Government
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The Magical World Of The Rule Against Perpetuities.
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm's Reliance On Capital Markets And M&A Responsible For Its Financial Decline
The height of 2021 was never really sustainable.
Law Schools
Law Professors Look To HBO's 'Succession' For Final Exam Fodder
What's not to love about this show?
Law Schools
Law School Students Make Critical Comments On Social Media And Now THIS Is A 'Free Speech Crisis'
Apparently 'free speech' extends to never stopping students from posting on Instagram.
Biglaw
Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw's 2022 Bonus Bash
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Courts
Ginni Thomas's Activist Group Got $600,000 In Anonymous Donations To Fight 'Cultural Marxism'
The controversy over Ginni Thomas's advocacy work continues.
Courts
Trump Loses Evidentiary Motion, Bid For Summary Judgment, Mind
Next month's E. Jean Carroll defamation trial is going to be BONKERS.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.23
* SEC seeks $200 million in real money to deal with enforcement problems caused by fake money. [Law360]
* We noted in our coverage of the Disney-DeSantis battle that Trump was going to roast this guy for embarrassing himself in a land deal. A Trump PAC has already started. [CNN]
* Law schools growing antsy over new USNWR rankings after they yanked their data from the process. The elite schools will still be the elite schools, but even if there's not much change, what does it mean when we all know it's not backed by the school's data? [Reuters Legal]
* Legislators hate TikTok more than they like actually legislating, which totally tracks. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Federal rules may craft special provisions for MDL litigation. Has it really been that much of a problem? Judges have managed to handle it for decades at this point. [Law.com]
* Meta settles class action for $725 million, which might be the most the company has lost without Zuck wearing VR goggles. [Courthouse News Service]
* Paltrow trial "riddled With 'embarrassing' mistakes by legal teams." Like allowing it to happen in the first place? [Newsweek]
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New Threat Just Dropped: See what's passing for a "Campus Free Speech Issue" this time.
Former Biglaw Partner Learns The Death And Taxes Thing The Hard Way: You think the IRS was gonna let $3.8m go by?
Supreme Court Justices Now Have To Report When They Get Taken To Lunch: There goes my low key date idea.
Ginni Thomas's Group Raised $600k To Fight A Boogeyman: This is why the only fundraiser I contribute to is the Girl Scouts.
A Big Decision With Longstanding Consequences: What impact should student loans have on debtors?
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Fashion, Labor / Employment
The Origins And Recent Strides Of The U.S. Garment Labor Movement
The fight for labor rights in apparel manufacturing dates back to slavery, and it's still going strong today.
Finance
If Student Loan Debt Is Going To Be Nondischargeable, We Need A Creditworthiness Mechanism
This would save very young people from the lifelong consequences of big decisions that they are not yet adequately equipped to make.
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Courts
Finally, The Supreme Court Has A New Disclosure Rule That Will Revitalize The American People's Trust
Spoiler: It doesn't, actually. Kind of a big deal.
Podcasts
Biglaw Office Policies: You Catch More Associates With Honey Than Vinegar
Latest podcast also talks about ranking the best law schools the worst way possible.
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Finance
Despite Arrests And Lawsuits, Cryptocurrencies Somehow Maintain Their Value
Several possible explanations exist for why a crypto winter has not occurred this time.
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Court Ruling Leaves 340B Providers Waiting For Clarity About The Use Of Contract Pharmacies
In recent years, manufacturers have restricted access to 340B pricing for drugs dispensed through contract pharmacies. The federal government has advised manufacturers that such restrictions are unlawful, and manufactures have challenged government enforcement actions in federal court.
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.29.23
* Idaho planning to criminalize interstate travel to procure legal services in another state. If only the Constitution said something about states fully and faithfully crediting the laws of other states. [Huffington Post]
* Most firms aren't worried about taking a profit hit last year. Which probably should make everyone a little more leery of the firms rushing to layoffs. [American Lawyer]
* Madison Square Garden's ludicrous policy banning all attorneys adverse to the venue -- and any entity with a tangential relationship to the venue -- is still illegal as to non-sports events, but the appellate court lifted the injunction, deciding that banned lawyers can only recover monetary damages. So we're most likely going to expand the population of adverse lawyers soon. [Law360]
* Tougher rules announced for Supreme Court justices and other federal judges getting free junkets. Or, in more practical terms, "tougher rules announced for other federal judges" because the Supreme Court has shown exactly zero interest in being bound by rules. [Reuters]
* The DoNotPay kerfuffle risks undermining other access to justice initiatives. As we've said in the past, these systems don't have to be as good as a lawyer when limited to roles lawyers aren't taking. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Over 100 law professors urge New York not to mess with bail reform laws. While propaganda outlets cast the law as though it prevents criminal sentencing to whip up public fear, the law professors remind lawmakers that this isn't how any of this works. [AMNY]
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