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What was it like to be a lawyer in 2015? That’s the question Seward & Kissel intended to answer for the lawyers of 2140 through a commemorative time capsule. It turns out the contents are almost as alien to the lawyers of 2024. In a world where Biglaw firms can and do explode under the…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Our technology and software analysts are hard at work assessing the Unified Court System’s digital networks and infrastructure to try to diagnose the potential impacts and deliver solutions to the widespread Microsoft outage issues that have emerged today. The court, and its employees, are…
(Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Rudy Giuliani is publicly losing two battles this week: one with gravity, and one with bankruptcy. And while he shook off a tumble at the RNC, he’s probably going to have a little harder time righting himself with US Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane. On July 10, Rudy tapped out of…
One of the defensible justifications for having the bar exam is that it filters out the people who are not prepared to practice the law. Unfortunately, it isn’t perfect at doing so. Every year, there are people who get scores right on the cusp of passing who have to go back to studying if they…
‘We love our law school!’ Are you searching for a law school where you can actually have a social life? Of course you are! But would that social life be dampered by ultra-competitive classmates? These are questions well worth asking before you plop down a deposit to reserve your seat for the next three years…
Jamie Lawless (courtesy photo) During the height of the pandemic, the legal profession was forced to quickly adopt remote work policies. This went smashingly well, of course, leading to record financial success for the industry. Now that the coronavirus crisis is behind us, the Biglaw firms have brought their workforces back to the office, but…
It wasn’t too long ago that we learned the world’s richest law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, is using referral bonuses to help it secure top lateral talent. But they aren’t the only firm using cold, hard cash to entice attorneys. A&O Shearman — the newly merged (in May) firm that combined Allen & Overy with…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jul 19, 2024 at 11:05 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, July 19, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 19, 2024, 11:05 AM),…
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “US appeals court to reconsider ban on felons possessing guns”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on an order granting rehearing en…
It’s pretty rare to see a judge disqualify a law firm from taking on a case. But Judge William Alsup has done just that, disqualifying the litigation powerhouse law firm Quinn Emanuel from representing ExTwitter in a big data scraping case. We wrote about this case back in May, highlighting both the importance and complexities of it. There…