Earlier today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent around an internal email providing guidance on how agency employees should (or should not) interact with certain Biglaw firms — Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, and Jenner & Block — given that they’re targets of Executive Orders. And if that seems very normal and acceptable to you, then you probably […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s 2025 Best Law Firms ranking, which Biglaw firm scored best for selectivity? Hint: The firm moved up from #3 on last year’s selectivity rankings to take the #1 spot. See the answer on the next page. The post Biglaw’s Most […]
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Resistance In The Ranks: Former Paul Weiss special counsel in charge of pro bono would rather quit than follow through. Run, Don’t Walk: Attorneys want nothing to do with the Solicitor General’s office. Gather Round Nerds — Time To Talk About Star Wars!: A galaxy far, far away has a lot to tell us about […]
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court lets Trump remove independent regulators, for now (Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post) Rulings in New York and Texas Curb Deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador (Alan Feuer & Jonah […]
Share The Supreme Court on Thursday evening largely left in place an order by a federal judge in Maryland directing the government to return to the United States a Maryland man who is currently being held in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador as a result of what the Trump administration concedes was an “administrative […]
Law grad and real estate paralegal, Dara Antova, shares the benefits and risks of embracing social media in the legal industry Over the past decade, a new breed of legal professionals has emerged — ‘lawfluencers’. These modern-day legal commentators have amassed thousands of followers across platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok, and their numbers only […]
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Today, Donald Trump signed a likely unconstitutional Executive Order targeting elite litigation firm Susman Godfrey. Similar to the other EOs aimed at Biglaw, the order purports to strip Susman attorneys of access to federal buildings, amongst other provisions. But even more chilling than the EO itself were comments […]
April 8 has always been a day of mixed emotions. On one side, it is my 18th sobriety anniversary. It’s also the birthday of my father, Norton (“Norty” as his friends called him). He would have been 99 today. He was of the greatest generation — a Navy Seabee in a construction battalion deployed to […]
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The Wall Street Journal reports that this year had a surge in law school applications with some schools receiving their highest number ever. A number of factors can explain the increase, including a weaker white-collar job market, recent government layoffs, changes to the law school entrance examination, and fear of […]
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