Paul Grewal

Useful advice for outside counsel looking to gain -- and retain -- corporate clients.

A review of upcoming legal technology conferences this November. Will we see you there?

There are some fun tidbits in this transcript.

Judge Garaufis "likes" the gaggle of lawyers that appeared before him.

Everyone loves a good benchslap, but not all benchslaps are good.

* The unnamed alleged Bridgegate co-conspirators will stay unnamed a little longer — District Judge Susan Wigenton has postponed the release of the names after Jenny R. Kramer of Chadbourne & Parke filed a motion alleging her client would be caused “immediate and irreparable reputational harm” if his name were released. [Gawker]

* Above the Law all-star Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal is leaving the judiciary for Facebook. [Recode]

* The story of how faulty jury instructions led to a second chance for almost 150 Maryland prisoners sentenced to life in prison. [Highline]

* District Judge Murray Snow found that Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, along with three aides, violated a federal order designed to stop racial profiling. [Talking Points Memo]

* Manufacturing jobs are important, but the real key is union benefits for American workers. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

* Catholic church be damned, Italy has legalized same-sex unions. [Slate]

A shout out to judicial officers who understand the importance of training the next generation of lawyers.

This may come as a shock, but he wasn't pleased.

A federal judge told the parties they had to let their associates speak or neither side would get oral argument. The firms said they'd rather take option B.

We step back and look at the broader context of Apple v. Samsung. And we check out the latest controversy in the case, involving a prominent lawyer's admission to practice in the Northern District of California…