Federal Judges Have Some Strong Thoughts On The Courthouse Cafeteria Menu
Judges have issues with the courthouse menu and let the entire courthouse know about them.
‘The Longest-Lived Dead Law Firm In The Western World’
Years after its dissolution, this law firm is making news headlines today for its latest -- possibly final -- legal victory.
How LexisNexis State Net Uses Gen AI To Tame Gov’t Data
Its new features transform how you can track and analyze the more than 200,000 bills, regulations, and other measures set to be introduced this year.
Judge Benchslaps O’Melveny With Rolled Up Newspaper
Biglaw firm representing a media company with a dog logo gets sent to the doghouse.
A Quick Update on Law Clerk Hiring
The Southern District of New York provides a model for other courts to follow.
A Welcome Ruling for the New Law Firms of Refugees from Bankrupt Firms
A decision just handed down by a judge of the Southern District of New York has important implications for law firm dissolutions.
KPMG Recieves an E-Discovery Smackdown
I don’t always cover electronic discovery, but when I do, I prefer juicy court decisions. And that’s what we have today. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York released a blunt, controversial ruling last week, slamming down accounting firm KPMG for requesting a less intense preservation obligation. The case has […]
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Major Lindsey Drops RICO Action Against Ex-Employee
Call it RICO not so suave. One of the nation’s biggest legal headhunting firms, Major, Lindsey & Africa, is withdrawing its RICO action against a former employee — after a federal judge offered a somewhat snarky assessment of the merits of MLA’s case. As reported by Leigh Jones over at the National Law Journal, on […]
Quote of the Day: And maybe the Court worked one summer as a waitress, too?
[D]efendants oppose the motion on the grounds that the plaintiffs have failed to specify what their job duties are, and so have not established that they and the other members of the proposed class are similarly situated. This is a ridiculous argument. The Court has not spent her life under a toadstool — I know […]