‘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.
Biglaw Firm Sued Over Discrimination Claims After Attorney’s Concussion
The firm denies the allegations.
Biglaw Firm To Pay Penalty Over Discrimination Claim
The DOJ found the firm acted in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Lawyer Complains That ‘White Race’ Attorneys Shouldn’t Have To Hear About ‘White Privilege’
This bar association meeting certainly took a turn.
Neil Gorsuch Lays Landmines Throughout LGBTQ Discrimination Opinion
This good result feels like an attempt to Trojan Horse in some awful stuff.
Jones Day Argues That Everyone’s Happier Not Knowing They’re Underpaid
Jones Day can't quite figure out if they're a black box or an open book and it's starting to have repercussions for their case.
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Trump Judge Tries To Put Reasonable Spin On ‘I Don’t Like Trans People,’ Fails
Judge argues that he's too stupid to keep track of someone's pronouns and in fairness he might be.
Kasowitz Facing Two Lawsuits Brought By Diverse Partners Who Say They Got Stiffed
Both partners report a substantial cash shortfall.
Law School Settles Lawsuit Over Unequal Pay… Again.
The details of this story seem awfully familiar.
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Law School Professor Alleges Discrimination, Says She Was Reprimanded For Not Smiling
She alleges gender and age discrimination as well as violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act and Family Medical Leave Act.
Morning Docket: 09.05.19
* A look back at 40 years of Biglaw financials. Spoiler alert: they made a lot of money. [American Lawyer] * Greg Craig was acquitted! Good news for all the lobbyists and foreign agents out there who (wink wink) aren't lobbyists and foreign agents. [WSJ] * Department of Labor official resigns after anti-Semitic social media posts surface. Frankly, one would've expected him to stay to own the libs. [Bloomberg Law] * CVS and Aetna get their clearance to merge because despite all Judge Leon's rage at DOJ he's still just a rat in a cage that happens to keep people from caring about antitrust enforcement. [Law360] * Simple way to fix harassment in Silicon Valley. [The Atlantic] * It's a day that ends in "y" so Dentons just got bigger. [Dentons] * Does Chambers have a blindspot for women? [Careerist] * For those of you following the Alphabet/Google CLO shenanigans, the GC just married an employee this weekend, but not the employee who says he neglected their baby after he had an affair with her while married to yet another person. [CNBC]
Morning Docket: 08.29.19
* Greg Craig tells jury that he never acted in furtherance of Ukraine's public relations efforts. Rather, he called journalists to argue that Skadden hadn't been "bought and paid for" and to defend the integrity of his report... which Ukraine in fact bought and paid for and which mostly rubberstamped a show trial. [Washington Post] * Shook pivots to video with a series of 60-second legal explainer videos. Get ready for some scintillating television. [American Lawyer] * Supreme Court gears up for a whole slate of cases aimed at undermining decades of employment law precedent. [National Law Journal] * While SCOTUS is busy reversing discrimination laws, male in-house counsel are significantly overpaid compared to their female counterparts. [Corporate Counsel] * Speaking of messed up legal departments, a new essay alleges that Google's GC fathered and then neglected a child born out of an affair with an employee. [CNBC] * New judicial nominations actually earn home state Senator support. Will wonders ever cease? [Law360] * Lawsuit goes after the Charlottesville organizers. [NPR]
Law Schools, Bar Exams, And Mental Health: Responses From Readers
Starting her fifth year as an Above the Law columnist, Jill Switzer shares reader feedback.
Morning Docket: 08.13.19
* Data indicate the average attorney salary has doubled over the last 20 years. Adjusted for inflation though that's about a 25 percent bump. Meanwhile, if law school tuition over that period only increased 25 percent, schools would be $40K cheaper now. [Law.com] * Predictably, a staffing shortage is being blamed for Epstein's death so everyone can start the push to hire a ton more guards rather than revisit overcrowding or reforming fundamental incarceration policies. [Huffington Post] * Trump goes to war with the bald eagle. Finally, his revenge is complete. [NY Daily News] * California and New York ban discrimination based on hairstyle almost 30 years after the Paulette Caldwell article pointing out exactly how messed up this practice is. [Law360] * Biglaw shows up in force to help Burford fight back against short seller. [American Lawyer] * 'Space Law and Poop' is coming to a 3L seminar near you. [Live Science] * Ninth Circuit shuts down another attempt to get college football players a cut of the money they earn. [Courthouse News Service]