“The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] “realize that we don’t have control over everything that we think we have control over,” Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said By Paul McLeary
By Brad D. Williams on April 12, 2021 at 4:20 PM WASHINGTON: The Biden administration today announced its intent to nominate John Chris Inglis as America’s first national cybersecurity director and Jen Easterly to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Inglis is a former deputy director at the National Security Agency. He is expected to be confirmed by Congress. In the newly created position, he will join the White House’s current cybersecurity team, which includes NSA veteran Anne Neuberger, the first deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology. The national cybersecurity director position was recommended by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and created by the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law on Jan. 1. The administration’s delay in nominating someone for the position has created tension between the White House and Congress in recent months.
April 12, 2021 at 4:03 PM Shares19 Discretion is the better part of valor and you shouldn’t f k around lest you find out. These lessons probably should have guided Yale Law’s Amy Chua when she pushed back against the administration’s decision to remove her from a small 1L mentorship group. Honestly, Chua’s “punishment” is almost too insignificant to note. If the administration is correct that the professor continued to bring students to her home after her husband was suspended but not fired over sexual harassment allegations, losing a token group discussion class is the least of what a responsible organization could do.
April 12, 2021 at 4:01 PM Shares2 (Image via Getty) Gender equality is given a lot of lip service in the legal profession, and yet women continue to face many disparities when they sign on for work each and every day. From pay to partnership promotions to the composition of leadership committees to family policies, there are many areas where law firms must change to keep up with the times especially during the pandemic era. Thankfully, some law firms are becoming more progressive, but which firms are doing the best they can for women in all areas? For the third year in a row, the Yale Law Women have released a ranking of the Top Firms for Gender Equity, coupled with its annual list of the Top Family-Friendly Firms. We’ve written about the latter ranking every year (see our coverage from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008), and covered YLW’s important new dual ranking in 2019 and 2020.
April 12, 2021 at 3:50 PM Shares519 I should not have to care whether my religious beliefs conflict with the majority of those in any branch of our government. The Constitution as enumerated in Article VI Section 3 and the First Amendment is supposed to guarantee that government should not care that for the first time ever the number of Americans who belong to a church has fallen below a majority. Unfortunately, a lot of people do care. In fact, some are downright terrified at the decline in religion. And it just so happens, many people who are terrified are also in government. According to the most recent Attorney General, William Barr, this country was founded on the premise (expressed by John Adams that one time) that our government “was only suitable and sustainable for a religious people.” An attorney general saying this country is only intended and suitable for religious people is deeply disturbing for a couple of reasons. First, one John Adams quote notwithstanding, the Constitution’s plain language that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States” directly contradicts it. It takes a massive, unsubstantiated leap to say our government was intended only to be suitable and sustainable for religious people when religious oaths were banned from the beginning and the only other mention is that government must stay out of religious affairs. Second, and more troubling, is believing government is only suitable and sustainable for religious people means those citizens who does not believe by very definition become
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April 6, 2021 at 8:58 AM Shares0 A new lawsuit alleges that a radio personality’s “rabid” fans forced a Florida man to leave the Sunshine State. Maybe the plaintiff was just a “snow bird”… [Tampa Bay Times] The highest-paid lawyers at Viacom/CBS were paid $12.7 million last year. [Bloomberg Law] The Supreme Court handed Google a win over Oracle in a longstanding copyright dispute. Maybe the justices just hate using Bing… [CNN] Harvey Weinstein has filed an appeal of his criminal conviction. [Fox News] A group of farmers recently filed an antitrust lawsuit against a number of agricultural companies. [AP] A Florida lawyer is getting recognition for helping professional wrestlers trademark parts of their personas. Guess he smells what the Rock is cooking… money. [Tampa Bay Times]
Shares0 Some lawyers decide to go scorched-earth style with an initial complaint in a proceeding. That is precisely the strategy undertaken by attorneys Michael A. Taitelman and Sean M. Hardy of FREEDMAN+TAITELMAN, LLP in a new lawsuit they brought on behalf of their client O’Shea Jackson Sr., more commonly known as Ice Cube. On March 31, a complaint was filed in the Northern District of California against Robinhood, and the introduction section begins by stating that “Robinhood is an unscrupulous and predatory conglomerate that professes to be a financial services company for the everyday person. In truth, Robinhood is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It is the archetypal example of an amoral corporation that places profits over people. Robinhood’s corporate malfeasance is no secret.” The first paragraph of that section ends with, “Robinhood is selling a garbage trading platform to the American public and laughing all the way to the bank.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 05, 2021 at 7:01 AM Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle in field test, accompanied by Humvees WASHINGTON: The tanks, they are a-changin’. the Army’s deadline to submit concepts for a new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle that will replace the Reagan-era M2 Bradley is just 11 days away, April 16. The service is already buying a replacement for the even older M113, a tracked workhorse that fought in Vietnam. And it’s experimenting with remote-controlled Robotic Combat Vehicles and even exploring unmanned options to replace the massive M1 Abrams main battle tank. Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman But how does all this new technology translate into better tactics and more options for commanders? To get a glimpse of that future armored force, I sat down for an exclusive interview with the armor modernization director at Army Futures Command, Maj. Gen. Richard Ross Coffman.
Shares0 For most of its existence, Biglaw has remained relatively conservative in outlook. Cravath would announce annual bonuses, others would follow in lockstep, partnership tracks would run eight years, and salaries would be set and then stagnate for years at a time. But the past handful of years have brought considerable upheaval. Baker McKenzie offered the first bonuses last year. Milbank’s pushing the salary envelope. And the rise of the non-equity partner has thrown the whole game into turmoil. As we speak, we’re in the midst of an impromptu supplementary bonus war kicked off by Willkie Farr and then blown out of the water by Davis Polk following a 2020 special bonus where Davis Polk went over the top of Cooley. It feels like everyone is jockeying to be recognized as a market leader.