Management Might Be Happy If Associates And Partners Leave Law Firms For Certain Positions
Some doors closing can lead to windows opening, like the deposit window at the bank.
Biglaw Firm In The Midst Of Massive Partner Defections
Almost 100 partners left the firm this year.
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Morning Docket: 06.06.16
* Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has already attacked a federal judge due to his "Mexican heritage," and now he's speaking out about judges' religious beliefs. Trump apparently thinks Muslim judges would be biased against him due to his plans to ban Muslim immigrants. [New York Times] * Reviled pharma bro Martin Shkreli finds himself on the wrong side of the law, again: He -- along with his ex-attorney, Evan Greebel (formerly of Kaye Scholer) -- has been accused of scheming to defraud potential investors of Retrophin, the drug company Shkreli founded in 2011. [Associated Press] * Ouch! Last week, Norton Rose stole an entire practice group from Sidley Austin. The 17-member public finance group, including six partners, will move to San Francisco, marking the firm's entrance into the Northern California market. [Big Law Business] * Dean Phyliss Craig-Taylor of North Carolina Central University School of Law has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Congratulations! [News & Observer] * A suit filed against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby that accused her of firing prosecutors due to their political associations has been dismissed. According to Judge J. Frederick Motz (D. Md.), prosecutors can be fired for political reasons. [Baltimore Sun]
Morning Docket: 06.02.16
* A judge has ruled that Andrew Schmuhl, the attorney accused of torturing and nearly killing the managing partner of the law firm his wife was fired from, will not be allowed to use an involuntary intoxication defense at trial. We may have more on this later today. [Washington Post] * Congratulations to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! A newly discovered species of praying mantis with a decorative neck plate, the Ilomantis ginsburgae, has been named after Her Honor thanks to her "commitment to women's rights and gender equality... and her appreciation of the jabot." This is an honor that is truly fitting for the Notorious R.B.G. [New York Magazine] * Partners continue to head for the exits at Kenyon & Kenyon. This time, the chair of the IP firm's life sciences and chemical prosecution practice fled for Fox Rothschild, and he took two others with him. What's going on as this firm, and did they decide finally decide to officially pull the plug on the summer program? Let us know. [Big Law Business] * "There's absolutely no showing of any federal violation. The citizens of California are smart enough to know what their rights are." Sorry, Bernie bros, but because unaffiliated voters' rights haven't been harmed, voter registration will not be reopened ahead of next week's primary in the Golden State. Best of luck in the polls. [Los Angeles Times] * People are still raging against this JOP: The Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice, a group of defense lawyers 150 strong, have filed an ethics complaint against Judge Conrad Hafen, saying he showed a "complete disregard for the law" when he handcuffed a public defender as she tried to represent her client. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] * Boyce Martin Jr., chief judge emeritus of the Sixth Circuit, RIP. [Courier-Journal]
Morning Docket: 03.02.16
* WHATCHA GONNA DO, BROTHER, WHEN HULKAMANIA SELECTS A JURY TO RUN WILD ON YOU?!?! Jury selection has started in Hulk Hogan's $100M sex-tape case against Gawker. The trial begins next week, and if he wins, his 24-inch pythons could put the site out of business. [New York Post] * President Obama met with Senate leaders yesterday to talk about his impending Supreme Court nomination, and the Republicans present held steady in their adamant refusal to hold hearings or vote on any of his prospective candidates. After all, President Trump's 2017 nominee will obviously be a far greater choice. [The Hill] * "They're just normal people. They weren't always judges." Being a federal judge with a lifetime appointment may be a "surprisingly monastic existence" at times, but the fact of the matter is that our Supreme Court justices are really just like us. Off the bench, some of them are social butterflies, and others are complete hermits. [Washington Post] * According to a recent study on federal law clerks, "judges appointed by Republicans are more likely to hire clerks who come from the left-side of the ideological spectrum," but that's likely because the pickings are slim when it comes to conservative clerks. Top law school grads tend to lean liberal, so the applicant pool is a bit skewed. [WSJ Law Blog] * K&L Gates is leaking partners, practice leaders, and executive committee members like a sieve once again, but Peter Kalis, the firm's usually outspoken chairman, hasn't said a peep about the departures yet. What's going on at the firm? If you have any information, please feel free to email us or text us (646-820-8477). [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
Morning Docket: 02.01.16
* Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz has pledged to "spend whatever political capital is necessary" to create the most conservative Supreme Court in our country's history. Uh-oh! Voters better elect him, or else we'll be "one justice away from ... unlimited abortion on demand." [ThinkProgress] * A shakeup at the top? More than 20 Schiff Hardin partners -- including the firm's former managing partner, practice group leaders, and an executive committee member -- are leaving to start their own firm thanks to an apparent leadership dispute. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg] * On the seventh anniversary of his signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, President Obama took action to address the gender pay gap. Companies with 100 employees or more must now include salary info on their annual EEO reports. [New York Times] * Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's legal team filed the first of what's sure to be many appeals: They've asked the First Circuit to overturn his conviction and death sentence, as well as an order that he pay more than $101M to his victims. [Reuters] * For some reason, people are highly opposed to the ABA's proposal to lift its ban on law students receiving pay for their credit-bearing externship positions. Yes, let's continue to make indebted students pay for their experiential learning opportunities. [ABA Journal]
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