Nationwide Layoff Watch: Mass In-House Layoffs After Mega-Merger
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Non-Sequiturs: 09.21.15
* That Anheuser-Busch/SABMiller deal is going to make a lot of people a lot of money in fees. [Dealbreaker] * Thank you, John Oliver! Publicity from Last Week Tonight helped the Orleans Parish Public Defenders Office meet their fundraising goals. Though why a public defenders officer has to resort to crowdfunding in the first instance just boggles the mind. [New Orleans Advocate (last story)] * More states release the bar passage rate for the July exam -- which means more bad news. [Bar Exam Stats] * The battle over whether Kim Dotcom should be extradited to the United States to face racketeering and copyright infringement charges begins, with legal heavyweights taking sides. [Computer World] * GOP candidates are throwing Justice Roberts under the bus faster than a contestant on Big Brother. [Jost on Justice] * This is how to handle typos Biglaw style. [Daily Lawyer Tips] * If you're in the Boston area, check out Lat's latest event for his book Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link) on Thursday. [Supreme Ambitions]
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Morning Docket: 09.17.15
* If you're unsatisfied with your current income-based loan repayment plan, wait until you see what the government has in store for you with its Revised Pay As You Earn plan. Here's a hint: more pain, more tears, and more anger. [Am Law Daily] * If you haven't heard, SABMiller will likely be getting taken over by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV in a "mega-beer merger." Sadly for Hogan Lovells, SABMiller tossed the firm out like a skunked beer in favor of representation by Linklaters. [WSJ Law Blog] * Rather than poaching lawyers from other local firms, Jones Day is trying to grow its Detroit office by calling home Michigan attorneys who expatriated from the state. No offense to the firm, but these people probably left for a reason. [Crain's Detroit Business] * Slowly but surely, results from the July 2015 administration of the bar exam are being released. Duke Law did best in North Carolina, where the overall combined pass rate for all takers was 69.4 percent (down from 75 percent last year). [Triangle Business Journal] * With hours to spare, Richard Glossip -- a man you may know from the Glossip v. Gross case that was before SCOTUS -- was able to secure a last minute stay of execution. An Oklahoma appeals court has given him two more weeks to live. [New York Times]