In January, TikTok’s “vulnerabilities” were designated as a major national security concern. A widely used app owned by a foreign government was so apparently dangerous that the government decided they’d rather shut it down than to let people post their dancing vids and shock at overseas atrocities go uninterrupted. The Trump administration has opted to […]
Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor are both hitting the talk shows and it’s highlighting how awkward the nation’s relationship with the Supreme Court really is. Barrett went on Fox and accurately stated that the Constitution prohibits Trump running for a third term. Then the host offered a “wink wink” prompt and she started backpedaling. […]
Remember Al Franken? He was a distinguished United States senator. He is funny. He is charming. No one else in Congress could or can excoriate hypocritical right-wing nincompoops quite so effectively. Then an old photograph circulated that showed him, during his time as a comedian, with a big goofy grin on his face pretending to […]
Texas attorney Fangzhou Chen, aka Amber Chen, was charged in federal court with cyberstalking and transmitting threatening communications. Chen allegedly sent 25 unsubstantiated online tips to the FBI National Threat Operations Center and engaged in a campaign of online harassment directed at an unnamed Biglaw partner based in New York as well as a Biglaw associate […]
After the Notorious Nine Biglaw firms traded their principles to curry favor with the Trump administration, the question on everyone’s mind remained: what, exactly, were they going to do for the administration? The firms offered free legal services — in amounts upward of $125 million each — to vaguely defined conservative-friendly causes. Publicly, the firms […]
During the 2024 election campaign, both presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris proposed excluding tips from income taxes. I argued a year ago that doing this would create more problems than benefits. It will further complicate the tax laws, incentivize businesses to convert to a tip-based compensation structure, deprive a subset of people of […]
Forbes recently rolled out its second-annual list of America’s top lawyers, and as you might expect, it’s packed with familiar names from the upper echelons of the profession. The ranking spans lawyers from Biglaw to boutique firms who’ve left their mark on the past year’s biggest matters, putting the spotlight on attorneys whose influence, integrity, […]
David Souter was my first boss, during the 1987-88 term of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, where I was privileged to serve as one of his two law clerks shortly before he was elevated to the United States Supreme Court. It became clear early on that “David,” which he insisted my co-clerk and I […]
Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Discussion of the Supreme Court today often turns into debate about the importance of judicial […]
Firm says goals come as others scale back D&I efforts Mishcon de Reya has set a series of new diversity targets to be met by 2027, including for its future trainees. The London law firm aims for at least 55% of trainee and solicitor apprenticeship applications to come from candidates who identify as minority ethnic, […]
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