Above the Law

Since the 1990s, this former Hunton partner has been dogged by allegations of illegal financial schemes.

The Trumpist law professor is complaining that people don't seem to appreciate his stumping for the president.

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Roe is still a headache, at least in the minds of those who want to overturn it.

Is this how the majority of law school graduates really feel about the July 2018 bar exam?

Why? Because law schools lied to incoming students and the Great Recession brought doom and gloom to the legal profession.

The field is narrowing, but the situation remains fluid.

* Michael Cohen's lawyers are doubling down on their effort to get a gag order against Michael Avenatti. Meanwhile, Cohen gave an interview to Good Morning America, an irony not lost on Avenatti. [Courthouse News Service]

* After the Supreme Court gutted public sector unions, the cheerleaders of Alito's judicial activism may end up getting more than they bargained for. Some believe that, stripped of funds to negotiate a contract at the table, unions may increasingly jump right to the picket line. [National Law Journal]

* The sad tale of Stan Lee's finances apparently has folks lawyering up. [USA Today]

* Jones Day's gender discrimination suit puts a new spotlight on its notorious black box compensation model. Will the firm come clean about how it pays people, or will it be dragged into discovery? [American Lawyer]

* The top appellate attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an entity devoted to whittling down the rights of consumers to pursue meaningful legal action against businesses, has left the group to join a plaintiffs' side firm. Ahahahahahahahaha. [National Law Journal]

* Michigan State is fighting hard to keep the advice of its in-house attorneys privileged. The state has some concern that potential criminal activity could've been shielded by having a lawyer in the room, which given the scope of the cover-up revealed so far is not entirely unreasonable. [Corporate Counsel]

* We've given the NLJ 500 a lot of flack over the years, but the ranking does give us insight into which markets are in growth mode. This year, that's Portland, Oregon. Tell that to Perkins Coie. [Law.com]

All four of these names appear on President Trump's shortlist of 25 contenders.