The DOJ’s Insider Trading Case Is Basically A Vault 100 Firm Directory: Sidley, Latham, Goodwin, Weil, DLA Piper, Willkie, Wachtell — this indictment would be for an impressive on-campus interview schedule.
Paul Weiss Technically Isn’t Having Layoffs, It’s Just That Associates Are Leaving Very Quickly And Not By Choice: The firm keeps losing litigation leadership and now its “performance” reviews have forced out a suspicious number of litigation associates.
A Newly Combined Firm Has Also Embarked On Layoffs: A newly merged top-20 Biglaw firm is working through growing pains that include layoffs, which is what “synergies” always meant in the fine print if anyone had bothered to read past the press release.
In Alito’s Defense, The Made-Up Facts He Cited Would Have Been Convincing: The Supreme Court inserted fabricated factual claims into its opinion functionally striking down the Voting Rights Act.
But, Remember, Stop Talking About The Emperor’s Lack Of Clothes: Chief Justice Roberts is disappointed that everyone seems to think the Court is political just because they decided to rewrite election law.
Virginia Supreme Court Rules ‘Sure, The Text SAYS This Is Legal But What This Opinion Presupposes Is… What If It Didn’t?’: After Virginia voters approved congressional redistricting, the majority of the state supreme court spent 30 pages redefining one sentence.
Republicans Seem To Get Carded A Lot: Todd Blanche thinks you need ID to go to a restaurant (this guy must really want to start eating at a private club).
Good Things Come In Small (And Midsized) Packages: Vault drops its annual small and midsize firm rankings.
Law Students Create Content That Is More Watchable Than Anything The DOJ Filed This Week: The 17th annual ATL Law Revue Video Contest has a winner.
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