Forward Movement

Circle of life - and blawgging? I hate to have the site succumb to a blog statistic, but this blawg will be temporarily suspended. I am not ...

"Quinn Emanuel Becomes First Am Law 100 Firm to Have a Female Name Partner." Yeah - it's 2010. Law.com . NYU grads can't f...

"You’re a lawyer? Please don’t kill yourself, the cab gets really messy." ATL . If you joined BigLaw for a posh 5th Avenue apartme...

"Utah can't afford twelfth grade but" can afford to prosecute and incarcerate the crime of reckless miscarriage. HuffPo . So w...

Binge eating being debated as a disorder, and therefore subject to employment discrimination suits. Law.com . Loads of firms - some of whom ...

Brief on my own forty-two cents this go-'round, but heavy on the inbox house-cleaning ... Backdating Juniper Networks settled a shareho...

If you didn't read this WSJ piece , please take a few minutes (and cruise those comments ! if you ever wondered what angry people do all...

ATL ran a guest post discussing outsourcing and the ABA's 2008 stamp of approval (ABA Formal Opinion 08-451) ("Opinion"). I a...

A quick post: Jason and I have spoken a few times over the last two weeks, and he is currently dealing with a private matter that will preve...

Criminal tax fraud cases against Madoff's kids. WSJ . Ever watch the television show "Snapped"? Hong Kong Court overturns ...

Have a *great* weekend! Tea Party Convention. (That's funny just by itself, right?) WaPo . Score for EPA and DOJ efforts: $ 1.79 billion...

Busy day for BofA. I haven't had the opportunity to read through the 30-some page settlement proposal and 90 page complaint yet, but her...

I have to admit that when news hit last month of the SEC's second amended complaint - and then second independent complaint - I was con...

I am happy to write that Jason Silberberg will be guest blawgging on the site for the next month. Jason is a graduate of both NYU, and sepa...

Have a *great*GREAT* weekend!! J.D. Salinger has left the building. Reported everywhere, including AmLawDaily . The SEC thinks it's very...

In 2000, Congress enacted the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (“E-SIGN”) to ensure the validity of contracts enter...

Gratuitous self-congratulatory note to me and Allen as we celebrate a recent offer of publication from the Hastings Business Law Review ! T...

Am l-o-v-i-n-g the headlines this morning. “ Asian Markets Drop after Wall Street Reacts to President Obama’s Bank Limits ” “ FOREX – Dollar...

AIG's GC's generous severance package has U.S. Senators riding Ken Feinberg. Corporate Counsel . Even when the SEC does more, it ca...

DO NOT believe the headlines that everything is okay: legal staff is still being cut. ATL . Bankers making more in 2009 than in 2008 and 200...