* Is Kirkland really worth twice as much as the next most valuable Biglaw firm? That seems like an inordinately massive gap. [American Lawyer]
* Young lawyer went to police station drunk, carrying cocaine. He’s no longer a young lawyer. [Legal Cheek]
* Michael Avenatti’s now charged with stealing from Stormy Daniels. Remember when fighting a partner over whether or not he deserved a share of billables was considered an Avenatti scandal? [Law360]
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* Lawyers, especially criminal defense and legal aid attorneys, can take on the emotional burden of their clients’ troubles causing personal trauma just in case you needed a better argument to go into ERISA. [Daily Business Review]
* Qualcomm shellacked by antitrust ruling and Judge Koh went straight at the lawyers working in-house at the company. [NY Times]
* Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers have gone to court to get almost half a million in back pay from the producer. [Page Six]
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* Roughly 70 percent of Biglaw declined to follow Milbank in raising salaries to the $190K scale. [American Lawyer]