California
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Bar Exams, California, Law Schools
California Bar Exam Results By Law School (February 2017)
Yikes! Graduates from some schools did really poorly on the exam. -
California, Marijuana
California Cannabis: The Marijuana Cultivation Rules (Part III)
Get to know these important rules before they go into effect. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
California, Marijuana
California Cannabis: The Marijuana Retailing Rules (Part II)
Get to know the rules so you can set up shop as a cannabis retailer.
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Bar Exams, California
California's Bar Exam Results Are Absolutely Abysmal
Nearly two-thirds of all test-takers failed the exam. -
Gender, Justice, Labor / Employment, On The Job, Women's Issues
Court-Sanctioned, Gender-Based Pay Discrepency? Say It Isn't So!
Employment lawyers fear gender-related wage claims because these complaints are so often valid. -
California, Marijuana
California Cannabis: The Marijuana Manufacturing Rules (Part I)
A useful tutorial, with even more information to come. -
Biglaw, Exercise
The Personal Trainer Who Whips Biglaw Attorneys Into Shape
Lawyers are 12(b)(6)ing their flab thanks to this guy. -
Gender, Justice, Labor / Employment, On The Job, Women's Issues
You Can Pay Women Less Than Men For The Same Job, As Long As She Was Making Less In Her Old Job
The glass ceiling is protected by circular logic. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
California, Marijuana
BFD Alert: California Releases Long-Awaited Initial Medical Marijuana Rules
These rules are a pretty thorough first shot out of the gate for regulating commercial cannabis activity in California. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.25.17
* Who says you can never go home again? Neil Eggleston, White House Counsel under President Obama, return to Kirkland & Ellis. [Law.com]
* The Biglaw scandal that just keeps giving and giving and giving… The Dewey retrial nears its end. [New York Law Journal]
* North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has opened up an investigation into the troubled Charlotte School of Law. We’ll have more on this story later today. [Politico]
* The Republican controlled North Carolina General Assembly is trying to mess with Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s ability to appoint judges to their state courts. But Judge J. Douglas McCullough — a Republican — has at least one trick up his sleeve to thwart the plan. [Slate]
* The NRA is ramping up its legal strategy in California as they anticipate the future political direction of the courts there. [LA Times]
* The excuse “the Russians did it” just doesn’t fly in the world of tax law… not even if you are Sotheby’s. [New York Times]
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California, Marijuana
California Set To Harmonize Recreational And Medical Marijuana Laws
This will no doubt have a major impact on how other states -- and the country -- regulate and tax cannabis. -
Law Schools, Politics
2 Law Profs From Same School Pitted Against Each Other In Congressional Race
The professors smell opportunity in the historically Republican district. -
Marijuana
Dirty Weed? California's Marijuana Pesticide And Quality Assurance Issues
Mandatory cannabis testing is needed to give cannabis customers confidence in California's marijuana marketplace.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.17
* North Carolina lawmakers say they’ve reached a deal to repeal the state’s controversial bathroom bill. I wonder how those negotiations went: “Hey, this law is awful and is costing our state billions. Let’s get rid of it.” “Okay.” I mean that’s probably not how it went, but it’s how it should have gone. [Reuters]
* Five University of California law schools are sharing the wealth after an improper foreclosure verdict results in a big punitive damages award. The judge directed a portion of that money to go to the law schools — $4 million each — earmarked for consumer law education and direct legal services. [Law.com]
* Hawaii successfully converted the TRO on the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban 2.0 into a preliminary injunction. [Hogan Lovells]
* Seattle is the first city to sue over the Trump administration’s threats against sanctuary cities. [LA Times]
* Bridgegate results in prison sentences. Bridget Kelly was sentenced to 18 months, and Bill Baroni got 2 years. [New York Times]
* Doublespeak — the environment edition. [Politico]
* Is Sean Spicer is lying about whether the White House really wants former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify to Congress? [The Hill]
* Judge Andrew Napolitano is back at Fox News, and back to conspiracy theories. [CNN]
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Bar Exams, Law Schools
Law School Dean Rips Bar Examiners
In a tough op-ed, a law school dean takes aim at state bar examiners. -
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Marijuana
Marijuana M & A: "Selling" Your California Medical Marijuana Collective
The big question: "How can I sell my medical marijuana collective?" -
Health / Wellness
Fitbit Is Banking On Corporate Wellness Programs, Digital Health Partnerships For Growth
Fitbit‘s acquisition of smart watch assets last year generated a lot of interest as to the direction of Fitbit. -
Bar Exams, California
There Is No Good Reason California's Bar Exam Is So Difficult To Pass
This will make you feel awful if you failed the California bar. -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Tightening Bar Pass Standards And The 'California Problem'
Dean Amar comments on the big news out of the ABA Midyear Meeting today.