 Latham Learns The Downside Of Partying During A Pandemic – See Also
Biglaw Holiday Party Not-So Merry: Not if you're hoping to avoid COVID, at least.
Unlimited Vacay? It's not as good as it sounds.
The Lesson, As Always, Is Sonia Sotomayor Is Right: Especially on something like qualified immunity.
Bonus Roll Call! Shearman, Fried Frank, Linklaters, Norton Rose, Gibson Dunn, O'Melveny, Schulte Roth, Duval & Stachenfeld, Clifford Chance.
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Big Day For Big Money For Biglaw — See Also
Rundown Of The Day's Bonus Announcements: Skadden, Cravath, Simpson, Katten, Hueston Hennigan, and Proskauer.
Steve Bannon's Contempt Of Congress Case Goes Off The Rails: Which, perhaps inaccurately, suggests it was even on rails to begin with.
Laid Off During Holiday Time: Brutal.
Spicer's Still Spicy Over Boot From Naval Academy: Judge does not seem impressed.
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The Games Are Rigged
Buy someone you love these books for the holidays and destroy their faith in humanity.
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All The Answers
There is still a long way to go in terms of getting to a resolution on the merits in this already hot-tempered dispute between former friends turned rivals.
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How You Can Find Your Perfect CLM Fit [Sponsored]
A sea of new vendors? Complex implementation barriers? No problem. This guide will match your business profile to your contract lifecycle management solution.
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All Aboard The Bonus Train — See Also
Bonus Dam Breaks: Davis Polk goes over the top.
My Brother Darryl And My Other Brother Darryl: Paul Weiss and Paul Hastings followed DPW's lead.
And...: Debevoise and Willkie and Milbank did too but that's not as funny as two "Paul" firms going back to back.
System Update: The Cravath System gets a little tune up.
Dog Ate His Homework: Jeffrey Clark still isn't showing up for his testimony.
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The Right To Life, Abortion, And COVID Vaccines
We gave up long ago on rational discourse about abortions and vaccines, but here are some thoughts on both.
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Morning Docket: 12.06.21
* Chris Cuomo has gaba'd his last gool on CNN for advising his brother on how to deal with sexual misconduct allegations. [Reuters]
* All talk, no billables: Top lawyers respond to a survey that assesses the importance of DEI in the workplace. [Bloomberg Law]
* 'When there are nine" is looking more like a heuristic than a legal requirement. [LA Times]
* The St. Louis Zoo thinks gun activists should be the ones strapped with paying their legal fees. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
* Push for clemency o
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Next Time… Maybe Try Avis? — See Also
Careful Who You Mess With: Hertz tries to screw over a law professor and she had none of it.
FedSoc Party!!!: Reminder that the Federalist Society's national practice group chair flogged the Redneck Insurrection in January. So he's got some questions to plead the Fifth over.
Diversity Training: There are a lot of good reasons to bring diversity training into the firm. There are a lot of good reasons to use third parties to conduct the training. There are a lot of good third-party trainers out th
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Don't Let Your Yule Log Burn Out
The holidays are a perfect opportunity to brace yourself for COVID Year 3.
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Work Smarter, Not Harder, With VitalLaw For Corporate Counsel [Sponsored]
Designed specifically for and vetted by corporate counsel users, VitalLaw for Corporate Counsel reflects the unique needs of corporate users and incorporates workflow decisions that mirror their daily work processes.
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Morning Docket: 12.03.21
* "We're so progressive, even our diversity has diversity!" - The person who greenlit white folks doing their best Robert Downey Jr. impression to combat racism. [Buzzfeed News]
*Â Separation of Church and Scholarship: SCOTUS will be deciding if secular scholarships can be used for religious schools. [ABA Journal]
* I knew there was always money in the banana stand. But the church? [Newsweek]
* Governor DeSantis is trying to create his own civilian police force. This is totally normal. De...
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Ninth Circuit's Infighting — See Also
Ninth Circuit Judges Get Into It: It's like a food fight, but with words.
It's *Slightly* Easier -- Or At Least Quicker -- To Make Equity Partner: At Kirkland.
Federal Judge Lashes Out At Biglaw Firm: Over discovery abuses.
Don't Count Your Party Buses Before They're Hatched: Or something like that.
Bonus News: At boutique firms and Biglaw alike.
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Party Buses Take A Hit In Tennessee
The wheels on the bus go 'Hey man, no forreal, I really love you man. You're a good bro. Pass the Fireball.' all through the town.
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Consider The Three S's
As the year comes to an end, it is a natural time for some pause and reflection.
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Successful Law Firms Use Legal Project Management. Should You? [Sponsored]
Most law firms have teams of professionals helping them run their law firm 'like a business.' But in-house legal departments have been slower to adopt best practices for operations management. A new book looks at the reasons for this - and how legal departments can catch up.
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Will Bonuses Follow The Piper? — See Also
Hey, Some Bonuses!: After a long silence, we get some movement from DLA Piper and Cohen Ziffer.
Bigger And Better: Biglaw firms announce merger rumors will come to pass.
Executive Privilegish: Mark Meadows claims he can only talk about Trump in hardcover form.
Issue Spotter: It seems the FedSoc folks missed the point.
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