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Profiles In Cowardice

Columnist Mark Herrmann thinks about presidents modeling behavior, whether it’s masks in 2020 or telling the truth under oath in the late 1990s.

Elite Litigation Powerhouse Steamrolls The Market With Bountiful Bonuses

Woooooo, big money!

Judge ‘Disturbed’ That Feds Withheld Contact Information For Separated Parents

Naturally, this was disclosed the day before Thanksgiving.

West Coast Biglaw Leader Hands Out Market Bonuses — If You Bill Enough

Failing to hit your hours threshold comes with a financial penalty.

Am Law 100 Firm Announces True-Up Cash Will Be Deposited On Christmas Eve

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas, associates!

Cy Vance May Be The Only Person Keeping New York Deutsche Bankers Busy

Please rise and raise your right hands and prepare to explain everything everyone named ‘Trump’ ever said to you.

Morning Docket: 12.14.20

Seems like a perfectly docile pet.

* Dwight Howard is being sued after allegedly stiffing two women who took care of his snake collection. Guess they’re alleging he might be a “snake in the grass”… [New York Post]

* An El Paso attorney, who died of COVID-19, still won her election for a local judgeship. [KSAT]

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Love In The Time Of Zoom Meetings — See Also

Work/Life Balance: Florida lawyer manages to mix business with pleasure on Zoom call.

Beltway Biglaw Biden: Joe Biden’s granddaughter to join Arnold & Porter. Whatever happened to Kaye Scholer? Remember when they thought their name would survive that merger? Good times.

2020 Claims A Feline Victim: Brazil’s famed Dr. Leon has passed.

Everything’s Bigger In Texas…: Including their terrible lawyering.

America’s First Jewish Federal Judge

Since it's Hanukkah, let's check out a famous first.

90-Day Known Expert: Week 13 Roundup

Content for the missionary AND the congregation.

Curiosity

Curiosity may kill the cat. But intellectual curiosity is essential for an attorney to properly service clients.

Anxiety Is A Real Challenge In Law

Notes to my (legal) self.

GE’s Feel-Good Accounting, Which Invented 6.2 Billion Fake Dollars, Costs Company 200 Million Real Ones

And it goes without saying that $200 million is hard to come by at the General these days.

The Top 10 WTF Things In The Texas Election Suit … So Far

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