Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared inclined to allow a lawsuit by U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in Israel against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization to go forward. A majority of the justices appeared skeptical of contentions by the PA and the PLO that a law allowing those victims to sue […]
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Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. AS TRAUMATIC AS THE PAUL WEISS DEAL with Donald Trump was for many of us, I find the deal that Skadden Arps recently cut even more troubling — portending, I fear, the unfathomable depths that Biglaw […]
This weekend, around the country, a coalition of liberal groups is planning mass demonstrations. In a social media post about the protests, scheduled for April 5th, organizers said, “Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They’re taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them.” Lawyers […]
(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) First it was Covington & Burling, then Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale. These are the Biglaw firms that have seen Executive Orders aimed at them for the grievous insult of having their attorneys take cases that Donald Trump or his allies just don’t […]
SRA delay draws criticism The Legal Services Board (LSB) has raised concerns over the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) failure to publish SQE provider pass rates, setting a deadline of Autumn 2025 for the data to be released. The delay was highlighted in a new performance report by the LSB, which reviewed the solicitors’ regulator’s performance […]
Share The court this morning will hear arguments in a dispute over whether Americans injured in terror attacks abroad, or the family members of Americans killed in such attacks, can sue the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority in U.S. courts. Listen live. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and […]
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