De-equitized partners
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Biglaw, Partner Issues
Biglaw Firm Gets Busy Shedding Finance Partners
Big shake-ups at the Magic Circle firm. -
Biglaw, Money
Biglaw Partners On The Hot Seat: Firms Are Demoting Partners Hand Over Fist
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In Major Overhaul, Biglaw Firm Creates Two-Tier Partnership To Boost Profits
This is a pretty bold move.
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Biglaw, Partner Issues
This Biglaw Firm May Demote Partners To Boost Profits
Which firm is considering shearing the ranks of its equity partners? -
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The Rise And Fall of Bingham McCutchen
What happens to Bingham if the Morgan Lewis deal doesn't go through? -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
What Needs To Happen For the Bingham / Morgan Lewis Deal To Proceed
There's good news for some Bingham partners, and bad news for others. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Partners In Peril At Patton Boggs
Uh oh. The situation at Patton Boggs is like a train wreck that you just can't stop watching. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Layoffs, Locke Lord, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patton Boggs, Staff Layoffs
Can Patton Boggs Escape From The Swamp?
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Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues
The Problems Firms Face When Pushing Out Partners
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Advertising, Biglaw, Job Searches, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs
10 Reasons To Leave Biglaw
They're not giving you that money for free; here's why you should flee. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Pushing For Partner: Why Firms Should Make More Partners This Year
Anonymous Partner makes the case in favor of welcoming more partners this year. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Money, Partner Issues
Is Being A Partner The Worst Job In Biglaw?
It's hard out here for a partner. A fascinating New Republic article goes behind the scenes at one major law firm. -
Biglaw, Books, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Inside Straight: Beyond The Lawyer Bubble
Mark Herrmann discusses Steven Harper's new book, The Lawyer Bubble, and uses it as a jumping-off point for a discussion of partner dissatisfaction.
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: The Bottom Ten
How should Biglaw deal publicly with partner layoffs and de-equitizations? Anonymous Partner shares his opinions. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Partners in Peril
Associates and staff have borne the brunt of law firm layoffs over the past few years. But, according to some recent surveys, partners are far from immune.... -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
How Are Managing Partners Feeling About 2013?
On the whole, pretty good. But there are some warning signs too. -
Biglaw, BP, Crime, Environment / Environmental Law, Facebook, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Sex Scandals, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 11.29.12
* Enjoy your Biglaw bonuses now, because according to managing partners, layoffs and de-equitizations may soon be making their return. Oh, only in Pennsylvania? Woohoo, break out the bubbly! Just kidding, that really sucks if it’s true. [Legal Intelligencer]
* The Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily banned BP from entering into future U.S. government contracts because of the company’s “lack of business integrity,” aka the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Ouch, super sick burn, EPA! [National Law Journal]
* Considering going to law school? Then you should also take into consideration the fact that you’ll have to become a lawyer if you want to stand a remote chance of ever being able to pay off your loans. [Fox Business]
* Paul Ceglia pleaded not guilty to fraud charges yesterday in federal court. If only he actually owned half of Facebook as he claims, he probably wouldn’t have a court-appointed attorney representing him. [Bloomberg]
* “No matter how many high-priced lawyers and publicists she employs, she has been exposed for what she is.” Jill Kelley’s lawyer is on the offensive, and his targets are none too pleased about it. [Associated Press]
* Avvo has decided to sell its health business to focus entirely on providing services to lawyers and legal customers. Now the company will be able to do the law justice. (SWIDT?) [Puget Sound Business Journal]
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Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Partner Issues, Rankings
The Best and the Brightest: Some Reflections on Entry-Level Law Firm Hiring
Are law firms using the wrong criteria when it comes to hiring associates? -
Advertising, Lateral Moves, Old People, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Partners in Practice: The Era of Mandatory Retirement
What's it like for partners to practice law in the era of mandatory retirement? -
Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, John Edwards, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Religion, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Trials, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 04.27.12
* Dewey get to see a member of this firm’s chairman’s office strut for a perp walk in the near future? After all, partners reportedly say that it’s thanks to him that D&L may close up shop “as early as next week.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* De-equitize this: Oh, how Biglaw firms in America wish that they could return to merry old England, where mandatory retirement policies for old fart partners are the norm, and the courts agree. [Legal Week]
* “We’re about to beat a dead horse here.” Even the judge presiding over the John Edwards trial got pissed when the defense repeatedly asked variations of the same question on cross-examination. [MSNBC]
* Ain’t no shame in his game (well, actually, there is). Judge Wade McCree’s lawyer says he’s sure the judge is sorry for his sext messaging. Yeah, sorry he got caught. [Detroit Free Press]
* Is this the first test of the “ministerial exception” in the Perich case? A teacher at a Catholic school was fired for getting in vitro fertilization treatments, and now she’s suing. [CNN]
* Insert your own UVA joke here, bro. Yeardley Love’s family has filed a $30M wrongful death suit against former college lacrosse player, George Huguely V. [Washington Examiner]