David Lat
Posts by David Lat
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Boutique Law Firms, Labor / Employment, Lateral Moves, Litigators, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sex Scandals, Small Law Firms, Women's Issues
The Revolving Door Continues To Spin At Faruqi & Faruqi
Did Alexandra Marchuk's lawsuit against Faruqi & Faruqi help destabilize the entire firm? -
Fabulosity, Gay, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Lawyerly Lairs: A Law Clerk's $1.7 Million Apartment
How can a law clerk afford such an expensive apartment? Well, he's not your ordinary "law clerk." - Sponsored
Not All Legal AI Is Created Equal
Artificial intelligence is on lawyers’ minds as they evaluate how advancements in technology will affect their work. This white paper examines 5 things to consider… -
Alex Kozinski, Attorney Misconduct, Books, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, White-Collar Crime
Prosecutors Run Amok: An Interview With Sidney Powell, Author Of Licensed To Lie
What can be done to address the growing problem of prosecutorial misconduct?
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Snell & Wilmer, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: 40 Felled In A Reduction In Force
Which firm is making the cuts, and what is the mix between lawyers and staffers? -
Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Are Any Spots Left For October Term 2014?
Can you help us find the two missing SCOTUS clerks for October Term 2014? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
How Did Biglaw Fare In The First Quarter Of 2014?
What are the reasons for optimism in a recent report from Citi Private Bank? -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
Patton Boggs Raises The White Flag In The Chevron Battle
How much is Patton Boggs paying to make this nightmare come to an end? -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
Are The Am Law 100 Rankings Unfair? Let’s Whine About Vereins
Should vereins be counted as single entities for purposes of the Am Law 100 rankings, and did vereins get unfairly slammed in the latest Am Law 100? - Sponsored
A Law Firm Checklist For Successful Transaction Management
The questions to ask to make transaction management your competitive advantage. -
1st Circuit, American Bar Association / ABA, Asians, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, California, Judicial Nominations, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Malpractice, Morning Docket, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Technology, Trials
Morning Docket: 05.06.14
* U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wants to know more about why Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down an anticorruption commission. [New York Times]
* The ABA weighs in on the “unfinished business” controversy affecting bankrupt law firms, their lawyers, and their clients. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Better late than never: students and professors at UC Davis Law are pushing for the posthumous admission to the California bar of Hong Yeng Chang, who was denied a law license in 1890 solely because of his Chinese heritage. [Associated Press; South China Morning Post]
* Speaking of late, a robber sent to prison 13 years late because of a clerical error just got released. [ABA Journal]
* Drones could claim another victim: the First Circuit nomination of Harvard law professor David Barron. [How Appealing]
* Who still wants a landline phone? The jury foreman in the latest Apple-Samsung battle, who is sick and tired of cellphones after the month-long trial. [The Recorder (sub. req.)]
* Not such a Great Adventure: “Cadwalader To Pay $17M In Six Flags Malpractice Fight.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]
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Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Is October Term 2014 Filled Up? Plus A List Of Top Feeder Judges.
Who are the latest Supreme Court clerkship hires, and who are the top feeder judges for the past 5 years? -
Biglaw, Drinking, Partner Issues, Violence
Biglaw Blind Item: A Managing Partner Who Needs To Manage His Drinking
Managing partners are supposed to have everything under control, right? -
Boutique Law Firms, Guns / Firearms, Insurance, Politics, Quote of the Day, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Television, Videos
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later -- As Long As You Have Insurance
Want to see a funny video segment about a controversial way of providing legal services to gun owners? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Shaping Up For Summer
Which law firm just announced double-digit cuts?
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A Law Firm Checklist For Successful Transaction Management
Not All Legal AI Is Created Equal
How To Build And Manage Your Law Firm Rate Sheet
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Trust The Process: How To Build And Manage Workflows In Law Firms
How Savvy Lawyers Build Their Law Firm Rate Sheet
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Basketball, Biglaw, Kimba Wood, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day, Racism, Sports, Twittering
Adam Silver v. Donald Sterling: A Tale Of Two Lawyers
Embattled billionaire Donald Sterling and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver are both lawyers; let's look at their professional pedigrees. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2014 Am Law 100: 'The Super Rich Get Richer'
How did your firm fare in this year’s Am Law 100 rankings? -
Bar Exams, Screw-Ups, Technology, Weirdness
Congrats, February Bar Passers!(And how one New Yorker got early results.)
How did one New York bar exam candidate get early word? -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Women's Issues
This Is Not Your Father's Harvard Law School
Dean Martha Minow of Harvard Law School offers thoughts on how HLS has changed over the years, how failure can be good, and whether law school is a smart investment. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Mergers and Acquisitions, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Private Equity, Texas
Musical Chairs: Kirkland Raids A Rival To Launch In Houston
Which promising young partner just got pirated away by Kirkland? -
Crime, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Quote of the Day, Trials, Violence
A Shocking Shooting, Inside A Courthouse
Could what happened yesterday in Salt Lake City happen anywhere? -
Biglaw, Dissolution, Fabulosity, Goldman Sachs, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A $16 Million Brooklyn Brownstone
Which defunct law firm did the owner of this home once work for?