And the Supreme Court's ethical problems just won't go away.
Biglaw has always played follow-the-leader. Usually it's about bonuses, but Skadden is taking a big gamble that the rest of the industry will follow it back to a Monday-Thursday office work week. If the rest of Biglaw doesn't follow suit, the giant sucking sound you hear will be Skadden talent late ... Show More
Dec 2023
Big Law Salary Wars, SCOTUS-Related Subpoenas
On this edition of the Bloomberg Law Show, Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Robinson speak with Bloomberg News Reporter Emily Birnbaum on the latest SCOTUS-related subpoenas approved in Congress. Plus, Bloomberg Law's Meghan Tribe joins to talk about this year's big law salary wars. S ... Show More
34m 49s
Aug 2023
Lawyers Are Getting on More Corporate Boards
Wendeen Eolis, Chair/CEO of Eolis International Group, discusses why public companies are increasingly looking for lawyers to become corporate directors. Ethics law expert Arthur Hellman, a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, discusses the country’s oldest feder ... Show More
26m 17s
Nov 2021
The Corporate Counsel Show: 'The Great Scramble for Talent'
<p>Whether the supposed "Great Resignation" materialises or not, law departments are going to have to do all they can to keep in-house counsel happy.<br /> <br /> On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Carlyle Kingswood Global director, ... Show More
28m 6s
Dec 2024
What a Weekday: If You're In Line To Be President, Stay In Line
SoftBank goes hard for oligarchy. Big Tech kisses the ring. Biden quiet quits and commutes the unforgivable. And Trump will see you in court. Plus we hand out our End Of Year Awards to the biggest, oldest, weirdest, and most dead squirrel moments of 2024. For a closed-captioned v ... Show More
44m 9s
Aug 2023
The Law, The Law! It's Chock Full Of Clowns. Dubious Lawsuits Up And Productivity's Down!
A little Broadway for this week's title. ----- Law firm productivity is down, but are we really worried about that? It's a traditional harbinger of layoffs, though something about this market feels a bit different. Meanwhile, a right-wing advocacy group has sued a pair of Biglaw ... Show More
28m 40s
May 2023
A Crisis of Ethics at the Supreme Court
<p>Debate about ethical standards for Supreme Court justices has intensified after a series of revelations about undisclosed gifts, luxury travel and property deals. </p><p>Adam Liptak, who covers the court for The Times, reviews the allegations of misconduct and the growing call ... Show More
33m 52s