Biglaw Isn’t A Cancel Culture, It’s A Business That Cares More About Money Than Your Feelings
If love means never having to say you're sorry, then surely 'cancel culture' means never having to take responsibility.
Paul Clement Laments Kirkland’s Cancel Culture… Or ‘Capitalism’ As The Case May Be
But the Wall Street Journal isn't going to let the free market get in the way of some solid victimhood.
How Lexis’ CounselLink+ Reimagines The Redline
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Who Will Be The Next U.S. Solicitor General?
Handicapping the field of legal superstars in line for a coveted post.
Paul Clement And Bancroft Ride To The Rescue Of A Missing Pro Se Litigant
Can a leading Supreme Court litigator get this poor pro se litigant's case reinstated?
McCutcheon Oral Argument: Or, Justice Scalia Explains How $3.5 Million Isn’t That Much Money
The Supreme Court returns to the incremental destruction of campaign finance laws.
Morning Docket: 10.08.13
* Say what you will about Justice Scalia, but the man is hilarious — more funny than his four liberal colleagues combined, according to a statistical analysis of oral argument recordings. [New York Times] * The government shutdown is slowing down the judicial confirmation process, already famous for its speed and efficiency. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * More about news for Steven Donziger in his long-running battle with Chevron. Maybe it’s time to surrender, Steve? I hear Ecuador is a great place to retire. [New York Law Journal] * Law firm merger mania continues, as Carlton Fields combines with Jorden Burt. [Carlton Fields (press release)] * Herbert Smith Freehills says “you’re hired” to Scott Balber, the lawyer for Donald Trump who got mocked by Bill Maher on national television. [The Lawyer] * You might see your dog as harmless and cuddly, but the law might see your dog as a weapon (and rightfully so, in my opinion). [New York Times via ABA Journal] * Congratulations to all the winners of the FT’s Innovative Lawyers awards. [Financial Times] * And congratulations to Heidi Wendel and Deirdre McEvoy, high-ranking government lawyers headed to Jones Day and Patterson Belknap, respectively. [New York Law Journal] * Today the Supreme Court will hear argument in McCutcheon v. FEC, a major campaign finance case that some are calling “the next Citizens United.” Check out an interview with one of the lawyers behind it, after the jump. [UCTV] Marty Lasden of California Lawyer magazine interviewed the severely conservative James Bopp Jr. for the “Legally Speaking” series (in which I previously participated). It appears this interview with Bopp took place before Bopp got bumped from the podium in favor of Erin Murphy, a young superstar of the Supreme Court bar.
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A Young Superstar Makes Her Supreme Court Debut
Which legal eagle is making her first solo flight before SCOTUS?
The Supreme Court ‘Beauty Contest’: A Behind-the-Scenes Look
How did the Obamacare litigants select their Supreme Court lawyers? Josh Blackman, author of Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare, reveals all.