Comments on: June 13 roundup

By: Milberg settles

Milberg settles — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:32:11 +0000

[…] Previous reports indicated that the Milberg firm would agree to a government monitor for two years, which will be of some nuisance and expense to them as well. Glater’s closing is interesting: Even prison walls have not ended Mr. Lerach’s trademark bravado. In a recent article for the business magazine Portfolio, he wrote, “Paying plaintiffs was an industry practice,” thereby making the lives of his former colleagues that much more difficult. […]

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:30:39 +0000

$480 an hour? In Seattle? For that kind of work?

Hm.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:12:35 +0000

Walter, re: the hard-left stance of elite law firms like Clifford Chance and ultra-liberal pro bono — your colleague Heather MacDonald summed this all up in a great City Journal piece circa 2003. It neatly indicts the hypocrisy of it all.

It is funny to me that the legal profession is so liberal, especially BigLaw, given that its clients have often conservative concerns like taxes and regulation and, naturally, abusive litigation. But I suppose this is just a sign of the left-wing saturation of pretty much all points of our society, from schools to churches to governments. Really, big business clients are eager to ape to the liberal examples of the law firms with things like “diversity” demands.