Dewey & LeBoeuf

Biglaw Lateral Partner Compensation Guarantees Are All The Rage Again

Dewey Know What's The (Old) New Hotness In Partner Compensation?

Lawyers Often Have Little Understanding Of Legal History

Such a gap could make it more difficult for these attorneys to learn from the lessons of the past.

Working At This Defunct Biglaw Firm Isn’t A Permanent Stain On Your Resume

Dewey know the career path of these attorneys?

We Finally, Really, May Be Nearing The End Of The Dewey & LeBoeuf Case

It's been going on longer than the firm at this point.

Dewey Think This Former Biglaw Leader Is Sorry His Firm Crashed And Burned In A Historic Collapse?

The man behind the firm's demise speaks out.

Let’s All Watch Dewey & LeBoeuf Burn. Again.

Dewey remember this story?

With The Benefit Of Hindsight, It Sure Looks Like This Biglaw Firm Dodged A Bullet

Biglaw history might have been very different.

Morning Docket: 11.19.18

* "You were very busy. Wow. Wow. I always knew I liked him." President Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom to the Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday and managed to crack a joke about the late justice's sex life when referring to his wife and their nine children. Wow. [USA Today] * Speaking about birth control... President Trump has proposed a new way for employers to get around the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate by creating a Title X loophole that would "hijack" programs that already have limited funding and send women to low-income family planning clinics to get their contraceptives. [New York Times] * Will Biglaw be the next thing that millennials kill? Not only has Weil Gotshal shortened its partner track in order to keep its youthful talent from walking out the door, but the firm that once made a big joke out of work/life balance is now allowing associates to work from home once a week. [American Lawyer] * The California bar exam results are out, and they're not anything to write home about -- except if you enjoy schadenfreude, that is. Nearly six in 10 failed the test, and the overall pass rate is historically horrible. More on this later. [The Recorder] * After having already been rejected by the ABA's House of Delegates, the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has sent its proposed 75 percent bar-passage rate within two years of graduation accreditation standard right back for another vote. Will it be approved this time around? We shall see. [ABA Journal] * Joel Sanders, the ex-CFO of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, was jailed on Thursday for failing to pay a $1 million fine associated with his fraud conviction, but he was out by the wee hours of the morning on Friday thanks to his new firm, Greenspoon Marder, which paid the entire sum on his behalf. [American Lawyer]

LOCKED UP! Former Dewey CFO Jailed Because He Can’t Pay Fine

The judge found he 'willfully failed to pay his fine.'

Morning Docket: 11.14.18

* Insiders say that President Donald Trump is expected to turn over his written responses to special counsel Robert Mueller's questions about Russia's interference with the 2016 election as soon as sometime this week. Ooooh boy, this should be fun. [Reuters] * According to retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, the world's culture is "becoming vulgar," and it's up to the United States to "show a culture, a discourse, a civil dialogue that’s enviable and admirable." Yeah... good luck with that. [Washington Times] * White House regulatory czar Neomi Rao has been nominated to fill Justice Brett Kavanaugh's seat on the D.C. Circuit. In case you somehow missed it, Rao had a hand in the renaning of George Mason Law to ASS Law. Congrats! [National Law Journal] * Remember Joel Sanders, the ex-CFO of Dewey & LeBoeuf? He says his "dire financial circumstances" prevent him from paying a $1M fine, but the Manhattan DA says he's trying to commit "a fraud on [the] court." [New York Law Journal] * It's not just Berkeley Law that's trying to erase its association with a racist namesake. It's just now being reported that Mercer Law School quietly removed segregationist and Southern Manifesto signatory Walter F. George's name this summer. [13WMAZ] * Stephen Scharf, film finance pioneer and co-chair of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice at O'Melveny & Myers, lost his battle with cancer. RIP. [THR, Esq.]

The Final Gasps Of A Defunct Biglaw Firm

We are still feeling the repercussions of 2012.

Morning Docket: 09.05.18

* Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings will continue today, and we imagine that when his rulings are discussed, he'll be pummeled on own "frozen trucker" case -- but his involves a killer whale. [National Law Journal] * Special counsel Robert Mueller says he'll accept written answers from President Donald Trump on questions related to whether his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. As for the obstruction question, it seems like Mueller still wants an interview. [New York Times] * The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached settlements totaling about $216,815 with the former leaders of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Of course, that's nowhere near multimillion-dollar fraud that's been alleged, but at this point, Dewey even care anymore? [American Lawyer] * According to the American Bar Association, Florida Coastal Law, the last InfiLaw school left standing, is still out of compliance with accreditation standards. Coastal is already suing the ABA, so this latest decision is sure to inspire some additional filings from the school. [ABA Journal] * North Dakota Law has welcomed more than two dozen students who fled from beleaguered Arizona Summit Law with open arms. Why have so many Summit students flocked to Roughrider Country? All of their credits will be accepted there, which is a pretty good reason. [Bismarck Tribune]

Morning Docket: 06.21.18

* Michael Cohen resigns his RNC position in an email sharply criticizing the administration's child separation policy. So now we've reached the point where Michael Cohen is a sympathetic figure. [CNBC] * Supreme Court justice arrested on 22 criminal counts and faces 395 years in prison. Obviously it's a state supreme court, but try to guess which state! [Courthouse News Service] * Former Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Joel Sanders was disbarred yesterday. Dewey know who needs a new career? [Law360] * Forcibly administering drugs to children is bad and the only downside of the royal whupping these jackboot thugs will eventually receive in the courts is that we'll here another decade of false comparisons from the anti-Vaxxer crowd. [HuffPost] * Allen & Overy partners fly to America for their annual meeting where they are definitely not talking about merging with O'Melveny because they've all denied that and law firms wouldn't lie to us. [International] * Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer closing in on a settlement in the long-running $214 million malpractice suit against them. * Europe pondering a law that would screw up the Internet. Obviously. [WIRED]

Supreme Court Justices Have To Get Their Start Somewhere

Before SCOTUS there was Biglaw.

Morning Docket: 01.02.18

* Matthew Riehl, the gunman in the Colorado shooting this weekend who killed a deputy sheriff and wounded four police officers and two civilians, was a former lawyer in Wyoming whose alma mater, Wyoming Law, warned students about his "suspicious behavior" in early November. [Denver Post; Laramie Live] * In his 2017 State of the Judiciary Report, Chief Justice John Roberts focused on court emergency preparedness, but included an addendum about sexual harassment within the judiciary, announcing that proper procedures must be in place to "ensure an exemplary workplace for every judge and every court employee." No mention of the recently retired Judge Alex Kozinski was made. [Washington Post] * Joel Sanders, the former CFO of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf who was convicted on securities fraud and conspiracy charges, has reached a settlement with the SEC, but the agency will move forward with proceedings against Stephen DiCarmine, the firm's ex-executive director. [New York Law Journal] * As usual, the new year brings with it a slew of new laws. In some states, voter ID laws will go into effect, while in others, police won't be able to arrest people for immigration enforcement purposes. Plus, pets will be treated more like children after divorces in at least one state. [CNN] * Speaking of new laws, marijuana is now fully legal in California, and if you're 21 or older, you can now purchase and possess up to an ounce for recreational use. This a "monumental moment" for the Golden State, but don't forget that the Feds still consider the drug to be an illegal Schedule I narcotic. [Los Angeles Times]