Will The Association Of American Law Schools Be The Next On The FTC’s No Contact List?
"Defiance of court orders by our government is incompatible with our constitutional democracy"
Elite Litigation Boutique Doing Its Part To Protect Whistleblowers
Fighting the good fight.
Gen AI: Your Legal Research Assistant, Not Your Replacement
Here's how you can spend more time practicing law, and less time sorting, sifting, and summarizing.
Thousands Of Lawyers Sign Open Letter To Defend The Rule Of Law From Executive Attack
When Above the Law usually talks about a group of over 2,000+ lawyers getting together to show support, it usually means that some big name went above and beyond for bonus season. This time, there’s more gravitas than money at stake. The ABA recently took a stand denonucing several members of the Executive branch’s comments […]
Sonia Sotomayor Wildly Out Of Touch With Trump’s America
Sotomayor thinks the best of the country. That's probably a mistake.
ABA Defends Rule Of Law Against Entitled Billionaire And Yale Law Grad Who Didn’t Do His Con Law Readings
If they were in school we could just fail them and carry on with our lives!
People Are Scrambling To Understand Presidential Immunity, So Many Of The Opinions Are Cracked
Seems like everyone is a constitutional scholar nowadays.
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
Thomas Responded To His Paper Trail Of Law Breaking With ‘My Friends Said It Was Okay.’ We Should Expect Better Of Our Judiciary.
We should expect 'Supreme' Jurists to have 'Supreme' Ethics. Is that really too much to ask?
Morning Docket: 12.05.22
* Trump suggested that the Constitution be suspended if it would benefit him and people are expressing faux outrage about it. [MSNBC] * Chickens come to roost: Law implemented for keeping immigrant parents away from their children is biting Trump in the rump. [Buzzfeed News] * Is this the part where the tables turn? Two Trump appointed judges take a third to task. [NYT] * Sometimes, telling someone to shut up is an act of care. [Bloomberg] * Are the Twitter employment lawsuits on the way?! Gee Golly this is going to be a fun week of writing for me! [Business Insider]
Montana Judge Benchslaps State Attorneys Over Anti-Trans Rule, State Decides To Continue Doing What They’re Doing Anyway
Montana officials seem to think they're -- quite literally -- above the law.
The Fifth-Year Dilemma: Do I Stay Or Do I Go (In-House)?
How to make the right decision, and why there might be another way to shape a fulfilling legal career on your own terms.
Despite This Sheriff Doing A Great Thing, I’m So Done With Discretion
Last Son, Red Sands, 2814, Olympus, Polymer, Detective, Constitutional Sheriff?
Cafeteria… I Mean, Constitutional Sheriffs Promise To Pick And Choose When Laws Matter
'The problem? Rather than provide a rigorous understanding of our founding document itself, officers are trained on how it may be applied in caselaw.' - Some dude about to make a bunch of § 1986 violations.
Nobody Saw The Brett Kavanaugh Death Threat Thing Coming?
'If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a [church] will get shot, or a [school] will be [shot up], nobody panics, because it's all 'part of the plan'. But when I say that one little old [SCOTUS justice] will die, well, then everyone loses their minds!' - Joker, The Dark Knight
Meet Sarah Haddadi – Our People, Our Strength
Watch this short video and meet Sarah Haddadi, Head of Rule of Law Business - MENA at LexisNexis.
Nothing Is A Better Distraction From A Nakedly Political Court Than A Totally Important Game Of Whodunit
'We only call balls and strikes. Unless our team is losing. Then it’s hockey and we start punching.'