* Lawyer shifts career to OnlyFans content. [NY Post] * Trial over Trump’s use of military for domestic policing begins. [Reuters] * Former copyright chief thinks she got fired for suggesting AI companies have to respect IP law. [Law.com] * Justice Department going after Tish James for pointing out that Trump’s businesses cooked books. [ABA […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Prosecutors may appeal to US Supreme Court on 1979 missing child Etan Patz case (Jennifer Peltz, AP News) Supreme Court approval rating sinks to a new low, poll finds. What caused shift? (Brendan […]
Registration opens at 7 this morning in the Convention Center Foyer. Make sure to bring a valid, government-issued form of identification with you to pick up your conference badge! After securing your badge, mingle with conference attendees in the Potomac A/C Foyer over light breakfast offerings before heading to Potomac A/B to secure your seat […]
One conflated LPC and SQE routes Around one in three law school websites contain “factually inaccurate” or potentially “misleading” information about courses and routes to qualification as a solicitor, new research has found. A content analysis of 93 LLB webpages revealed examples including continuing to describe their degree as a “Qualifying Law Degree” (QLD) without […]
Fined £50k in 2023 A senior solicitor who was fined £50,000 for attempting to restrict a tax lawyer from publishing a legal email on behalf of former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is appealing the ruling in the High Court. Ashley Hurst, a partner and head of client strategy at Osborne Clarke, was found by the Solicitors […]
The Legal Cheek team discuss NQ salaries, retention rates, financial results and a petition to reform the SQE — listen now The Legal Cheek Podcast returns this week as publisher Alex Aldridge and writer Lydia Fontes discuss this week’s biggest legal news stories as firms have released financial results, trainee retention rates and some have […]
BONUS TIME!: Milbank opens up the Biglaw summer bonus season. Will anyone follow? Now You See Them…: Todd Blanche’s Library of Congress deleted habeas corpus and the part that says presidents can’t impose tariffs from the Constitution. Complete coincidence. Former Associate Alleges Racist Incident: Claims partner used slur while trying to make him quit. Welcome […]
Law firms and in-house counsel are light years apart on the role of the billable hour, but the two groups still find some encouraging common ground on pricing models. A new survey by iManage and Above the Law asked law firms and corporate law departments which arrangements would better drive alignment between the two groups. […]
No one in their reasonable mind would like to take the bar exam — not only is the test so stressful it could give you a heart attack, they don’t even have protocol to timely assist you if that actually happens! Ideally, law schools would be good enough to vet which of their students are […]
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