Insurer Spending On Lawyers Rather Than, You Know, Healthcare
And Biglaw begins adjusting to Trump era.
Morning Docket 02.11.25
* All that groveling New York City Mayor Eric Adams did to Donald Trump paid off. [Bloomberg News]
* Now that the EEOC has stopped investigating actual discrimination, conservative groups are calling on the agency to investigate the American Bar Association. [Reuters]
* Trial lawyers hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire complains that a judge reigned in his access to Treasury data. [New York Law Journal]
* New partners say being a partner is better than being an associate, because obviously. [American Lawyer]
* Judge Amy Berman Jackson says Donald Trump cannot fire federal ethics watchdog Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger. [Politico]
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ABA Takes A Stand Against Trump Administration Probes
Let's see if this stand stands up for long.
ABA Calls For Supreme Court Ethics Rule While Clarence Thomas Laughs All The Way To The Bank
Don't hold your breath.
ABA Council Proposes Language Change To Nix ‘Diversity’ From Law School Considerations
Increasing access sounds good, but how?
ABA Asks Cops To Pretty Please Stop Lying To Children To Extract Bogus Confessions
Apparently this is something we needed to say out loud in 2024.
GCs And Outside Counsel: Here’s Your Chance To Rate The Other Side!
We are looking for insights from both private practice law firms and the clients they serve.
ABA’s New Law School Free Speech Requirement Just Makes Everything Worse
The ABA's new accreditation requirement doesn't live in a vacuum.
Wishing Law School Cost Less? Attending Law School Completely Online Could Be The Answer
It'll probably be like 3 years of Barbri online courses.
The ABA Has Had Enough Of The Supreme Court Being Held Unaccountable
‘Idk man, a code of conduct would just make doing our jobs feel so yucky’ - Chief Justice Roberts, probably.
The ABA Decides That Courtrooms Shouldn’t Still Have Confederate Flags In Them. Also, There Are Courtrooms With Confederate Flags Still In Them.
The ABA has not yet decided if it is okay for courthouses to have The Punisher skull flags displayed proudly during vigilante violence cases.
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The ABA Has Decided! The LSAT Is Anything But Over With
Logic games. Those damned logic games did nothing to help me in Crim Law.
Law School Deans Say Ending The ABA’s LSAT Requirement Will Hurt Diversity… But Would It?
The deans lay out a lot of claims, but they don't really hold up.
ABA Votes To End Admissions Testing Requirement… Everyone Panic Accordingly!
It seems like there's only upside here.
The Insular Cases Remain After SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Appeal
Is it really that hard to treat people nicely?
