The growth, including crossing the $2 billion mark in revenue, comes as Paul Weiss has decided to move to a two-tier partnership and a black-box compensation system for partners, said firm chair Brad Karp.
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'Proofreading Is Essential': Justice Reminds Parties While Granting Summary Judgment in Loan Default Case
“This appeal concerns a purported $44 million scrivener’s error,” Associate Justice Jeffrey Oing of the Appellate Division, First Department wrote in the decision. “It also is a reminder that proofreading is an essential, indispensable tool in the drafting of contracts.”
Harvard Law's Caselaw Access Project Releases 40M Pages of State, Federal Case Law
The free release of 40 million pages of state and federal court decisions, comprising some 40,000 books of case law, is the culmination of a project that Harvard Law started in 2015 with support from Ravel Law and LexisNexis.
Justices Barrett, Sotomayor Project United Front After Trump Ruling
The justices appeared at a Washington event together to stress the importance of civil disagreement and civic engagement.
'Really Good Idea': Judiciary Adopts Policy to Limit Judge Shopping
Lawsuits filed in single-judge divisions and which seek to bar state or federal actions will be randomly assigned among all the judges in the district where the case is lodged.
Sneak Peek at the 2024 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 11-20
Here’s a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2023 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.
Anticipating Transactional Rebound, Am Law 50 Steps Up Partner Hiring in Early 2024
“It shows optimism about what’s to come,” Macrae partner Jon Truster said. “I don’t believe that the hiring is reflective of deal activity. I think it’s law firms being more opportunistic that their corporate departments will become busier.”
Massachusetts High Court Helps Clears the Way for 'Tobacco Free Generation'
“The retailers contend that the birthdate cutoff of January 1, 2000, is arbitrary and thus not rationally related to the town’s legitimate interest. We disagree. Line drawing—a legislative necessity—does not, without more, make a law unconstitutional,” Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt wrote.
Freshfields Goes to One-Size Attorney Offices, as NY Space Mixes 'Egalitarian' and 'Vibrancy'
In New York, junior associates up through the most senior partners have solo workspaces that are now the same square feet.
North Dakota Court Clarifies Natural Accumulation Rule in Matter of First Impression
“Remote areas are precisely the locations the natural accumulation rule protects because the reasonableness of monitoring remote areas of property, and lack of notice resulting therefrom, demonstrates the rationale for the rule. Where it is unreasonable for an owner or operator to continually monitor an area, such as the remote well site in rural North […]