(Photo by Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images) The New York courtroom where Donald Trump is on trial is apparently unpleasant. Is that the former president’s doing? The world may never know. Also, the fact that the racists are coming for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t surprising — but who gave them the green light? And, a judge…
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Elise Stefanik Demands To Speak To DOJ Manager About Special Counsel Jack Smith
(Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images) New York Rep. Elise Stefanik took a break yesterday from pretending to care about Jewish undergrads to vomit out yet another demand to speak to the manager … this time of the Justice Department. She’s already staged publicity stunts attacking New York Supreme Court…
Finals Postponed At Columbia Law Due To Ongoing Protests
(Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This has been a trying day, amidst a trying two weeks, and the crisis on campus has left no member of our community unaffected. — Dean Gillian Lester of Columbia Law School, in an email to all…
Another Biglaw Firm Gets Serious About In-Office Attendance
How do you solve a problem like hybrid work? That’s the question plaguing (pun intended) Biglaw. Post-pandemic, most firms admit they’re freed from the shackles of five days in the office in order to hit their billable targets. But everything beyond that has been a series of trial and error. Now Goodwin is beefing up…
Brooklyn Lawyers Are Helping People Get Suited For Reentry
Wearing a suit doesn’t make you a law-abiding citizen, but it sure helps you to look like one! Suits also come in handy for events and celebrations, the sorts of things you can miss if you haven’t been able to participate on the outside for a while. It takes a village to re-integrate, and these…
Might Not Be Evidence, But It’s Definitely Something — See Also
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Supreme Court Justices Aren’t The Only Ones Failing To Report Lavish Trips
Trickle down might not work for economics, but it definitely works for abuses of authority. A subtext of the reporting that covered Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito’s skirting of disclosure rules was the notion that they were only able to get away with it because the Supreme Court didn’t have an enforceable code of ethics….
Cravath Makes Big Real Estate Move — See Also
What A View!: Cravath’s new office space is a home designer’s dream. Trump Gets Held In The Manner You’d Expect: Contemptuously. From Traffic Stop To Packing Bags?: People call for DA’s resignation. Defense Lawyer Arrested After Alleged Robbery Attempt: Weird time to start a life of crime. Google Hit With Intellectual Property Suit Over AI:…
The Worst AI Nightmares Have Nothing To Do With Hallucinations
We all enjoy pointing and laughing at lawyers citing fake caselaw conjured up by ChatGPT. But while critics bemoan the “risks” of generative AI, the technology gets a bad rap. It’s not ChatGPT’s fault that the user copied and pasted a bunch of dubious citations into a court filing without bothering to read the underlying…
So What Is Actually Working With GenAI?
(Photo by Jason Kempin/FilmMagic) Ahoy matey, any seadog worth their salt knows that Force Majeure is an unforeseeable event like the wind whippin’ up and rippin’ yer sails apart. Shiver me timber, ye want to be sure ye have a clause in yer contracts to protect yerself. If not, ye may end up in the…