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Safest firms in the event of a double-dip?

In the event of a double-dip recession, which firms are the ...
Domesticated wonderful ticket booth
  09/01/10
ironically....latham
Galvanic clear office
  09/01/10
WLRK
Maize trip stag film
  09/01/10
lol, no. they're as corp heavy as ever AND they just opened...
blue area messiness
  09/01/10
Can I get more opinions on Latham?
Domesticated wonderful ticket booth
  09/28/10
That's the problem with this board. Too few opinions and to...
vivacious french chef corner
  09/28/10
W&C
umber useless brakes windowlicker
  09/01/10
cr. irell, covington
blue area messiness
  09/01/10
covington
Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary
  09/01/10
Covington froze salaries for longer than just about any othe...
Splenetic Newt
  09/01/10
pretty much every firm did layoffs/deferrals/etc. Covington...
Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary
  09/01/10
tcr.
hyperventilating titillating stage internal respiration
  09/28/10
too bad people at Covington have been getting stealthed, so ...
contagious regret
  09/28/10
*notices that same pumo has been searching the forum for pla...
Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary
  09/28/10
not really. the search function hasnt been working AFAIK. th...
contagious regret
  09/28/10
I didn't say you were searching with the search function. I...
Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary
  09/28/10
too much effort, but i suppose you'll believe anything about...
contagious regret
  09/28/10
keeping in mind that I initially posted in this thread befor...
Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary
  09/28/10
Digression (serious ?): why did you transfer to y? I was in ...
opaque hall multi-billionaire
  09/28/10
academia/clerkships. the more I think about it, the more I ...
Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary
  09/28/10
CADWALADER j/k, just when you think there's no one left t...
blue area messiness
  09/01/10
DLA Piper
Maize trip stag film
  09/01/10
do i even WANT to know which of these two firms is going to ...
blue area messiness
  09/01/10
Jew and Kike LLC
Maize trip stag film
  09/01/10
you forgot White & Case
orange useless dragon
  09/28/10
WLRK Susman Bartlitt W&C Davis Polk S&C Cleary...
contagious regret
  09/01/10
That's enough to fill up a two thirds of a bid list!
contagious regret
  09/01/10
Even better, its an eclectic but reasonable bid list! (if yo...
Concupiscible Boistinker Marketing Idea
  09/01/10
Selectivity and lit-focus generally seem like good proxies f...
Domesticated wonderful ticket booth
  09/01/10
wat about kirkland makes it unsafe? theyve got BP litigation...
contagious regret
  09/01/10
To be fair, "theyve got no cuts... Yes they've cut.&...
Shimmering institution
  09/01/10
as in, no salary cuts, but yes layoffs.
contagious regret
  09/01/10
...
Aquamarine glittery abode
  09/13/10
Baskin-Robbins. I think its a Minneapolis firm or somethi...
Brilliant locale nowag
  09/01/10
flame, law firms dont hyphenate
flesh hairraiser goal in life
  09/01/10
The firm was founded by some partners that left Curtis, Mall...
histrionic cruel-hearted ladyboy
  09/01/10
Definitely NOT Jones Day.
Frisky rose parlor dog poop
  09/28/10
jones day.
glassy soul-stirring lettuce plaza
  09/28/10
...
pontificating trust fund trailer park
  09/28/10
Kaplon-Olson
Sinister floppy striped hyena faggotry
  09/28/10


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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:21 AM
Author: Domesticated wonderful ticket booth

In the event of a double-dip recession, which firms are the safest bet, i.e., the least likely to Latham its associates?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937308)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:23 AM
Author: Galvanic clear office

ironically....latham

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937316)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:27 AM
Author: Maize trip stag film

WLRK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937344)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:58 AM
Author: blue area messiness

lol, no. they're as corp heavy as ever AND they just opened a bunch of corp/trans heavy offices.

all the offenders of 2009 are likely to reoffend again. their business model/practice group balance/lack of a cohesive partnership predisposes them to that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937418)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 2:04 AM
Author: Domesticated wonderful ticket booth

Can I get more opinions on Latham?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16161409)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 7:17 PM
Author: vivacious french chef corner

That's the problem with this board. Too few opinions and too little discussion of Latham.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16166593)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 2:59 AM
Author: umber useless brakes windowlicker

W&C

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937423)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:02 AM
Author: blue area messiness

cr. irell, covington

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937428)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:03 AM
Author: Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary

covington

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937431)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 8:18 AM
Author: Splenetic Newt

Covington froze salaries for longer than just about any other firm, and only just recently restored them. I don't think that bodes well for them if things get worse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937649)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 8:59 AM
Author: Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary

pretty much every firm did layoffs/deferrals/etc. Covington is one of the few that did not. I'd rather work somewhere where there is a salary freeze than the alternatives.

