Morning Docket: 02.05.14
* Morgan Stanley will settle with the Federal Housing Finance Authority for $1.25 billion to resolve a suit over the sale of craptastic mortgage-backed securities. It’ll be the third-largest settlement...
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* According to Justice Kagan, Justice Ginsburg “is responsible for eliminating sex discrimination from American law.” Whoa, that’s a nice thought, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves with wishful...
View ArticleAnother ‘Storied’ Biglaw Firm Fails, Inciting Panic In The Legal Industry
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View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.10.14
* Secrets secrets are no fun, secrets secrets hurt someone: Chief Justice Roberts named two judges to two secret courts. Congrats to Judges Boasberg and Tallman. [Legal Times] * Bankruptcy just got a...
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* This guessing game is over, even though we’d guessed this from the start. After decamping from the Securities and Exchange Commission, George Canellos will return to his old stomping grounds at...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.26.14
* Two Biglaw firms and their even bigger revenue meltdowns: Patton Boggs and Bingham McCutcheon have posted the most dramatic revenue declines revealed thus far by Am Law. [Wall Street Journal (sub....
View ArticleMorning Docket: 03.13.14
* According to a confidential report from Deloitte, another major firm is set to follow in Heenan Blaikie’s footsteps within the next year. The sheer number of “sorries” after another Canadian Biglaw...
View ArticleLawyer Tops ‘Best Jobs’ List — Wait, What?
In a stunning turn, lawyers are considered the best job around. There's one tiny snag...
View ArticleGreetings From The Great White North
What are some of the major differences between the U.S. and Canadian legal professions?
View ArticleMorning Docket: 10.17.14
* “There’s too much at stake—too much money and interest.” Biglaw firms in West Africa are surviving, nay, thriving, despite the fact that the area is afflicted by the terrors of Ebola. [Am Law Daily]...
View ArticleThe View From Up North: Biggest Story of 2014
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View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.06.14
* According to Justice Kagan, Justice Ginsburg “is responsible for eliminating sex discrimination from American law.” Whoa, that’s a nice thought, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves with wishful...
View ArticleAnother ‘Storied’ Biglaw Firm Fails, Inciting Panic In The Legal Industry
You'll want to keep reading, because this is the largest law firm to ever fail....
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.10.14
* Secrets secrets are no fun, secrets secrets hurt someone: Chief Justice Roberts named two judges to two secret courts. Congrats to Judges Boasberg and Tallman. [Legal Times] * Bankruptcy just got a...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.13.14
* This guessing game is over, even though we’d guessed this from the start. After decamping from the Securities and Exchange Commission, George Canellos will return to his old stomping grounds at...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.26.14
* Two Biglaw firms and their even bigger revenue meltdowns: Patton Boggs and Bingham McCutcheon have posted the most dramatic revenue declines revealed thus far by Am Law. [Wall Street Journal (sub....
View ArticleMorning Docket: 03.13.14
* According to a confidential report from Deloitte, another major firm is set to follow in Heenan Blaikie’s footsteps within the next year. The sheer number of “sorries” after another Canadian Biglaw...
View ArticleLawyer Tops ‘Best Jobs’ List — Wait, What?
In a stunning turn, lawyers are considered the best job around. There's one tiny snag...
View ArticleGreetings From The Great White North
What are some of the major differences between the U.S. and Canadian legal professions?
View ArticleMorning Docket: 10.17.14
* “There’s too much at stake—too much money and interest.” Biglaw firms in West Africa are surviving, nay, thriving, despite the fact that the area is afflicted by the terrors of Ebola. [Am Law Daily]...
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