Will Weinstein's Judge Hit the Bricks?, Recruiters to Women: Speak Up!, Scalia's File Opened: The Morning Minute
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January 09, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
DISPARITY – Part of the reason for the 53% difference in average pay between male and female partners is because women leave money on the table when negotiating for themselves, say several legal recruiters. Meredith Hobbs reports that women face a bind when negotiating a lateral move because they fear being perceived as aggressive or difficult when they push for money. "Women don't want to start out on the wrong foot," says one recruiter.
RECUSE ME? – Harvey Weinstein's lawyers are set to argue this morning that Manhattan Judge James Burke should recuse himself from the ex-movie mogul's trial on rape charges. Attorneys from Aidala Bertuna & Kamins argue among other things that Burke's upbraiding of Weinstein on Tuesday for his in-court cell phone use showed his animus toward the defendant. The motion was raised at the end of court proceedings on Wednesday as jury selection proceeds at a glacial pace.
OPENED – Nearly four years after the death of Antonin Scalia, the FBI has released its files on the influential U.S. Supreme Court justice. As Tony Mauro and Mike Scarcella report, the files offer a peek inside the confirmation process for Scalia's Circuit Court and Supreme Court nominations and also reveal communications about a possible ethics investigation in 1993 and a purported death threat in 2006 from someone who called Scalia an "anti-Christ."
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EDITOR'S PICKS
Ex-Jones Day Associates Blast Bid for Sanctions in Gender Bias Lawsuit
Smart Camera Hacks Boost Privacy Concerns—But Not a Firm's Bottom Line
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
COOLEY MOVES – Cooley has officially launched an office in Singapore with two partners, Anna Zhang reports. Corporate partner Ferish Patel, who joined from Gunderson Dettmer in July, is partner-in-charge of the new office. Matthew Bartus, co-chair of Cooley's global emerging companies and venture capital practice, is relocating to Singapore from Silicon Valley.
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