I don't think a safe firm is an untouchable firm. I'm not even sure there is such a firm (besides W&C and Wachtell).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937688)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 2:59 AM
Author: hyperventilating titillating stage internal respiration

tcr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16161706)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 8:42 AM
Author: contagious regret

too bad people at Covington have been getting stealthed, so his whole arg is moot LOLOLOLOLOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162196)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 9:40 AM
Author: Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary

*notices that same pumo has been searching the forum for places to attack covington*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162415)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 9:46 AM
Author: contagious regret

not really. the search function hasnt been working AFAIK. this thread was just at the top of the list.

*loves seeing ljh grasp at straws to defend his firm*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162433)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 9:57 AM
Author: Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary

I didn't say you were searching with the search function. I could see a pumo like you looking through old threads manually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162467)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 10:03 AM
Author: contagious regret

too much effort, but i suppose you'll believe anything about me to justify your loyalty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162483)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 12:21 PM
Author: Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary

keeping in mind that I initially posted in this thread before I had decided to go there and while I was choosing between offers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16163260)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 2:33 PM
Author: opaque hall multi-billionaire

Digression (serious ?): why did you transfer to y? I was in a similar position (top 5% at CCN), but decided against trying to transfer. Not sure if it was the right choice...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16164429)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 6:53 PM
Author: Excitant nubile idea he suggested sanctuary

academia/clerkships. the more I think about it, the more I think I would have been pretty content just staying put, particularly as my desire to go into academia lessens. for clerkships i'm sure it'll be a plus, but I really find myself going back and forth on the importance of prestige. at some point you have to call it quits and just be happy with life - I think I could have landed a federal clerkship (probably even COA) out of my old school, so I don't know that the move was worth getting a better one. but here I am.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16166416)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:03 AM
Author: blue area messiness

CADWALADER

j/k, just when you think there's no one left to fire, Cadwalader finds a way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937430)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:19 AM
Author: Maize trip stag film

DLA Piper

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937451)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:21 AM
Author: blue area messiness

do i even WANT to know which of these two firms is going to fire more people in the next dip?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937454)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:43 AM
Author: Maize trip stag film

Jew and Kike LLC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937472)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 10:05 AM
Author: orange useless dragon

you forgot White & Case

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162495)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 7:01 AM
Author: contagious regret

WLRK

Susman

Bartlitt

W&C

Davis Polk

S&C

Cleary

STB

Debevoise

Paul Weiss

Kirkland

MTO

Irell

Kramer Levin

Hughes Hubbard

Kasowitz Benson

Patterson Belknap

Keker

Gibson Dunn

Boies Schiller



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937604)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 7:01 AM
Author: contagious regret

That's enough to fill up a two thirds of a bid list!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937605)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 8:07 AM
Author: Concupiscible Boistinker Marketing Idea

Even better, its an eclectic but reasonable bid list! (if you're at harvard, have straight H's, law review, and 2 years of awesome work experience).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937634)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:22 PM
Author: Domesticated wonderful ticket booth

Selectivity and lit-focus generally seem like good proxies for safety.

I didn't know Kirkland was considered particularly safe? And what about QUINN REMAINS?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15939914)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:24 PM
Author: contagious regret

wat about kirkland makes it unsafe? theyve got BP litigation, no salary freezes, no cuts, fine bonuses, no deferrals. Yes, they've cut, but most on that list have as well.

forgot quinn. add it in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15939928)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:27 PM
Author: Shimmering institution

To be fair,

"theyve got no cuts... Yes they've cut."

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15939954)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 3:28 PM
Author: contagious regret

as in, no salary cuts, but yes layoffs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15939963)



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Date: September 13th, 2010 6:55 PM
Author: Aquamarine glittery abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16038087)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 7:36 AM
Author: Brilliant locale nowag

Baskin-Robbins.

I think its a Minneapolis firm or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937619)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 7:48 AM
Author: flesh hairraiser goal in life

flame, law firms dont hyphenate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937627)



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Date: September 1st, 2010 8:44 AM
Author: histrionic cruel-hearted ladyboy

The firm was founded by some partners that left Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#15937672)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 2:52 AM
Author: Frisky rose parlor dog poop

Definitely NOT Jones Day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16161654)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 9:41 AM
Author: glassy soul-stirring lettuce plaza

jones day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162421)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 9:51 AM
Author: pontificating trust fund trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16162448)



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Date: September 28th, 2010 7:09 PM
Author: Sinister floppy striped hyena faggotry

Kaplon-Olson

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1411367&forum_id=2#16166524)