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Are you loving it? Leaving it? Grudgingly staying the course? Please share your thoughts in this (always) brief and anonymous survey. The post Biglaw Associates: What Do You Really Think Of Your Firm? appeared first on Above the Law. #Biglaw #Associates #Firm #Sponsored
Last week, a venerable three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a well-intentioned but analytically confounding ruling in a highly contentious dispute between the federal government and the State of Missouri. The suit involves the constitutionality of Missouri’s 2023 enactment of a “Second Amendment Preservation Act” (SAPA) that…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Sep 4, 2024 at 10:53 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Wednesday, Sept. 4, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 4, 2024, 10:53 AM),…
Check out the latest Top 50 law school ranking here. Which school is now in first place? The post New Law School Ranking Offers Fresh Twist On The T14 — And Yale Is No Longer #1 appeared first on Above the Law. #Law #School #Ranking #Offers #Fresh #Twist #T14 #Yale #Longer
Effective December 1, 2023, Session Law 2023-151 amended G.S. 14-56 (Breaking or entering into or breaking out of railroad cars, motor vehicles, trailers, aircrafts, boats, or other watercraft) to provide for sentencing enhancements based on the aggregated value of any property taken. In amending the statute, the General Assembly added elements – taking and value…
A decision on the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban came down to the wire. A federal judge in Texas recently blocked the FTC’s noncompete ban, which was approved by the commission on a 3-2 vote in April and was set to take effect September 4. The ban would have made existing noncompetes for most workers…
Earlier this year, the DEA initiated rulemaking to reclassify cannabis as a schedule III narcotic. This is probably the biggest news in cannabis reform since the Controlled Substances Act became law. A lot of folks had hoped that cannabis would be rescheduled in advance of the 2024 election. Those hopes were dashed when the DEA…
* Biglaw firm transforms work from home into a marketing tactic — offers clients a low carbon service with lawyers who don’t commute. [LegalCheek] * Ethics group argues that Aileen Cannon should be removed from Trump case based on biased bumbling. [ProPublica] * Trial over the death of Matthew Perry set for March. [Reuters] *…
Looks like the Earth is finally deciding! The post Elon Musk Would Rather Have Twitter Shut Down Than Take The Smallest Amount Of Responsibility appeared first on Above the Law. #Elon #Musk #Twitter #Shut #Smallest #Amount #Responsibility
AI will never fully replace security professionals – good cybersecurity requires creative human problem-solving. The post AI And Cybersecurity: Now Inseparable appeared first on Above the Law. #Cybersecurity #Inseparable