(Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) As regular readers of this column know, I’m no fan of Donald Trump’s. But even a stopped clock is accurate twice a day. Can we admit that Trump has achieved at least a couple of worthwhile things? First: The border. For reasons that I don’t understand, Joe Biden and the Democrats […]
We have more tragic news to report from Texas, where a young associate from a midsize firm recently passed away as a victim of the deadly flash flooding that hit the state. Josephine Hardin, a 2023 graduate of Emory Law, was a third-year associate with Atlanta-based litigation firm Huff Powell Bailey. She was visiting family […]
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. – Steve Jobs, Apple’s “Think Different” 1997 Ad This past weekend, the ninth annual community sponsored MacStock Conference was held in a Chicago suburb. MacStock is a grassroots gathering for Apple enthusiasts. While it’s […]
It’s a day that ends in “y” so we have another story about a lawyer filing fake citations with a court after Skynet trolled him with phony research. The first public hallucination humiliation should’ve nipped this in the bud and yet — somehow — the problem seems to be accelerating. The latest out of New […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [The Trump administration] seems to have a little bit of an ax to grind with [Biglaw]. For us, it’s been trying to stay clear of the kinds of events that have triggered some of the actions, because I don’t think anything good comes out […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Federal workers face mass firings this summer after Supreme Court ruling (Emily Peck, Axios) How some Supreme Court decisions fractured the conservative supermajority (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Muslim inmate who won US Supreme […]
This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. With so much going on, it might have been easy to miss that the Affordable Care Act made its eighth major trip to the Supreme Court this term. At issue […]
Antitrust artwork It’s not every day a judge picks up the virtual paintbrush—but Sir Marcus Smith has done just that, adding his own colourful diagram to a hefty legal ruling. The meaty case in question featured no less than five KCs instructed by firms including Linklaters, Jones Day, Milbank, and Stephenson Harwood. Over almost 280 […]
Supervising partner fined last month A senior paralegal has received a written rebuke after he requested that at least £1.85 million be released to a property development client before it was properly due, causing a breach of contract. This finding comes after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) fined Mark Shepherd, the client partner on the […]
Summer Associate Really Bit Off More Than She Could Chew: A summer associate decided to make a lasting impression — via bite marks. Multiple chomped colleagues later, she’s learned Hannibal Lecter isn’t the ideal lawyerly role model.. MAGA Meltdowns Down Realizing Superman Is Undocumented: Suffering a “Crisis on Infinite Cable Networks,” Republicans freaked out this […]
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