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Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Judiciary Committee Republicans Promise Tough Questions for Sotomayor” ABAJournal.com: “The Four Likely Lines of Attack Against Sonia Sotomayor” ABAJournal.com: “Obama Announces Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor” ABAJournal.com: “Short List of Sotomayor and 3 Others Disappointed Some Liberals” ABAJournal.com: “‘Fendi Crush’ was Highlight of Sotomayor’s IP Practice” Associated Press: “Sotomayor made…

May 26, 2009 11:31 PM CDT

‘Fendi Crush’ was Highlight of Sotomayor’s IP Practice

Practicing intellectual property law at Pavia & Harcourt in the 1980s and 1990s offered U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor an early opportunity to demonstrate her legal eagle potential. Representing the manufacturer of luxury Fendi handbags, the firm successfully litigated against manufacturers and sellers of counterfeit items for this major…

May 26, 2009 11:13 PM CDT

Lawyers Joke that GM Bankruptcy Will Deplete Experienced Bar

A General Motors bankruptcy would require so many restructuring specialists that lawyers joke there wouldn’t be enough to go around. GM had nearly $150 billion in revenue last year; its restructuring would be more complicated and possibly larger than that of any American corporation, including Enron, the New York Times…

May 26, 2009 1:22 PM CDT

Katie Price Hits Nuclear Button, Retains ‘Fearsome’ Fiona Shackleton for Divorce

Supermodel Katie Price has hit the “nuclear button” in her ongoing divorce. She has retained as her counsel “fearsome legal eagle Fiona Shackleton—dubbed the Steel Magnolia—to help protect her 45-million-pound fortune,” reports the Daily Star, a British tabloid. Shackleton, 52, has also represented Madonna, Prince Charles and Paul McCartney in…

May 22, 2009 11:55 PM CDT

No Longer a ‘Prep School,’ Ballard Spahr Plans New Pay Model After Earlier Layoffs

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has learned some lessons from a disappointing period in which profits per equity partner plummeted from about $545,000, in 2007, to $415,000, in 2008. Among them: It was time to stop running the Philadelphia-based national law firm like a “prep school” and do some housecleaning…

May 22, 2009 8:21 PM CDT

In One Month’s Time, Clifford Chance Loses Five US Partners

A mergers and acquisitions lawyer who is leaving the New York office of Clifford Chance is the fifth U.S. partner to exit the law firm this month. David Bernstein is leaving the firm to join K&L Gates, Legal Week reports. He previously headed the M&A group and corporate department at…

May 22, 2009 3:55 PM CDT

SEC Seeks Sanctions Against Three Akerman Lawyers in Discovery Dustup

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking sanctions of up to $20,000 a day against three Akerman Senterfitt lawyers, a Miami solo practitioner and the company they represent. The agency says the lawyers should be held in contempt of court and prodded to comply with discovery orders with the imposition…

May 21, 2009 12:33 PM CDT

Failed Merger Splits Las Vegas Firm, Top Partners Lead Group to Greenberg Traurig

Three top partners are leaving one of the largest law firms in Las Vegas and leading a group to Greenberg Traurig in the wake of an apparent failed merger, according to the Las Vegas Sun and the Am Law Daily. Founding partners Thomas Kummer and Mark Ferrario and chairman Michael…

May 20, 2009 11:48 PM CDT

Two UK Partners at Dorsey and McDermott Face Insider Trading Charges

A current and a former partner at the London offices of two U.S.-based law firms—Dorsey & Whitney and McDermott Will & Emery—face charges of insider trading by the U.K. Financial Services Authority. Legal Week and Bloomberg report that the two lawyers are Dorsey & Whitney partner Andrew Rimmington and former…

May 20, 2009 4:43 PM CDT

Skadden Executive Partner: New Defection Shows Firm Is Talent Incubator

The executive partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is putting a positive spin on the firm’s latest partner loss. D.J. “Jan” Baker is leaping to Latham & Watkins, where he will lead the firm’s restructuring practice, according to the New York Times DealBook blog. Baker recently led the…

May 20, 2009 1:52 PM CDT

Pa. Law Firm is Sadder But Wiser After Alleged Thefts By Paralegal

A problem paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm reportedly arrived late, left early and had a bad attitude. But only after she was let go one Friday did routine audits a few days later of the law firm estate accounts she had been handling allegedly reveal a more serious issue.…

May 20, 2009 12:57 AM CDT

‘Reply All’ Was a Mistake, Peeved Partner Tells Quinn Emanuel Associate

Observers are openly wondering how long an unidentified first-year associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges will hold his job, after reading a jaw-dropping e-mail thread. It began with a partner’s standard-issue firmwide proclamation of victory on Friday in a federal court case involving the trademark rights of the…

May 19, 2009 8:53 PM CDT

Mayer Brown Vice Chair Maher Submits His Resignation

Mayer Brown vice chair Paul Maher has officially submitted his resignation after being passed up for promotion. Maher’s departure was announced in a May 15 memo, according to the National Law Journal. He had been on sabbatical since news broke that he did not get a position in the firm’s…

May 19, 2009 4:25 PM CDT

Vacation or Not, Lawyers Should Be Available via E-mail, Cleary Partner Says

Even when a lawyer is on vacation, he or she should still routinely be available by e-mail, a London partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton tells his partners in a recent e-mail. An “out of office” auto-reply saying that an attorney is unavailable is acceptable only in rare circumstances,…

May 18, 2009 7:04 PM CDT

5 Lawyers from Bryan Cave Start New Practice Group for Morris Manning

Morris Manning & Martin has hired a five-lawyer group from Bryan Cave. It will establish a new timberlands investment and forest products practice group for the southeastern regional law firm, which also has offices in Asia. Partner C. Glenn Dunaway will lead the corporate portion of the practice group and…

May 18, 2009 4:03 PM CDT

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Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

‘Fendi Crush’ was Highlight of Sotomayor’s IP Practice

Lawyers Joke that GM Bankruptcy Will Deplete Experienced Bar

Katie Price Hits Nuclear Button, Retains ‘Fearsome’ Fiona Shackleton for Divorce

No Longer a ‘Prep School,’ Ballard Spahr Plans New Pay Model After Earlier Layoffs

In One Month’s Time, Clifford Chance Loses Five US Partners

SEC Seeks Sanctions Against Three Akerman Lawyers in Discovery Dustup

Failed Merger Splits Las Vegas Firm, Top Partners Lead Group to Greenberg Traurig

Two UK Partners at Dorsey and McDermott Face Insider Trading Charges

Skadden Executive Partner: New Defection Shows Firm Is Talent Incubator

Pa. Law Firm is Sadder But Wiser After Alleged Thefts By Paralegal

‘Reply All’ Was a Mistake, Peeved Partner Tells Quinn Emanuel Associate

Mayer Brown Vice Chair Maher Submits His Resignation

Vacation or Not, Lawyers Should Be Available via E-mail, Cleary Partner Says

5 Lawyers from Bryan Cave Start New Practice Group for Morris Manning

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