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Milbank’s Reopening Plan Includes More Mandatory In-Office Days For Younger Associates

Are any other firms requiring younger associates to spend more time in the office than their peers?

New In-House Survey Confirms Again That Lawyers Need Their Hands Held

Failing to understand technology is not just for outside counsel!

If Katie Couric Wanted To ‘Protect’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, She Did A Really Bad Job

We already knew RBG's retrograde stance on this issue.

Jamie Dimon Back To No Longer Publicly Hiding His Disdain For Cryptos

He’s back to calling them worthless and comparing them to cigarettes.

Morning Docket: 10.14.21

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* California is making sure 23andMe doesn’t become 23andUs with new genetic data privacy law. [JD Supra]

* California appeals court upholds law banning fracking. They have been on fire lately! No, not like that. [Jurist]

* Law firms are facing a big burnout problem. I realized things were bad when they run the risk of losing their star lawyers to TikTok. [Law.com]

* Montana lawsuit claims that prohibition on holding voting drives at high traffic college campus areas suppresses students’ right to vote. And that makes sense. I’d probably still be unregistered if not for being hounded on my way to Philosophy 102. [Daily Interlake]

* Missouri man who followed and killed two people over $200 found not guilty because of stand your ground law. This feels really familiar. [KSHB]

* Texas’s juvenile prisons are being investigated by the Department of Justice. [New York Times]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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The Ongoing Effort To Solve A Cold Case Murder Of A Federal Prosecutor: The reward has more than doubled.

Shocking Judicial Sentence: Jailing children for literally nothing is way more than a mere bridge too far.

Oof! LSAT Online Platform Crashes: What are wannabe lawyers to do now?

Lots Of People Are Leaving Biglaw: They’ll have to work hard to get folks to stay.

Biglaw Partner’s Adorable Place in Video Game History

Turns out Donkey Kong and King Kong are not the same at all.

More Law Firms Should Offer Work Cellphones To Employees

Perhaps it would help them be able to better separate their work-life boundaries.

Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling

You probably know the refrain: No attorney was involved here.

When A Bullied Child Becomes A Bully

I was bullied and fat shamed in school. I ended up doing the exact same thing to my freshman college roommate.

Pillow Puffer Invites YOU, YES YOU To Sign His Petition To SCOTUS

Never get high on your own supply.

‘Yeah, There’s Going To Be Attrition’: Biglaw Firms Grapple With Losing Lawyers

Making associates feel 'connected' to their firms may help.

Yale Law Shows Commitment To Diversity With Boilerplate Apology To Minorities

If the 2L was a Meek Mill fan, they would have known to just call it a House Party and avoid all the drama.

Will Reporting Lower Taxable Income Increase My Chances Of A Tax Audit?

Reporting lower income in your 2020 tax returns probably won’t increase the chances of an audit, but you should still take some steps to avoid raising red flags.

Rudy Giuliani Being Crushed By Inflated Legal Fees Renews My Faith In Poetic Justice

He's wasting his money by spending it on lawyers, because he did a great many of the things he's accused of quite openly on TV.