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Technology
Cyberinsurance Bedevils Law Firms
While most lawyers now recognize the need for a cyberinsurance policy, they frequently find themselves balancing the risk of a breach against the cost of the policy. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.02.24
* Trump cites immunity decision in bid to overturn NY conviction claiming that even though the case had nothing to do with any official OR unofficial act as president, the inclusion of evidence dated after taking office was improperly introduced. Because the “evidence” part of that decision is absolutely the worst part of that decision. [Law360]
* Lawyers acquitted in Panama Papers case. [ABC News]
* OSHA will introduce a proposal to deal with heat stress that will then get struck down by the Fifth Circuit redefining the word “safety.” [Bloomberg Law News]
* Hunter Biden goes after Fox News… based in part on a revenge porn statute. [Reuters]
* Another law school ranking just dropped. This one focuses on getting paid on the back end. Remember, with our rankings you can adjust the weight of factors yourself. [Forbes]
* Billing 12 hours per day for a year. [ABA Journal]
* Introducing a mental health component to partner compensation. [American Lawyer]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.01.24
* Biglaw is a lot like the NBA says the Times. [NY Times]
* Overruling Chevron is just the start. [Law360]
* DOJ to charge Boeing with fraud. [Reuters]
* Man charged with killing Tupac denied release. [Newsweek]
* A look at the fastest growing Am Law 200 firm. [American Lawyer]
* Is it harder to become a barrister or a solicitor? [LegalCheek]
* Drug companies determined to make the government do this the hard way. [Bloomberg Law News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.28.24
* Trump said Biden should be criminally prosecuted for his acts in office. So… can we drop the whole absolute immunity argument then? [Law360]
* Speaking of the debate, apparently every legal scholar wanted Roe v. Wade overturned, which is news to… almost every legal scholar. [WSJ]
* NFL ordered to pay $4.7 billion in Sunday Ticket antitrust case. [ESPN]
* Law firm ordered to pay up after firing pregnant lawyer. [Roll on Friday]
* Biglaw sees more room to grow in Chicago. [American Lawyer]
* Musk argues that shareholder vote cures all the legal problems with Tesla paying him roughly half its total assets in salary. [Reuters]
* Arizona’s reformed rules on law firm ownership have drawn big money to the state for national-focus tort firms. [Bloomberg Law News]
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
AHA Urges Congress To Stop CMS From Enforcing Minimum Staffing Requirements For Nursing Homes
The American Hospital Association sent letters to the Senate and House urging them to support legislation that would prevent the CMS from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The organization argued that the mandate could lead nursing homes to reduce capacity or close altogether. -
Health Care / Medicine
Who Is Responsible For The High Cost of Prescription Drugs? One Advocate Weighs In
Multiple stakeholders are to blame for prescription drug costs, including pharmaceutical companies and PBMs, according to Merith Basey, executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs. - Sponsored
Not All Legal AI Is Created Equal
Artificial intelligence is on lawyers’ minds as they evaluate how advancements in technology will affect their work. This white paper examines 5 things to consider… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.26.24
* Law firms are leading the charge in office leasing, but the usage of all that new space is evolving in a post-pandemic world. [Globest]
* Steve Bannon’s Supreme Court bid may be stupid, but that’s not stopping Mike Johnson from hopping on board. [The Hill]
* Bankruptcy judge faces a mess of trouble after wild ethical lapse, but at least he’s not hurting for representation. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Sorry Charlie: StarKist settles price-fixing claims for a billion. [Law360]
* MDLs make up more than half the federal caseload. The rest are constitutional challenges in the Amarillo courthouse. [Law.com]
* The bimodal distribution of lawyer salaries remains very much a thing. [Reuters]
* Law schools are going all in on AI. [ABA Journal]
* And a reminder that AI has issues, but lawyers do their share of hallucinating too. [Artificial Lawyer]
* Texas abortion restrictions imposed after Dobbs have caused a spike in infant mortality. Who could’ve predicted this except everyone? [Washington Post]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.25.24
