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Trump Judge Ordered Airline To Take Classes From Anti-Gay Activists. 5th Circuit Says, 'Um, No.'
Even the FIFTH Circuit knows this isn't constitutional. - Government
Should Governments Crack Down On Fake Job Postings?
For those who are searching for jobs, having to deal with these fake postings is discouraging and can contribute to job search burn out. - Biglaw
Biglaw Associate Says He Was Fired As Part Of 'Political Purge'
Something tells me there are other issues... - Sports
Stephen Miller Announces Attack On NFL... Because It's Super Bowl Week
Miller challenged the NFL's head coaching diversity initiative in a bold gambit to get more search engine traffic. - Courts
Judges Knock Discrimination Plaintiff From Early Retirement To Getting Back To Work
Don't sit on your right to sue, folks. - Biglaw
Jury Decides That Davis Polk Attorneys Were Just Socially Awkward
Hoping they established eye contact before sharing the outcome. - Courts
3 Questions For A Law Clerk Turned Advocate For Judicial Accountability (Part II)
Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, continues her discussion of her work in judicial accountability. - Courts
3 Questions For A Law Clerk Turned Advocate For Judicial Accountability (Part I)
Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, discusses her work in judicial accountability. - Government
ACLU Threatens To Tear Down Labor Rights For All In Bid To Escape Its Own Workplace Harassment Case
The NLRB is digging into labor violations at the ACLU and the organization is pushing back with a disturbing argument. - Courts
Plaintiff Breaks Record For Most Disingenuous Argument Ever Briefed As Southwest Airlines Seeks To Stay Anti-LGBTQ Training Order
That's not how any of this works. - Biglaw, Sponsored Content
Lateral Attorney Hiring Trends In 2023: Adapting To A Shifting Economy
Despite economic challenges, certain law practice areas are observing renewed hiring activity as the economy progresses in 2023. - Courts
Judge Earns Misconduct Complaint After Ordering Lawyers Take Training Classes From Anti-LGBTQ Group
Maybe judges can't just reverse engineer opinions for shock value. - Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.14.23
* It took a couple of days, but Donald Trump has blown off Judge Chutkan’s warning that further public attacks on the proceedings would result in accelerating the existing January trial schedule. At the rate he’s going, expect the trial next week! [Politico]
* Meanwhile, in Georgia, prosecutors apparently have messages directly tying Trump’s legal team to voting system breach. [CNN]
* Florida Bar proposes allowing law school grads to engage in limited practice before passing the bar exam. One of many emergency measures required to make sure Donald Trump and his fellow indictees can secure local counsel. [Jax Daily Record]
* Law.com lists lawyers on social media it considers attorney-influencers. [Law.com]
* UPS reached an agreement with its workers, but it had strikebreaking plans all worked out. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Judge charged with murdering wife. [Law360]
* Sam Bankman-Fried off to Brooklyn MDC after judge finds witness tampering efforts in violation of bail, bringing renewed publicity to the facility’s abhorrent conditions. [Reuters]
- Courts
Will Teachers Be Able To Discriminate Against Their Students After Groff v. Dejoy?
Next, there will be a case fighting for the right to dock the grades of the children of Ham. - Courts
Trump Judge Orders In-House Lawyers To Take Classes From Anti-LGBTQ Group
Judge's contempt order shows contempt for facts, law, and grammar. - Courts
The NLRB's New Employee Handbook Ruling Throws The Gauntlet At The Supreme Court
Are we seeing the setup to overturn the right to record? - Midsize Firms / Regional Firms
Associates At This Law Firm Just Unionized! Will Associates At Other Firms Follow Along?
I get the feeling Outten is about to jump up in a couple 'best place to work' lists. - Biglaw
Strikes, Suitemates, And Stuffing A Sock In It
As lawyers, we know, all too well, that no one gets their full wish list satisfied when, inevitably, an agreement is reached. - Courts
The Supreme Court Is Lying To You About This Web Designer Opinion
This is gaslighting, plain and simple. - Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.02.23
* Science confirms that legal writing is terrible. [AAAS]
* Maryland judge benchslapped for using Beowulf and Whistler’s Mother to import racist stereotypes into an opinion. As racism goes, it’s a very erudite version. Much more National Review than Daily Caller. [ABA Journal]
* House Oversight Committee is probing FTC Chair for pursuing the policies she said she would pursue before getting the job. Really scrounging the bottom of the barrel these days… go back to Hunter Biden’s laptop or something. At least it was interesting. [Reuters]
* Speaking of Hunter Biden, he’s setting himself up to be the next Second Amendment test case to erode laws barring felons from keeping arsenals. [NY Times]
* Federal judge delivers tongue-lashing to Crowell attorneys suing over policies they allegedly advised the defendant on earlier. [Law360]
* Dechert secures sanctions reversal in earplug trial. I SAID, DECHERT SECURES SANCTIONS REVERSAL IN EARPLUG TRIAL. Take those things out, will ya? [Law.com]
* Starbucks is in Trenta trouble as labor law rulings come down. [Bloomberg Law News]