Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Adobe Stock Wine, Dine and Grind: Summer Associates Want Experience in 'Real Matters'
While they appreciate lavish experiences, summer associates also want to know what life in Big Law will actually be like.
September 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
When Big Law firms want to show summer associates a good time, they write checks.
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- Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
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- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
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- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
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