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Dewey Know A Third Former Partner Driven Into Personal Bankruptcy?

How does a rainmaker earning millions of dollars a year wind up in personal bankruptcy?

What Else Dewey Know About Zachary Warren?

Additional information about defendant number 4 in the Dewey criminal case, including testimonials from people who know him and information about his family's finances.

What Dewey Know About Zachary Warren, Defendant No. 4 In The Criminal Case?

What do we know about this handsome and highly accomplished young lawyer? He's extremely bright and he's legal-world aristocracy, for starters.

Dewey Know Why The D.A., And Not The U.S.A.O., Is Going After Folks From This Former Firm?

Brainstorming some reasons why these charges were brought by the D.A. and not the U.S. Attorney.

Morning Docket: 10.21.13

* How Jamie Dimon (and Stephen Cutler and Rodge Cohen) reached JPMorgan Chase’s tentative $13 billion settlement with Eric Holder and the Department of Justice. [DealBook / New York Times; Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)] * Congratulations to all the New Jersey couples who got married since midnight, in the wake of the state supreme court’s decision not to stay a lower-court ruling in favor of marriage equality. [Newark Star-Ledger] * Additional insight into all the partner departures from Weil Gotshal in Texas. [Dallas Morning News] * Lawyers aren’t the only folks who know how to overbill; defense contractors do too, according to federal prosecutors who allege that a company provided prostitutes and kickbacks to Navy personnel. [Washington Post via The BLT] * The legal battle over Obamacare rages on. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)] * Judge Oing, this really isn’t that hard. Here’s a draft opinion for you in the long-running litigation between Macy’s and J.C. Penney over the right to sell Martha Stewart merchandise (by James Stewart, no relation to Martha). [New York Times] * If you’d like to run with the bulls without schlepping to Spain, former lawyers Rob Dickens and Brad Scudder can help. Presumably their legal training helped them draft ironclad waivers. [BuzzFeed] * Another interesting but very different event, taking place this Wednesday: “Healing the U.S. Lawsuit System.” [U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (one of our advertisers)]

Dewey Have A Postmortem For You: The New Yorker Dissects Dewey’s Death

Which former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner referred to various former partners as "pathetic," "little prick," and "f**kwad"?

Seyfarth Says Yes To Defense Of Anti-Gay Bias Case

Will Seyfarth come to regret taking on this case?

New Partner Watch: Does Cravath’s Bumper Crop Bode Well for Biglaw Bonuses?

How many new partners did Cravath name this year -- and what might this suggest about bonuses? Perhaps you know some of these fine folks?

Biglaw: It’s Not All About the Benjamins

What is the secret to success at Cravath and similar firms? And what is the secret to making partner at a place like Cravath?

Dewey & LeBoeuf: A Visual Essay (Part 1)

What does the downfall of a Biglaw firm look like? Here are several visual representations of the turmoil at Dewey & LeBoeuf.

The Royal Wedding: A Legal Look (Part 2)

Ed. note This is the second in a series of posts that Alex Aldridge, a London-based journalist who covers legal affairs, will be writing for Above the Law about the upcoming royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton. You can read the first post here. In Britain, middle-class people who don’t know what […]