmerHale, And Cooley Top New Life Sciences Law Firm Index
Which law firms are the most active and relevant for life science companies? Check out these new rankings to find out.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.03.15
* According to this former Supreme Court clerk, Justice Scalia’s judicial zingers are just like porn in that they’re “titillating, but over time they coarsen the culture of which they are a part.” (Plus, for what it’s worth, the jurist’s audience usually never gets a money shot.) [Washington Post]
* Better late than never? The ABA dropped the hammer on law schools trying to game their employment stats with a new rule that’ll force them to report school-funded jobs as part-time unless certain length and salary reqs are met. [WSJ Law Blog]
* The largest of D.C.’s largest law firms grew even larger over the past year, and thanks to a merger, an outsider firm — Morgan Lewis — managed to infiltrate the capital’s Big Four. Sorry, WilmerHale, but maybe 2016 will be your comeback year. [National Law Journal]
* In other ABA news, the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar rejected a plea for academic credit for paid externships, because we apparently want to keep students as indebted as possible before they begin their professional legal careers. [ABA Journal]
* A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Richard Lee, a known conspiracy theorist, who sought the release of the Seattle police department’s death-scene photographs from Nirvana star Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Hey! Wait! He’ll file a new complaint. [Seattle Times]
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Biglaw, Technology
Which Biglaw Firm Has Blocked Personal Email?
Which firm is banning personal email at work? Hint: it's a bit of a trick question. -
Biglaw, Women's Issues
75 Outstanding Women Attorneys (2015)
Who are the worthy women recognized as outstanding lawyers? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.15
* I guess 15 minutes of fame can really mess with you. The “cute mugshot girl” who took the Internet by storm a while back managed to get arrested again. Negative attention is still attention. [Gawker]
* The DOJ is about to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez. Corruption in New Jersey? [CNN]
* With the assistance of the pro bono legal teams at WilmerHale and Polsinelli, 303 conservatives filed a historic amicus brief in support of marriage equality. [WilmerHale]
* A nice review of “A Conversation on Clerking” moderated by U.S. Supreme Court reporter Anthony Mauro of the National Law Journal, with panelists including our own David Lat; Judge Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and Lucas Townsend, an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. [American Bar Association]
* Looking for an extra $1,000 this year? Enter this legal fiction writing contest. Maybe you’ll write the next Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [The Expert Institute]
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Biglaw, Rankings
Top Litigation Firms By Pedigree: Is Prestige Fate?
How much does law school pedigree correlate with other measures of law firm "success"? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.13.15
* DraftKings targeted in false advertising suit. You mean they don't build a marble statue of you if you win your league? [Broward Palm Beach New Times] * It's law journal submission season -- please publish something more practical than, "the influence of Immanuel Kant on evidentiary approaches in 18th Century Bulgaria." [The Legal Watchdog] -
Biglaw, Rankings
Translating Talent Into 'Success': Another Look At Law School Pedigree
How does expected talent (as measured by law school credentials) correlate with other indicators of “success” (as measured by profits per partner)?