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Law Firms Weather Q2 with Surprising Stability (But Keep Your Umbrella Handy)
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Thomson Reuters’ recent Law Firm Financial Index report highlights the calm but worry law firms are experiencing: there was global instability swirling all...
District Judge’s Order Reeks of AI
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
A couple of weeks ago, a federal court in Mississippi issued a temporary restraining order that quickly became the talk of legal circles. U.S. District Judge...
New York Won't Let a Little Thing Like a Heart Attack Get in the Way of the Bar Exam
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
If you’ve ever heard someone say the bar exam is “life or death,” you probably rolled your eyes. But that phrase felt way too real for the hundreds of law...
The Battle for the New Jersey US Attorney Position Is Over, at Least for the Next 210 Days
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Senate Judiciary Committee didn't seem inclined to confirm her. The New Jersey senators were going to withhold their blue slips. In the past, that...
Wisconsin State Bar Settles Suit by Scraping DEI Program
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Recently, the State Bar of Wisconsin agreed to strip all race, gender, and religion-based criteria from its programs, marking a dramatic end to years of DEI...
BigLaw Firm's Firing of Junior Associate for Outside Writing Raises Job Boundary Questions
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Where does a job end and an employee's private life begin? For a junior associate formerly at Davis Polk & Wardwell (Davis Polk), writing articles for...