Arent Fox

Professional Responsibility committee recommends against his reinstatement to practice law.

Biglaw goes digital.

It's the season of coming together.

Welcome to the new normal.

Interesting recruiting strategy....

The firm's managing partner has no plans to micromanage anyone's schedule.

Is there a combination in the works here?

Arent Fox's commitment to change.

There is life after Biglaw.

These are the largest pay cuts we've seen yet.

With its new office, the firm tries to strike a balance between face-to-face office work and the realities of modern efficiencies.

A raise that's only worth a shrug or two, by the looks of it.

He was also set to work in Biglaw, but I don't think that's going to happen now.

The prosecution says he funneled $2.1 million through various accounts, including attorney trust accounts.

He just won't be able to do it.

* The Supreme Court declined to hear a case about vending machines and the ADA. This isn’t such a big deal right now, but with tech gurus trying to turn America into a vending machine hellscape, this was a good opportunity for the Court to get out ahead of the curve. But we all knew that wasn’t going to happen. [Law.com]

* I think this is supposed to sound heroic, but the story of lawyers in Fort Lauderdale racing against Hurricane Irma to close a deal just seems like a cautionary tale about becoming a lawyer. But, you know, good for them for getting it done. [Daily Business Review]

* Trio of top-flight prosecutors leave the SDNY to form Krieger Kim & Lewin LLP. That’s 30 years of combined talent walking out of the SDNY all at once. And some impressive stories. Plots to assassinate ambassadors? The bin Laden case? A bevy of corrupt state officials? Hey guys, things might be a little less exciting for a couple months. [NY Times]

* Meanwhile, the former EDNY U.S. Attorney, Robert Capers, joins Arent Fox. [Wall Street Journal]

* Novel takes on a fantastic premise: a likable Biglaw protagonist. [Amazon (affiliate link)]

* A group of lawyers are driving an anti-gay agenda? What firm did they crawl out from? Oh… right. Obviously. [The Careerist]

* If you didn’t catch it over the weekend, WNYC’s More Perfect is back taking a deeper dive into Supreme Court. Check out Elie Mystal interviewing Judge Posner in this episode on Korematsu. Wow, Judge Posner is astoundingly nihilistic about courts. [More Perfect]

Partnership and leadership are not the same thing, leadership can be taught, and leadership matters.

A way to fight back when litigation is used as a weapon against free speech.

The downfall of Dewey & LeBoeuf has been set to music.

* Supreme Court hears argument about chicks and removing clothes for money, and it’s a lot less interesting than that sounds. [Law360]

* Congratulations to Cristina Carvalho, the next managing partner of Arent Fox. [National Law Journal]

* Federal government pushes “poor people aren’t real people” mantra a tad further: proposes rule banning smoking in your own home if you live in public housing. [New York Times]

* The next time you think we have a do-nothing Congress, note that they’ve just passed a law to divvy up asteroids for mining! They’re really hard at work on the pressing issues of today. [KING5]

* Chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board pulled out of the investigation into Justice Michael Eakin’s troubling emails after someone pointed out that he played a lead role in the justice’s 2011 re-election campaign. Wha? How did anyone think this was OK? I repeat: What the hell is wrong with Pennsylvania’s justice system? [York Daily Record]

* Checking in on Braeden Anderson, the Seton Hall basketball player balancing an NCAA season with his 1L year. [The Setonian]

* “Facebook Sees 23% Spike In Law Enforcement Requests For Data.” JackBootThug37 Likes This. [TechCrunch]

* Ted Cruz says there should be 700 miles of double fencing along the border. I’d welcome anything to keep dirty Canadians from coming down and running for president. [Real Clear Politics]