Afternoon Briefs: Suit tossed over stateless BigLaw partners; Lafayette Square claims dismissed
Perkins Coie wins suit dismissal because of ‘stateless’ partners
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago has ruled that former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page can’t sue Perkins Coie for defamation in federal court. Page had alleged that the law firm and the Democratic National Committee retained Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on former President Donald Trump. The law firm then facilitated meetings with the news media, leading to false allegations that Page colluded with Russian officials, Page had alleged. The 7th Circuit tossed the suit for lack of diversity jurisdiction. Although none of Perkins Coie’s partners live in Page’s home state of Oklahoma, three partners are U.S. citizens living in China. Those partners are “stateless” and aren’t covered by the statute giving federal courts jurisdiction over suits involving citizens of different st
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In response to calls for racial justice, law schools across the country continue to search for ways to offer their students education on racism and systemic inequities in America. Earlier this year, the University of Southern California Gould School of Law announced that it would require students in the class of 2024 and beyond to take a course on racism and the law as a graduation requirement. Now, another California law school will require that a similar course be taken as a graduation requirement, but in this case, the decision is historic.
The UC Irvine School of Law recently announced that it will require all students to take a graded course related to “race and indigeneity, structural inequity, and the historical bases for such inequity” in order to graduate. Irvine will be the first law school in the University of California system to mandate such a course.