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  Two married former SCOTUS clerks - Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff - who went to work for Jones Day noticed this: Mothers receive 18 weeks paid leave while fathers only receive 10. They contend in lawsuit "Savignac, et al. v Jones Day" that when they brought this to leadership's attention the father - Savignac - was fired.  Now, US District Court Judge Randolph Moss has given that litigation a trial date: November 2025.   However, first before the case is presented to a jury, the parties must try mediation . What this could mean is that Jones Day's iconic black-box culture could be opened up for public view in a court of law. It's a story media will jump on. Not long along gender discrimination class action "Tolton, et al. v Jones Day" was slated to do that. But upon the agreement of all parties the litigation went poof.  Meanwhile the discovery will be handled by third party Steptoe. That is the law firm where Savignac has been working for five yea

Among the most soul-wrenching experiences for a business is this: The client you got great results for stalls on paying the bill. At some point it even might look like there will be no payment. Since Q4 is the time for law firms to chase those aging receivables  Law.com  recently published an article on how some New York law firms are using legal action - both in court and through arbitration - to get paid.  Although law firm Paul Weiss is not mentioned in that coverage we might assume that it too encounters that financial and emotional business headwind.  For example, in its job openings on its website is the position of  Senior Collections Specialist . (When clicking on that link the message comes up that the job is no longer available. However, if you click on the Job Opening section that opportunity is listed)  The responsibilities of the Senior Collections Specialist range from monitoring payments including aging receivables, to developing action plans for collection. Compensation

  There's a wrong question on Reddit Big Law : How to be more charming?  It's wrong because it is so out-of-date in this visual era when the "tells" of a self are totally out there. Instead, as we experience in the new kinds of sales approaches and the ethos of influencers, decoding the tells is about the search for authenticity. That opens relationships. That's what we seek out. In contrast, charm sucks up all the oxygen.  Kamala Harris is faulted for charm w/o authenticity. Some contend it has been a persona shaped by her handlers. The chatter is that the all-important voter category - Black men - "see through it." A boomer white woman I can't connect with Harris.  In addition, the rise and the fall of the Murdaugh Southern legal dynasty provide real-life evidence of the toxic nature of charm. The new book about that - "The Devil At His Elbow" by Valerie Bauerlein - chronicles how Alex Murdaugh glad-handed his way to everything from co

  "Publish." In the print era that was the mandate to either make the leap into the big time or to accelerate an upward trajectory. But, now, we are bearing witness to the risk which comes with publishing, be it a book or academic papers. On the  hot seat for alleged plagiarism  is Kamala Harris, along with the co-author Joan O'C Hamilton for the  2009 book "Smart on Crime."  Publishd by Chronicle Books, it appeared just before Harris' 2010 campaign for the job of California Attorney General. In timing so close to the election (which makes us suspicious of motivation) conservative activist/journalist Christopher Rufo released information about alleged instances of plagiarism. They include almost verbatim material published in the book without attribution from sources such as the Urban Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Wiki and AP.  Meanwhile, according to an  accidentally released memo  at Chronicle Books, Rufo sizes up the publisher's res

Some of us recall back in the global financial downturn how start dates were pushed into the future.  Sometimes, down the road during the wait, the job offer was rescinded. Also, the number of summer interns had been slashed.  Well, is that trend kicking off again in this era of uncertainty, fear of recession and implementation of generative AI to operations? Yahoo Finance reports: "EY has postponed the start dates for approximately 200 graduates scheduled to join its prestigious strategy advisor Parthenon in the US …  EY-Parthenon has reduced the number of internship opportunities for the upcoming summer ..." Driving this decision is that M&A/PE activity hasn't picked up as expected, at least for the dealmaking EY has been anticipating. This kind of disappointment could also apply to certain financial and law firms.  The graduates had been scheduled to come aboard in November. The date has been pushed out to mid 2025. Meanwhile stipends are provided ranging from $12

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