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Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:41 +0000

Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, December 17, and here’s your snapshot of yesterday’s news…

John Schulman, top counsel for Warner Bros for 25 years, has joined MS&K…

Seyfarth Shaw picks up a lateral from Hogan & Hartson…

WilmerHale’s new partnership class is over 50% female…

Dewey & Leboeuf match the Cravath bonuses…

and Simpson & Thatcher is the only firm that we know of paying bonuses to deferred associates doing public interest work…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:56:33 +0000

Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, the 10th of December, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news.

DLA Piper has brought in a new partner…

Senate Democrats have reached a compromise on health care reform…

Drinker Biddle picks up several lawyers in LA…

and Uganda has human rights activists up in arms with its proposed legislation…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:20:42 +0000

Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday December 3 and this is your morning review.

The New York Senate has rejected a bill that would have permitted same sex marriages…

Two firms have announced bonus schedules that are a little different… but not much…

Sidley Austin is opening in Silicon Valley with the help of some laterals…

and while Dubai World melts down, a few British firms are scoring big…

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joshua — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:25:41 +0000

Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, October 29th and here in Las Vegas it feels like winter has already arrived. As I write this, my house is being buffeted by gusts of wind up to 50mph.

Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories…

Foley & Lardner has struck a deal with the NIH…

McGuire Woods gets around to making some of its offers to its summer class…

Ropes & Gray adds another attorney to its new office in London…

A beauraucratic snafu may cost Pepsi $1.2 billion…

and our condolences go out to the family and friends of Texas lawyer Sidney Davis, who died this week from complications due to the swine flu…

Also of note – several sites yesterday were carrying stories about a possible merger between Hogan & Harston and the UK firm Lovells. We reported on this story a few weeks ago, and there isn’t really anything new to report yet. For our original story, look here. We will of course bring you any updates as they arise.

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:59:18 +0000

Good morning one and all! The weekend draws ever closer, but before it gets here let’s take a look back at yesterday’s news…

Civilian defense attorneys for Blackwater guards accused of Iraqi atrocity have asked a judge to compell the military to provide them an escort while they exam evidence and talk to witnesses…

A new reality show may be on its way soon…

Rumor has it that Crowell & Moring is in merger talks, but the company is keeping mum…

Foley & Lardner is deferring some of its new assocaites again…

A cross the city claims is a historic marker has been cut down by vandals in Monterey…

And Proskauer Rose picks up four new attorneys….

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:30:35 +0000

Good morning! Here’s a look at yesterday’s news…

Covington & Burling announced its new partner class…

The Supreme Court heard arguments in Salazar v Buono…

Fenwick & West is paying new associates to go away…

and Belmont University is opening a new law school…