Egyptian government ratified the bylaws of the new law regarding NGOs after the Law No.70 of 2017 was heavily criticized for imposing hefty restrictions on the work on thousands of NGOs operating within Egypt. The new governing law is Law No.149 of 2019, the regulations were issued by Prime Ministerial Decree 104 of 2021. The…
Big news. Since the 1980s, the FDA has imposed a flat ban on anonymous sperm donation by sexually active gay and bisexual men. How does that work? Well, when the FDA screens potential sperm donors, it prohibits anonymous donations by any man who acknowledges having sex with another man during the previous five years. In…
Milbank is back at it! The Biglaw firm has made a name for itself for constantly pushing associate compensation upwards, so why would 2024 be any different? Today, the firm announced special summer bonuses for all associates globally. The dollar amount ranges from $6,000 to $25,000, as per the following scale (you can read the…
* Wait, are you suggesting we shouldn’t have trusted the journalistic integrity of the National Enquirer? This Trump trial teaches us something new every day! [Reuters] * Outgoing Boeing leadership collecting around $45 million as they walk out the door. The existing door, not one blown out the side of one of their planes. [Bloomberg…
(Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images) It’s so fun to pay your lawyers with other people’s money! You just send out a dozen lurid emails a day insisting that “They’re not coming after me, they’re coming after you!” and watch the money roll in. Then your attorneys can docket pointless motion after pointless motion — sometimes…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Before he was the beloved Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff was a noted Biglaw partner, most recently at DLA Piper. Partners are often put in awkward positions vis-à-vis their clients. Maybe they have to share a less than ideal result, or shoot down a client’s brain child for legal reasons, or…
(Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) The Supreme Court’s conservative majority will do anything to curtail women’s rights… but it won’t do that. And by “that” we mean stretch the concept of standing out of existence. In August 2022, five out-of-state activist groups incorporated an entity in Amarillo, Texas, for the sole purpose of having a…
(Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Special Counsel Jack Smith is once again politely tapping the horn in the direction of the Supreme Court, urging the justices to hurry up and rule on Trump’s immunity motion so he can be held accountable for interfering in the last election before running…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Aug 16, 2024 at 11:02 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, August 16, SCOTUSblog (Aug. 16, 2024, 11:02 AM),…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who was the first Hispanic jurist to be confirmed to the Seventh Circuit? Hint: Earlier this week, the Senate confirmed this district court judge to the appellate court — the fifth Biden appointee to the Seventh Circuit. See the answer on the next…