Morning Docket: 07.16.24

* Firms get creative when it comes to lateral pay. [American Lawyer] * JD Vance’s wife leaves Munger Tolles. [Law360] * Judiciary considering new ethical rules covering clerk hiring. Circuit judges prepared to tell them to get bent like they do with all other national guidance. [Reuters] * Having left the bench under ethical cloud,…

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Misleading Advertising Claims In India: A Legal Perspective – Advertising, Marketing & Branding

In the realm of consumer goods, advertising serves as a powerful tool to inform and persuade. However, recent events have shed light on the detrimental consequences of misleading advertising practices, prompting a closer examination of regulatory frameworks in India. From the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the case of Indian Medical Association v. Union of…

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Donald Trump: Still Gagged – Above the Law

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) As Michael Cohen’s testimony grinds on for a second day in Manhattan, Donald Trump will have to keep his mouth shut about his former fixer just a little bit longer. This morning, the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division affirmed the validity of the gag order imposed by Justice Juan…

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Morning Docket: 06.13.24

* House approves contempt measure against Merrick Garland for not giving them the original audio to go with the transcripts they have of Biden’s interviews with the special counsel Robert Hur’s “He Didn’t Commit Any Crimes, But Damn He Old” report. [ABA Journal] * Georgia Supreme Court jumps the line to intervene to halt the…

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Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes

Dive Brief: Two Michigan institutions — Oakland University and Western Michigan University — could face potential faculty strikes as negotiations over salaries, workloads and other issues drag on. A Sept. 1 bargaining session with Oakland University administration ended without a contract, according to the institution’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Negotiating teams…

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