* Supreme Court takes up gender affirming care bans. [Washington Post]
* Are firms going to follow the summer bonus train? [American Lawyer]
* “In over her head” is becoming the consensus epithet for Aileen Cannon. [Salon]
* Which is extra relevant today as she’s set to hear Trump’s argument “what if we just pretend he didn’t have boxes and boxes of classified material. [Reuters]
* Julian Assange pleading guilty. [Law360]
* Courts block Biden’s new, differently structured student loan relief plan invoking dubious but ascendent “major questions” doctrine. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Interesting article questioning the theory that the Framers envisioned freedom of “the press” as the technology and not the institution. [SSRN]
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Biglaw, Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content, Technology
Anatomy Of A Winning Tech Rollout: How Law Firms Can Define Success
Insights for transactional attorneys from a recent CLE webinar. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.24.24
* Reuters has an exclusive report that prosecutors are recommending that the DOJ criminally charge Boeing. The report doesn’t name any of the prosecutors which… given the luck that befalls Boeing whistleblowers, may be out of an abundance of caution. [Reuters]
* Elon Musk is now arguing that his attempt to bail on the Twitter deal did not manipulate share prices because it was an empty threat and no one was stupid enough to think he wasn’t legally obligated to buy the company anyway. Buddy… people were stupid enough. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Trump is arguing that special counsel not appointed by the Senate are unconstitutional… except, of course, all the times his Justice Department did it. [Newsweek]
* California’s bar exam is driving the state bar into the red and the entity shrugged off a plan to fix it. Now they’re scrambling to find other solutions. [ABA Journal]
* “We Must Protect This House!” (by settling these securities fraud claims). [Law360]
* Law firms lack a “McKinsey” with true international gravitas. Probably because law is by definition national in character while “telling CEOs to pay themselves more money” transcends borders. [Law.com International]
* If you were to imagine a concerted campaign to overturn marriage equality, it would look exactly like what the Supreme Court is currently doing. [Slate]
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
Bernie Sanders Urges GAO To Investigate Payers Over Birth Control Coverage
Under the Affordable Care Act, most private health insurance plans are required to cover birth control methods approved by the FDA without out-of-pocket costs. But not all plans are doing this, Bernie Sanders declared in a letter.
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Law Schools
ATL Launches Interactive Do-It-Yourself Law School Ranking
With the new ATL Law School DIY, you can design your own rankings based on your personal priorities and goals. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.21.24
* Linklaters invited alums to dating show. Apparently thought “making whoopie” meant “billing.” [Roll on Friday]
* After the district judge noted that victims of cancer causing products had waited unduly long for relief solely because of Ted Frank’s objection, he has now successfully delayed that relief even longer. To be clear, Frank wrote Above the Law demanding that we point out that his Elevnth Circuit appeal successfully remanded recovery for victims so… congrats? [Law360]
* Clocks. Broken. Twice a day. [NY Times]
* White nationalist group claims legal situation “finished” them. Aw… we remember when they were whipping up their followers to complain about us. [SPLC]
* Today, someone is going to allow Josh Blackman to explain how the real crime is pointing out Donald Trump’s criminality. [Reuters]
* New Tesla GC “shows staying power” in role everyone forgot existed for a while. [Law.com]
* Latham mulls stratospheric pay (psst… do it, do it, do it). [American Lawyer]
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
If Passed, This New Bill Could Send PE Execs To Jail For Hospital Mismanagement
Two senators recently introduced a bill that seeks to regulate private equity firms’ involvement in the healthcare industry. If passed, the act would establish a criminal penalty of up to six years in prison for private equity executives whose business decisions result in a patient’s death. -
Small Law Firms
Top 5 Mistakes Lawyers Make When Networking
You need to invest time and effort into the right people. -
Small Law Firms, Sponsored Content, Technology
Why Shouldn’t Lawyers Be Scared Of Project Management?
Are you afraid of making more money?