Mistrial in the Breonna Taylor case. [CNN] DEI consulting is booming after the Supreme Court rollback of affirmative action. [Bloomberg Law] Progress on an alternative to the bar exam in California. [Reuters] Judge in Google search case keeping a very open mind. [Law360] Alex Murdaugh one step closer to a new trial. [Law & Crime]
Senate set to subpoena Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow to chat about the not-so-lost art of buying influence. [Reuters] How non-equity partners solve one nagging problem for Biglaw. [Bloomberg Law News] Forbes is doing a lawyer ranking. They have such a great track record with their other rankings. [Forbes] Reacting to Biglaw's open letter on campus antisemitism, law school deans "unsure, though, what the letter is asking the schools to do." Could that be because the letter was a vapid PR stunt? [American Lawyer] American lawyer pulls gun and kills two environmental protesters in Panama. [Daily Beast] Citi ordered to pay up over pattern of discrimination against Armenians, which seems weirdly specific. [Law360] Michigan reportedly hiring Williams & Connolly in anticipation of Big Ten discipline. Well, that certainly sends a. signal. [Wolverines Wire]
Donald Trump set to testify in New York. Be there, will be wild. [Reuters] Stroock files notice that it's laying off roughly 140 people in New York. [Bloomberg Law News] The administration's antitrust push hasn't netted all the results one might've hoped, but Lina Khan's tenure at the FTC may have some knock on effects as law students embrace antitrust work. [Politico] More firms are condemning senior associates to a holding pattern. [American Lawyer] Defamation filings are on the rise and it's a real, shall we say, SLAPP in the face. [ABA Journal] It's Pro Bono Week in the UK the sort of annual recognition of good works that frightens and confuses Americans. [LegalCheek] NCAA faces billions in damages after feasting at the free labor trough for decades. [Law360]
Ivanka Trump cited "undue hardship" because her testimony was scheduled during "a school week." The appellate court. disagreed. [CNN] Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty. But Alex Kirshner's burning question is. why was the defense so bad? [Slate] Rudy asks DC to please not disbar him. [Reuters] Retiring Biglaw leaders have firms thinking about succession. Presumably multiple rounds of Boar on the Floor. [Bloomberg Law News] George W. Bush judge declines seems disinclined to shut down NC Supreme Court’s probe of its only Black justice for saying the North Carolina court system isn't particularly diverse, which seems like more a statement of fact than a controversial claim. [Law360] Survey finds that 17 percent of Biglaw attorneys feel emotionally depleted at work. An additional 83 percent have already had their capacity for human feeling permanently drained. [ABA Journal] BLM the law firm, not Black Lives Matter or the Bureau of
Remember Morgan Lewis partner Sheri Dillon? She's the one who stood in front of a pile of for all we know empty folders and told everyone that they didn't need to see Donald Trump's taxes because they were fine. Well, the AG had some questions about that at trial yesterday. [Law360] Pillsbury ends merger talks with Stroock as two of the most star-crossed potential merger partners in Biglaw fail to get together. [American Lawyer] Today's the day for Sam Bankman-Fried testimony. [Reuters] Bonus season is about a month away and likely to be a 2022 redux. [Bloomberg Law News] Attorney for Clarence Thomas denies that the justice's RV loan was forgiven. Naturally, he refuses to provide any corroboration for this. [The Hill] Maryland posthumously admits Black lawyer it denied 166 years ago. [Washington Post] Legal tech prices are heading up. [Law.com]