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33-480: The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan 's bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook . It is a lighthearted look at the lives of four students in Singapore as they start junior college. When Mui Ee attends Paya Lebar Junior College with her best friend Sissy Song, she encounters a new life form: boys. There are many, but only one will win her heart. Yong Siew Fern of The New Paper rated

66-689: A Bachelor of Laws degree, Tan began his legal career in 1991 at Drew and Napier , a large Singaporean firm. He initially practiced conveyancing law, but switched over to litigation thereafter, where he worked under Davinder Singh . In 1999, Tan left Drew for a two-year stint as general counsel of a technology firm, following which he returned to Drew. Eventually, after 22 years at Drew, Tan left to work for Stamford Law (now Morgan Lewis Stamford ) in 2013. In 2018, Tan resigned from Stamford to work at TSMP Law. Tan practiced litigation , and specialised in intellectual property , information technology , real estate , and shareholder oppression disputes. He

99-579: A "Client Service All-Star" by BTT Consulting Group and a "Business Hall of Fame Icon" by The Philadelphia Inquirer . During McKeon's tenure, the firm has continued to scale its national and international presence, growing into one of the largest law firms in the world. Under her leadership, the firm has also been recognized annually with Gold Standard Certification by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF). In 2012, Morgan Lewis partner and head of

132-517: A 2021 TV series on Channel 5 . In 2015, The Teenage Textbook was listed by The Business Times as one of the top 10 English Singapore books from 1965 to 2015. Tan also was a consultant for the Channel 5 television legal drama The Pupil . Tan was invited to a National Library Board festival but later boycotted it over the board's decision to withdraw from its libraries children's books that depicted same-sex families. After graduating from NUS with

165-534: A Singaporean film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This film article about a 1990s comedy film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Adrian Tan Adrian Tan Gim Hai (4 February 1966 – 8 July 2023) was a Singaporean lawyer and author. Known for writing the Teenage Textbook series of books in the 1980s, he was the 27th president of the Law Society of Singapore and

198-527: A book entitled, "If I were King of Singapore." Morgan, Lewis %26 Bockius Morgan Lewis is known for high-profile pro bono representations and for filing a historic amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 on behalf of 379 companies, making a business case for legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. In the 2024 Vault Rankings, Morgan Lewis ranked No. 1 for Pro Bono, No. 2 for Associate/Partner Relations, No. 2 for Formal Training, No. 3 for Diversity, and No. 33 Overall. Morgan Lewis

231-479: A lawyer. While an undergraduate law student at NUS, Tan wrote the novels The Teenage Textbook (1988) and The Teenage Workbook (1989), which became bestsellers that sold over 50,000 copies. The Teenage Textbook was also made into a stage play by The Necessary Stage in 1997; a film in 1998, which topped the box office in Singapore for four weeks; a 2017 musical titled The Teenage Textbook Musical ; and

264-476: A letter to top law school deans warning them that an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students would have corporate hiring consequences. The letter said "We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses." Morgan Lewis

297-521: A partner at TSMP Law Corporation . Tan was born in Singapore to an ethnic Chinese family of Hainanese descent. His parents were both teachers, and he grew up in a Housing Development Board (HDB) flat. As a child, Tan attended the Anglo-Chinese School and Hwa Chong Junior College . Tan was later conscripted into the army as a writer for Pioneer, the MINDEF magazine. After his A-levels, he

330-399: Is now Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law and Director of Law and Business Experiential Classes at New York University School of Law . Morgan, Lewis & Bockius was the original holder of the web domain name MLB.com . In September 2000, they agreed to transfer the domain name to Major League Baseball . Elected in 2015, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an alumnus of

363-548: The University of Pennsylvania Law School . He became a partner fifteen years after he joined the firm, which he then led until his death in 1939. The firm became Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in 1908, though is still commonly referred to by its sobriquet , "Morgan Lewis." The firm began representing the United Gas Improvement Company, later UGI, in 1882, which became the largest gas and electric utility company in

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396-575: The "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The firm's Moscow office was recognized by Chambers & Partners’ 2016 Chambers Europe guide as the "Russia Law Firm of the Year" for excellence in client service, preeminence in the Russian relevant market, notable achievements and wins during 2016, outstanding work, and strategic growth. In 2016 and 2017, Morgan Lewis

