Law Shucks

Law Shucks

"The site includes a Layoff Tracker that graphs where the most layoffs have been. Law Shucks is yet another legal tabloid, but we’re committed to keeping our focus on those who are in, or refugees from, BigLaw. Nothing about summer-associate salaries, bar-review courses, or which firm a law student should pick. We editors and our intended audience have been through that and just don’t care about it any more. Still, a good bit of gossip every once in a while keeps things entertaining."

Author: "lawshucks" spent seven years in BigLaw, but he has been in-house at a financial services company in recent years.

Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Layoffs • Criminal Justice • Law Firms • Anonymous • In-house Lawyer

Recent Posts from Law Shucks


  • Quick Shucks – 11/20/09

    Reid My Blog!: The 2009 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers – Including one item that lets you answer client calls while underwater. Quartet appointed to advise on winding-down of Government stake in UK banks –…

  • ‘33 Act Drove Lawyer to Thoughts of Suicide (75 Years Ago)

    We’ve all had our moments of despair and frustration as we try to wade through the morass of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, of course). Hopefully, none ever felt so bad as lawyer…

  • Quick Shucks – 11/17/09

    lawjobs.com Career Center – Lawyer Returns to Law at Wilson Sonsini After Stint as Recruiter – I wouldn’t count on being able to retrace this guy’s career path. Not too many big firms are taking…

  • Survey Identifies Most-Arrogant Firms

    We’re far too poor to afford the full report, so we have to rely on Law360’s excerpt of BTI Consulting’s ranking of the most arrogant firms. The eight firms topping the list are regulars on this…

  • Quick Shucks – 11/16/09

    Interview with Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery : Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog – Meet Delaware's newest chancellor Ashurst lawyer mocked for daft article – How fortunate he…

  • This Week in Layoffs – 11/13/09

    This week, economists missed on the good side – initial jobless claims fell by more than expected. The 502,000 applicants are the fewest since January 3, and the four-month rolling average is at the lowest…

  • Gaggle of Lawyers on Intel-AMD Settlement

    Intel and AMD agreed to bury the hatchet this week, with a surprise settlement pursuant to which Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion and AMD will drop the various antitrust and infringement claims it has…

  • Quick Shucks – 11/12/09

    After Big Auto Bankruptcy Battles, A Partner Returns to Willkie – Feldman regrets calling W&C's Tom Lauria a "terrorist," but says it was because he was tired. Search the archives for lots and lots of…

  • K&S out, Cadwalader in on “Deal from Hell”

    Steven Davidoff has analyzed a headscratcher of a deal that has had M&A lawyers scratching their heads for years: Tilman Fertitta’s $1.3 billion management buyout of Landry’s Restaurants, which he called a “Deal from Hell”…

  • Around Her Hair She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon She wore it in the spring time, in the early month of May And if you asked her why the heck she wore it She’d say she…