Top 30 Biglaw Firm’s Leader Thinks AI Will Help His Firm Soar To The Top
Cleary Gottlieb's managing partner wants the firm to move up in the Am Law 100 ranking. Can AI help get the job done?
Hey, Might Want To Pick Up The Phone! The Money Is Calling!
Forecast says 100% chance of Benjamins.
The Fifth-Year Dilemma: Do I Stay Or Do I Go (In-House)?
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
How To Go In-House, And How To Excel Once You’re There: An Interview With David Stiepleman
After graduating from Columbia Law and spending five years at Cleary, David worked as an in-house lawyer at Goldman Sachs and Fortress Investment Group, before becoming COO of a multibillion-dollar business.
The Second Most Profitable Law Firm In The Country Gets In On The Associate Compensation Game
There was never a reason for the firm to skimp on associate compensation.
Associate Bonus Watch: Biglaw Dominoes Are Falling Into Place
Which Biglaw firms have already ponied up the big bucks?
Rejection Letter Of The Day: A Firm That’s Willing To Completely Destroy Your Self-Esteem
This is absolutely awful.
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.
Higher Pay For Fewer Summer Associates — But Layoffs May Be Looming
Don't let those cushy paychecks distract you from the underlying news here...
Associate Bonus Watch: Cleary Gottlieb
A new managing partner, new partners and counsel, and a new bonus memo (on a familiar scale).
Cleary Gottlieb’s New Partner Class: Where Are The Women?
The firm just announced 16 new partners and counsel, and only one was a woman.
Move Over Wachtell, There’s A New Firm At The Top — Vault Top 100 Firms (2017)
There's a new most prestigious firm in town.
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.
Speak Up, Rise Up, Lift Up
Congratulations to the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) on the success of its annual dinner.
Associate Bonus Watch: Two More Matches — Including One From A Major Player
One of these firms is a shop that might have given Cravath a run for its money.
2016 Vault Law Firm Rankings: Self-Perpetuating Prestige
There's surprisingly little change in this year's list, but it's still always interesting to see who's rising and who's falling.
Associate Bonus <strike>Watch</strike> Wars: Cleary Strikes Back!
Cleary will not be outdone by Davis Polk and Sullivan & Cromwell.
Morning Docket: 12.05.14
* A former Cleary Gottlieb associate will be a very rich man after The Lending Club, the company he founded post-Biglaw, completes its IPO. [American Lawyer] * Marriage equality won't arrive in Mississippi just yet. [How Appealing] * The federal civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner could complicate Loretta Lynch's nomination to serve as attorney general. [New York Times] * In other news about excessive use of force by police, the U.S. Department of Justice just blasted Cleveland's department for abysmal record-keeping about such incidents. [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * And what does possible 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton think about police abuses? [New York Times] * Non-random appellate panels in the federal courts are far more common than you might think, reports Alison Frankel. [Reuters via How Appealing] * A smart and thoughtful review by Rosemarie Yu of my new book, Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [New York Law Journal] * Eugene Ingoglia, one of the S.D.N.Y. prosecutors who helped send Harvard Law cheater Mathew Martoma to prison, will be joining Morvillo LLP as a partner. [DealBook / New York Times] * Former federal government lawyer Michael Richter: "It’s Not Top-Secret If You Can Google It." [Wall Street Journal] * Congratulations to eBrevia, a legal technology company we've previously profiled, on raising $1.5 million in seed funding. [Law Technology News]