429-526: The "front lines" in representing cases central to "long-overdue reforms in workplaces toxic to women." In March 2019, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member and lead drafter of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Chai Feldblum , whose term had expired January 4, became a partner of the firm, then stating to Bloomberg Law that the move from public service to a " Big Law management-side firm", considered unusual,

462-593: The State Department's policy of denying children born outside of the U.S. to some American same-sex, married couples birthright citizenship. As outside counsel, the firm has represented Elon Musk , including in a lawsuit filed by former Twitter executives, in April 2024, alleging that Musk and X Corp withheld severance pay. Morgan Lewis has represented several prominent politicians in various venues, including: Since 2008, Morgan Lewis has been named annually as among

495-523: The U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation practice Ted Cruz left Morgan Lewis upon becoming a United States Senator. In 2015, Morgan Lewis filed a historic amicus brief for the definitive Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges , on behalf of 379 companies, including Apple , Google , Microsoft , Amazon , Walmart , JPMorgan Chase , and the New England Patriots , which argued "a business case for legalizing same-sex marriage across

528-778: The United States and which, well over a century later, remained a client of the firm. From the early 20th century, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius represented many other companies, including Philadelphia's largest daily newspaper, Philadelphia Bulletin ; Pennsylvania's largest railroad, Baldwin Locomotive Works; Scott Paper; and several major banks and trust companies. In 1963, Morgan Lewis hired its first female law associate, Gail McKnight Beckman, daughter of Deputy Secretary of Banking of Pennsylvania Irland McKnight Beckman and family psychology author Elizabeth B. Hurlock, and, in 1980, Stephanie Abramson, became its first female law partner; she

561-430: The apologetic resignation of NPR's senior vice-president of News, Michael Oreskes . Morgan Lewis recommendations were noted as offering "broad guidance for companies that are taking fresh looks at their own practices." In February 2018, former Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle also resigned amid similar allegations, while under investigation by the firm; The National Law Journal referenced Morgan Lewis as working on

594-536: The country." Partner Susan Baker Manning, who authored the brief, in 2018, was added as a full-time senior trial lawyer to the firm's pro bono group led by senior counsel Rachel Strong, with focus remaining primarily on refugee and civil rights, and "issue-based litigation", according to firm chair Jami McKeon. The firm is an affiliate firm of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). In 2018, former Morgan Lewis partner John Ring

627-699: The expanding Asian marketplace. As of 1 March 2019 , Morgan Lewis has 31 offices in the United States , Belgium , China , France , Germany , Japan , Kazakhstan , Russia , Hong Kong , Singapore , the United Arab Emirates , and the United Kingdom . Morgan Lewis & Bockius clients include 75 per cent of all Fortune 100 companies, nearly 300 Fortune 500 companies, 65 Fortune Global 100 companies, and nearly half of all Fortune Global 500 companies. Morgan Lewis has also been named among

660-401: The film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that "Unobtrusive acting and music-video editing combine to make this movie very much like your teen years - it will pass at its strolling pace, but it will be entertaining." Tan of Sinema felt that the "script was very well-written and although some parts were a little off in execution, it was an amazing adaptation of the book.". This article related to

693-490: The firm as partners, scaling Morgan Lewis into one of the largest law firms in the world, with the addition of 750 partners, attorneys, and staff joining Morgan Lewis on November 24, 2014. On March 15, 2015, Morgan Lewis and Singapore's Stamford Law Corporation announced a combination that created a fully integrated law firm in Singapore. The combination established a business transactions, litigation, and arbitration practice to serve clients with interests in Singapore and across

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726-434: The firm. Following the chairmanships of Thomas Lefevre, then Francis "Fran" Milone, in 2014, Jami Wintz McKeon– who had started with the firm in 1981 –was elected to chair the firm, distinguishing her as leading the largest female-chaired law firm in the world. Re-elected in 2018; McKeon is a proponent of work flexibility, such as remote work , and has received numerous professional awards, including, in 2017, being named

759-437: The top 10 BigLaw firm ranked by pro bono hours, with over 1800 pro bono clients, and 117,000 hours contributed to 2,234 pro bono matters by firm attorneys in 2018. Notable pro bono clients include John Thompson (1963 – 2017), represented by Michael L. Banks and J. Gordon Cooney Jr., whose execution was stayed in 1999 based on forensic evidence which had been "deliberately hidden" by a former assistant prosecutor; Thompson

