Every once in a while, the good folks win. Definitely not often enough, but when they do, it’s cause for celebration. So, let’s celebrate the Biglaw firms that have told the administration to put it where the sun doesn’t shine. They have either gotten or are in the throes of getting relief from the courts […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day! According to Maptician, since 2023, what percentage of law firms have increased their use of hoteling and other flexible seating arrangements? Hint: AshLea Allberry, Maptician’s chief operating officer, said there’s “often some resistance internally at law firms for flexible seating,” but that hasn’t […]
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The Supreme Court on Thursday sent the case of an Ohio woman who contends that she was the victim of reverse discrimination back to the lower courts. In a unanimous ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the justices agreed that a federal appeals court in Cincinnati was wrong to impose a higher bar for the case […]
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit by the Mexican government against U.S. gun makers cannot go forward. In a unanimous decision by Justice Elena Kagan, the justices held that Mexico’s efforts to hold the gun makers responsible for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels with U.S.-made weapons is barred by a federal law […]
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Recently, President Donald Trump issued two controversial pardons involving tax evasion due to the recipients’ connections or their fundraising ability. On April 23, 2025, Trump pardoned Paul Walscak, who was recently sentenced to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release for tax evasion. According to […]
In the in-house legal world, there is a phrase that has been worn thin from overuse: business partner. For years, I proudly called myself just that — a business partner. It sounded right. It sounded progressive. It sounded like I had broken out of the old-school “department of no” model. In fact, I even wrote […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by Am Law, which Am Law 100 firm had the lowest gross revenue in 2024? Hint: Compared to Kirkland & Ellis, which brought in $8,801,740,000 gross revenue in 2024, this firm looks like a much smaller fish in the […]
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Lawyers for a group of immigrants facing deportation from the United States urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts barring the government from sending them to a country not explicitly named in their removal orders unless the government first takes a series of steps […]
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