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Finding a Legal Job? There’s an App for That
Benesch Apportunity Law firm marketing and technology don’t always go well together. When firms try to go high-tech, the results are often mortifyingly cheesy. To avoid humiliation, many law firms —...
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Benchslap of the Day: Shouldn’t Cheerleaders Know How to Spell?
We've got spirt! Yes we do! We've got spirt! How about you? Give me an S! Give me a T! Give me an F! Give me a U! What does that spell? STFU! Just in case you’re not aware, cheerleading is a pretty big...
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The Best Law Firms for Diversity (2012)
Ebony and ivory, billing together in perfect harmony. We’ve talked a lot in these pages about the value of diversity. It’s important to clients, it’s important to law firms, and it’s important to the...
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Morning Docket: 03.28.12
* Obamacare’s individual mandate may be in jeopardy, and it’s all because of that stupid broccoli debate. No, Scalia, as delicious as it is, not everyone would have to buy broccoli. [New York Times] *...
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The Best Law Firms for Diversity (2013)
Who wants to do some document review? We’re entering on-campus interviewing season. If you’re a law student going through OCI, or if you’re a lawyer involved in your firm’s recruiting process, be sure...
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Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?
Each year, Corporate Counsel compiles a list of the firms that the Fortune 100 companies use as outside counsel. These are the firms that corporate clients turn to when they’ve got bet-the-company...
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Biglaw’s Most Overrated Firms by Practice Area
Around here, one can’t mention the concept of something being “overrated” without reference to one of the weirdest and most enduring ATL comment memes, a play on the late, great Hitch’s assertion that...
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Morning Docket: 01.04.13
* The Department of Justice has reached yet another settlement in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill case, this time with Transocean Ltd. for $1.4 billion in civil and criminal penalties and fines....
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Lawsuit of the Day: Bathroom Breaks Receptionist
The law firm of Littler Mendelson is embroiled in a pretty nasty lawsuit with a former receptionist. The Washington Business Journal reported on the suit brought by the former Littler Mendelson...
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A Partner’s Bizarre Departure Memo
This is quite the bridge-burning departure memo. Can you believe it was sent by a prominent employment lawyer? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags:...
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The Best Law Firms for Diversity (2014)
Which firms demonstrate a true commitment to diversity? Check out the latest rankings from Vault and from Am Law. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags:...
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Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies? (2013)
Which firms do Fortune 500 companies turn to when facing bet-the-company litigation? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Alternative Fee Arrangements,...
View ArticleIf You Outlaw Tacos, Only Outlaws Will Have Tacos
Biglaw firms clash over taco recipes.
View ArticleAs Firms Relocate Their Operations Hubs, Will There Be Layoffs?
Congratulations to the partners at Latham and Littler for finding a new way to pad their pockets, and condolences to the support staff who are being forced to choose between their locations and their...
View ArticleNationwide Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Hands Out 100+ Pink Slips
Which firm would do such a thing in the middle of summer associate season?
View ArticleThe 2016 ATL Power 100: Help Us Rank Biglaw Firms
Highlights from the ATL Law Firm Survey: Let us know what you think of your employer and peer firms.
View ArticleThe Best Law Firms For Diversity (2016)
Which firms fared well in three big surveys of diversity within Biglaw?
View ArticleMove Over Wachtell, There’s A New Firm At The Top — Vault Top 100 Firms (2017)
There's a new most prestigious firm in town.
View ArticleBiglaw Firm ‘Outs’ All Of Its Flextime Attorneys On Its Website
This is unnecessary, and it could do a huge disservice to a worthwhile work/life balance initiative.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 05.09.17
* Littler acquires UK firm, marking their third European deal in the last year and a half. That's very interesting. Or should I say, "that's vereinteresting." No? OK, that's very interesting. [Am Law...
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