Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Federal Election Commission filings from January 1 to May 31, 2024, which Biglaw firm was paid the most ($727,000 for legal services) by the Harris née Biden campaign? Hint: The Democratic National Committee also paid this firm a handsome $1.5 million….
In July, the General Assembly enacted S.L. 2024-43 (H 25), legislation that makes three significant changes to the laws governing driving by person following a conviction for driving while impaired (DWI) and certain related offenses. First, the act expands the categories of defendants who may receive a limited driving privilege following a DWI conviction. Second,…
University of California President Dr. Michael V. Drake plans to step down from university system leadership at the end of the 2024-25 academic year. Dr. Michael V. DrakeElena Zhukova/University of California“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as president of the University of California these past several years, and I am immensely…
Mark O’Brien, who cofounded the innovative access-to-justice organization Pro Bono Net together with Michael Hertz 25 years ago, and who has been its executive director since 2005, is stepping down from the organization Sept. 1. In an email this morning to Pro Bono Net supporters, O’Brien said he is leaving “to embark on a long-planned…
There has been a surge of controversy related to Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson, in which he targeted the now-presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party Kamala Harris, and others by describing them as a “bunch of childless cat ladies with miserable lives” who have “no direct stake in…
Whether we’re hounding our law school classmates on LinkedIn or just browsing the job boards on occasion, just about all of us are at least a little open to the idea of a new opportunity. Which got us asking: What specific offerings would convince you to switch firms? Which firms do you think embody them?…
Kelli ShumanKelli Shuman has been named associate vice president and chief human resources officer at Carnegie Mellon University. She served as associate vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer at Elon University. Shuman holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and human resource management from Black Hills State University as well as…
Sidley Austin may be closing offices in China — like a lot of Biglaw these days — but that’s not stopping the firm from setting up in new locales. The firm just opened its fifth California office — it already has two in Los Angeles and two in the Bay Area — in sunny San…
Shenandoah University gives every incoming undergraduate student an Apple MacBook Pro, iPad and Apple Pencil through its iMLearning program. Not only are these devices useful learning tools that students will use throughout their time at the university, they’re also the devices many students will see in the workforce. Matthew Neal, a graduate of Shenandoah’s music…
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Elon Musk bought himself yet another legal headache today in the form of a breach of contract suit filed by former CNN anchor Don Lemon in California Superior Court. After weeks of hyping Lemon’s new show on X-Twitter, the inaugural broadcast on March 8, 2024 featured an interview with the…