Mastodawn

The law firm where I work in I.T. is rolling out Copilot, and I attended a training session today for help-desk. The trainer suggested we use it to analyze the last six months of our communications. Instead of asking it to assign characters from Star Wars to me & my five biggest collaborators - I don't know the new Star Wars - I used Peanuts characters and apparently I am Linus van Pelt, offering comfort (just like my blanket!) through structure and insight.
#BigLaw #Peanuts

getmisch Oct 7

Bi-monthly tech meeting. Since it's the seventh, I asked stakeholders about their October rollout. Stakeholders said Yes, we could meet, but "we're at the stage where our pants are on fire and we're running as fast as we can" so I said I'd bring a bucket of water.
#BigLaw #InformationTechnology #information #services #big #law #firm #technology #training #reporting #compliance #human #resources #attorney #accreditation #Continuing #Legal #Education #CLE #credits #state #bar #pants #fire #water

getmisch Sep 24

Cafeteria at work lost hot water yesterday, had to put out cold sandwiches and pizza. Top of Seven World Trade, I feel badly for any client lunch meetings these days...
#big #BigLaw #law #firm #LawFirm #cafeteria no #hot #water #today or #tomorrow #7WTC #WorldTradeCenter #NYC #NewYorkCity #FiDi #excellent #pizza

getmisch Aug 13

Today the American Lawyer's A-List has included the firm where I work among their top 20 firms, again. Apparently this is our 10th consecutive year appearing on the list, our 2nd year in spot number 3, and our 7th inclusion in the top 5 since 2017.
We are fighting the administration's appeal of their Executive Order, so wish us luck. [article=paywall]
#WilmerHale #law #firm #lawyer #attorney #legislate #legal #BigLaw #ExecutiveOrder #Constitution #precedence #judge #jury https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2025/08/13/the-2025-a-list-top-20-firms/

The 2025 A-List: Top 20 Firms

The firms topping our annual A-List posted strong results in RPL, pro bono, diversity, female equity partner percentages and associate satisfaction.

The American Lawyer

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Aug 8

the UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority is prosecuting one of the UK's more infamous libel law firms (Carter Ruck) for silencing critics of the massive OneCoin ponzi scheme (2nd only to madoff) that imploded back in 2017.

sadly there's a million other cases of Big Law firms openly aiding and abetting out and out frauds that will go unpunished, but it's nice to see at least some kind of minimal attempt at justice

(the story of OneCoin is completely insane; worth a read if you haven't run across it before)

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/12/18/carter-ruck-acted-for-fraudster

#uk #ukpol #carterRuck #libel #OneCoin #RujaIgnatova #ponzi #ponziScheme #eupol #bulgaria #FCA #SRA #BigLaw #law #lawstodon #PrivateEye

How libel firm Carter-Ruck recklessly enabled a $4bn fraud

Carter-Ruck’s actions likely caused more people to lose more money to the fraud - and this was foreseeable at the time.

Tax Policy Associates

getmisch Aug 4

Huge study by Reuters shows that pro bono work is drying up, leaving victims on waiting lists to get attorneys to work on their cases. Whether or not law firms have been targeted, they are acting in fear, refusing to help the most vulnerable. The fascist's plan is working.
#BigLaw #rolls #over #ProBono #volunteer #services #victims #assistance #programs #big #law #temporary #restraining #order #SkaddenArps #Kirkland #Cadwalader #Milbank #PaulWeiss #fascist #USA #lawyer https://www.reuters.com/investigations/trumps-war-big-law-leads-firms-retreat-pro-bono-work-underdogs-2025-07-31/

getmisch Jul 30

Back after a week to two hundred eighty eMails.
This is no time for decaf.
#7WTC #WorldTradeCenter #BigLaw #big #law #infotech #information #technology #french #roast

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Mark Harbinger Jul 25

OTOH, when you start becoming famous for being famous (Marc Elias's self-promotion is ubiquitous), it begs the question if you've stretched yourself too thin and are fighting on too many fronts...

#BigLaw

https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social/post/3luskuzrrr226

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)

There's a lot in this piece, but I'll just note that I did call out that I was skeptical that Elias Group was the right firm for @mmfa.bsky.social to use for this situation, and some of the details in the article seem to suggest I was (unfortunately) correct. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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