Tag: Biglaw

* Everyone fears that young, lockdown lawyers aren’t well-trained. And they probably aren’t… but instead of addressing that, firms will just complain about hybrid offices some more. [Law.com]

* Congratulations to Sidney Powell, who dodged an ethics complaint when a Greg Abbott-appointed judge tossed the case. Aileen Cannon is an inspiration to so many out there… [Reuters]

* DOJ seeks sanctions against Google for deleting employee chats. Why delete them? Just leave them on the Google chat platform and literally no one will ever be able to find them again. [Law360]

* The legal luminary who convinced Mike Pence not to participate in a coup hopes to convince the former Veep to do the right thing again. [NY Times]

* Trump has MORE classified documents now? [CNN]

Once you start learning to say 'no' to the demands of other people, you will find more joy.

The judge laid on the guilt while scolding the Biglaw partner.

What did your firm do last year that made people search for it over and over again?

The firm lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.

* Another effort to strike “non-lawyer” from the industry vernacular. Deploying the phrase to denigrate other professionals is bad, but… it’s pretty important for a host of ethical reasons that folks know if their law firm contact is a lawyer or not. [Law.com]

* Shocking absolutely no one, when faculty met to discuss an effort by some Christian law students to get official recognition for new clubs to exclude LGBTQ students, the meeting was recorded and leaked to Fox News. Because the whole point for these initiatives is to get on Fox News. But now police are involved and students are getting a crash course in the difference between one- and two-party consent states. [NHPR]

* Alex Murdaugh’s lawyer pulled a gun on the prosecutor? Meh, seems par for this course. [Intelligencer]

* Even if Section 230 survives, it won’t shield ChatGPT. [Lawfare]

* Regulators are starting to think billion-dollar crypto deals might be a problem. Welcome to the party. [Reuters]

Biglaw giveth, and Biglaw taketh away.

Musk's legal team cites landmark Property case to undermine SEC settlement agreement.

Clarence Thomas is getting a statue... allow your imagination to run wild.

* Elon Musk asks court to lift protections designed to keep him from committing more SEC violations. What could possibly go wrong? [CNBC]

* The Supreme Court may still want to blow up the internet, but they don’t seem like they want to do it over this case. [SCOTUSBlog]

* Delaware lowers bar passage score. Apparently global climate change has made hell freeze over. [Reuters]

* Hogan Lovells net income down 13 percent. Starting to see why they might be in the merger market. [American Lawyer]

* Put aside four days in the office… could we really operate on a four-day work week? Yes, reports obvious study. [Courthouse News Service]

* Law firms band together to oppose SEC request for the names of Covington clients targeted in cyberattack. [Law360]

Sick burn by the charging prosecutor in this celebrity case.

A little less than half of the damages awarded in 2020 have already been reversed on appeal, which may not bode very well for big verdicts achieved in 2021 and 2022 as well.

* The next Biglaw partner you talk to might be a criminal. Yeah, yeah, we get it, but this time we mean that literally. [Law360]

* Kim Kardashian has a new update on her legal studies. [LegalCheek]

* After full body shot it down, ABA Council votes again to end the mandatory admissions test requirement. Just like with the LSAT: if at first you don’t succeed… [Law.com]

* Supreme Court will hear argument on whether or not to blow up the internet. It’s an issue with a lot of nuance that will absolutely be decided by the majority deciding “the Framers didn’t have broadband access, so….” [Reuters]

* Schlitz is the beer that made Milwaukee famous, and now it’s the beer that makes judicial elections deeply problematic. [The Guardian]

* New York public interest attorneys plan strike after failing to get a favorable contract. Access to justice is only as good as the legal team it can recruit and sustain. [The City]

The Biglaw firm will handle the potential impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas.

This firm is giving the robots the chance to come for lawyers' jobs -- and do them better.

Yikes. This still wasn't the best idea....