The Supreme Court closing its front doors for security reasons. http://ow.ly/1GlQN and still, there are two dissents. Ironic.
SCOTUSBlog a buzz with Stevens replacement
April 13, 2010 by
With Justice Stevens on the way out, the list of who is on the way in is making the rounds. From SCOTUSblog: The Wall Street Journal profiles the list of potential nominees under consideration by the White House. Anne Kornblut and Robert Barnes of the Washington Post discuss the administration’s list here. ABC Newsreports that the White […]
Justice comes for the spammer in CA
March 19, 2010 by
It turns out that there is justice. This just in from California via Slashdot: spammers who send out false and deceptive spam will pay liquidated damages to the extent of $1,000 per email.
In-house making gains over outside counsel
March 19, 2010 by
In news that’s good for me, ensconced in my Dilbert-land cubicle in the legal department of corporate America, general counsels are reporting that the costs of litigation balanced against tough economic times is pushing them to expand their in-house legal departments at the expense of outside counsel. From the ABA Journal: Given the higher regulatory […]
The good, the bad, and the fired: something of a weekly round-up of law industry news
January 8, 2010 by
2009 the worst year for layoffs First “the fired:” last year, according to LawShucks, over 12,000 people in the legal services industry were laid off, which includes over four thousand lawyers. This year’s story was largely written by the end of March, when 73% of the year’s total layoffs had happened, as we noted in […]
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