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Samuel Alito's Neighbor Speaks Out, And It Ain't Pretty
She alleges threatening behavior after her run-in with the Alitos.
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Trump Election Lawyer Ken Chesebro Is Really Beefing Up His Firsthand Knowledge Of State Criminal Procedure
He was taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy.
Law Schools
Ex-Law Professor's Lawsuit Against Former Students He Admits Sleeping With Somehow Still Happening
Court ruled that the former FTC Commissioner's suit against former 1Ls can continue despite bizarre pleading.
Biglaw
No 'Fear Factor': Biglaw Summer Associates 'Excited' About Using AI
Generative AI comes to Biglaw summer associates, but how do they like it?
Biglaw
Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw's 2023 Cash Bash
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Allegedly Told Partner It was Time To ‘Hang Up His Spurs’
Lawsuit against Fox Rothschild alleges age discrimination.
Government
Merrick Garland Schools Republicans On How The Actual Justice System Works
He took on the conspiracy theory dominating the Republican Party.
Technology
LexisNexis Purchases Contract Drafting Tool, Brazilian Butt Lift
LexisNexis bought Henchman for the technology... the sense of humor came free.
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
In-House Leaders Say Lawyers At These Biglaw Firms Are Client Service 'All-Stars' (2024)
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Finance
Biden Breaks Long Silence On Record Stock Market Highs, A Metric Trump Bragged About Constantly
The first 100 days of the Biden administration were the strongest for the stock market of any president for at least the last 75 years.
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Biglaw
Lewis Roca's Managing Partner Explains Why Law Firm Leaders Should Volunteer In The Community Where Their Firm Is Based
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Finance
Billionaire Suffers Minor Setback In Decade-Plus Effort To Screw Over Deutsche Bank
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Morning Docket: 06.04.24
* Columbia Law Review's board of directors took the whole website offline because the journal published an article from a Palestinian scholar. It's still down. [The Intercept]
* Summer associates getting trained in generative AI, which makes a lot of sense for wary firms because they're already taking everything from summers with massive loads of salt. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Fake money begets fake tax obligations as FTX and the IRS propose tax settlement for about 10 cents on the dollar. [Law360]
* Bob Menendez to launch independent Senate campaign because trials cost gold bars. [Courthouse News Service]
* Partner launches age discrimination suit against former Biglaw firm. [ABA Journal]
* First day of Hunter Biden trial seems to confirm two things: he committed this crime and we're wasting a lot of time and money on something that could've been dispensed with by the original plea deal. [Reuters]
* Elie Mystal details Project 2025 and the prospect of a second Trump DOJ. [The Nation]
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Upside Down Over A Parking Spat -- See Also
Alito's Neighbor Gives Some Background On The Upside-Down Flag: Looks like there are more people to blame than Alito's wife.
Unfortunately, They're From Harvard: Retired judge wishes he spread the love to other schools.
Who Needs Proof When You Can Ramble?: Trump's attorney shows you don't need evidence to yap.
Firm Gets Sued For Revoking Job Offer: This was entirely foreseeable and should surprise no one.
SUNY Buffalo Law Professors Push Administration To Drop Charges On Their Students: Now that's faculty support!
Courts
Oregon's Overworked Public Defense System Means Defendants Walk Free
That's a lot of people who need defending.
Government
Trump Attorney Won't Let Having No Evidence Get In The Way Of Insane Rambling
Joe Biden is behind the hush money trial... which is why he's not even bothering to campaign on it. OK, sure.
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