The federal judiciary — which employs more than 30,000 people, including several thousand judicial law clerks — is the most dangerous white-collar workplace in America. The toxic combination of pervasive harassment; lack of outside, impartial oversight; and dearth of impartial, effective mechanisms to report create an outrageous lack of accountability. The decentralized judiciary is composed […]
(Photo by Ted Eytan / Flickr) Marriage equality enjoys widespread support in the United States — the latest Gallup poll puts support of the right at 69 percent. But that doesn’t mean shit to the the Supreme Court. The conservative majority on the Court is gunning for Obergefell, the landmark case that held there is a federal constitutional right to same-sex […]
Share The Trump administration on Wednesday reiterated its request for the Supreme Court to lift an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that instructed President Donald Trump to temporarily reinstate the head of an independent federal agency tasked with protecting whistleblowers from retaliation. Last week the justices declined to freeze the order by […]
Good morning. As some of you may be aware, last night President Trump signed an Executive Order designating Above the Law as a new agency to stamp out waste in the legal industry. Our new designation, the Bureau of Inefficient Legal Levies or BILL, will act along with the DOJ as a parallel institution of […]
Share Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday night temporarily froze an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have required the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements for work that has already been done. In a brief order issued just a few hours before the midnight deadline for […]
Share Late last night, the chief justice blocked an order requiring the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements. He instructed the parties involved to respond by tomorrow at noon. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: […]
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* Paul Weiss goes gangbusters, pushing PEP to $7.5M [American Lawyer] * Protest starting to form after Trump administration strips Covington lawyers of security clearances in retaliatory move. [New York Law Journal] * John Roberts places administrative stay on USAID funding order. [CNBC] * Jones Day discrimination suit ends after judge’s discovery ruling put an […]
Ends 12-year tenure at the top The chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to step down later this year, as the watchdog continues to face criticism over the Axiom Ince debacle and ongoing issues with the SQE. Paul Philip took on the role in 2014 and will retire from the SRA […]
Global firm bolsters Asia presence CMS has bolstered its presence in Asia with the merger of its Hong Kong operations, bringing together its local alliance firm Lau, Horton & Wise and CMS Hasche Sigle to form CMS Hong Kong. The newly unified firm, comprising over 40 lawyers, including 15 partners, will be led by disputes […]
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