Ex-Banker Relishing Life Free Of Wall Street’s Rabid Facial Hair Discrimination
Rank and file financial services employees who would otherwise ditch their razors still face prejudice about letting their facial hair follicles run free.
Why Some Firms Are Leading The Market With Generative AI
A culture of innovation with strategic AI like Lexis+ AI is revolutionizing law firms by boosting efficiency and deepening client relationships.
Non-Sequiturs: 07.09.15
* If Taylor Swift doesn't like a photographer she just shakes it off... and then roughs him up according to her contract. [Gawker] * Bankers commit crimes for the dumbest reasons. [Dealbreaker] * Chadbourne closes its Beijing office, leaving the firm with no more boots on the ground in Asia. It's like the Asian Pivot... but backward. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * The Florida Supreme Court just ordered the legislature to redraw some of the state's congressional districts before 2016. All that hard gerrymandering work for nothing, huh? [Reuters via Yahoo News] * Richard Hsu of Shearman & Sterling and the host of the Hsu Untied podcast finds himself on the other side of this interview. [One-400] * Massively underpaying lawyers. It's not just for Massachusetts any more. [Legal Cheek] * Katten Muchin is back in hot water after the Seventh Circuit revived a malpractice suit. [Law 360] * Judge Rakoff relishes an opportunity to sit by designation on the Second Circuit. [Dealbreaker] * A reminder that Bloomberg BNA is hosting its inaugural Big Law Business Summit next week to hear from in-house counsel about the evolving relationship between Biglaw and its clients. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
Should Big Trouble For Big Banks Generate Big Legal Bills? Not Necessarily
Two observers of the legal industry argue that when it comes to legal spending, sometimes less is more.
Be A Part Of The 1% Of Lawyers And Bankers Who Are Actually Interesting
Rob Jordan explores how good use of technology can improve conversation at networking events.
Non-Sequiturs: 01.10.13
* Wait, are we really going to have to debate the legal merits of this platinum coin thing? Really? Can’t Congress just not hold the country hostage so we don’t have to start messing around with crazy coins and the Fourteenth Amendment? Like, you don’t have to start doing bats**t crazy Carrie Mathison things if you don’t let terrorists take Nicholas Brody in the first place. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * There was another school shooting today. It just makes you wonder if the terrible reign ushered in by Grand Theft Auto will ever end. At least, in this case, the teacher was armed to the teeth WITH WORDS to TALK DOWN the shooter. [Huffington Post] * “Illegal” trades don’t mean the same thing to bankers as they do to everybody else. Well, that’s not true. Maybe the disconnect is more with the word “consequences.” [Dealbreaker] * Yeah, I’m going to go on and say that I’m not going to believe anything coming out of the Trayvon Martin police report. Just like I wasn’t considering anything coming out of racist ass Mark Fuhrman. [Tampa Bay Times] * There’s a lot to lose if Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act gets struck down. [Slate] * I suppose it’s good that lawyers don’t have “I’m going to do a half-assed job here” fees. [Underdog]
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Non-Sequiturs: 09.11.12
* Obama has made more women federal judges than any other president in history. But he still has a long way to go to match Bill Clinton’s record for being judged by women. [Wall Street Journal] * Let’s agree that neither of the people running for president should be a tax lawyer. [Going Concern] * This story about law firms involved in a class action suit allows me to quote one of the great Abraham Lincoln lines, as retold by the late Shelby Foote: “There’s too many pigs for the tits.” [Forbes] * Proof that bankers have a better life. [Dealbreaker] * Did you know that there is a typo on the Liberty Bell? [Josh Blackman's Blog] * Louisiana has a problem with deadbeat corporations that owe money to the state. Apparently, businesses run from their debts just as well as students. [Lexis Tax Community]
Things You Can Do With a Law Degree: Bank Teller
Last week, Elie derisively noted that legal blogs were pushing a silly story in U.S. News about great careers that you can pursue with a law degree. No matter how bad legal hiring gets, law schools like pushing the "you can do anything with a law degree" angle, based on the anecdotal evidence of those who were lucky enough to parlay their J.D. degrees into something non-legal. Obviously, Elie's got some anecdotes of his own. But here's a job, a real live job, that's actually being offered to law students as we speak (or type). If you really want to know "what you can do with a law degree," take a freaking look....
Bankers Return; Can Lawyers Be Far Behind?
Despite the depressing efforts of Marin County and Michigan Law School, there is a leading indicator that could portend good news for Biglaw lawyers. Wall Street is hiring bankers again. Bloomberg reports: Firms are adding jobs for the first time in two years, rebuilding businesses cut during the financial crisis and offering guaranteed payouts to […]