by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! C-SPAN asked the Supreme Court to broadcast oral arguments in cases that challenge which Donald Trump executive order? Hint: Sam Feist, the network’s CEO wrote, “This case holds profound national...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
(Image via Getty) In the spirit of bar prep, let’s IRAC this. The California Bar had an issue: they looked at their budget and realized that they’d go bankrupt if they continued administering the bar as usual. Rules are rules, though; you’ve gotta have some way of...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Each generation of lawyers confronts its great test, and this is ours. We will prevail: the initial capitulation of a few firms to coercive executive orders seems to have inspired far more firms to say “forget...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Hosanna! The great war with Venezuela is over. Bang those pots! Flip a car! Kiss a random stranger WITH CONSENT! Yesterday, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York became the second judge in a week to declare that we are not in a war — declared or...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
On May 6, the 10th annual CLOC Global Institute kicked off in Las Vegas. The opening keynote was delivered by Nancy Rademaker, a well-known international speaker who often addresses the impact of digitization on individual, customer, and employee behavior. True to...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
The deals nine Biglaw firms struck with Donald Trump are the talk of the industry — something about craven capitulation will do that. Over the course of the deals, Trump has accumulated a $940 million war chest of pro bono payola. And though the surrendering firms try...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
I recently embarked on a project to get rid of a few of the boxes of my childhood crap that have been sitting in my parents’ basement for 30 years. That included one entire box of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures. Yes, as a boy growing up in the ’90s, it...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
A few weeks ago, Pope Francis passed away. The next pope will be chosen by senior clergymen called cardinals. The rules are simple. Only cardinals under 80 can vote. A two-thirds majority is required to elect a new pope but if no one reaches that number after a period...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Perkins Coie secured a permanent injunction against the Trump administration’s retaliatory executive order. Meanwhile, firms that balked at putting up a fight against the illegal attacks have seen the White House drag them into police brutality cases and law schools...
by HolAdmin | May 8, 2025 | African Golf News
Former Junior Springbok skipper Zach Porthen is set to make his Stormers debut against Dragons at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday – with help from the retiring Brok Harris. The 21-year-old Porthen, one of five promising youngsters who recently signed new deals with the...
