Law Associate Gives The Middle Finger to Trump Order The legal industry’s spine seems to be made of jello these days. While most associates quietly update their résumés behind closed doors, one Skadden associate decided to set her career ablaze in spectacular fashion – and she’s taking receipts public. Rachel Cohen, a Harvard Law grad […]
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We need to talk about what just happened at Paul Weiss. And no, this isn’t your typical Biglaw gossip about partner compensation or summer associate antics.
This is about nothing less than whether the legal profession still has the fortitude to stand up to power when it matters.
Spoiler alert: The early returns aren’t encouraging.
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Australian liquidator Peter Krejci is facing extraordinary resistance while trying to obtain books and records seized during a raid on Sydney law firm McEvoy Legal. McEvoy Legal is not only claiming legal professional privilege to prevent examination of the seized materials (which would be expected), but they’ve also dramatically invoked privilege on the basis of
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Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has been fined £465,000 by the UK government for sanctions breaches related to Russia, with payments made to banks the subject of asset freezes under British sanctions. The fine was imposed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) after HSF’s former Moscow office made six payments totaling £3.9 million to
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LOS ANGELES – Working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement partners, federal prosecutors in the last week filed charges against 17 defendants who allegedly illegally re-entered the United States after being removed, the Justice Department announced today. Many of the defendants charged were previously convicted of felony offenses before they
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The Paul Weiss ‘Inflection Point’ Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Vivia Chen’s latest column at her blog ‘The Ex-Careerist’ on substack delivers a sharp critique of Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on major law firms, with Paul Weiss being his third target. This pattern of retaliation has reached what Chen calls “an inflection point,” as Trump’s executive
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EY Law Reduces Size EY is shaking things up in its UK legal arm. They’re cutting jobs and stepping back from their earlier plans to expand in the legal sector. On Tuesday, EY partners broke the news to UK lawyers in a quick 12-minute call, announcing an overhaul of the legal business and the start
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