(Image via Getty) In the spirit of bar prep, let’s IRAC this. The California Bar had an issue: they looked at their budget and realized that they’d go bankrupt if they continued administering the bar as usual. Rules are rules, though; you’ve gotta have some way of determining minimum competency. To conclude, they had to […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! C-SPAN asked the Supreme Court to broadcast oral arguments in cases that challenge which Donald Trump executive order? Hint: Sam Feist, the network’s CEO wrote, “This case holds profound national significance. Its implications — legal, political, and personal — will affect millions of […]
White & Case Just Lost One Of Their Highest Compensated Partners: Best of luck to Taurie Zeitzer on her own firm! Prominent Partner Jumps Paul Weiss Ship: Columbia University, his new vessel, should be happy to have him. That’s A Lot Of Trouble From A 10-Person Merger: Don’t neglect your cybersecurity! The Good Work Still […]
Perkins Coie secured a permanent injunction against the Trump administration’s retaliatory executive order. Meanwhile, firms that balked at putting up a fight against the illegal attacks have seen the White House drag them into police brutality cases and law schools start openly talking about students taking their talents elsewhere. And then the harshest cut of […]
A few weeks ago, Pope Francis passed away. The next pope will be chosen by senior clergymen called cardinals. The rules are simple. Only cardinals under 80 can vote. A two-thirds majority is required to elect a new pope but if no one reaches that number after a period of time, a runoff election is […]
I recently embarked on a project to get rid of a few of the boxes of my childhood crap that have been sitting in my parents’ basement for 30 years. That included one entire box of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures. Yes, as a boy growing up in the ’90s, it was pretty much […]
The deals nine Biglaw firms struck with Donald Trump are the talk of the industry — something about craven capitulation will do that. Over the course of the deals, Trump has accumulated a $940 million war chest of pro bono payola. And though the surrendering firms try to downplay the terms of the deals, Trump […]
On May 6, the 10th annual CLOC Global Institute kicked off in Las Vegas. The opening keynote was delivered by Nancy Rademaker, a well-known international speaker who often addresses the impact of digitization on individual, customer, and employee behavior. True to form, her talk was titled The Impact of Tech Transformation: Leading Legal Organizations in […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Lets Trump Enforce Transgender Troop Ban as Cases Proceed (Adam Liptak, The New York Times) In win for Trump, Supreme Court allows ban on transgender troops to take effect (Maureen Groppe, […]
PhD candidate and UN judge faces over six years behind bars A former University of Oxford law student and judge has been handed a lengthy prison sentence following conviction for modern slavery offences. Lydia Mugambe, 50, was a top judge studying for a DPhil in law — specialising in human rights — at Pembroke College, […]
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