This Week in BigLaw – 6/4/10
Most summer programs have kicked off by now, but ATL pointed out a problem waiting in the wings. While law students are taking a sabbatical from studying, former associates are returning from their...
View ArticleThis Week in BigLaw – 6/11/10
In honor of the commencement of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we’re going with a sports-themed edition for this week. But when lawyers say they’re “Masters of the Game,” they’re not talking about an...
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A Brief Primer on Skadden's Founders
An aside in the recent news of Joe Flom‘s generous donation to bring pianos to New Yorkers got us thinking. He was noted as being the “only living name partner” at Skadden. (He was also called one of...
View ArticleThis Week in BigLaw – 7/23/10
As August approaches, the recruiting process shifts from the summer programs which are in full (relatively speaking) swing to on-campus interviewing. Summer-program sizes were down 44% this year,...
View ArticleMore BigLaw in Another Domain Dispute
Completely coincidentally, we came across Greenberg Traurig’s unfortunate result in a dispute between two piracy* websites on the same day we ran into another, much higher-profile and...
View ArticlePlenty of Movement in Litigation Rankings
We’re fascinated by these Vault practice area rankings. So far we’ve done Antitrust, which was pretty close to expectations, and Bankruptcy, which made us question the entire methodology. Basically,...
View ArticleBoies v. Wells Rematch Underway
Last year, superlitigators David Boies of the eponymous Boies, Schiller and Flexner and Ted Wells of Paul Weiss faced off in a battle between AIG and its ousted former CEO, Hank Greenberg. Boies won in...
View ArticleWells Gets His Revenge
Round 2 to Ted Wells. In his rematch with David Boies, the Paul Weiss lawyer has successfully defended his client, Citi, against claims that it duped private-equity firm Terra Firma into overpaying for...
View ArticleThe Lawyers on 2010's Worst Deals
Most lists celebrate the year’s best. For example, there’s the Top 10 Law Shucks posts of 2010, and the Lawyers on 2010′s Top Deals. Steven Davidoff looked at least year from another angle. The Deal...
View ArticleSjoblom Role in Stanford Debacle Takes Center Stage
We’re often accused of being BigLaw apologists (btw, stop emailing and start commenting if you have something to say!), but at least now we’ve got someone else to point to as being worse. Our buddies...
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