Above the Law

Surprising no one, clients are increasingly refusing to pay for associates.

Could this be related to all of the negative press the firm has received lately?

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In-house lawyers, keep your egos in check and work together with your external partners.

What's the kindest way to tell an employee to pack up their crap and leave? With money!

Remember, targets aren’t really “people.”

* Tiffany Trump attends Justice Ginsburg lecture because in the coming dystopian FedSoc hellscape, Tiffany will be the enigmatic hermit charged with remembering the long-long-ago when judges spoke of "interstate commerce" and "checks and balances." [Washington Post]

* PwC is set to launch a U.S. law firm, but Biglaw is just fine because the Big 4 law firm can't offer domestic legal advice... yet. [Law.com]

* Meanwhile, from the massive understatements department: "Kasowitz Benson Adjusts Management Team Amid Tumultuous Year." [New York Law Journal]

* Looking for solutions to the problems plaguing patents? Here's some insight direct from the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. [Law360]

* You can now legally dance in New York bars. I'm not sure why you'd want to, but you can. [NPR]

* You probably knew that bail was discriminatory and awful, but it's always jarring to see exactly how discriminatory and awful. [The Guardian]

* Sex trafficking fight may torpedo Section 230. [Wired]

The law cannot help those who don't help themselves.

Why was an unarmed Case Western law student shot by a police officer? Friends and former classmates of Saif Nasser Mubarak Alameri want answers -- and a federal investigation.

Did lbullying lead a recent law school graduate to take her own life? A former classmate believes so.

Will the Utah Supreme Court recognize the right of married gay couples to become parents? If not, expect some intervention from SCOTUS, according to columnist Ellen Trachman.

Will Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein end up recusing himself in the Russia probe? He hasn't yet -- but he has been interviewed by the team of special counsel Robert Mueller.

Whatever happened to the Department of Labor's new overtime rules? The Trump administration will likely act in this area fairly soon -- so employers need to get ready, as columnist Evan Gibbs explains.