Law Firm Passive Aggressiveness On Parade
Weil labels Cravath a “smaller platform” following partner departure, vaulting to the top of the leaderboard as the most passive aggressive statement a law firm has made this year. Which is saying a lot. Meanwhile, Missouri Republicans spent the week putting on a...
New Hampshire Chief Justice Resigns After Admitting Ethics Violations Over $50,000 Payout To Longtime Ally
New Hampshire’s top judge is out, and he’s taking an ethics confession with him on the way out the door. On Tuesday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office released a one-paragraph resignation letter from Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald, effective immediately. The letter says, “I...
Man Accused Of Sending Horrifying Death Threats To Federal Judge Will Face Trial
Threats against federal judges have become an increasingly grim feature of the Trump II era, with jurists facing everything from swatting attempts to death threats for the apparent offense of doing their jobs. Now, one man accused of threatening to murder a federal...
The Supreme Court Justice That Ran A Treason Trial
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1807, a former vice president stood trial for treason, accused of plotting to carve his own empire out of the western frontier, with the sitting president driving the prosecution and openly...
Former Managing Partner Accused Of Paying For Disney Trips On The Firm’s Dime
Law firm partners are supposed to share profits, not treat the firm’s operating account like a personal piggy bank. Unfortunately, one former managing partner in Illinois is accused of having missed that particular lesson in law firm management. According to a...
