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Once upon a time, Biglaw meant slaving away in an office for — at a minimum — five days a week. But Covid came and showed everyone the beauty of working from home. And in a post-Covid world, most Biglaw firms are forging a hybrid work schedule, marrying the benefits of in-person lawyering with the…
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I don’t think anybody necessarily expected Amy Coney Barrett to be as distinctive as she has been so early in her term. But she’s going to be, to my mind, the person to look out for in the future….
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The American Civil Liberties Union has been the driving force behind some substantial cases over the last few years. They’ve fought against Trump’s Muslim ban, defended the NRA’s right to speech, and protected LGBTQ employees from work place discrimination. David Cole has been at the helm of these cases, among others, for the last eight…
(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Chicago is brimming with business opportunities for Biglaw firms, and it’s proving to be quite the “ultra-competitive market.” Despite its sports teams’ records, it’s a winning city for the legal profession. But which firm is right for you? Thanks to Vault’s recently released regional rankings, we now know which…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ___; 2024 WL 3074423 (June 21, 2024) (Kagan, J.). The case settled a lingering question in Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause jurisprudence: Does the Confrontation Clause permit substitute analyst testimony? Courts have been split on the question, with North Carolina and Arizona among the jurisdictions…
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Congratulations to Hunter Biden! Apparently, special counsels are illegal now, and so all his criminal cases must be dismissed immediately. What a lucky day for the president’s son! Just kidding! Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell wasn’t crazy enough to argue before a US District judge that when 28 U.S. Code…
Aileen Cannon Judge Aileen Cannon just dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, providing the former president a real shot in the arm heading into the Republican National Convention. In dispensing with the case, Cannon ruled that the appointment of a special counsel violates the appointments clause of the Constitution, a position thoroughly and…
Perhaps the holy grail for law firms is the development of effective, automated workflows to manage the rote business tasks that nobody really wants to do. It’s a way to delegate more work for attorneys while also freeing up and up-skilling law firm staff. If you can pull it off as a law firm manager,…
What is going on at Walgreens? If you’re someone who has followed the healthcare stock market over the past few years, there’s a good chance you have asked that question. The Illinois-based pharmacy giant’s stock price has decreased by 80% in the past five years — currently trading at about $11 per share, compared to…