Earlier this week, felony charges for assaulting a federal officer with a Subway sandwich were filed against Sean Charles Dunn. The incident went viral, and let’s be honest, getting popular off of a stance against Donald Trump is the bigger problem for the administration. So, even though in the immediate aftermath of the incident, Dunn was […]
We’re pleased to announce the SCOTUSblog Summit: On the Merits, co-hosted by SCOTUSblog and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, a convening that carries forward the university’s commitment to fostering far-reaching dialogue around pressing policy issues. In that spirit, this daylong event will bring together legal experts and public leaders to explore how the […]
As readers of this site are well aware, the Supreme Court is deeply divided on a wide range of consequential issues. How should the justices consider history when they are interpreting the Constitution? When should the court grant requests for temporary emergency relief, and how much of an explanation should it provide when it acts […]
On two documents uploaded to BPP’s portal A solicitor apprentice has had restrictions placed on their legal employment following allegations they falsified their supervisor’s signature. Matthew Senior, a former legal apprentice with Jordans Solicitors Yorkshire Limited, is alleged to have uploaded two documents containing “falsified signatures” of his supervising solicitor, Catherine Jane Matthews, to BPP […]
In the wake of the lackluster health emergency protocol the New York Board of Law Examiners displayed last month, readers, test takers, and even lawmakers have penned letters admonishing the bar for not doing better. In a perfect world, the NYBOLE would own up to their mistakes and implement safety protocols to ensure that there […]
In one of my many meetings this week at ILTA’s super conference, I bumped into Alex Babin, whose company I have written about before. Babin, who recently sold his company, Hercules, to Aderant, made an important point. If you want to be a successful startup in legal or elsewhere, you have to focus on one […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Thomson Reuters’ latest Law Firm Financial Index, how much are law firm billing rates up over the second quarter of 2024? Hint: Demand was up a more modest 1.6% over that same period. See the answer on the next page. The […]
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The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a request from a tech industry group to temporarily bar Mississippi from enforcing a state law that restricts access by young people to social media. In a brief unsigned order, the justices allowed the state to continue to enforce the law against major social media sites, including Facebook, […]
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