Another Firm Strips ‘Diversity’ From Website
'Inclusion' is everything as long as no one talks about who is getting included.
Biglaw Firm Learning The Hard Way It’s Best To Be Straightforward With Associates
Proskauer finally tells associates how many hours they have to bill to get bonuses.
3 Ways Lawyers Are Finding New Efficiencies With AI
Those who’ve adopted legal-specific systems are seeing big benefits.
Biglaw Firm Springs Retroactive Hours Requirement For Bonuses On Associates
Nothing like shifting the goalposts *after* the end of the fiscal year!
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Hops Aboard The Milbank Money Train
Yet another Milbank money match has entered the Biglaw station. Congrats!
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Elects New Chair After Former Leader Steps Down Due To ‘Health-Related’ Reasons
Proskauer's new leader is looking forward to the firm enjoying even more success in the future.
Top 50 Biglaw Firm Makes Cuts Due To ‘Redundancy Issues’
It seems that cost-cutting moves led to the layoffs.
Chrometa: Turning Time Into Billable Value For Modern Lawyers
Adoption of Chrometa represents more than a technological upgrade; it reflects a professional philosophy that values accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
Biglaw Firm’s Chair To Step Down Due To ‘Health-Related’ Reasons
This serves as a reminder for all attorneys to take their health more seriously, and to not place their jobs over their wellbeing.
Another Firm Matches The New Biglaw Compensation And Bonus Standard
More great compensation news!
Biglaw Partner Bracketing Clause And Writing ‘F*#k,’ Sufficient To Get Malpractice Claim To Trial
What's $636 million among friends and attorneys?
Proskauer Goes Even Harder After Former Firm Executive With Amended Complaint
The legal battle is heating up.
Stand With Survivors: Legal Tools To Make A Real Difference This DVAM
Enhance your legal skills to advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.
Federal Judge Disappointed Biglaw Attorneys Can’t Display Basic Compassion
The judge is unimpressed with the bad behavior from the Biglaw firm.
Major Biglaw Firm Suffers Cyber Security Breach Of Mergers & Acquisitions Data
The data was reportedly left unsecured for six months.
Biglaw Firm Investigating Partner’s Alleged Bullying
Partner's problematic behavior gets the attention of firm leaders.
Biglaw Firm Lashes Out At Ex-Exec And Calls Out ‘Facially Absurd’ Story
Proskauer's case against its former COO is getting heated.
Morning Docket: 01.23.23
* The Supreme Court leak investigation accomplished two things: (1) we're all more sure than ever that the leak sprung from a justice; and, (2) the justices have burned every bridge with their extended staff. [NY Times] * Three Days of the Counsel-OR. OK that was a stretch, but the Am Law 100 is coalescing around three-day office policies. Even if firms remain divided over what that looks like in practice. [American Lawyer] * Director Doug Liman did a more comprehensive job vetting Brett Kavanaugh than the FBI. [Washington Post] * Government asks to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt. There are so many industries in this world... is it that hard not to start a business in one covered by a court order? [FTC] * Proskauer unimpressed with former COO's interpretation of his final days in the office. [Reuters]