Seyfarth Shaw

Thanks to the Delta variant, Biglaw firms are quickly changing their plans.

In more ways than one...

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas, associates!

Furloughs have turned into layoffs at yet another Biglaw firm.

Diversity is important, now more than ever.

Seyfarth is taking some cost-cutting measures that seem quite austere.

RICO non-suave.

That takes some real skill.

And they said it with a straight face!

Underwhelming to say the least.

* It’s probably sociopathic to make “I just killed a deer” part of your online dating banter, but it’s downright stupid when you make it part of your online dating banter while trying to woo a game warden. [CNN]

* Ahoy maties! Maritime firms Jones Walker and Fowler Rodriguez merge. [Daily Business Review]

* Coming legal developments that could revolutionize the law. [Law.com]

* Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law now covers police officers shooting innocent people in the back. [Slate]

* Federal judge calls for “bone-crushing” discovery. Hopefully the sets a new precedent and judges start asking for “disemboweling” briefing and “waterboarding” voir dire. [Law360]

* Another online J.D. program — and this one’s bringing in students with higher LSAT scores than the residential program. [New York Law Journal]

* The good and bad news for employers when it comes to workplace class actions. Isn’t the good news for employers always, “the Supreme Court is about to make these illegal”? [Corporate Counsel]

Given the White House's vetting process and the public nature of the claims, this was a known issue before the nomination.

* A Guatemalan woman seeking asylum in the United States has filed suit against the Trump administration, alleging that her 7-year-old son was taken from her at the border last month. She’s only spoken to him once, and desperately wants to be reunited with her child. [The Hill]

* Stop the inhumane insanity: A group of state attorneys general and former U.S. attorneys have written letters to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, demanding that he “immediately” reverse his policy of separating families at the border, letting him know that “the unfolding tragedy falls squarely on [his] shoulders.” [National Law Journal]

* After being dumped by McDermott Will, Michael Cohen has hired Guy Petrillo as his attorney. Petrillo is an ex-S.D.N.Y. prosecutor, which could make it easier for his client to negotiate a deal of some sort after he starts cooperating. [New York Times]

* Seyfarth Shaw has been slapped with a $40 million malpractice suit by Manhattan’s Blue Dog restaurant group, with claims that the firm “negligently, deceptively, and repeatedly” failed in its attempts to properly represent them. [American Lawyer]

* The Justice Department will be holding its annual DOJ Pride event on June 26, and it’s doubtful that AG Sessions will attend. To be honest, given his record, it’s probably better this way for the LGBT employees who’d be celebrating. [Washington Blade]

These things can't just be swept under the rug.

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Seyfarth says salary increases didn't spark layoffs.

Reportedly around 40 attorneys are being laid off.

It's not a matter of whether law firms will need to market their knowledge and use of AI (artificial intelligence), it's a matter of when.

* Almost 2,000 lawyers have signed on to a complaint filed by the Lawyers for Good Government with the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Committee which alleges that Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated the state’s rules of professional conduct when he falsely testified under oath during his confirmation hearing that he “did not have communications with the Russians,” and thus should be disbarred. [Alabama Political Reporter]

* A superior legal defense from a superior legal mind? A former contestant on The Apprentice who accused President Donald Trump of groping her in 2007 is now suing him for defamation. Trump’s lawyer, Marc Kasowitz of Kasowitz Benson, claims that the president is immune from private litigation thanks to the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Perhaps he ought to take another look at Clinton v. Jones. [USA Today]

* Sources say that Seyfarth Shaw partner Alexander Passantino is under consideration to run the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. He served as deputy Wage and Hour Division administrator from 2006 to 2008, and if offered the job, he’ll be in charge of overseeing some pretty major policy issues, like rolling back the Obama-era expansion of overtime pay to millions of American workers. [Big Law Business]

* General counsel from 185 companies signed on to a letter delivered to Congress, beseeching lawmakers to continue to support the Legal Services Corp. which could go without necessary funds under President Trump’s budget plan. They’ve requested that $450M be allocated to the organization in order to create a “level playing field for the many lower and moderate-income families who cannot afford a lawyer.” [WSJ Law Blog]

* Angelo Binno, a blind prospective law student who alleged that the LSAT’s logic games test is discriminatory, was denied Supreme Court certiorari earlier this week. Not to worry, because his lawyer says that the fight will go on: “I’m not going to stop until he gets into law school because I know he will be a great lawyer even though he cannot diagram that on a test. This battle is far from over.” [National Law Journal]

* To answer the question posed in Morning Docket today… no. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Miguel Estrada will not be the next Solicitor General. [Law.com]

* Elena Kagan is finally getting some meme love. [Huffington Post]

* The Texas Supreme Court is hearing arguments about rolling back spousal benefits for same-sex couples. No, you didn’t imagine Obergefell in a fever dream, it’s just Texas. [Slate]

* Can legal remedies be effective against age discrimination? Or will that take too long? [Law and More]

* RIP Barbara Lundergan the first woman to be partner at Seyfarth Shaw. [Crain’s Business]

* How does Neil Gorsuch fare on the issue of abortion? [Constitutional Accountability Center]

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