Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Two new cases were granted on Monday from the rolls of relisted cases. First, as I pledged in my last post, I am only too happy to eat crow […]
Share Cunningham v. Cornell University will not go into the history books as one of the most important 30 decisions of the 2024-25 term. The case involves a technical problem about pleading standards under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and the court’s resolution of the problem was, in a word, technical. ERISA establishes a […]
Reading the latest batcrap Justice Department filing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is an exercise in confusion. Are they letting ChatGPT draft now? Are they really this ignorant about the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure? Are they assuming that the Supreme Court will bail them out in any event, so they just barf out […]
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Everyone, let’s give a hand to this unknown lawyer, whose multitasking prowess apparently allowed him to rack up 64.56 hours of personal research on the company internet. What’s the billing code for this? Do you just enter “Researching key Ninth Circuit precedent” on your timesheet? Maybe the attorney was providing expert legal commentary for the […]
(Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Celebrities — especially rappers — have a special way of showing love to their lawyers after a verdict in their favor. There’s a decade old compilation of rappers shouting out their legal defense in a song or two, but the more recent signs of respect and appreciation have […]
Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 on the federal government’s request to be allowed to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to almost everyone born in the United States, which dates back to the post-Civil War era. The court left in place […]
Let’s get one thing straight: there are many ways for a lawyer to mess up a case. You can miss deadlines. You can ignore counsel. You can forget to ask for an extension until after the clock hits zero. All of these, by the way, happened in the San Juan climate suit according to the […]
Biglaw’s defining moment is here. The institution — and the rule of law — is under attack. Donald Trump is using Executive Orders (or the mere threat of them) targeting specific firms that displease him to try to break major law firms and have them bend a knee to Trump or extract a tremendous financial penalty. […]
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