Billing

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.20.15

* Stingrays -- no, not the kind that killed the Crocodile Hunter, but the kind that are used to determine cell phone locations and intercept messages -- have been deemed by a judge as too powerful for law enforcement to use without safeguards. [Ars Technica] * On the ethics of misrepresentations in negotiations. [Associate's Mind] * You shouldn't have to feel bad about billing 2,000 hours -- even if everyone around you is billing 2,500. [Bashful Buffalo Marketing] * The latest buzz from the world of family law: judge rules a divorced couple's frozen embryos should be destroyed. [LA Times] * The controversy surrounding the new documentary The Hunting Ground about sexual assault on campus features an incident at Harvard Law School. [Slate]

By Kathryn Rubino
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 03.03.14

* If your firm has not yet given in to the demands of corporate clients for more reasonable billing structures, please be aware that a) your firm is behind the times, and b) you better be prepared to get your white shoes scuffed. [Boston Globe] * Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the fairest firm of them all? According to the 2014 Acritas Brand Index survey, Skadden is the firm on everyone’s mind — for the third year in a row. They must be doing something right. Congrats! [Am Law Daily] * Part of this former staff attorney’s discrimination suit against Quinn Emanuel was dismissed, but as our editor, Elie Mystal, mused when he first heard of this case, it’s likely “the only color Quinn cares about is green.” [New York Law Journal] * Trendspotting: Because fast-growing technology equals fast-growing money when it comes to the law, LeClairRyan is the second firm in the U.S. to open up a drone practice group. [Richmond Times-Dispatch] UPDATE (1:00 p.m.): Actually, Kramer Levin launched its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Practice Group back in December 2013, as noted by the ABA Journal and Bloomberg News. * Bachelorette-in-waiting Andi Dorfman was granted an unpaid leave of absence from her job as an ADA to star in this summer’s edition of the reality show. We guess her boss gave her career a rose. [Daily Report]

By Staci Zaretsky