Late in the morning of Jan. 16, 28-year-old Aaron Brett Charney posted a comment to a widely read Web site called infirmation.com.
On the site, associates at big law firms gripe about their treatment at the hands of the lawyers. But Mr. Charney’s wasn’t an ordinary complaint.
“Today I filed suit against my employer, Sullivan Read More
Late in the morning of Jan. 16, 28-year-old Aaron Brett Charney posted a comment to a widely read Web site called infirmation.com.
On the site, associates at big law firms gripe about their treatment at the hands of the lawyers. But Mr. Charney’s wasn’t an ordinary complaint.
“Today I filed suit against my employer, Sullivan Read More
Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan has a message for New York lawyers.
“Like New York City,” she said in an annual state-of-the-school speech in September, “Harvard Law is in large part described by its scale and scope, and the energy and vibrancy that come with them.”
Harvard is the New York City of Read More
Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan has a message for New York lawyers.
“Like New York City,” she said in an annual state-of-the-school speech in September, “Harvard Law is in large part described by its scale and scope, and the energy and vibrancy that come with them.”
Harvard is the New York City of law Read More
On a recent afternoon, David Boies, 65, and his son Christopher, 38, pulled up chairs for an interview in the firm’s glossy new Manhattan offices on Lexington Avenue. “DB,” as he is known in the office, was adrift in a baggy navy suit and suede walking shoes. Christopher, who shares his father’s sharp turquoise eyes Read More
Bob and Larry Tisch were born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in the 1920’s. After graduating from New York University and Wharton, Larry purchased a winter resort in New Jersey with $125,000 in seed money from his parents. Bob joined him two years later and they started buying up hotels, then gained control of the Loews movie Read More
Last week, a group of five women law students from Columbia University took seats on a small makeshift stage, dressed in identical skimpy black hot pants and white tank tops, mimicking law students in classes taught by their 34-year-old professor, Tim Wu. A voice-over pretended to broadcast the contents of the female students’ wandering minds. Read More
Last week, a group of five women law students from Columbia University took seats on a small makeshift stage, dressed in identical skimpy black hot pants and white tank tops, mimicking law students in classes taught by their 34-year-old professor, Tim Wu. A voice-over pretended to broadcast the contents of the female students’ wandering minds. Read More
A sprawling abstract artwork greets visitors to the 37th-floor conference center of the high-powered law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Painted directly on a wide, curved wall with marker and acrylic, Double Down was installed by conceptual artist Matthew Ritchie some four years ago in an otherwise-refined office environment, all gleaming, caramel-colored Read More
A sprawling abstract artwork greets visitors to the 37th-floor conference center of the high-powered law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Painted directly on a wide, curved wall with marker and acrylic, Double Down was installed by conceptual artist Matthew Ritchie some four years ago in an otherwise-refined office environment, all gleaming, caramel-colored marble Read More
