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Judge tosses bias suit over BigLaw firm’s diversity hiring program for summer associates
A straight, white female lawyer can’t sue King & Spalding over exclusion from a diversity hiring program for summer associates because of a “paucity of…
Suit alleging dad bias at Jones Day resolved after ruling on memo
Jones Day and two former associates have resolved a lawsuit alleging that the law firm’s family leave policy discriminates against male attorneys. The firm and…
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS likely to revisit president’s power to fire executive branch officials
The first case involving the second Trump administration has come to the U.S. Supreme Court. Although the court has not gotten involved at this stage…
This law firm bills as much as $3,000 per hour
Some partners at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan bill as much as $3,000 per hour, according to court filings cited by Reuters. The law firm…
Former practice chair allegedly overbilled clients by over $3.5M at 2 BigLaw firms, ethics complaint says
A former partner in the Chicago offices of two large international law firms is facing an ethics complaint alleging that he falsified billing records and…
Which BigLaw firms and big-name lawyers are involved in suits against Trump administration?
Several BigLaw firms and at least three U.S. Supreme Court practitioners are representing plaintiffs suing the Trump administration. Well-known attorneys involved in the litigation include…
Former law firm partner censured over sex with associate and legal assistant, stay-quiet offers
A former partner at a Boise, Idaho, law firm has been publicly censured after he allegedly tried to entice an associate and a legal assistant…
Expected noncompliance with court orders shouldn’t defeat standing, Kavanaugh says in DNA-test arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided Monday in arguments over a death row inmate’s quest for a DNA test to show that he wasn’t inside…
Allegations that murder defendant was ‘a drug ho’ who practiced witchcraft leads to tossed conviction
The New Mexico Supreme Court has overturned a woman’s 2022 murder conviction and barred a retrial because of “severe and pervasive prosecutorial misconduct, exacerbated by…
Job protections for administrative law judges are unconstitutional, DOJ concludes
The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that “multiple layers of removal restrictions” for administrative law judges are unconstitutional. The decision was revealed in a…