Rosenstein's Move, Leader Remembered, Lawyer PTSD: The Morning Minute
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April 30, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
|ROD'S ROAD - The question following Rod Rosenstein's resignation as deputy AG is where he'll end up. Rosenstein, 54, hasn't worked in private practice for more than 30 years. In 1987 he was a summer associate at President Richard Nixon's now-defunct law firm, Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, and he spent the following summer at Philadelphia's Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. Rosenstein is set to leave the DOJ on May 11.
NEXT WAVE - Not to be a party-pooper amid the best entry-level lawyer job news in a decade, but you might want to put the cork back in the champagne. As Karen Sloan reports, some of that gain—up to 78.6 percent of the class of 2018 had secured full-time, long-term jobs that either require bar passage, or for which a law degree offers an advantage within 10 months of graduation—was fueled by fewer law graduates competing for jobs and not by a significant increase in the number of entry-level legal jobs. What's more, more law graduates are slated to hit the hiring market in 2019, leaving questions about whether job gains will continue.
MORE SUITS - Lawsuits against The Boeing Co., manufacturer of the grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft, continue to mount. Amanda Bronstad reports that two plaintiffs' law firms, Clifford Law Offices and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, announced the filing of 10 more lawsuits hours after Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Monday apologized to crash victims and attempted to assure shareholders about the safety of its aircraft while skirting calls for his resignation. The Ethiopian Airlines flight killed 157 people on board after nose-diving soon after takeoff. It was the second crash involving the 737 Max 8.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
|Mentor, Civil Rights Icon and Judge: Lawyers Remember Damon Keith, 'Hero to So Many'
Ethics Complaints Against Kavanaugh Face New Appeals After 10th Circuit Rejection
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
|AMSTERDAM AIM - The U.S.-based Scott+Scott is opening an office in Amsterdam—its first in Europe outside London. Simon Taylor reports that the firm, which has offices in New York, Connecticut, California and London, is scheduled to open the Netherlands office June 1. Scott+Scott has represented several companies in Europe, including Hermès, GrandVision and Vodafone in lawsuits against Visa and Mastercard over fees.
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WHAT YOU SAID
“I want them to know their attorney is working on their matter on a weekend day because that's what they expect nowadays.”
— MICHAEL LEVINE, A PARTNER AT RAPPAPORT, GLASS, LEVINE & ZULLO IN NEW YORK, ON THE GROWING DEMANDS FROM CLIENTS.
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