792-797: Was also the honorary counsel of the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped , where he advocated for voting rights for the blind. He was also a member of the boards of the Law Society Pro Bono Services, Maxwell Chambers , and Arts House Limited, and was a member of the Speak Good English Movement committee. From 2013 to 2021, Tan was a member of the Law Society Council, serving as treasurer in 2016 and vice president in 2017. In 2022, he

825-842: Was among the avant garde of multinational law firms when its first international office opened in London in 1981 and, today, includes more than 2000 legal professionals worldwide, with offices in Abu Dhabi; Beijing; Boston; Brussels; Century City, California; Chicago; Costa Mesa, California; Dallas; Dubai; Frankfurt; Hartford, Connecticut; Hong Kong; Houston; Almaty and Astana , Kazakhstan; London; Los Angeles; Miami; Moscow; New York; Palo Alto (Silicon Valley), California; Paris; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Princeton, New Jersey; San Francisco; Shanghai; Singapore; Tokyo; Washington, D.C.; and Wilmington, Delaware. On November 14, 2014, Morgan Lewis's partnership voted to admit 227 partners from Bingham McCutchen LLP into

858-503: Was appointed president. As president of the law society, he was known for his public outreach on legal issues, such as the HDB's ban on cats, the 2022 bar exam cheating scandal, and Richard Branson's comments on the death penalty in Singapore. Tan gave his only Opening of the Legal Year speech as Law Society president in 2023, where he addressed attrition rates in the legal profession. Tan

891-768: Was commuted in 2017 by California Governor Jerry Brown . Represented pro bono by Morgan Lewis & Bockius, with Lambda Legal and Immigration Equality ; in October 2020, the United States Department of State withdrew its appeal of the verdict in Kiviti v. Pompeo , and declined to appeal Mize-Gregg v. Pompeo . Federal district courts ruled the State Department's refusal to recognize children born oversees to married same-sex, American citizen couples as U.S. citizens to be unlawful in both cases. Morgan Lewis partner Susan Baker Manning argued both cases, successfully challenging

924-510: Was confirmed by the National Labor Relations Board , one of several firm partners who have served on its board, including Harry Johnson and senior counsel Charles Cohen. In 2018, Morgan Lewis published findings of its investigation into sexual harassment at NPR , led by the head the firm's labor and employment group, partner Grace Speights, with partner Margaret Rodgers Schmidt and associate Jocelyn Cuttino; which precipitated

957-410: Was finally freed in 2003. A book based on Thompson's legal misfortunes, Killing Time: An 18-year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom , by John Hollway and Ronald M. Gauthier, was optioned for a film by Touchstone Pictures in 2009. Attorneys Christina K. Harper and George Cumming waged a successful 11-year pro bono legal battle to gain freedom for Kelly Savage, whose sentence for a 1995 murder conviction

990-587: Was founded in Philadelphia on March 10, 1873, by Civil War veteran Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr. , who later served as Philadelphia Law Academy's vice president, and Francis Draper Lewis , son of a wholesale dry goods merchant, whose first cousin was William Draper Lewis , the dean of University of Pennsylvania Law School . In 1883, Morgan & Lewis hired Morris Rex Bockius, who had graduated in June of that year with Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees from

1023-455: Was married without any children. He was diagnosed with cancer in March 2022, and died on 8 July 2023, at age 57. At a memorial service celebrating his life, Tan was said to be someone who "had very little ego", was a champion of the legal profession and who "cared for the less fortunate." After his death, a collection of essays by Tan on the issues he cared about and commented on, was published in

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1056-562: Was offered a teaching scholarship to study English at the University of East Anglia . He turned down the scholarship to study law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). While in university, Tan represented NUS as a debater in international competitions and televised debates in Singapore. He later completed a second, joint-honours degree in computer science and psychology from the Open University in 2004, while working as

1089-475: Was the best way to help employers implement the workplace harassment guidelines outlined by herself and Victoria Lipnic at the EEOC , describing the firm as "the place from which to help make that institutional change”, of preventing harassment in the workplace. In November 2023, amid a wave of antisemitic incidents at elite U.S. law schools, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius was among a group of major law firms who sent

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