Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, February 9, and here’s your daily round up… A Senate report says that attorney-client accounts are being used to circumvent money laundering laws… King & Spalding picked up three litigators from Orrick… Winston & Strawn added three in New York… Wilson Sonsini picked up an O’Melveny partner in San Francisco… Former Michigan Chief Justice joined Miller [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
Mary Margaret Farren filed a lawsuit last week in Connecticut trial court against her husband, John Michael Farren. Farren, a former deputy general counsel to George W. Bush, has been charged with attempted murder, first degree strangulation and assault after he allegedly attacked his wife with a flashlight and choked her until she passed out. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 25, 2009
-Insert cookie cutter story here- Debevoise & Plimpton announced bonuses today. Second verse, same as the first… I’m rapidly running out of new and creative ways to say this, so here it is – it’s the same bonus schedule first issued by Cravath, then followed by Cleary Gottlieb, Skadden, Wilkie Farr, Simpson Thatcher, and Davis [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 20, 2009
Was everyone waiting to see what Skadden would do? Now that Skadden has fallen in line, it looks as though everyone else Is going to play ball too. Today, Willkie Farr and Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett both announced their bonus schedules and they’re a match for Cravath. New associates will get $7500 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
When giants like Intel and AMD go to war, its often the law firms that come out on top. Here’s a quick rundown of the firms involved in the fight, now that a settlement has been reached. AMD was primarily represented by O’Melveny & Myers, both here and in the EU. Intel had a host of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Reed Hundt, FCC Chairman from 1993 to 1997, announced at a panel on the regulatory process at a Yale Law School Alumni function that he is joining Skadden. The announcement came after the moderator introduced him as a senior adviser to McKinsey & Company. No news yet on which office or practice group(s) [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 1, 2009
The American Lawyer has published its Global 100 list for 2009. Even with the recession in full bloom, the top 100 law firms managed to increase revenues by two percent, but revenue per lawyer dropped by three percent. In the category of number of lawyers, US firm Baker McKenzie topped the list with 3,949 attorneys [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 25, 2009
Good morning everyone. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories… Justice Ginsburg was hospitalized yesterday evening… Arent Fox has revoked some of its offers for new associates… There are upcoming changes to the FRCP you should be aware of… Skadden sent out its offers for 2010 summer associates… Justice Sotomayor will throw out the first pitch at this [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 24, 2009
Prominent New York based firm Skadden Arps sent out offers to potential candidates for their 2010 summer program. The firm, which boasts over 2,000 lawyers, announced in August that there would be massive cuts to their summer hiring. They hired 225 students for this summer’s program and they plan to hire less than half of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 4, 2009
Good morning and TGIF! Here’s a quick review of yesterday’s news… A Federal Court in New York rejected Standard and Poor’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them in a sub-prime mortgage case… Bryan Cave is paying new associates to look elsewhere for employment… Lawyers in South Korea are struggling with the new economy… Pepper Hamilton makes [...]
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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