Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Firm Prospects’ 2025 Am Law 50 Placement Report: A Review of the Class of 2023, graduates from the top 14 (T14) law schools made up what percentage of hires at Am Law 50 firms? Hint: Columbia, Northwestern, and Penn led the pack […]
(Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images) The rule of law, and the judges who uphold it, is under attack by the current Trump administration. Executive orders with dubious constitutional backing are flying from the Donald’s pen, and there’s a certified avalanche of litigation trying to limit the executive’s power grab. And the federal bench has, thus […]
The Trump administration had a bad night in Boston followed by a lousy morning in Providence, as two courts gave major side eye to the DOJ’s latest legal stylings. Many people are saying these pleadings are garbage! They come with tears in their eyes and say, Sir, we’ve never seen the Justice Department demand an […]
The same legal community that considered email a passing fad that could never replace the “intraoffice sweep” has seemingly increasingly abandoned caution as generative AI expands. And that’s not exactly an exciting prospect for firm tech professionals. Hill Dickinson, a UK-based firm with offices in Asia and the Mediterranean, had to send out an email […]
What is the major difference between a president and a king? Presidents just come from wealth or the right family, while kings come from wealth and the right family. Jokes aside — the main difference is that presidents are subject to the rule of law. The assumption since the Founding has been that the checks […]
(Photo via Getty Images) On February 7, the new Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sent a memo to the Internal Revenue Service asking for assistance with immigration enforcement. It requested the availability of qualified officials — including law enforcement — to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This is part of President Donald […]
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Alina, dear, go back to law school. Or, at least read Marbury v. Madison. Also, stop talking because every time you do, you make a fool of yourself. — Elizabeth de la Vega, legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, […]
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) It should be abundantly clear by now, but it bears repeating: Elon Musk has no respect for the rule of law. His position on everything depends solely on his calculation of how much he personally benefits. Musk’s unelected and unconfirmed position at the right hand of Donald Trump only pushes […]
If United Healthcare considered spending more on a cancer patient and less on lawyers to sue doctors for pointing out they didn’t spend on the cancer patient they wouldn’t be getting so thoroughly dragged online. While the mockery they’re getting is funny, this underscores the dangerous weaponization of defamation (and also copyright) laws, allowing deep-pocketed […]
I spent about half my life in very rural areas of America learning how to hunt and fish and otherwise have a good time in the outdoors. For the other half, of course, I’ve been in cities of various sizes learnin’ fancy lawyer words and then trying to make some money with them. I had […]
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