Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by Bloomberg Law, what was the combined global M&A deal value for the first six months of 2025? Hint: The deal values are up 18.5% over the same period last year. See the answer on the next page. The […]
Doonesbury Can’t Take Biglaw Serious: Wait until you hear their solution to the Pro Bono Payola problem! About That Epstein List Disappearing Act: Pam Bondi and the DOJ just did one hell of an about face. Is This An IP Lawsuit Or An Advertisement Campaign?: Lululemon drags Costco to court over their similar products. Is […]
Brothers in Law is a recurring series by Professors Akhil and Vikram Amar. For more content from Akhil and Vikram, please see Akhil’s free weekly podcast, “Amarica’s Constitution,” and Vikram’s regular columns on Justia. Every justice takes an oath to support the Constitution itself as the supreme law of the land. Most members of the current […]
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. In Kousisis v. United States, decided on May 22, the Supreme Court considered the breadth of federal wire and mail fraud offenses and unanimously rejected a requirement that a fraud […]
Found in contempt of court in 2022 A former Jones Day partner is set to face a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over allegations that he instructed another individual to destroy evidence during his time at the firm. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)’s decision to refer Raymond John McKeeve to the SDT follows contempt of court […]
US outfits driving hiring spree The number of City law firm partners moving to rival firms has hit a record high in the first half of 2025, driven in part by US firms willing to offer large pay packages to attract London’s top legal talent. Fresh stats reveal a record 349 partner moves were announced […]
AI Makes Up Cases, Court Says ‘Sure, Why Not’: Judge signed off on party’s proposed order. Apparently didn’t bother to check the made up cases. Textualism/Originalism May Be Bankrupt, But Like Donald Trump Always Is… Ignoring Costs, Harming People Who Trust Them In Good Faith, And Barreling Forward To The Next Crisis Of Their Own […]
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Victims in rape cases can lie in court, says leading barrister [The Times] (£) British law firm representing Hamas changes name to Riverway to the Sea [Telegraph] (£) Some consequences of Palestine Action ban ‘overstated’, says High Court judge [The Standard] MP recalls […]
Happy 4th of July! I hope you have a wonderful Independence Day. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Judges are finding workarounds to Trump’s big Supreme Court win (Kyle Cheney and Hassan Ali Kanu, Politico) Supreme Court rejects Montana’s […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon cleared the way for the Trump administration to send a group of immigrants currently being held on a U.S. military base in the east African country of Djibouti to South Sudan. In a brief opinion, the justices made clear that their June 23 order, which paused an order by […]
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