Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

[c2ed]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
As they've said in response to five million angry letters to the editor, California Lawyer is not published by the State Bar. It's owned by the Daily Journal Corporation.

Oops... hee! My bad.

Apologies to my friends at the DJ. I guess it's not so interesting, after all.

Ok - next topic, then... Which firm is more likely to disintegrate: Fenwick or Pillsbury?

C(I'd lay odds Fenwick will go first)deuced

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by c2ed
Oops... hee! My bad.

Apologies to my friends at the DJ. I guess it's not so interesting, after all.

Ok - next topic, then... Which firm is more likely to disintegrate: Fenwick or Pillsbury?

C(I'd lay odds Fenwick will go first)deuced

I'm so out of the loop.

Is Fenwick hurting that badly? Didn't they just pick up some Cisco work?

As for Pillsbury, they are trying to salvage the Chevron relationship after getting Pepin back as of counsel, and I wonder when the current management will be shown the door, especially after all that embarassment (and settlement costs) from the Jensen debacle. Still, I don't see them disintergrating anytime too soon. But what the hell do I know.

Flinty

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by c2ed
I think I'm glad I haven't been able to check on the FB in a few days. Blow up dinosaurs and anal sex? Sounds like an aisle at Good Vibrations.

Boy, I must've missed that aisle. I was too busy picking up those great bumper stickers to stick on random cars.

Anyone know what kind of car Tower drives?

[Seven of Nine]

Originally posted by c2ed
Ok - next topic, then... Which firm is more likely to disintegrate: Fenwick or Pillsbury?
C(I'd lay odds Fenwick will go first)deuced

Really? What's going on at Fenwick? I thought that, despite paying a rather substantial sum of money for their new offices, they were doing just fine. As fine, perhaps, as any firm could do post Tucker Max.

So, spill the beans!

Seven

[Sidd Finch]

People who make me go to Court on Friday should all die.

[c2ed]

Originally posted by Seven of Nine

Really? What's going on at Fenwick? I thought that, despite paying a rather substantial sum of money for their new offices, they were doing just fine.

Months ago, my friends there were saying "nah, come on in - the water is fine here" about Fenwick. Apparently the water was being laced with nitrous then and is now filtered because their smiles are not as bright and responses to "so how are things" are whispers of "they're ok" and stories of partners who are nervously walking the hallways, trying not to hoard the work even though they aren't busy.

Nothing earth shattering, just a perception I get that a lot of people there are starting to unravel.

C(it's like watching a favorite sweater start to pill and tear)deuced

Originally posted by c2ed
Months ago, my friends there were saying "nah, come on in - the water is fine here" about Fenwick. Apparently the water was being laced with nitrous then and is now filtered because their smiles are not as bright and responses to "so how are things" are whispers of "they're ok" and stories of partners who are nervously walking the hallways, trying not to hoard the work even though they aren't busy.

If that is our threshold for when a firm is about to blow up, what firm in Silicon Valley is not about to blow up? Everyone I know has the same problem, corporate and IP partners and associates who are not busy and who show up at work every day hoping they don't get the dreaded knock on the door with a severance check and release agreement. In addition, almost every firm is looking for merger partners but not much seems to be coming out of the discussions. I wonder if the buyers are not interested, if the sellers want to much or both.

[c2ed]

Originally posted by I like Pooh
If that is our threshold for when a firm is about to blow up, what firm in Silicon Valley is not about to blow up?

Well mine, of course. ;-)

It's a low threshold, granted. I've just been surprised at the change in morale there. Perhaps they'll slog through and be fine, I certainly have no crystal ball. After all, I thought Brobeck might still be around.

C(it's Friday... just trying to add some spark and debate to the day before I head out for happy hour)deuced

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by c2ed
C(it's Friday... just trying to add some spark and debate to the day before I head out for happy hour)deuced

Boalt v. Stanford, Mofo v. Cooley, anyone?

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by c2ed
Well mine, of course. ;-)

It's a low threshold, granted. I've just been surprised at the change in morale there. Perhaps they'll slog through and be fine, I certainly have no crystal ball. After all, I thought Brobeck might still be around.

C(it's Friday... just trying to add some spark and debate to the day before I head out for happy hour)deuced

c2ed, I'm concerned about you. It was 10:00 a.m. when you posted and you're talking about happy hour. I think we need to start limiting the alcohol intake, okay? The children are getting scared.

Flinty

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Here's a story in The American Lawyer about what Brobeck did wrong:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1051121779797

This may have been posted here before, but I can't remember.

[Seven of Nine]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
c2ed, I'm concerned about you. It was 10:00 a.m. when you posted and you're talking about happy hour. I think we need to start limiting the alcohol intake, okay? The children are getting scared.

Flinty

Geez Flinty, perhaps you don't know duced as well as you think. Usually it takes three Bloody Mary's just to get her out of bed in the morning.



Seven

[c2ed]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
c2ed, I'm concerned about you. It was 10:00 a.m. when you posted and you're talking about happy hour. I think we need to start limiting the alcohol intake, okay? The children are getting scared.

Flinty

Whatever, banana boy. Sometimes people go to happy hour to see their friends, not to drink.

C(sometimes)deuced

[c2ed]

Bloody marys? Ugh - hate those things. Just crack open a diet coke for me in the morning and I'm up and running. Vodka and tomato juice? Who thought up that vile conction?

C(if anything, a mimosa... not glorified gazpacho)deuced


edited b/c of technical difficulties - c2ed

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by c2ed
Whatever, banana boy. Sometimes people go to happy hour to see their friends, not to drink.

C(sometimes)deuced

What are the reactions of an addict?

Denial? Anger?

I'm only trying to help out a friend.


Have a good one...