The Shearman scandal early in the summer seems to have caused the biggest flurry of excitement when it comes to gossip in the British legal fraternity. Not to be outdone, it appears as though our friends across the water have a few scandals of their own.

According to Above the Law this latest tale, puts the "MoFo" in Morrison & Foerster.

" These kiddies are badass."

To cut the story a bit shorter MoFo hosted a firm-wide retreat in Napa, first-class all the way – at the host resort, people got spa treatments, went on wine tastings, open bar every night, etc. The firm covered minibar tabs, so once the bar closed people would stop by their own places and stock up on drinks to bring along to an after party.

To the meat…

" A couple of days into the retreat, two or three summers apparently got sick of waiting for a shuttle to take them to their far off condos at the end of the evening’s after party festivities. One of them was sick and vomiting or something, so they had a sense of urgency. In a haze of drunken entitlement (or perhaps a twisted sense of altruism: their friend was sick!), these summers decided to "borrow" a car from the resort’s valet to drive home.

They busted into the valet key box and swiped the keys to an Audi A6 — first-class all the way! — got into the car, and started it up. Luckily for them, before they could get it into gear and get moving, a recruiter got wind of the operation and came RUNNING AND SCREAMING out of the after party. She got them out of the car; the keys were returned to their rightful place.

But the plans of drunken MoFos are not so easily foiled. Undeterred, they RETURNED to the valet box once the recruiter was out of their way, stole the keys AGAIN, and started up the car once more. This time a MoFo PARTNER saw the situation, ran over to the car, and put a stop to the ill-fated scheme."

The fate of these intrepid individuals remains undisclosed but we’d hazzard a bit worse than a trip to the corner with the dunce’s hat…

Got a story? Contact team solicitr