* Skadden takes pro bono case against the Trump administration. Oooh, let’s see how this plays out! [Bloomberg Law News] * Congestion pricing survives arbitrary federal effort to shut it down. [Law360] * The path to private equity law firms runs through startups. [American Lawyer] * Supreme Court declines school free speech case involving student […]
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Allow yourself to indulge in a passage from Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book “On Tyranny“: What is patriotism? Let us begin with what patriotism is not. It is not patriotic to dodge the draft and to mock war heroes and their families. It is not patriotic to discriminate against active-duty members of the armed forces in […]
Unprecedented situations call for unprecedented punctuation — and gumbo In a scathing ruling packed with nearly 30 exclamation marks and even a stew recipe, a judge sided with US law firm WilmerHale in successfully overturning an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. Trump targeted BigLaw outfit WilmerHale last month, with an executive order sanctioning […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Trump asks Supreme Court to remove judge-ordered restrictions on 3rd country deportations (Devin Dwyer, ABC News) Supreme Court declines case about T-shirt declaring ‘only two genders’ (Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post) The First […]
(Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) This will come as a shock, but the White House can’t just arbitrarily punish law firms for disagreeing with the president. Feel free to pass this message along to Paul Weiss and the crowd. Fresh off the retaliatory order Trump lodged against Jenner & Block getting struck down — […]
In Season 9, Episode 3 of Notes to My (Legal) Self, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sam Moore, Senior Director of Innovation at SkillBurst Interactive (acquired by BARBRI). Sam’s mission is clear: to help attorneys bridge the gap between technology and practice. In this episode, we explored the skills lawyers need to embrace […]
Last week I did something I never imagined I would. I went to a Federalist Society event. The New York chapter held an event on The Law Firm Executive Orders: Law, Process, and Controversy, something I’ve spent a fair amount of time covering. The law firms challenging the EOs (Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by American Lawyer, in 2024 by what percentage was profits per equity partner up across the entire Am Law 100? Hint: PEP averages $3,147,269 See the answer on the next page. The post Biglaw Equity Partners Are Seeing A […]
The Worst Part Is What He Did After The Theft Scandal: Edward Rene will have a lot of time to mull over his mistakes. DLA Piper Is Recruiting The Big Names: Lord David Cameron would be quite the co-worker! This Biglaw Firm Can’t Be That Committed To AI: They tried to quietly delete their post […]
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