Alex Spiro (Photo by Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty Images) How much do you think it costs to hire one of the busiest, most “relentless” Biglaw partners in the game? If you guessed $2,000 an hour, you’d be wrong. You need to go even higher if you want to get representation from a lawyer whose clients […]
(Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) After Tony Buzbee withdrew an unknown woman’s sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z two weeks ago, the fog around Jay-Z’s name began to clear up. Can’t say the same for Buzbee though — accusing famous and wealthy people isn’t without consequence. Not only did it cost him being able to […]
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Donald Trump parlayed little more than low cunning and blunt charisma into two presidential terms and unquestioned control over one of America’s two major political parties. That’s impressive. Yet, Trump is not a difficult person to figure out. He wants what’s best for Trump, which is, […]
Elon Musk’s aimless cost-cutting escapades turn to the SEC where DOGE slashed their Westlaw access because no one over there is smart enough to know how legal research works. Apparently now is an opportune time to start committing securities fraud! Speaking of aimless, former judge Alex Kozinski penned a meandering opinion piece about canceling elections […]
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* Trump takes away Covington’s security clearances because they represent Jack Smith. If they want to see classified material, they have to hang out at Mar-a-Lago like every other hostile power. [Washington Post] * Supreme Court refuses to put to death a man that even Oklahoma’s tough on crime prosecutors admit is innocent. 5-3. [Slate] […]
Share The court will release one or more opinions this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EST. Following the opinion announcements, the justices will hear oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. […]
Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Fourth Amendment generally requires police to get a warrant before searching someone’s belongings. When making an arrest, however, officers don’t need a warrant to search […]
Files and lunch locked away A court session at the Stratford Housing Centre was delayed by nearly an hour yesterday after a judge’s chamber door became jammed. The afternoon listing was suspended for 50 minutes after a deputy district judge was barred from his office by a lock malfunction. The episode, which was witnessed by […]
Rules were intended to make way for younger lawyers Martin Scott A former equity partner at a large regional law firm has won an employment tribunal claim after being forced to retire at 63. Martin Scott had worked at Leeds firm Walker Morris since 1990, becoming an equity partner in 1997, but was forced to […]
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