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If, after law school, you decide to work at a law firm, on the Hill, at the White House, or for the U.S. Department of Justice, and you are sexually harassed, you might first complain internally to Human Resources (HR). If that fails, you are empowered to sue your employer in civil court under Title…
The gig economy is no longer a novelty. Having multiple income streams of income is increasingly valuable, smart, and possible—even for legal professionals. These income streams can come in the form of lawyer side hustles—a job that you work on top of your main full-time job. According to this recent Zapier survey, 34% of American…
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I remember when the email went live across the firms. There were associates on one floor panicking and crying. They already feel so stretched in terms of the work and effort that they just couldn’t envisage how they would be able to justify another…
Some pretty terrible stuff happened in the courtroom of Trump-appointed federal judge Joshua Kindred. Following a massive ethics scandal, he resigned from the District of Alaska bench, just four years after beginning his lifetime appointment. According to the Special Committee appointed by the Ninth Circuit to investigate the complaints against the judge, Kindred engaged in…
The recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, which found Google guilty of monopolistic practices in its search engine and digital advertising operations, is a seismic event in the tech world. As we look at the implications of this ruling, particularly in light of the rise of AI-powered search engines, I’m thrilled to discuss…
Milbank is leading the associate compensation charge — again — with summer bonuses. The associate there must be thrilled… Unlike DLA Piper’s associates. That firm changed course on office attendance and it’s going over like a lead balloon. Elon Musk also changed course, because when he told advertisers to go F themselves he really meant,…
(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Justice Juan Merchan is not recusing from Donald Trump’s false business records case. Again. Since the beginning of this case, the defendant has argued that the judge is biased by his daughter’s work for a Democratic public relations firm. But even before Trump filed his first recusal…
My colleagues have covered the retroactivity rules many times before on the blog but the analysis for determining the retroactivity of new federal rules has changed in the last few years. Considering that and the recent Confrontation Clause rule for substitute analyst testimony announced in Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ___; 144 S.Ct. 1785 (2024)…
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) If you were suing a company, how much stock would the judge have to have in it before you became concerned about their impartiality? I’d put the limit at whatever the going rate of a nice steak dinner at Ruth’s Chris is, but even more conservative estimates should draw the…
While some major law firms are handing out summer bonuses, others are delaying start days for incoming associates. Regional powerhouse Bass, Berry & Sims — a firm with offices in Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. — recently announced that it would be postponing the start date for its new first-year associates, from September to…