In high-profile cases, the attorneys representing their clients occasionally provide the public with updates on the cases that they’re dealing with. Sometimes they provide these musings even after a judge told them to shut the hell up and focus on their work instead of PR. Other times, the goal is to shame or curb copycat […]
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court seems intent on taking small steps in dealing with challenges to Trump’s agenda (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press) Aftershocks of Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Echo in New […]
* Perkins Coie hires Williams & Connolly to deal with latest Trump harassment. [National Law Journal] * Anderson Cooper even weighs in on the administration targeting law firms. [CNN] * The formula strikes again: profits for partner go UP, so create a non-equity tier so you can hoard even more of it. [American Lawyer] * […]
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Ed Martin’s tenure as the interim DC US Attorney offers no shortage of professional responsibility hypos. He personally dismissed charges against his own client, threatened criminal charges against not one but two legislators for being mean to right-wing figures on TV, pledged to use his office to harass Elon Musk’s critics, retweeted a bonkers Russian […]
Increases track inflation and cover additional costs of delivering exams in Welsh The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have announced a third fee increase for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), to cover inflation and translating the exams into Welsh. The SRA has confirmed that from September 2025, SQE fees will rise to £1,934 for SQE1 and […]
All nine Shoosmiths has recorded a 100% trainee retention rate this spring, with all nine of its March 2025 qualifiers staying on as newly qualified (NQ) solicitors at the firm. The NQs will be based across Shoosmiths’ UK offices, with London, Manchester, Thames Valley, and Birmingham among the locations welcoming fresh talent. Real estate and […]
Reform UK candidate exposed for offensive posts by political X account City law firm CMS says it has taken “prompt and decisive action” against one of its wellbeing ambassadors after a political account on X exposed several of his anti-Islam and anti-trans social media posts. In a since deleted tweet, Dan Cooper, an HR business […]
Biglaw is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. Lawyers at two Biglaw firms Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie — have been called out by the Trump administration for retribution. But the scrutiny is likely to spread. The admin has already admitted they’ll use the DEI cover to extract their pound of flesh. And […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s not at all surprising that no law firm wants to speak publicly about what is going on. We were already seeing the pendulum swing away from law firm leaders commenting on social issues, and that trend is now accelerating. The potential threat of […]
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