A recent Wall Street Journal headline caught my eye. The gist of the article, entitled CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs, is what it sounds. It quotes a number of CEOs to the effect that AI is going to massively impact white collar jobs. The article further points […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [The fact that this topic has remained in the news] reminds firms that if they settle, people will not forget quickly. I am guessing that the firms that settled never anticipated the extent of the blowback or how long the settlements would continue to […]
It’s time for my annual (or semi-annual, if you have to take the February bar for whatever reason) rant about the bar exam. I won’t say a peep about the disaster that was the February California Bar Exam. That prompted the resignation of the bar’s executive director. Suffice it to say that the drubbing the […]
If you step back far enough, you might be able to see some compatibility between a Trump presidency and strong antitrust policy. Gotta lower those egg prices somehow, right? But as you get closer, his affinity for deregulation and putting big business at the front row of his inauguration makes it a little harder to […]
On Tuesday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied a bid by an Ecuadorian national to stave off his extradition to that country to face sexual abuse charges. One day earlier, the full court – over a dissent by the three Democratic appointees – cleared the way for the Trump administration to substantially reduce the size of the […]
* DOJ fires Epstein and Diddy prosecutor. So… did Trump go to some freak offs? It also happens to be James Comey’s daughter so watch your seashells! [CNN] * ICE lawyers refusing to be identified in public proceedings. Everyone wants to be the secret police as long as they get to stay secret. [The Intercept] […]
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Trump’s controversial plan to fire federal workers finds favor with Supreme Court (Ashley Oliver, Fox News) Trump Admin’s Supreme Court Lawyers Quit (Robert Alexander, Newsweek) Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but […]
‘Lack of integrity’ A fee earner has been barred from working in the legal profession after sending confidential client information to his personal email ahead of switching firms. Patrick Maginn worked on housing disrepair cases at Liverpool-based Bond Turner for five months before leaving for nearby outfit McDermott Smith Law in November 2023. Just before […]
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