There comes a time in the career of every law-firm lawyer when she realizes that her bosses are acting like idiots, that “they’re doing it wrong,” and that she could do a better job if she were running her own law firm. Most of the time, that idea goes no further: the lawyer rattles off a few choice curse words, ignores the partners’ shortcomings, gets the work done the way they want it, and lives to fight another day. But for a small minority, this outburst becomes an epiphany, and then turns into a dream (kind of like Inception , but in reverse), then an obsession, then finally a reality
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Small Firms, Big Lawyers: When Should You Start Your Own Firm?
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Quotes of the Day: Did ‘Torture’ Contribute to the Finding of Osama Bin Laden?
Imagine what would have happened if the Obama administration had been running things immediately following 9/11.
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Quotes of the Day: Did ‘Torture’ Contribute to the Finding of Osama Bin Laden?
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Dead Firm Billing: Howrey Going to Keep Doing Business?
Although it officially passed away back in March, when its partners voted for dissolution, the law firm of Howrey LLP continues to twitch in its grave — or maybe even step out of its grave and walk around a bit, like a zombie from a horror flick. Howrey continues to have a presence on Twitter , for example. A D.C.-based reader pointed out to us that the April 2011 issue of Washington Lawyer magazine contained a partnership announcement for the firm, on page 44: “Stephen D.
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Dead Firm Billing: Howrey Going to Keep Doing Business?
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Back to Square One for the Raj Rajaratnam Jury
After seven days of deliberations, one juror in the insider trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam has been dismissed, for unspecified medical reasons. An alternate has been seated, but this means the jury has to begin its deliberations anew.
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Back to Square One for the Raj Rajaratnam Jury
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Someone Likes A Quitter
I spent the second year of my social work internship working at a community center, which offered one of the top smoking cessation programs in the country. One fine spring day I was sprawled, sunning myself, on a bench in the courtyard of the center when a fellow intern lit up a cigarette. I proposed she give the cessation program a try.
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Someone Likes A Quitter
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Morning Docket: 05.04.11
* The poster state for Planned Parenthood may be picking a fight with the Obama administration over funding Planned Parenthood. [ Los Angeles Times ] * Yesterday, Justice John Paul Stevens delivered a speech on the need for legal representation of immigrants. Es muy importante.
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Morning Docket: 05.04.11
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Biglaw Litigators, Rejoice! A Circuit Court Opinion on a Discovery Dispute
ALL YOUR DOCS ARE BELONG TO US.
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Biglaw Litigators, Rejoice! A Circuit Court Opinion on a Discovery Dispute
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Non-Sequiturs: 05.03.11
* In case you can’t get enough of speculating on what would have happened to a captured alive Osama bin Laden, here you go. [ Sentencing Law and Policy ] * The Skadden lawyer who moved to Nepal blogs about his experiences.
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Non-Sequiturs: 05.03.11
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Associate Bonus Watch: DLA Piper’s People Pipe Up — and They’re Not Happy
DLA Piper has released some information about its associate compensation and bonus payouts, and some associates who work for the firm are unhappy. Why? I don’t really know.
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Associate Bonus Watch: DLA Piper’s People Pipe Up — and They’re Not Happy
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Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: West Coast Action
We recently reported on Wilson Sonsini restoring associate base salaries to pre-recession levels . Wilson Sonsini associates in five major offices — New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
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Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: West Coast Action
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