Incident occurred 15 years ago A judge has received a formal warning after admitting to having sex in his judicial chambers over 15 years ago. Recorder Paul Kirtley admitted the encounter, with his then partner, had taken place as alleged and accepted that his conduct was inappropriate. He expressed shame and offered his “unreserved apologies”, […]
Keen to make good first impression In our latest Career Conundrum, a soon-to-be trainee solicitor asks about the key dos and don’ts for getting their training contract off to a strong start. “Hello LC. I saw you recent Conundrum on starting pupillage and I wanted to ask for some similar advice about starting my training […]
Why did Sheriff Mickey Stines shoot Judge Kevin D. Mullins? That’s the question dominating Letcher County, Kentucky, since September of 2024, when the shocking incident occurred. Almost immediately rumors began swirling speculating exactly what was behind the crime. We know that Mullins and Stines ate lunch together the day of Mullins’s death. And several other […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’m definitely talking to general counsel who are using the settlement issue as a criteria—if not a dispositive variable—in their law firm choices. We haven’t pulled work from any firms yet, but when new matters come up, we’re making sure that firms challenged by […]
Supposedly, the word of the year in technology is “agentic.” By the end of the year it’ll probably be “bubble,” but for now the world is meant to tremble before the awesome promise of agentic. It takes AI to a whole new level! It heralds the new human-free workforce! It keeps Woody Harrelson out of […]
New York Law School graduate Chester Carlson chose to focus on patent work after spending time working as a research engineer with Bell Labs. His experience in law school helped drive him to finish an invention he’d been toying with for years. The resulting process would become the heart of what company? Hint: The company […]
Martin Is Begging Tish James To Resign: He also pleaded with her to not release the letter to the public. So much for that. Slain Judge Alledged To Be Part Of “Nasty and Sickening” Sex Ring: Forthcoming details may make sense of the in-chambers shooting. Eric André Gets Second Swipe At Clayton County: The 11th […]
* Clients diversifying outside counsel options after Biglaw Surrendergate. [American Lawyer] * Ed Martin has taken the fact that even Senate Republicans thought he was too stupid to be a U.S. Attorney and turned it into a career harassing Trump’s political grudges through the Justice Department. [NY Times] * Administration proposes taking public service loan […]
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During both World Wars, patriotic Americans were encouraged to plant War Gardens in order to help households save money, become healthier, and maintain their morale in wartime. Branded as “Victory Gardens” in WWII, these often-urban produce plots are apocryphally remembered today as having served the purpose of preserving commercially grown crops for military use even […]
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