Partners Seem Worried About How Biglaw Behemoth A&O Shearman Will Operate

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If I was an A&O partner in the U.S., would I be worried? Yes. A&O should try and keep the best... Read more »

One Of These Defendants Is Not Like The Others, One Of These Defendants Doesn’t Belong!

(image via Getty) Folk rock troubadour Donovan wrote a ballad about the fall of Atlantis that hits the bullseye of that late-1960s hallucinogenic whimsy. It suggests that the dying society sent 12... Read more »
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Valentine’s Day Conversation Hearts For Lawyers

Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving... Read more »

The Special Counsel Isn’t Saying Judge Cannon Is A Moron. But …

Next week, Judge Aileen Cannon will hold a hearing under § 4 of the Classified Information Procedures Act to determine what classified evidence the government will be forced to disclose in the... Read more »

This City Is Seeing Some Noteworthy Growth

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data compiled as part of Wells Fargo’s year-end survey, of the eight regions in the United States tracked,... Read more »

What Will Take The Billable Hour’s Place? – See Also

OGC’s Managing Partner Has A Few Ideas: Read here. Fed. Ct. Of Appeals Pushes Newman Off E-mails: Cold coworkers. The Jeff Foxworthy Reference Isn’t The Weird Part: Strange bedfellows in the courtroom.... Read more »

Peter Navarro, Go To Jail!

(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “I’m a Harvard-educated gentleman, but the learning curve when they come at you with the biggest law firm in the world is very, very steep,” Peter Navarro... Read more »

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As If Surviving Law School Wasn’t Hard Enough – See Also

Law Student Chosen For 46th Season Of Survivor: Now would be a good time to brush up on those conflict resolution notes. Judicial Conduct Committee Upholds Pauline Newman’s Suspension: They didn’t think... Read more »

Morning Docket: 02.08.24

* A group of originalists are going to rule that post-Civil War America passed the Fourteenth Amendment bar on insurrectionists as merely advisory. [SCOTUSBlog] * Paul Hastings joins Arnold & Porter in... Read more »

Some Raises Feel Like Shrugs – See Also

Biglaw Firm’s Raises Leave Room For Improvement: Couldn’t match the competition, huh? Clout Chaser Stephen Miller Targets Super Bowl: Touchdown idea for sure. The Garden Isn’t Always Greener: You won’t be able... Read more »

Sudden Resignation Leads To Layoffs — See Also

There Goes The Firm!: Leader of Watts Guerra’s resignation leaves a mark on the Puerto Rico office. John Simmons Pays For Namesake: Enjoy the new name, SIU! There Goes Impunity: Trump is... Read more »
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