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SCOTUSblog Founder Indicted In Wild Poker-Fueled Tax Case
Tom Goldstein's last few years were really something.
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Learning The Hard Way It's Best To Be Straightforward With Associates
Proskauer finally tells associates how many hours they have to bill to get bonuses.
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Courts
SCOTUS Upholds Major Blow To American Soft Power
Americans on Xiaohongshu are admitting stuff about living here the government tries very hard to hide.
Courts
Drake's Defamation Suit Assigns Blame To UMG And Popular Streamers. Does He Know We All Have The Same Internet?
...we saw you egg everyone on the whole time.
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Government
Biden Approves Executive Order To Strengthen Cybersecurity For Commercial Satellite Systems
The executive order mandates the development of new cyber contract requirements for “agency-procured” space systems.
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Adjunct Law Professors May Have Limitations
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Attorneys Noping Out Of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements -- And Their Jobs -- At Elias Law Group
The fallout from the firm's decision to implement mandatory arbitration agreements continues.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.17.25
* Ethics rules limit aid L.A. judges can receive if victimized by wildfires. Too bad they aren't Supreme Court justices so rich people could buy them RVs. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Rudy settlement lets him keep BOTH his Manhattan and Florida homes. The message "everything works out if you just show utter contempt for the court long enough" isn't ideal. [Reuters]
* Legal trainee banned from practice after saying she was taking a relative to a hospital appointment, while actually going to court over her refusal to demolish a compound she claimed God commanded her to build.[Roll on Friday]
* Most lawyers aren't really using AI right now. [ABA Journal]
* Another Biglaw China office closes. [American Lawyer]
* Amy Wax goes ahead and files her LOLsuit against Penn alleging that it's "racial discrimination" if she can't repeatedly espouse bigotry against Black and Asian people for years but other faculty aren't punished for talking about Gaza once, which seems a... curious reading of the law. [Daily Pennsylvanian]
* DOJ takes $230 million from American Express. Presumably payable in Travelers' Checks. [Law360]
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Separate But Nonequity: Are nonequity partners getting their fair share?
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Courts
Supreme Court Justice Doubtful People Are Going To Pornhub For The Articles
The justice is getting clowned on social media.
Technology
Exclusive: LexCheck Unveils AI-Powered Tool For Analyzing Complex Agreements And Auto-Generating Custom Playbooks; Opens Waitlist For Free Access
The company’s new product, LexCheck Insights, combines know-how from its legacy product with cutting-edge AI techniques to review and redline contracts of any length and complexity and automatically generate contract playbooks.
Biglaw
Counsel Often Wind Up In 'No Man's Or Woman's Land' When It Comes To Compensation
Counsel keep getting left out of the game when it comes to lockstep raises and bonuses.
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