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Yet Another Law School Grad Worried About Failing After Being Forced To Pee In Bottle During Remote Bar Exam

This is NOT how minimum competency should be tested during a global health crisis.

Turns Out That Pardon Wasn’t The Get Out Of Jail Card Bannon Was Banking On

Just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in.

The Biden Administration Is Putting Kids Back Into Temporary Tent Shelters

Can’t we do better than this, America?

Helping Biglaw Get Serious About Diversity

Getting at the data behind diversity efforts.

After World Learned Of Dead Man’s Glasses In His Car, SD AG Gets Gag Order

This is about more than a 'fair trial.'

Jerry Moran Introduces Another NIL Bill For Congress To Possibly Consider

Despite no lack of legislation on the subject, none of the sponsored pieces of legislation have progressed further than being announced and publicized.

Biglaw Firm Offers Associates 75 Billable Hours For Diversity & Inclusion Work

This is the third highest number of hours that any firm has offered yet.

How Did Biglaw Firms Fare Financially In 2020?

Pretty, pretty well, in terms of both revenue and profit.

Federal District Court Reversal Rates: Experience And Age

Do judges get better at their job over time?

Hobbit Lawyer Asks Court To Let Trump Object To White House Policies Until Lawsuit Hashed Out

He's just keeps going and going and going...

Biglaw Firm’s Black History Month Efforts Go Terribly Awry

And we're here for the social media backlash.

Goldman Says Stock-Transfer Taxes Aren’t All Bad, As Long As They’re Not In New York

A convenient catalyst to a healthy correction in Hong Kong is a poison pill in the Big Apple.

Morning Docket: 02.26.21

Britney Spears (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty)

* A lawyer for Britney Spears’s dad defended her client’s role in Britney’s conservatorship. In other words: leave Britney’s dad alone! [Los Angeles Times]

* TikTok has reached a $92 million settlement to resolve a class action that alleged privacy violations by the platform. [Verge]

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All The Legal Animal Puns You Can Handle! — See Also

Hey Twitter — Careful Whose Account You Suspend: Beware! The puns!

Trump’s Taxes Are In The Hands Of The Manhattan DA: About damn time.

Solitary Confinement Is A Recognized Torture Tactic: Even when the person held is accused of terrible crimes.

Cadwalader’s Special Bonuses: I guess something is better than nothing.

Will Biglaw Require Employees To Be Vaccinated? Who knows!

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