Above the Law

CFTC To Calculate Fines On More Specific Range Of Envelope Backs

There won’t be consistency, but there will be a more consistent range of made-up numbers you have to put on a check.

Quibi’s IP Quibble

Armed to the teeth with Biglaw IP heavyweights leading their representation, both sides have filled the case docket with filings.

NCBE Offers Online Bar Exam… Sort Of… Not Really

This isn't really all that productive.

Congratulations To The 2020 Bristow Fellows

Plus the 10 most recent classes of Bristow Fellows, and the law schools and lower-court clerkships from whence they came.

Help From Hotshot With Remote Training

Hotshot's videos and other content is now free for law students, faculty and pro bono/a2j and they're offering help with remote training programs for firms. See details in post!

What Biglaw Is Saying About The Unrest Sweeping The Nation

We now have 70+ statements from Biglaw on racial injustice. Will this pressure other firms to do something? We sure hope so.

State Adds ‘Practice Waiver’ To The Least Useful Stage Of Bar Admission Process

The purpose of a practice waiver is to help graduates who can't take the bar exam immediately. This got lost in translation.

Furloughed Biglaw Associate Charged In Molotov Cocktail Attack Released On $250K Bond

'This is not the environment into which we want to release bomb-throwers,' a federal prosecutor said.

Why CBD Products Could Be Regulated As Dietary Supplements

The parallels between the Pharmanex case and CBD are hard to ignore.

Judge Rules That Being Lenny Dykstra Makes Libeling Lenny Dykstra Impossible

Turns out it’s legally impossible to think less of the former Met.

Morning Docket: 06.02.20

* The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case about mandatory bar membership. Looks like all of us will be shelling out money for bar dues for the foreseeable future. [Bloomberg Law]

* Attorney General Barr looked on as people protested over the death of George Floyd outside of the White House yesterday. [Fox News]

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Austerity Cuts May Have Some Explosive Results — See Also

A Different Post-Work Cocktail: Furloughed associate accused in Molotov Cocktail incident where no one was harmed.

No Way To Avoid Juvenile Humor Here: Reed Smith austerity measures now longer, deeper.

Or Maybe People Could Just Stop? Stanford the latest school to feature white professor using racial epithets… for education!

New Philosophy Taking Shape: Boies Schiller is transitioning on comp.

Coronavirus Cures Terminally Ill Hedge Fund

Brevan Howard is all the way back, even without the Brevan.

This Law School Is The Best By A Healthy Margin

If you want a career in Biglaw, that is.

Idle Chatter: 3 Big Misconceptions About Section 230 Of The Communications Decency Act

Regardless of one’s political persuasion, most of us can agree that First Amendment expression is, indeed, a bedrock constitutional principle.