Managing Partners Losing Faith In The Economy
For managing partners, the economic outlook can best be described as "cautiously pessimistic."
Managing Partners More Confident In Market — Not Intended As An April Fools’ Joke
If you didn't completely believe the headline that managing partners see the market improving, then you were right.
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Morning Docket: 04.01.14
* Maybe things are getting better. Per the latest Law Watch Managing Partner Confidence Index, Biglaw partners have shown an uptick in confidence in the first quarter of 2014. [Am Law Daily] * Thanks to this ruling, Chevron can sue Patton Boggs over claims it engaged in fraud during the Ecuador case. Don’t worry, we’re sure the merger with Squire Sanders will be just fine. [Reuters] * Dewey know how much the latest clawback suit seeks from this failed firm’s ex-COO? About $9.3 million, for his “astronomically generous” employment contract. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * No more “unfounded” filings for this unfound plane: A firm’s attempts to get documents from Malaysian Air to file a possible lawsuit have been thwarted by a judge, with the possibility of sanctions. [Bloomberg] * When your “concerned uncle” is writing to a pre-law adviser about your future when you haven’t even gone to college yet, you know you’re probably destined to be a gunner. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
Where Are All The Midlevels? Oops, You Laid Them Off!
Biglaw leaders aren't confident about much, except for their need of more warm bodies...