Racism
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Biglaw
Baker McKenzie Partner Leaves Firm After Conclusion Of Racism Probe
The firm issued an apology, and said that a new management team would be put into place. -
Law Schools
'Ally' Sues Howard Law For $2M During Black History Month, Alleging Racial Discrimination
Dude could have at least waited until March. - Sponsored
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Biglaw
Biglaw Associate Unsuspended After Challenging Colleague To Shirtless Brawl While Making Racist Remarks
Yikes. This still wasn't the best idea....
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Law Schools
Deep Dive Into Law Professor Amy Wax Still Manages To Miss Some Key Details
Looks like @Voxdotcom figured out who Amy Wax was about five years after the fact. -
Biglaw
Baker McKenzie Investigating Racism Claims; Partner Steps Away From Leadership Role
A departure memo reveals all. -
Courts
Judge Whose Medicine Allegedly Had A Side Effect Of Racism Found Not To Have Violated Ethical Conduct
I think the only judge on record to have said that word with more conviction than her is Justice Taney. -
Law Schools
Law Professor Amy Wax Complains Of 'Rigid Orthodoxy Of Permissible Speech' That Doesn't Celebrate Her Saying America Needs 'Fewer Asians'
...or making up claims about Black students failing law school... or bringing a white supremacist to campus... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.26.23
* ChatGPT “passes” law school exam. Which is not really how law school works, but cool. Congrats on your below market salary, debt-laden hellscape Johnny 5! [CBS]
* Lawyer threats avert robot legal apocalypse. I’m still pretty sure this is a stupid temper tantrum from lawyers who think they’re special snowflakes, but here we are. [NPR]
* Madison Square Garden’s lawyer ban may violate bias laws. Reality continues to lag about 4 weeks behind what I say. Are people not watching my podcast appearances when they come out live? Because we could speed all this up. [NBC]
* Paperwork is just not Elon Musk’s “style.” That’s cool and all, but you still need to do it before publicly announcing that you have done the paperwork. [Law360]
* Axiom opens law firm in Arizona thanks to regulatory changes. [ABA Journal]
* Craziest. Story. Ever. [Courthouse News Service]
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Small Law Firms
There's A Big Difference Between Lawyer Accolades You Pay For And Ones You Don't
And state bars need to be careful that this line isn't blurred. -
Law Schools
Law Professor Likens Justice Scalia To KKK Just Because He Was Cool With Killing Innocent Black People
Basically... is doing a lot of work for everyone in this story. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.05.23
* The Biden administration’s defense of its student loan relief programs arrived. It mostly revolves around the plaintiffs’ lack of standing, which has the benefit of being completely correct and the drawback of a majority of justices who don’t care. [Reuters]
* After yesterday’s southeastern merger news, now Maynard and Nexsen are merging to build a 550-attorney firm. [Daily Report Online]
* Coinbase will have to pay $100M in real people money for anti-money laundering compliance failures. [Law360]
* S&C takes overall deal value crown for 2022, shedding a bit of light on those Kirkland cutbacks we’ve been hearing about [American Lawyer]
* Preparing for a cyber threat is one thing. Getting lawyers to actually comply with your policies is another. [Legaltech News]
* Another story about facial recognition software, race, and mistaken identity. This time a man claims he was falsely arrested because of the software. [Gizmodo]
* In other news, I was on the most recent episode of WGN’s Legal Face-Off discussing a wide range of legal issues from bonuses to the Supreme Court. [WGN]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Associate Retreat Marred By 'Nazism' And 'White Pride' References
Bigotry can strike anywhere. -
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Courts
Supreme Court Reminded That Harvard's REAL Diversity Problem Is The Lack Of Smart Conservatives
Won't someone PLEASE think of the poor nationalists! -
Music
Dropping Kanye West Not As Easy As People Might Think
Companies may be legally bound to Ye for longer than they'd like. -
Law Schools
Dershowitz Troublingly Nonchalant About Trump's Rhetoric About Jewish Voters
The professor might want to take a step back and wonder what role he's playing here. -
Government, Law Schools
'This Is Where I'd Have Biden's Debt Relief, If It Wasn't For Those Darned Black People,' Says Wisconsin Institute For Law And Liberty
Spite still has a handhold on politics. -
Free Speech
This History Teacher's Rant About Needing To Bring Back Racial Terror Is Probably Going To Be The Big New Free Speech Thing
For people complaining about censorship, White Christian Nationalists can't seem to shut up. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.29.22
* Long Arms: California’s laws on protecting abortion info will likely have spillover effects across the us. [Axios]
* Indiana judge blocked a law requiring post-abortion cremation and burial of fetal tissue. [Indy Star]
* Teacher’s virulently racist comments that could make Amy Wax blush faces consequences. I wonder how long it’ll be until she’s on the Tucker Carlson show? [Imgur]
* Need damages for your damaged Cannondale? Here’s a primer. [Forbes]
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Law Schools
Amy Wax Moves To Dismiss Disciplinary Action, Still Raising Legal Defense Funds That She Claims Are Tax-Deductible
Gear up for 59 pages of disingenuously abusing the concept of academic freedom!