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Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:30:30 +0000

Good morning! It’s Monday, January 4. I hope everyone had a fantastic New Year. Let’s take a look back at the stories making headlines over the last several days…

A federal judge has dismissed a case against several former employees of Blackwater Security…

Legal fees in the Madoff bankruptcy case are piling up….

Hastings College of Law has a new dean…

Congressman King of New York is pushing for a military trial for the Christmas bomber…

Nokia is going after Apple for allegedly violating its patents…

and Kramer Levin is matching the Cravath bonuses…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:33 +0000

Good morning everyone! As we head into Thanksgiving week, things have slowed down a bit. Here’s a look back at the end of last week.

Seyfarth Shaw has redeferred half of its incoming class and cut salaries for all first years…

Wilkie Farr and Simpson Thatcher have both put out their bonus schedules….

Scott Rothstein has made a written request for disbarrment….

Skadden has also settled on bonuses, and they look very familiar…

and I mused ahead on the trial and likely conviction and execution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.

Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:47 +0000

Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone had a terriffic weekend. Here’s a look back at Friday’s news (and a small weekend update) to get your week started.

A judge has vacated the $1.2 billion default judgementagainst PepsiCo…

Cleary Gottlieb announced its year end bonuses…

Greenberg Traurig added five attorneysfrom Ballard Spahr…

and Latham & Watkins promoted 23 to partner…

Over the weekend we got an anonymous tip that in addition to letting go of 21 second year associates, Goodwin Procter also laid off around 30 staffers, including secretaries who had been there for over 20 years.

Monday Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:45:38 +0000

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Let’s get back to the news…

It was a strange week last week. We capped the week with a story late Sunday about Falcon Heene, better known as the balloon boy, and his family. Charges may be brought against father Richard Heene…

On Friday we told you that President Obama has nominated another ambassador from the ranks of Big Law…

and we brought you the story of the Louisiana Justice of the Peace that refused to license an interracial couple to be married…

Last week was a week for unusual news all around, and here’s a quick hit of some of the quirkier stories…

Sidekick users are getting their data back after all, but there are still lawsuits on the way…

Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group bidding on the St Louis Rams…

and a prominent birther attorney has been fined $20,000 by a judge in Georgia…