by HolAdmin | May 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Todd Blanche has spent the last few months trying to make sure state bar regulators can’t investigate ethical breaches by government lawyers. Before Blanche rose to the Acting Attorney General role, the DOJ dropped a new rule proposal that would overturn federal...
by HolAdmin | May 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Quinn Emanuel earned $3 million in sanctions from Judge Edward Chen, who described a “deeply disturbing” culture of lawyering. But worse, the judge ordered the team involved to complete an 8-hour ethics course that the firm itself must design. The Federal Circuit...
by HolAdmin | May 29, 2026 | American Legal News
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by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
Firms Are Hiring More Laterals Than Law Students: Killing OCI has its consequences. Quinn Emanuel Earns Another Benchslap!: If an associate did what the leading partner on the matter did, they’d have been shown the door. Let’s Look At Trump’s Settlement Agreement: It...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new report from Firm Prospects, what percentage of law firm associate hires were laterals, i.e., they came from other law firms, in 2025? Hint: Last year, laterals outpaced the hires...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
I was listening to a podcast from the economist Tim Harford (who you should really check out if this is the first time you’re hearing of him) the other day when he said something that particularly piqued my interest. Harford said that he and everyone else his age is...
