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Top Ten Firms in the Nation in 2007 by Revenue and Profits Per Partner 2008-05-06 13:16:03 Rank
Firm
Partner
Profits
1.
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
$4.95 million
2.
Cravath Swaine & Moore
$3.30 million
3.
Sullivan & Cromwell
$3.06 million
4.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges
$3.01 million
5.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
$2.88 million
6.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
$2.73 million
7. =
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
$2.60 million
7. =
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
$2.60 million
9.
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
$2.53 million
10.
Kirkland & Ellis
$2.48 million
Rank
Firm
Revenue
1.
Skadden
$2.17 billion
2.
Latham & Watkins
$2.01 billion
3.
Baker & McKenzie
$1.83 [...] Read more:Top Ten
Top Out-of-State Firms in Texas (so that’s where all the Jenkens & Gilchrist folks went!) 2008-05-04 01:28:06 Based on Gross Revenues in Texas
in 2007-2008:
Jones Day $161.8 million
Weil, Gotshal, & Manges $140.4 million
Hunton & Williams $90 million
King and Spalding 82.2 million
Mayer Brown $64.2 million
Notably, Hunton & Williams is a newcomer to this exclusive club. Up $60 million from last year’s gross of $30 million, the increase in Hunton & Williams’ revenue [...] Read more:State
, Gilchrist
, folks
Fifth Circuit: Can’t Bill Full Hourly Rate for Non-Working Travel Time 2008-05-03 00:05:47 Yesterday, in In re Babcock & Wilcox Co., the FifthCircuit
held that firms cannot bill full hourly rates for travel time when the time is not spent working. The suit arose after the New York law firm of Caplin & Drysdale sought over $5.6 million in attorney’s fees and $745,000 in expenses following the [...] Read more:Travel
February 2008 Texas Bar Results Announced 2008-05-01 16:04:27 February 2008 Texas
Bar Results Announced
Bar Passage Rates for First Time Examinees:
Baylor Law School 95.83%
Texas Tech University School of Law 92.86%
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law 92.31%
South Texas College of Law 88.24%
St. Mary’s School of Law 86.96%
University Of Texas School of Law 80.00%
Texas Wesleyan School of Law 79.59%
University Of Houston Law Center [...] Read more:February
Supreme Court Upholds Voter Photo Identification Requirement 2008-04-30 17:34:05 On Monday, in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the SupremeCourt
upheld the Indiana law requiring voters to have a government issued photo identification card in order to vote. Suit was brought by opponents of the law who claimed that the requirement to have a photo identification card created a substantial barrier for [...] Read more:Voter
, Photo
, Identification
, Requirement
, Supreme Court
Scalia’s Interview on 60 Minutes 2008-04-27 19:01:30 Charming and surprisingly funny, at 72, Scalia seemed to be twenty years younger and in the best of health during his interview that aired today on 60 Minutes. “Nino,” as he is affectionately known, is only child and was born to his Italian immigrant parents. Scalia grew up in Queens, New York and eventually earned [...]
Sniping Snipes’ Arguments: Why Wesley Snipes Was Wrong 2008-04-24 18:13:19 As word spreads that Wesley
Snipes was sentenced to 36 months in prison, it’s worth taking a moment to analyze the arguments Snipes made in support of his claim that he did not owe federal income tax.
Claim: Snipes claimed that he had no taxable income earned in the United States and therefore should not [...] Read more:Wrong
Celebrating the Summer: A Look at the Lighter Side of Law School 2008-05-10 20:06:55 Finals are over! Here’s to the summer and the end of the 2L year!
First-Year Memories:
Funny Law Review Articles:
The Contribution of the Infield Fly Rule to Western Civilization
Baseball’s Infield Fly Rule is one of the most hotly contested topics in American law today…
Law School
Attire: A Call for a Uniform Uniform Code
Style of dress matters, and [...] Read more:Summer
, Law School