Herbert Smith Freehills
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BiglawBiglaw Merger Alert: This Transatlantic Tie-Up Will Create A $2B Megafirm
Their combined revenue would catapult the new firm near the top of financial rankings. -
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TechnologyBiglaw Firm Offers NFTs To Lawyers Completing Its Metaverse Course In Experiment To Shove As Many Buzzwords In A Title
Herbert Smith Freehills is going all in on emerging tech.
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BiglawFormer Biglaw Attorney Accused Of Injecting Blood Into Groceries Found Not Guilty By Insanity
An expert testified he was suffering from psychosis at the time. -
Biglaw
Former Biglaw Attorney Accused Of Injecting Blood Into Supermarket Food
The attorney is facing some wild allegations. -
BiglawTwo Elite Biglaw Firms Handing Out New COVID Bonuses To Hardworking Staff
Money is the best way to say thank you! -
BiglawEven After COVID, This Biglaw Firm Is Expanding Their Work From Home Policy
Working from home won't end with a vaccine. -
BiglawUK Firm Delivers Happy Salary News To Its American Associates
There are still a lot of firms yet to match. - Sponsored
Law Firm Business Development Is More Than Relationship Building
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BiglawThe First Biglaw Firm In The U.K. To Cover Gender Affirmation Surgery For Lawyers
Congratulations to the firm for offering this major benefit to its transgender employees. -
BiglawProminent Law Firm Paid Female Employees 30 Percent Less In Bonuses
And women get 19 percent less in average hourly earnings. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 06.13.17
* Happy Sessions Testimony Day. [New York Times]
* Trump reportedly mulling over firing Robert Mueller because he must think approval ratings are like golf scores. [Huffington Post]
* Police raid Herbert Smith Freehills office as part of a drug investigation. Hey, demand is down and firms have to find new ways to supplement their income, am I right? [Law.com]
* Canada is bringing back dueling, placing them comfortably in the lead in the “Make [Country] Great Again” race. [Smithsonian]
* The initial installment of an interview series with Justice Ginsburg. [Law360]
* When most law firms are cutting back, this one just doubled its Manhattan floor plan. [New York Post]
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Crime, PatentsTop Patent Partner Accused Of Jumping Out Of Bushes, Groping Jogger
From attacking patents to allegedly attacking women? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, MoneyAngry Associates Ask 'Where's My Money?'
These folks have a lot of grievances... and you're gonna hear about 'em!
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Luxury, Lies, And A $10 Million Embezzlement
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Tackling Deposition Anxiety: How AI Is Changing The Way Lawyers Do Depositions
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Biglaw, Murder
Biglaw Trainee Strangled To Death In Her Home
This weekend, yet another young legal professional was slain in her own home, where her body was found by her parents. -
Biglaw, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Alt.Legal: Apparently 'Legal Provider' Is Not How The British Say 'Law Firm'
Did you hear that sound? Listen carefully. What is that row? It’s the sound of alternative legal providers’ footfalls, gaining on you. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Romance and Dating
The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 2)
Looking for couples' therapy or a divorce mediator? This lawyer turned psychologist might be able to help. -
Events, Law Schools, Summer Associates
Which Firm Won The Coveted ATL Trivia Championship Belt?
After another great night of trivia, we have a new law firm champion. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine
The Attorneys’ Psychologist (Part 1)
Why are so many lawyers in therapy, and are lawyers good clients for therapists? A lawyer turned clinical psychologist tackles these topics and more. -
Animal Law, Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Pets, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trials
Morning Docket: 10.08.13
* Say what you will about Justice Scalia, but the man is hilarious — more funny than his four liberal colleagues combined, according to a statistical analysis of oral argument recordings. [New York Times]
* The government shutdown is slowing down the judicial confirmation process, already famous for its speed and efficiency. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]
* More about news for Steven Donziger in his long-running battle with Chevron. Maybe it’s time to surrender, Steve? I hear Ecuador is a great place to retire. [New York Law Journal]
* Law firm merger mania continues, as Carlton Fields combines with Jorden Burt. [Carlton Fields (press release)]
* Herbert Smith Freehills says “you’re hired” to Scott Balber, the lawyer for Donald Trump who got mocked by Bill Maher on national television. [The Lawyer]
* You might see your dog as harmless and cuddly, but the law might see your dog as a weapon (and rightfully so, in my opinion). [New York Times via ABA Journal]
* Congratulations to all the winners of the FT’s Innovative Lawyers awards. [Financial Times]
* And congratulations to Heidi Wendel and Deirdre McEvoy, high-ranking government lawyers headed to Jones Day and Patterson Belknap, respectively. [New York Law Journal]
* Today the Supreme Court will hear argument in McCutcheon v. FEC, a major campaign finance case that some are calling “the next Citizens United.” Check out an interview with one of the lawyers behind it, after the jump. [UCTV]
Marty Lasden of California Lawyer magazine interviewed the severely conservative James Bopp Jr. for the “Legally Speaking” series (in which I previously participated). It appears this interview with Bopp took place before Bopp got bumped from the podium in favor of Erin Murphy, a young superstar of the Supreme Court bar.
