(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Think for a minute about coercion. If another country changes its trade policies in a way that hurts the United States, then the United States — probably through Congressional action — should be able to respond by changing the United States’ trade policy. Perhaps even the president, without Congressional approval, […]
If you work in-house and you’re not treating your vendor contracts like strategic assets, you’re overlooking one of the most valuable sources of operational insight. In a recent episode of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” legal ops leader Navin Mahavijiyan explained how most legal teams are sitting on a treasure trove of data without realizing […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! So far, who is the youngest pick for a federal judgeship in the Trump II reign? Hint: The jurist — born in 1990 — was sworn into his lifetime position on the Eastern and Western District of Missouri in July. See the answer […]
Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to fire, at least for now, a Democratic appointee to the Federal Trade Commission. A federal district judge in Washington, D.C., had ordered Trump to reinstate Rebecca Slaughter, who was originally nominated in 2018 by Trump to serve a seven-year term and […]
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Civil procedure: that weird off-shoot of the Constitution that has burned the words “traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice” into our minds since 1L year. It gets a hard rap in the memorable department. Con Law proper can stoke up New Jersey/New York rivalries with an odd amount of trash cases, Property can […]
Before the actor who played Black Panther brought him to life on the silver screen, Thurgood Marshall had already secured his place as a real-life superhero of civil rights. That’s exactly what the documentary “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect” focuses on, inviting viewers to “reflect on his work shaping the American legal system.” As a […]
The Supreme Court on Monday paused a ruling by a federal judge in Los Angeles that imposed restrictions on the ability of federal agents to make immigration stops that the plaintiffs say are based on racial profiling. The order by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong barred agents in the Central District of California – […]
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Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. August went too fast! In the time since we were last in touch, I’ve traveled to Chicago to attend my first meeting as a member of the Council for the ABA Section on Legal Education […]
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