Above the Law

State AG Killed A Man And Told Cops He’d Hit A Deer, Will Only Face Misdemeanor Charges

That sound you hear is a wrist slap.

Durbin On Judicial Nominations: F*** Around And Find Out

Honey, your slip is showing.

Why Companies Fall Short In Digital Recordkeeping

As remote work continues to add to the myriad challenges involving compliance and eDiscovery, our friends at Pagefreezer present a detailed rundown of processes that will meet the moment.

Freezing Law Student Burns Court Cases To Stay Warm During Power Outage

Brrrrrrr....

Law School Displays Gross Lack Of Empathy During Texas Winterpocalypse

Law school just isn't the top priority for Texas students right now.

‘No, You Can’t Motivate Paralegals By Pointing Prop Guns At Them’ Is A Sentence I Unfortunately Have To Write

Jones Day discrimination suit features wild allegation.

Goldman May Not Be Paying Its Conflict Of Interest Reviewers Enough

Because at least one of them allegedly found a bank-embarrassing way to make a hundred thousand extra pounds.

Lawyers Address What We Can Do And What We Must Do In Vaccine Rollout

Hospital counsel, state advisors, congregate care advocates, and university leaders believe that public health ethics must drive the next steps in vaccine distribution and not the constraints of the law.

3 Practices To Get To A Balanced Legal Budget

Please join us on February 25th and learn how to effectively manage and optimize your legal budgets.

The COVID-19 Fears Of 2020 Were Realized

Without critical recalibration, families, as well as work, will remain places of subordination for women.

Texas Going Forward With Bar Exam No Matter What Plague Hits Next

It's not that these aren't important gestures, it's that they all fail to address the bigger problem.

The Remote Versus Physical Office Debate Revisited, Post-Pandemic

Has the pandemic caused you to rethink your plans for your law firm and if so how?

Citigroup Stupid Beyond Belief Legally Speaking, Can’t Have Its Half-Billion Dollars Back

Finders keepers is apparently a genuine precedent under New York State law.

Morning Docket: 02.18.21

* A lawsuit has been filed over the name for Corona Hard Seltzer. Maybe they can resolve the despite by kicking back a few… [Chicago Tribune]

* A California woman is accused of impersonating two lawyers and committing PPP loan fraud. Going to refrain from making a My Cousin Vinny reference here… [SF Gate]

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Bar Examiners: ‘Have You Considered Catheters?’ — See Also

The official image of 2020-21 bar examiners.

The Divine Right Of Bar Examiners: New York BOLE blows off state legislator for daring to question draconian exam procedures. Not for nothing, but I’m actually as incensed over the salutation in this letter as I am about the substance… and I’m pretty mad about the substance.

Making Some Progress: Biglaw firm unveils diversity program. In the grand scheme of the problem it may not be revolutionary, but firms have to start somewhere and this is a pretty solid step.

It Ain’t Over Until The Streisand Effect Sings: The lawyer for the Central Park Karen is making sure she remains on the front pages by threatening what seem to be frivolous lawsuits.

Sad: Rudy Giuliani is officially no longer working for Donald Trump. At least they’ll get to see each other in all the actions where they’re co-defendants.

A Small Violin In A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Stop comparing Gina Carano’s firing to the McCarthy-era blacklist. It’s not the same at all and that’s before you get to the fact that one was about unionizing and the other was about a string of repugnant things and dragging the most PR jumpy company in the world into it.