On The Merits

Peter Lattman, formerly of The New York Times, joins Josh Block and Casey Sullivan to discuss covering the business of law at the Times and his stint as the first lead writer for The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog. Lattman talks about his career, from his start as a big law associate at Kramer Levin, to his latest move, just last week, to Emerson Collective, the organization started by the widow of Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs. Brought to you by Bloomberg Law http://www.bna.com/bloomberglaw?promocode=BLBBLAW Subscribe to the Big Law Business podcast on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-law-business/id1074067483?mt=2 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshBlockNYC https://twitter.com/Casey_BigLaw https://twitter.com/peterlattman

The American Lawyer’s Julie Triedman joins Josh Block and Casey Sullivan to discuss K&L Gates. Thirty partners recently left the law firm, but that was after an announcement that the firm would be receiving a $210 million contingency fee award. In light of the settlement, why are partners choosing to leave now, and what is the firm’s outspoken chairman, Peter Kalis saying about the departures? Brought to you by: Bloomberg Law http://www.bna.com/bloomberglaw?promocode=BLBBLAW Subscribe to the Big Law Business podcast on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-law-business/id1074067483?mt=2 Discussed in this episode: K&L Gates Departures Mount as 10 Partners Join Mayer Brown (Big Law Business)https://bol.bna.com/kl-gates-departures-mount-as-10-partners-join-mayer-brown/ At K&L Gates, Partners Exit and ‘the King’ is Silent (Big Law Business)https://bol.bna.com/at-kl-gates-partners-exit-and-the-king-is-silent/ K&L Gates Chair On Partner Exodus: Isn’t This to Be Expected? (Big Law Business)https://bol.bna.com/kl-gates-chair-on-partner-exodus-isnt-this-to-be-expected/ K&L Gates Partners Made for Exits Despite $210M Windfall (The American Lawyer)http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202751791381/KL-Gates-Partners-Made-for-Exits-Despite-210M-Windfall?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL K&L Gates Losses Fueled By Clashes With Firm Management (Law 360)http://www.law360.com/articles/768581/k-l-gates-losses-fueled-by-clashes-with-firm-management

Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss deferred prosecution agreements in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case, the end of Dickstein Shapiro, Justice Scalia's Big Law associate days, Richard Susskind's new book and op-ed video, and the one year anniversary of the launch of the Big Law Business website. Brought to you by: Bloomberg Law http://www.bna.com/bloomberglaw?promocode=BLBBLAW Discussed in this episode: Ex-Dewey Client-Relations Manager Strikes Deal to Avoid Trial https://bol.bna.com/ex-dewey-client-relations-manager-strikes-deal-to-avoid-trial/ Former Dickstein Shapiro Chair Reflects on Demise, Blames Media https://bol.bna.com/former-dickstein-shapiro-chair-reflects-on-demise-blames-media/ Prominent SCOTUS Lawyer Reflects on the Death of Scalia https://bol.bna.com/prominent-scotus-lawyer-reflects-on-the-death-of-scalia/ Scalia’s Six-Year Stint as a Big Law Associate https://bol.bna.com/scalias-six-year-stint-as-a-big-law-associate/ Susskind: As Legal Work Decomposes Will Law Firms ‘Break Rank?’ https://bol.bna.com/as-legal-work-decomposes-will-law-firms-break-rank/

Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss the impending departure of 22 partners from Schiff Hardin, both Rudy Giuliani's move to Greenberg Traurig and the confirmation that the firm is in preliminary merger talks with a large British firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner. Will Dickstein Shapiro have a new merger partner? And what do the layoffs at Reed Smith mean for Big Law? Brought to you by: Bloomberg Law http://www.bna.com/bloomberglaw?promocode=BLBBLAW Subscribe to the Big Law Business podcast on iTunes. Discussed in this episode: Exodus of 22 Partners Hits Schiff Hardin https://bol.bna.com/exodus-of-22-partners-hits-schiff-hardin/ Rudy Giuliani Video Series https://bol.bna.com/tag/video-series-giulianis-greenberg-traurig-move/ Greenberg Traurig is in Early Talks to Tie Up with London Law Firm https://bol.bna.com/greenberg-traurig-is-in-early-talks-to-tie-up-with-london-law-firm/ Dickstein Shapiro is in ‘Deep’ Talks with Blank Rome – Sources https://bol.bna.com/dickstein-shapiro-is-in-deep-talks-with-blank-rome/ Citi Law Firm Chair: Reed Smith Layoffs Won’t Be an Outlier https://bol.bna.com/citi-law-firm-chair-reed-smith-layoffs-wont-be-an-outlier/

Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss the recent deferred prosecution agreement in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case, the failed merger talks between Bryan Cave and Dickstein Shapiro, Kenyon & Kenyon and the IP firm blues, Sidley's growth in Boston, and a dinner party (at Per Se!) for female law firm leaders. (CORRECTION: In this podcast we say that Dewey’s former chair Steve Davis accepted a plea deal. In fact, the deal was a deferred prosecution agreement.) Brought to you by: Bloomberg Law http://www.bna.com/bloomberglaw?promocode=BLBBLAW

In this teaser episode of the Big Law Business podcast, Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss the biggest business of law stories of 2015; the extreme growth of Dentons, and the criminal trial of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives for their role in the firm's collapse. Brought to you by: Bloomberg Law http://www.bna.com/bloomberglaw?promocode=BLBBLAW