Law, Courts & Regulations
Private Equity's Law Firm Takeover Isn't Here, But It Just Got A Lot Closer:The reported $700 million Charlesbank deal for Wood Smith Henning & Berman gives PE a toehold in the industry.Todd Blanche's...
A San Francisco jury previously found Linwei Ding guilty of seven counts of theft of trade secrets and seven counts of economic espionage following a two-week trial in January.
Jessica Bowie: “I want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting.” The FBI announced that Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, NY, faces charges connected to...
From Klan prosecutions to Don Lemon and Ricky Vaughn, Section 241 shows how conspiracy law can stretch dangerously close to protected speech today.
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk raised concerns Wednesday about arrests and detentions of opposition members surrounding Zambia’s elections on August 13. Türk stated that “arrests and resulting cour...
Sure, the guy's mediocre, but don't mediocrities deserve a seat on the Court?The postThe Confirmation Speech That Doomed The SCOTUS Nominee It Was Meant To Saveappeared first onAbove the Law.
Caltech researchers experimented with moon jellyfish to assess the risk of developing cancer through cell proliferation.
“morally reprehensible and inconsistent with the standards that Harvard University and HMS expect for the treatment of anatomical donors and their loved ones” In the spring of 2023, the former directo...
Some lawyers don’t know how to spell collegial, let alone act that way.The postNeuroscience For Lawyers, A Texas Two-Step, And Rinse And Repeat In DCappeared first onAbove the Law.
According to the committee, the Justice Department has gutted significant guardrails that would normally ensure law enforcement has no impact on election integrity and an election’s certification.
Smokeball is unveiling a new global brand that focuses on both its duty to empower the lawyers who are its customers and their duty to do their best for the clients who are their customers.The postLaw...
What to know about traditional publishing, self-publishing, literary agents, platforms, and why you are writing in the first place.The postHow To Get Your Nonfiction Book Publishedappeared first onAbo...
That's a new one!The postHearing Adjourned After Lawyer Suffers Shock Bar Association Election Lossappeared first onAbove the Law.
Months before reports of tuberculosis infecting a detainee at an immigration detention center in Aurora, state lawmakers sought to expand the public health department’s ability to inspect the facility...
The parents of San Francisco police recruit Jon-Marques Psalms claimed the lack of adequate medical supervision during a training exercise led to their son's death.
Acting DAG Trent McCotter wants Blanche's old job. He also helped build the thing that nearly sank Blanche's confirmation. Second verse, same as the first.The postThe Anti-Weaponization Fund Is Suppos...
Real estate giant Compass is accused of anticompetitive behavior in a new lawsuit by pulling listings from Zillow and StreetEasy, causing supply to plummet and prices to spike.
We may already be at the point of no return.The postTo Use AI Slop, Or Not To Use AI Slopappeared first onAbove the Law.
The court did not take kindly to this.The postAI Prompt Injection Has Entered The Courtroomappeared first onAbove the Law.
IndyCar’s one-off race in the nation’s capital has drawn criticism for its close association with the Trump administration, but drivers competing in the race say the event is bipartisan — and so is th...