Yet Another Top Biglaw Firm Shutters An Office In China

Yet Another Top Biglaw Firm Shutters An Office In China

Biglaw firms continue to shutter their offices in China. Today, we have news on the sixth large law firm to close the doors of a Chinese office in 2025. As noted by the American Lawyer, Seyfarth Shaw — a firm that brought in $931,927,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting...
Court Slaps Down Yet Another Trump Attack On Harvard

Court Slaps Down Yet Another Trump Attack On Harvard

On May 23, US District Judge Allison Burroughs granted a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from kicking Harvard University out of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) that allows it to sponsor foreign student visas. The government...
Pro Bono Work Can Be Helpful To Law Firms

Pro Bono Work Can Be Helpful To Law Firms

Many law firms have pro bono programs since they want to perform good work with the skills they obtained through the practice of law.  Indeed, some law firms take the saying “to those much is given, much is expected” and try to pay it forward by performing pro bono...
How Appealing Weekly Roundup

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

Ed. note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit; The...