Prominent Law Firm Now Offering $150K Signing Bonus For Federal Clerks
This is now the highest signing bonus being offered for former federal clerks. Will other firms match these big bonuses?
Stroock Suffers High-Profile Departure As Judge Shira Schiendlin Heads To Boies Schiller Amid Merger Talks
The former federal judge did not have the urge to merge, citing too many conflicts.
Why Better Financial Acumen is the Key to Law Firm Success in 2025
From training to technology, uncover the essential steps to futureproof your law firm in a competitive market.
Former Biglaw Partner Loses His Bid For Congress
The elite legal pedigree didn't translate into the win.
Biglaw Firm Pledges To Keep Fighting To Protect Abortion Rights In America
Defending abortion access will be absolutely essential in our post-Dobbs world.
Another Biglaw Firm Is Showing Associates Their Cravath Cash
Money, money, money!
Are The Stories About Your Law Firm Worth Telling?
Recent events at Boies Schiller highlight the fragility of firms and the importance of culture.
How Lexis’ CounselLink+ Reimagines The Redline
Contracts are now integrated into an end-to-end system, and efficiencies abound.
Another Biglaw Firm Is Showing Associates The Milbank Money
Money makes the Biglaw world go 'round.
Boies Schiller Makes An Associate Compensation Move Of Their Own
Associates can expect a nice pay day.
Morning Docket: 06.04.21
* Emails between blood-testing company Theranos's founder Elizabeth Holmes and lawyers at Boies Schiller will be permitted as evidence at Holmes's criminal trial. Hope there is no "bad blood" between Holmes and the lawyers... [Wall Street Journal] * Noted defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey passed away yesterday at 87. [Washington Post] * Check out this article on how amicus briefs impacted the Supreme Court's 2020 term. [Juris Lab] * A lawsuit claims metal shards were put in a worker's meal after she complained about racial slurs being used in her presence. [AP] * Illinois has extended a law permitting cocktails to go and is allowing bars to offer free alcohol to vaccinated patrons. Bottoms up! [CBS News]
Boies Schiller Promised Associates Raises, But So Far, They Haven’t Materialized
UPDATE: The firm says there's nothing to worry about and associate raises are on the way.
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
The Upswing In Biglaw Partner Departures
Which firms have had the most partners leave this year?
Morning Docket: 05.18.20
* Boies Schiller has been hit with a malpractice lawsuit over a representation involving water balloon patents. The litigants should just have a water balloon fight to settle the dispute. [American Lawyer] * Charges have been dropped against a Tampa megachurch pastor who was accused of violating Florida's safer-at-home orders. [Fox News] * An attorney for Quinton Dunbar, an NFL player accused of armed robbery, claims he has affidavits proving his client's innocence. [Boston Globe] * A federal judge has called "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli "delusional" while rejecting his request for early release to help find a treatment for COVID-19. [Hill] * A lawsuit has been filed against SeaWorld San Diego for continuing to charge annual pass fees while the park is closed due to COVID-19. [NBC News] * Tiffany Trump celebrated her graduation from Georgetown Law this weekend. From one "Hoya Lawya" to another, congrats! [Yahoo News]
Morning Docket: 02.11.20
* The New York Attorney General is suing DHS over restrictions on the access of New York residents to Global Entry and Trusted Traveler Programs. JFK and LaGuardia are a mess already... [Fox News] * Boies Schiller is facing partner departures amid leadership changes at the firm. [American Lawyer] * A lawyer has been suspended from practice for backdating a filing. Maybe this attorney hopped in his DeLorean and the papers were timely filed? [Virginia Lawyers Weekly] * Michael Flynn's disagreements with his former counsel have delayed his sentencing. [Talking Points Memo] * Harvey Weinstein's lawyer has confirmed that Weinstein definitely needs a walker and has not watched Curb Your Enthusiasm recently. Really need to check out the latest season of Curb. [Deadline]
Elizabeth Wurtzel, Literary Lioness And Lawyer, Dies At 52
The famed memoirist -- a Yale Law graduate, former Boies Schiller associate, and staple of ATL's pages -- belonged to the legal as well as literary community.
Morning Docket: 12.13.19
* President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen is asking for a sentence reduction. Guess President Trump's former fixer is not enjoying his time in "Club Fed." [CNBC] * The alleged Boston Marathon bomber's lawyer has argued that the jury pool was tainted and that the bomber's death sentence conviction should be thrown out. [NBC News] * The Supreme Court has been urged to review a constitutional challenge to the high tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Hopefully, the justices will look into the New Jersey turnpike next. [Penn Live] * A defeated governor is accused of handing out an insane number of pardons on his way out the door, even catching some of the pardoned prisoners completely by surprise. [Washington Post] * Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has begun succession planning so that the firm can continue long past David Boies' tenure. [Wall Street Journal] * A Florida politician is accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from a law firm, and buying items from a sex toy store, among other purchases. Maybe he'll argue that this was a business expense... [CBS Miami]