AirBnBivouac: Trump sent troops to L.A. with no plan to house them and everyone dusted off their pocket Constitutions. Florida Secedes… Again: State supreme court orders state bar to back out of the American Bar Association. From The Halls Of Montezuma To Wilshire Boulevard: Marines claim they’re just detaining people, not arresting them. That’s… not […]
Anonymity on medical grounds A male law firm partner has been suspended from practice for two years after sexually harassing a junior female colleague — but a disciplinary tribunal has ruled that he cannot be named due to medical reasons. The incident took place in June 2022, when a partner from the unnamed firm visited […]
BigLaw heavyweight to stay on in an advisory role Sir Nigel Knowles Big law statesman Sir Nigel Knowles is to step down from his role as chief executive of DWF at the end of July, it has been confirmed. Knowles was elevated to the role of CEO in 2020 after previously serving as the firm’s […]
To Cooley, That Is!: They are leaving in favor of a firm with a backbone. Skadden De-Fangs Their Distinguished Fellows Program To Keep Trump Happy: How will they reconcile helping the poor and “conservative ideals”? Back And Worse For You!: The injunction restriction in the “Big Beautiful Bill” is going to chill a lot of […]
Back at the start of office reentry, we asked our audience to compare their desire for higher pay with their desire for remote flexibility. We learned that it would take a 30% pay increase to persuade over half of our readers to voluntarily abandon remote work. Four years later — after much cajoling, incentivizing, and […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We are concerned about the efforts that the Trump administration has taken to disparage and dismantle DEI efforts that are lawful and that are designed to open doors of opportunity and give more people the chance to succeed based on their merits. Now more […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by the National Law Journal, which Biglaw firm saw the largest percentage decrease in head count in 2024? Hint: The firm saw a 42% decrease in head count, from 293 lawyers to 170. See the answer on the next […]
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The Skadden Fellowships have been a pretty big deal for the last 37 years. Fellows have done a lot of good over the years, improving legal services for the poor and encouraging economic independence being chief among them. They’ve worked for programs like the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Immigration and Disability Rights projects, […]
A group of states, school districts, and teachers’ unions on Friday afternoon urged the Supreme Court in two separate filings to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that directs the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees who were fired as part of a reduction in force. In their […]
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