For most lawyers, responding to a cease and desist letter is an exercise in draft after draft of incremental editing until, “go piss up a rope, you ambulance chasing shitbird” reads more like, “in consideration of the record and relevant caselaw, we respectfully decline.” Marc Randazza doesn’t do the last part. If anything, his meticulous […]
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In 2017, a newly elected President Trump promised faith leaders to remove a once-critical barrier in the separation of church and state. “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution,” he vowed at the National Prayer Breakfast just […]
Vault recently published the 2026 edition of all manner of its closely watched rankings for the country’s law firms, including prestige rankings and quality of life rankings. We recently discovered which midsize law firms are the best to work for, but which midsize firms reign supreme when it comes to reputation and prestige in certain regions of the […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Anxiety floods federal workforce (Erin Schumaker, Ben Johansen, Sophia Cai, and Irie Sentner, Politico) After term jammed with Trump’s appeals, Supreme Court’s emergency docket may stay hot (Melissa Quinn, CBS News) Supreme Court […]
Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on our constitutional democracy more generally. In Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court announced that federal courts do not have the authority, under the Judiciary […]
Pleaded guilty to assault The bar disciplinary tribunal has reprimanded an unregistered barrister following a late-night altercation at a Nottingham cocktail bar that led to an assault conviction. Benedicte Mabika, 25, was at the Wax Bar in Nottingham at 2:45am on 23 December 2023 when she threw a bottle at a woman “who was known […]
89% Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has reported a strong summer trainee retention score of 89%. The City outfit confirmed that 16 of its 18 final-seat trainees will be staying on upon qualification later this summer. There are no fixed term contracts. Twelve will begin their careers in the firm’s London office, with five qualifying […]
Funny thing about promises of transparency: people will notice gaps in the record. Freshfields talked a big game on their commitment to DEI, but it looks like there’s a proverbial minute missing from the footage. The firm set some huge diversity goals for this side of the pond, things like having at least 20 percent […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In what movie does James Stewart play defense attorney Paul Biegler? Hint: The book the screenplay was based on was written by Robert Traver — the pen name of Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker. See the answer on the next page. The […]
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