Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, which Biglaw firm saw the biggest increase in revenue per lawyer? Hint: This firm’s RPL was up 28.1% year over year. See the answer on the next page. The […]
Another day at the Supreme Court and, suitable for the way this term has gone, another case that pretty clearly does not belong before the court. The justices granted review in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis to decide whether a district court can certify a class action that includes claimants who in fact […]
Donald Trump’s attack on the legal industry isn’t just about taking shots at Biglaw, or government attorneys, or nonprofits, or caselaw or judges, or… actually there’s long list of targets of Trump’s ire. And *also* on the list are international human rights attorneys. It started, like so many awful things in the Trump II reign, […]
Fans of law and order — the concept, not the TV show — were shocked when the FBI announced on social media they arrested a judge simply because she would not let ICE arrest someone in her courtroom. The arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual […]
Several prominent Biglaw firms like Skadden, Paul Weiss and Kirkland preferred to expose their bellies to Trump rather than fight the likely unconstitutional Executive Order that punished them for doing their jobs. Thankfully, other Biglaw firms have enough of a backbone to resist obeying in advance. Susman Godfrey is one of the firms at the […]
I get that everyone is entitled to due process and that Bob [Giuffra] and his firm should be able to represent whomever they want. But I told him it was wrong for him to do a favor like that for a guy who is openly trying to destroy our legal and constitutional system. — Former […]
The arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is straight outta dystopian fiction. But at least retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer still has faith in the system, which makes one of us. Speaking of the High Court, Justice Sam Alito’s dissent would be laughable if he weren’t so powerful. The post Even Judges Aren’t Safe In […]
Womble Bond Dickinson associate discusses monthly budget Womble Bond Dickinson associate, Mia Siddique, breaks down her monthly budget A young lawyer has taken to TikTok to discuss her monthly budget and how she spends her hard-earned cash. Mia Siddique, a junior associate at Womble Bond Dickinson, qualified into the firm’s Southampton office in September 2023. […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over a Catholic virtual charter school’s bid to become the country’s first religious charter school. With Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused from the case, the outcome appeared to hinge on the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, who asked probing questions of both sides but did not make […]
* Judge wonders if Google can remain default search engine. Ask Jeeves bides its time. [Law360] * Pants down lawyer botches MyPillow case. [Law Sites] * Will capitulating law firms push back against latest alteration to Trump deal? They didn’t have a spine before, why grow one now? [National Law Journal] * Paul Clement joins […]
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