After a recent appellate decision declared Trump’s sweeping tariff regime unconstitutional, the administration is appealing the decision to the Supreme Court. That’s entirely expected, and even the Fourth Circuit kept the tariffs in place until mid-October to give Trump the opportunity to do so. Donald Trump reacted to the appellate court loss with the expected […]
The American Lawyer recently revealed its 2025 midlevel survey, which showed us that midlevels are frustrated because they crave training and mentorship opportunities, but not every Biglaw firm has been able to fulfill their end of the bargain. On top of that, they continue to be absolutely infuriated by their firms’ technical prowess — or should we […]
For the third time since February, the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the battle over its efforts to freeze billions of dollars in foreign-aid funding. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices to pause what he described as “an unlawful injunction” entered by a federal judge in Washington, […]
* Are lawyers at heightened risk of developing a gambling addiction? I’ve got 2 bills on “no,” who wants in on that action? [ABA Journal] * SEC and CFTC look to crypto regulation, which will come to a halt once they learn what Trumpcoin is. [Law360] * Trump’s handling of federal workers puts him on […]
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Since taking office in January, one of President Donald Trump’s priorities has been restructuring the federal workforce, including by significantly reducing the number of federal employees. In three separate challenges to the Trump administration’s reductions in force, the Supreme Court – on its emergency docket – has blocked rulings by federal judges that required the […]
Strongly discouraged but currently no regulatory prohibition An independent review has called for a new rule to make it “serious misconduct” for barristers, clerks or chambers’ staff to have sexual relationships with pupils and mini-pupils, in a bid to tackle abuse of power at the bar. The landmark report, led by Baroness Harriet Harman KC, […]
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed David Lammy as Lord Chancellor in the mini-reshuffle David Lammy MP Barrister-turned-politician David Lammy has been appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in Keir Starmer’s latest mini-reshuffle. The shake-up follows Angela Rayner’s resignation as Deputy Prime Minister on Friday, after it emerged she had underpaid around […]
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend ‘He put his hand down my tights’: Sexual harassment widespread among barristers, review finds [BBC News] Solicitor sexually propositioned colleague 50 years his junior [The Telegraph] (£) Does Graham Linehan’s case prove police are handcuffed by the law? [The Times] (£) Shabana Mahmood […]
A US lawyer — who shares the same name as the tech billionaire — takes legal action against Meta over the repeated removal of his Facebook pages A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing Meta, the parent company of the social media giant, because his pages keep getting […]
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