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Clients are more demanding than ever. They expect their lawyers to be ahead of the game. They want to know what’s going on with their matters at all times. And they need to be assured that everything is in hand. To meet these growing demands, transactional lawyers must ramp up their client services — and…
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Jaclyn Roy to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. It is a new year, and even in 2024, due to a draconian lack of standard…
Summer associate programs are still underway at Biglaw firms across the country, but soon, for those who haven’t already been precruited, early recruitment interviews will begin for next year’s eager crop of would-be summer associates. With current summers itching to receive their offers, what better time to release Vault’s closely watched rankings for the best…
This post summarizes Smith v. Arizona and United States v. Rahimi from the Supreme Court of the United States, decided on June 21, 2024. These summaries, prepared by Phil Dixon (Smith) and Jeff Welty (Rahimi) will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. When an…
This week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) sent letters to the Senate and House urging them to support legislation that would prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The organization argued that the establishment of minimum staffing requirements would stifle…
New Oregon hemp rules take effect next week. As of Monday, July 1, 2024, all hemp retailers or wholesalers who store, transfer or sell industrial hemp or hemp items for resale to another person must have a hemp vendor license from the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA). The vendor license fee is $100 annually and…
* John Roberts ghosted the Senate. Delightful. [Slate] * Everyone wants to be a lawyer — even criminals. [Law.com] * More Fifth Circuit nonsense over a Securities and Exchange Commission rule change. [Law360] * Antonin Scalia gets a shout out in the Steve Bannon case. [Law and Crime] * How ideology played out in Murthy….
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jun 27, 2024 at 9:05 am We’ll be live this morning at 9:30 a.m. EDT as the court releases opinions in one or more cases from the current term. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme…
LIVE By SCOTUSblog on Jun 27, 2024 at 8:29 am On Thursday, June 27, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , Announcement of opinions for Thursday, June 27, SCOTUSblog…
On June 24, The Washington Post published a report suggesting that “the nation is experiencing a lull in political unrest.” But the apparent good news dissipated quickly as the Post attributed the lull to the fact that “Trump’s supporters believe he will win the presidency.” The Post explained that “There’s little reason for pro-Trump extremist…