It’s Best To Monitor Your Autonomous Tesla From The Driver’s Seat, Especially If The Autopilot’s Not On
Lessons from this weekend’s fiery (of course) crash.
Category: The Word in Law
Morning Docket: 04.22.21
* Legal tech startup Rocket Lawyer has raised $223 million to fund its expansion. This should send the company's valuation to the moon... [Fortune]
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The Prosecutor To Judge Pipeline Is Alive And Well
It's not the only way to become a judge, but it's pretty common.
Zoom Courtroom Disasters Are On A Different Level In Florida — See Also
Butt Injections During Court? That's one way to multitask. Stop Using The N-Word In Classes: Seriously, people. The Chauvin Verdict Isn't About …
Shockingly, Guy Behind $100 Million South Jersey Deli Has A Shady Past
Also, it’s not a $100 million deli. It’s a $1.9 billion deli.
Freshfields Wants To Make Its ‘Magic Circle’ Designation Magically Disappear
Unfortunately, there's no magic spell that will abracadabra the association away.
Start From The Conclusion, Add Justifications Later: Derek Chauvin Trial Opinions Are All Tribalism
It is such a rare gift to hear someone say, 'I don’t feel like I know enough about this subject to offer an opinion on the matter.'
In new deal, Wisconsin slashes controversial Foxconn subsidies 30-fold
New deal requires Foxconn to create 1,454 jobs—down from 13,000 in the original.
Trump EPA sidelined its own scientists when rewriting fuel economy rules
EPA tossed its pollution models, allowing another agency to make its own instead.
Superlawyer Jenna Ellis Decries Chauvin Conviction On Charges Of ‘Emotional Corporate Automatic Guilt’
Gotta hand it to her, she's committed to the bit!
Chauvin Trial Ends… Can White Folks Try Not To Make It About Themselves For Five Minutes?
There's a right way and a wrong way to write a law school statement addressing a verdict like this.
Law School Class Of 2020 Sees Employment Rate Take A Tumble Thanks To COVID-19
This isn't horrible, but it isn't great either.
Stanford Health Care Seeks Up To $1.9M From Anthem In New Suit
The California-based provider has filed a lawsuit against the payer, claiming Anthem has yet to pay for the care it provided to patients covered by it…
After Last Week’s Column, The Sperm-Swapping Doctor Retires
McMorries has never admitted wrongdoing. Nor has he faced criminal or civil charges for the harm he has caused.
Know Your Regulator: MIT Professor, Cryptocurrency Lecturer Gary Gensler Sworn In As SEC Chairman
The new leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission is a bitcoin nerd, former Goldman Sachs partner, and fierce investor advocate all rolled into…
COVID-19 Can Cause Lasting Damage To The Legal Profession If We’re Not Careful
Managers need to be vigilant to make sure that they learn lessons from the pandemic and only incorporate positive reforms learned from the last year o…
Biglaw Firm Shares The Wealth With Associates By Raising Salaries
Happy news for everyone at the firm.