Daniel Petrocelli

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.09.16

* Let's just cut to the chase. You want to know what salary news you may have missed since you last checked in with us. Here's the roster of movement news -- good, bad, and indifferent -- from yesterday: Cleary, Simpson, Holwell, Covington, Debevoise, Quinn Emanuel, Winston, SullCrom, Kirkland, Skadden, Freshfields, Cooley, Davis Polk. If you're ever worried that you've missed any of our coverage, check out our omnibus 2016 salary page where we collect all these stories. [Above the Law / 2016 Salary Increase] * Speaking of a firm that hasn't announced salary changes yet -- seamless transition! -- Dentons is having to field some tough offshore tax scandal questions. That said, since they employ 4 out of 5 lawyers in the world things like this were inevitable. [Am Law Daily] * Former Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez hires Casey Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, and Thabo Sefolosha's lawyer, Alex Spiro. No word on Hernandez and Baez's fee arrangement. [Fox61] * The Justice Department offers 6 tips for presenting your client's merger to federal agencies. Being a top campaign bundler inadvertently left off the list. [National Law Journal] * "Trump's Terrifying Relationship With the Law." It's the bimbo he just can't leave. [Rolling Stone] * Dumb political reporting tries to make something out of an O'Melveny lawyer attending some Hillary events while working on the Trump University case. [Politico] * If you need to get your white slippers of albino African endangered rhino back home, don't book tickets on Delta. [Courthouse News Service] * In New York, there's new ethical guidance on advertising after changing firm names to reflect new partners. [Law360]

Deaths

John Taylor Skilling Found Dead

John Taylor Skilling, the son of former Enron executive Jeff Skilling, was found dead in his apartment in California. The Associated Press says that a bottle of medication was found next to John Skilling, and they report that he had been distraught over a recent breakup with his girlfriend. His father, Jeffrey Skilling, served as […]

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