Prior to the election, folks with common sense warned that Project 2025 was going to be Trump’s game plan. Damage-controlling right-wingers painted the associations as red herrings and Trump halfheartedly distanced himself from the game plan. But once he won the election, the alt right stopped playing the “Who, me?” game, leaned in to Project […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a U.S. Marshals Service annual report for 2024, “credible threats” to federal judges are up how much since 2019? Hint: As Miami-Dade Chief Circuit Court Judge Nushin G. Sayfie said, “Threats against judges are not just threats against the individual judge, […]
Earlier today Above the Law reported that Skadden shut off the ability for its attorneys to send emails via large internal distribution lists. And before that it was widely reported that the firm groveled to the Trump administration, striking a deal that includes $100 million in pro bono payola. Speculation is running rampant at the […]
Look At That, Lawyers Willing To Mount A Legal Defense!: There’s still some fight in the industry! They Aren’t The Only Ones!: WilmerHale and Paul Clement prepare to do battle. Skadden Makes Paul Weiss Look Like They Got Off Easy: $100M pro bono payola. Calling Pam Bondi, Do Your Job!: Thousands urge her to prove […]
For the second and third times, federal judges issued Temporary Restraining Orders against the Trump administration stopping them from enforcing key provisions of Executive Orders targeting Biglaw firms. This morning Jenner & Block and WilmerHale filed separate lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s retaliatory executive orders against them. Judge Beryl Howell, the judge overseeing the similar […]
Share Eight states, led by California, on Friday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that requires the Department of Education to restore more than $65 million in grants, intended to address teacher shortages, that it ended in February because the funded programs included diversity, equity, […]
Share With most of the 2024-25 term behind them, the justices’ final stretch of oral arguments is stacked with all three religious rights cases of the year. All three cases look to the justices to take up an expansive view of the Constitution’s religious protections. The first of those cases, on Monday, could significantly shift […]
(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) Fresh off shadow president Elon Musk’s chilling warning to Skadden Arps, the New York Times is reporting the #5 richest Biglaw firm is in the midst of negotiating a deal with the Trump administration. The Times says Skadden is seeking to avoid one of the increasingly common Executive Orders targeting […]
(Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images) With Skadden joining Paul Weiss in bowing to Donald Trump’s effort to silence Biglaw, the White House feels duly emboldened that they can bully lawyers into looking the other way when it comes to the rule of law. As firms give in to his threats, he successfully sidelines powerful lawyers […]
A round-up of online musings, memes and more Law firm tries to claw back SQE fees from student [Chris Lee on LinkedIn] I am all about that Corporate Life [Legal Cheek on Instagram] View this post on Instagram A post shared by Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) If at first you don’t succeed, apply again… [Helen Dawson […]
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