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Lawyer Laterals: Free Agents with No Comp Caps 

Lawyer Laterals: Free Agents with No Comp Caps 

Last week’s announcement of the move by Wachtell’s co-chair and veteran litigator to Gibson Dunn certainly got a lot of press. Rightfully so. But I started to think about what’s contributing to or maybe causing so many partners to jump ship....

California Employment News: Is Your Employee Handbook Up to Date?

California Employment News: Is Your Employee Handbook Up to Date?

Source: YouTubeSummaryIn this episode of California Employment News, Weintraub Tobin shareholder Meagan Bainbridge and associate Nikki Mahmoudi discuss the key provisions every legally compliant handbook should address.In this episode, they cover: Foundational...

Honor Courts, Boards, And Academic Dishonesty

Honor Courts, Boards, And Academic Dishonesty

Many law schools have a disciplinary body of students, faculty, or a combination of the two, that determine violations of the law school’s “honor code.” These “honor courts” or “honor boards” are quasi-adjudicatory creatures. The purpose of these boards is a bit of...

The Legal Legend That Answered No To A Secretary’s Desk

The Legal Legend That Answered No To A Secretary’s Desk

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! She graduated near the top of her Stanford Law class of 1952, made law review and the Order of the Coif… but upon graduation, the only job offer she got in California was as a legal secretary....

Romantic Scandal Ends In Multimillion-Dollar Payout — See Also

Romantic Scandal Ends In Multimillion-Dollar Payout — See Also

It Looks Like The Jackson Walker/Federal Judge Scandal Is Officially Over: Some ~$20 million later… First Lateral Raid Just One Month After Mega-Merger: Sorry, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, but Sidley really needed that fund finance team. Todd Blanche Is About To Be...