COVID-19
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Technology
The Last Roll: Reflecting On 4 Years Of Change
Here's to the end of an era and the beginning of new, exciting opportunities. -
Small Law Firms
Do Clients Really Care What A Lawyer's Office Looks Like?
When you've seen one lawyer's office, you've pretty much finished the tour. Not everyone has Perry Mason's interior decorator. - Sponsored
How Savvy Lawyers Build Their Law Firm Rate Sheet
Many attorneys are clueless. Here's how you can avoid being one of them. -
Courts
Unnecessary In-Person Court Appearances Have Returned
In case you were worried that being a lawyer was becoming just that tiny bit less stressful ... fear not!
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Biglaw
Former Biglaw Employee Sues Firm After Being Fired For Refusal To Comply With Vaccine Mandate
She claims that the firm should have granted her a religious accommodation from vaccination. -
Government
The Employee Retention Credit Is A Lesson On How NOT To Implement A Stimulus Plan
The ERC was written with good intentions at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. But as a practical matter, the jury is still out. -
Small Law Firms
Managing Time As A Solo
Learning to integrate a time management system is a critical part of this journey. -
Small Law Firms
Appearing Remotely When An Adversary Is In Person Poses Problems
The disadvantages of virtual appearances can cost you and your client. -
Courts
FDA Faces Lawsuit For Daring To Tell People Not To Ingest Horse Dewormer
Imagine if they would have told teenagers to not eat Tide Pods. The horror! - Sponsored
Trust The Process: How To Build And Manage Workflows In Law Firms
If you’re feeling inefficient but don’t know why, this episode of the Non-Eventcast is for you. -
Courts
State Supreme Court Justice Caught Editing Own Wikipedia Entry
Can you possibly imagine any US Supreme Court justice doing this and why is it Sam Alito? -
Small Law Firms
Either Everyone Goes On Camera During Virtual Calls Or No One Should
Individuals undoubtedly have a better connection with one another if they can see each other’s faces, and that takes the conversation to a different level. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Accused Of Firing Immunocompromised Paralegal Who Asked To Work From Home
The Am Law 100 firm is being sued under under state, federal, and New York City laws. -
Courts
Government Appeals Social Media Ban To ... UGHHH, The Fifth Circuit
YOU get a prior restraint! And YOU get a prior restraint! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.05.23
* Ken Paxton will not testify at his impeachment trial. I mean… why add perjury to this list? [Reuters]
* The revelation that the attorneys in 303 Creative tried to create fictional standing can’t force the Court to revisit the case, but could be the basis of ethical claims against the attorneys. Just because the Supreme Court is in on the fraud doesn’t make it any less of a fraud. [Yahoo Sports]
* Federal judge who had already become a go to judge for the “let’s all die of COVID” lobby, blocks White House from communicating with social media platforms, complaining that the government had done too much to push back against anti-vaxx misinformation. [Business Insider]
* It will shock you to learn that a core Trump business interest is slapped with an $18 million SEC fine. [Law360]
* The morass of web-scraping laws and the future of AI. [Bloomberg Law News]
* While everyone focused on the Supreme Court’s broad-based assault on constitutional and statutory norms last week, they also quietly kicked to the curb a challenge aimed at a law explicitly created as part of Jim Crow voter suppression. [The Guardian]
* Lawyer accused of murdering lawyer father. [NY Post]
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Small Law Firms
Some Clients Still Prefer To Meet Their Lawyers In Person
Accommodating the client's desire for a personal meeting depends on the circumstances of the particular situation. -
Courts
MAGA Mask Mandate Opinion Vacated By Grown Ups On Circuit Court
You could say they sanitized the record. -
Small Law Firms
Are Workdays Getting Shorter Despite Mandatory Office Policies?
If associates are just coming to offices and spending as little time as possible there while checking the box that they made it to the office in the first place, what is the point of coming to an office at all? -
Biglaw, Sponsored Content
Hybrid Work And Generational Divide: Navigating Differences In Modern Law Firm Practices
Amidst the return-to-office momentum, Biglaw firms are navigating divergent preferences among attorneys, giving rise to hybrid work strategies that strive to balance productivity, culture, and the newfound demand for flexibility. -
Biglaw
Is Hustle Worth It In A Legal World That Now Looks Like 2009?
It’s in our DNA as lawyers. But is that hustle gene always a good thing? -
Small Law Firms
Returning To In-Person Oral Arguments
Those used to virtual arguments will need to adapt to in-person arguments in certain ways. -
Government
TX Attorney General Ken Paxton Will Sue All The Vaccines For Giving Us COVID
Things can always get dumber. And they probably will.