In Season 9, Episode 5 of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” I had the privilege of sitting down with Robert Hanna, a passionate advocate for legal talent solutions and community building in the age of AI. We delved into the transformative power of mentorship, the role of technology in creating inclusive spaces, and how legal […]
The billable hour is not the natural state of legal billing. In fact, it wasn’t invented until after World War I, when Reginald Heber Smith proposed to move his firm to the model — setting up a system around 6 minute increments because “I can more easily add, subtract, and divide on the decimal system.” […]
Biglaw Associate Quits With Dramatic Flair: Strong commitment to morals underneath all of the cog metaphors. Did You Hear About The Paul Weiss Partner Event?: Whole thing was a PR nightmare — you’ll love it! Doug Emhoff Isn’t Happy With Willkie Farr: He would have preferred their name be on a different part of our […]
Share The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Monday morning, asking the justices to block an order by a federal judge in Maryland that instructed the federal government to return a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador, where he is being held in a maximum-security mega-prison, to the United States by Monday […]
* Are the Biglaw settlements legally enforceable? Obviously not, but that’s not really the point of bribes. [American Lawyer] * Hundreds of law firms signed onto the amicus brief in the Perkins Coie case… with a lot of notable absences. [Law360] * Attorney General won’t dismiss possibility of third Trump term. [Newsweek] * DOJ places […]
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(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Given the Trump administration’s focus on retribution, perhaps Willkie Farr correctly suspected it would soon be targeted with one of the likely unconstitutional Executive Orders that are making their way through Biglaw. After all, the former Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, is a recent hire as well as two former investigators […]
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s tariffs are, of course, insane. Trump may well be insane himself. This prompts me to ask the bettors among you: What’s the over/under bet on how long Trump’s recently announced tariffs will remain in place? In March, Trump announced tariffs on Canada, and then removed them, in the […]
While Paul Weiss isn’t the only law firm scrambling to trade its credibility for Trump’s approval, it was the first to give the administration a big, splashy capitulation to crow about — a head on a pike to post outside the White House walls to exact even higher pro bono payola concessions. It’s possible that […]
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York gun law (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Appeals court halts Trump independent agency firings, spurring Supreme Court battle (Zach Schonfeld & Ella Lee, The Hill) As […]
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