Wall Street Journal
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Wall Street Journal
An Article To Send To Your Family and Friends to Explain How Screwed You Are
Those inside the legal bubble know that it’s a terrible time to be graduating from law school, so as Ashby Jones notes, this Wall Street Journal article about the sucky job market for law grads holds few surprises. Well, really no surprises: it’s tough this year for law grads. But it’s good that the Wall […] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Wall Street Journal
Under Attack, Should the Billable Hour Be Concerned For Its Safety?
Is there really blood in the water around the billable hour? Or are we simply hearing an updated version of a familiar refrain? This morning the Wall Street Journal took another look at killing the billable hour (subscription): People who follow the world of law firms know, among so much else, two things: 1) that […] - Sponsored
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Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street Journal
White Powder Scare at WSJ & HLS
Today there were white powder scares at some venerable institutions. The Wall Street Journal editors were targeted this morning, as were professors at Harvard Law School. Many tipsters believe that Professor Alan Dershowitz was targeted. HLS just sent around this message reassuring students: Dear members of the HLS Community, Earlier today, a letter delivered to […]
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Media and Journalism, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
Reporting the Law: A Year-End Review
Last week, we attended and reported on a talk at UVA Law School by Dahlia Lithwick, who discussed covering the Supreme Court. Now we bring you coverage of another interesting event, featuring more navel-gazing by legal journalists: Reporting the Law: A Year-End ReviewNew York Law School Moderator: Brian Lehrer, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC Panelists: […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, Blog Wars, Hillary Clinton, Job Searches, Job Survey, Loyola Law School, Reader Polls, Wall Street Journal
Featured Survey Results: Polls, Bloggers and Job Searches
Time is running out on this month’s ATL Lawyer of the Year and Second Favorite Blog After ATL polls, both sponsored by ATL and Lateral Link. So far, we’re up to just over 2,600 votes for Lawyer of the Year, and Wall Street Journal pick Loyola 2L is still going strong. Meanwhile, Barack Obama has […] -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Media and Journalism, Summer Associates, Wall Street Journal
Nationwide Layoff Watch: More Cadwalader Coverage(Because You Just Can't Get Enough, It Seems)
We resume our wall-to-wall coverage of the recent associate layoffs at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Here are the latest news articles and tidbits: 1. Highlights from an article by Anthony Lin, in the New York Law Journal: [M]ost of the laid-off lawyers worked in Cadwalader’s New York headquarters though the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office was […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Wall Street Journal
Non-Top-Tier Law Schools: Brooklyn Law Strikes Back
Reactions were varied to Amir Efrati’s controversial, widely read, front-page Wall Street Journal story about the job prospects for graduates of non-elite law schools. Some students and alumni of non-top-tier law schools hailed the piece for revealing some dirty secrets about American legal education. But not everyone was so pleased. From a tipster at Brooklyn […] -
Aaron Charney, Antitrust, Biglaw, Gay, Media and Journalism, Microsoft, Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Peter Lattman Really WAS Out of Town on Assignment
But it was much more fun to speculate that he was pulling a Judith Miller, hiding out because of his role in Brokeback Lawfirm. As it turns out, there’s pretty much no doubt that Aaron Charney leaked the Goldman Sachs / Sullivan & Cromwell reviews to Peter Lattman and the Wall Street Journal (as if […] - Sponsored
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Aaron Charney, Anna Schneider-Mayerson, Biglaw, David Braff, Media and Journalism, Nathan Koppel, New York Observer, Pictures, Robert Kolker, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney: A Photo Essay (Part 1)
Here is the first set of our photographs from yesterday’s hearing in New York Supreme Court in the lawsuit(s) between Aaron Charney and Sullivan & Cromwell (litigation nickname still to be determined). We’ve taken a page from the Lavi Soloway playbook: these photos are thumbnail images. If you click on the thumbail, you’ll be able […] -
Aaron Charney, Biglaw, Gay, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney: S&C's Complaint
The WSJ Law Blog has just posted a copy of the Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney complaint. You can access it by clicking here (PDF). How exciting! We’ll have some thoughts on it shortly. If you’ve already read the S&C Complaint, please opine in the comments. Lavi Soloway’s already all over the story. As Soloway […] -
Aaron Charney, Anal Sex / Butt Sex, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Eric Krautheimer, H. Rodgin Cohen, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Oy, Peter Lattman, Rudeness, Screw-Ups, Stephanie Wheeler, Wall Street Journal
Sullivan & Cromwell: Because Charney v. S&C Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Well before Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell was ever filed, the venerable law firm was dealing with some serious issues. As aptly summarized by New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, “Sullivan & Cromwell lost about 30 percent of its associates in 2004 and 2005. It might take more than a raise to fix that.” From a fascinating […] -
Bad Ideas, Blogging, Media and Journalism, Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal, Weirdness, WSJ Law Blog
Peter and Ashby,
Don’t give up on your day jobs. This is our haiku. We Haiku. Do You? [WSJ Law Blog] -
Morgan Stanley, Musical Chairs, Peter Lattman, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Law Blog
Musical Chairs: 09.21.06
Lateral Moves: * Tax litigators B. John Williams, Jr. and Alan Swirski, to Skadden Arps (DC), from Shearman & Sterling (DC). The WSJ Law Blog refers to the two men as “Tax Litigation Studs.” First: What do these guys look like? Second: Is using the word “stud” conduct unbecoming an MSM blog? (Just kidding, Peter.) […]
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