During the pandemic, one of the partners I used to work with sent out an all-attorney email asking if anyone currently represented any business trying to resist the mandatory shutdown orders. Another partner, quick on the “reply all” button, responded, “God, I hope not.” It turns out another person on the email chain was indeed…
Apparently it’s not constitutional to order a company to take “anti-discrimination” classes from a recognized hate group. Who knew? Certainly not Judge Brantley Starr, the Trump-appointed Northern District of Texas judge who ordered Southwest Airlines to take classes on how to avoid discrimination from the Alliance Defending Freedom — the same people helping bigoted website…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) When ProPublica first reported that Clarence Thomas had taken half a million in gifts, it turns out they had only scratched the surface. New financial disclosures and some number-crunching from Fix the Court show that Thomas has taken over $5 million in gifts and likely gifts. Meanwhile, Ketanji Brown Jackson…
Partners are the life blood of Biglaw. They are, you know, partnerships, and the rainmaking partners bring the clients to the firm that the rank and file bill. So, when a firms finds itself on the losing end of some poaching, it’s not a good thing. When that happened to Paul Weiss in August 2023,…
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Steve Bannon would like to stay out of jail, please. In July of 2022, the putrefying podcaster was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied subpoenas for documents and testimony from the January 6 Select Committee. Judge Carl Nichols stayed the four-month sentence pending appeal, finding…
Ensure Users Always Log In to the Correct Account Vendors have made AI available in multiple forms so anyone with a consumer account can access some version of their tools. But for maximum data protection, higher education institutions should require users to operate under the enterprise account. These licenses sit under a university’s core…
Is it time to wave goodbye to this firm, or will a merger partner come to its rescue? Biglaw firms are trying to expand their presence in Boston, and that’s causing some local firms to leak lawyers like sieves. In fact, one midsize firm in the area has been hit so hard by Biglaw firms…
Over the past several years, I have interacted with several summer associates at different types of firms and had the chance to ask about their experiences. It seems that the summer associate experience has changed much in the past several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the legal profession has altered in response…
Most people presented with a long, boilerplate contract will simply sign it without reading because they have to in order to get a loan or use their new game console. Even esteemed former federal judge Richard Posner admitted back in 2010 that he signed a 100-page home equity loan agreement without reading it. But some…
Education providers are accountable for agent performance, but they don’t currently have the tools needed to do the required proactive monitoring and ongoing management. They need a system that works. But let’s take a step back. There are three groups that need to work together effectively in an international student visa system – students, agents…