When they penned “Money Talks,” Angus and Malcolm probably didn’t know how close they were to the First Amendment, but on Wednesday the Supremes agreed: money is speech, and under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Congress cannot pass any law which restrains speech. For a lot of people, Senator John McCain among the exceptions, […]
Orthogonal: or “SCOTUS learns a new word.”
January 19, 2010 by
Orthogonal. As in: Professor Richard Friedman’s direction became orthogonal during his oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week. The newest word to enter the Supreme Court lexicon made its appearance when the before mentioned professor stated: “I think that issue is entirely orthogonal to the issue here.” If you think a sesquipedalian is going […]
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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