Top Firm Gets On Board With $215K Associate Compensation Scale
Raises for everyone!
All Hail These Bonuses
Where there's a Wilmer, there's a way (and a bonus).
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Biglaw Attorney Leaves Firm Over Vaccine Requirement, Wants Everyone To Know He’s A Big Bozo
Just... get vaccinated people. It's not that difficult.
Top 30 Biglaw Firm Changes Billable Hours Policy To Include Bonus Credit For Up To 50 Hours Of Diversity Work
This firm truly cares about the diversity of its workforce.
Biglaw Heavyweight Makes Its Mark On New Associate Compensation
Woohoo! The firm announced a new salary scale much quicker than it did last time.
Will Wilmer Match? Yes… And They Just Did
Every match sends a signal.
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Biglaw Firm Announces Bonuses Up To $30,000 Over Market Rates — If The Billable Hours Are Right
Busy associates are generously rewarded here!
Biglaw Firms Learn The Hard Way: If You Don’t Want Controversy Don’t Pay For A Brett Kavanaugh Event
Kirkland, Sullivan & Cromwell, Gibson Dunn among others called out in new ad campaign.
When Cravath Is A Footnote In Your Biography
This former Cravath attorney went on to bigger and better things.
Doc Review Attorney Demands To Be Seen In Biglaw Departure Email
After 10 years, does anyone know who this even is?
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
At Long Last Biglaw Giant Makes Its Compensation Move
Associates are thrilled they're getting their money.
Morning Docket: 04.10.18
* Now that the FBI is all up in his business, Squire Patton Boggs has cut ties with Michael Cohen. They had been working together in an amorphous strategic alliance that was almost certainly some kind of murky lobbying-related arrangement. [American Lawyer] * Today is Equal Pay Day and in-house counsel hold the key to remedying pay inequality. [Corporate Counsel] * This lawyer's got 99 problems and all of them are a year in prison for trading sex for legal work. [Texas Lawyer] * Trump advised that he can't contribute to legal defense fund. This story assumes the phony billionaire has enough non-debt-financed disposable income to help his cronies, which is a very open question. [Bloomberg] * In shocker, the Texas Supreme Court doesn't understand homosexuality. [Slate] * Wilmer and Foley Hoag seek documents to prove the Family Research Council and the Heritage Foundation drove the administration's decision to ban transgender troops -- since we know the general serving as Secretary of Defense wasn't pushing it. [National Law Journal] * Gawker's liability releases hit snag. [Law360]
D.C. Lawyer Prom
An exciting night honoring D.C.'s brightest legal stars.
Stupid Lawyer Tricks: Legal Tech Edition
Learn from these lawyers' mistakes. Don't allow technology to get the best of you -- or your case.
It Happened AGAIN — Another Biglaw Partner Falls For Internet Prank
Come on, stop falling for this stuff.