Brobeck Sues Clifford Chance and Tower Snow
 

But Tower is so dreamy! I'm, like, so bummed about this.

AM(heh, heh)M

Brobeck Sues Clifford Chance and Tower Snow
 

And the beat goes on and on and on....

As I've said before, Brobeck died so that others could live. Who is representing Clifford Chance and Tower?

Carr & Ferrell
 

I always suspected that John Ferrell had something to do with the deletion of negative postings about his firm on Greedy. This confirms it for the most part. Now I suspect he actually is the "slippery weasel" I've heard about. It seems he's doing himself more harm than good trying to bury these postings.

Carr & Ferrell
 

Are you U Thant's son or something?

Carr & Ferrell
 

It's like the government telling people they can't drink until they're 21 or smoke until they're 18. As soon as a presumed higher authority says you can't do something that you should be able to do since it doesn't really hurt anyone else, it suddenly attracts all kinds of special attention and becomes the cool thing to do.

In this case, deleting posts about Carr & Ferrell on the Big Board (telling the community they can't read the posts) creates a much bigger stir and garners far more attention than the original posts themselves. Now everyone will assume that they should avoid working for C&F like the plague--what else is there to assume other than that the content of the deleted posts was scathing?

C&F would have been better off having two or three people create Hotmail accounts and then having them go to the boards to provide contrary opinions (that seem reasonable, make some concessions, and aren't completely overblown) under the guise of being objective outsiders. I'm surprised that they didn't have the good sense to realize how anonymous Internet posting and the influencing of opinion on the the Internet really works. Too late now.

This really had to be something to see.
 

Car Flips Over Wall, On to Beach - Driver Critical

I wish her a speedy recovery, but it sounds to me like she was really hoping for a spectacular exit.

This really had to be something to see.
 

Damn, I knew I should have offered to drive her home.

Carr & Ferrell
 

AKA "Orricking."

Frisco
 

The SF Chronicle says that "Frisco" is making a comeback.

Frisco
 

Now that it's been reported by their esteemed pop culture specialist, it's five minutes ago. Thank goodness.

Frisco
 

Frisco
 

So long as my mullet is still righteous. Mullets rule!

first year career advice needed
 

I am an associate finishing my first year at a large
bay area firm. I'm in the corporate group, and while
I'm thankful to have a job, I'm pretty dissatisfied
with the actual work that I'm doing. I really think
that I'd like to get into an antitrust practice. My
questions are these:

-- Do you know how common it is to make a change like
this? I don't really have antitrust experience,
except for an econ background and both undergrad and
law school classes.

-- What is your take on antitrust practices at
specific bay area firms? Who is strong? Are any
hiring that you know of?

That's a good start for now. I'm interested in
hearing answers to any of the above questions, or any
other advice that you might offer. Thanks.

first year career advice needed
 

It's not uncommon at all to make a change of the sort you describe. And there are plenty of people who practice antitrust law with no more experience than what you describe. At many firms, you could be doing antitrust work part of your time and other types of work at the same time.

When you talk about antitrust work, do you mean transactional or litigation-oriented? If the latter, plaintiff-side or defense-side?

first year career advice
 

Well, honestly I'm not sure as to what I'd prefer.
Probably transactional, though I'd certainly give
litigation a try.

How would you suggest that I go about getting my foot
in the door?


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thanks.