SAS Institute v. World Programming Limited features the same issues, some of the same litigators and many of the same amici curiae as the famous Supreme Court showdown.

"Where you start your career is not necessarily where you end your career; my advice is to be open to new challenges, jump in to help whenever you can."

"We encourage folks to 'clean your house first before inviting people over,'" said Amber Hikes, chief equity and inclusion officer at the ACLU, during a panel discussion this week presented by the Association of American Law Schools.

Seven Benefits of Being a Mentor Giving what is given to you isn't just a noble concept. There are tangible benefits in the mentoring relationship,

What does law firm culture look like in 2022 as many firms grapple with when and how to return to the office? We'll be tackling this question and more in our first Twitter chat of 2022.

Research by legal recruitment and consultancy firm Edwards Gibson attributes high partner churn in 2021 to the continuing impact of the pandemic, as well as reduced costs.

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Over the past two years, law firms have surprised many a naysayer by demonstrating a previously unseen ability to adapt to extreme circumstances and unanticipated challenges. But 2022 could be the true test of whether a segment of the industry that is notoriously resistant to change has any appetite for true, lasting transformation.

"My father felt that there were no boundaries for women," Sheindlin told Law.com on Thursday.

"Frontier Justice's rationale for its head covering policy is pretextual insofar as the policy's goal is to exclude some Muslims from Defendants' gun range," the complaint states. The plaintiff is represented in part by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

"The judiciary's power to manage its internal affairs insulates courts from inappropriate political influence and is crucial to preserving public trust in its work as a separate and coequal branch of government," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his year-end report.

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At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's sunscreen, several plaintiff lawyers questioned a proposed class action settlement reached within months of the July 14 recall.

"It's a very tough job for somebody to do, and being able to do it as a team is going to help us tremendously," Scott Miller says.

"The notion that we cannot have an orderly transition of government after an election is an affront, it's an assault on all of the values that we hold dear. And so to be able to actually play even the smallest role in being able to vindicate those rights, it's a real honor," Rhee said.

In spite of surging infection rates, large law firms have thus far averted staffing crises, with personnel doing double duty and many workers keeping busy even when testing positive.

The three justices have written virtually nothing about how they view vaccine mandates, even as a number of challenges to state- and locally-imposed requirements have come to the high court.

Attorney General Merrick Garland pleaded for patience following mounting criticism that the DOJ wasn't doing enough to hold former President Donald Trump and his associates accountable for Jan. 6. But the next phase of the investigation could prove fraught, experts said.

Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I'm Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento. Happy 2022. This week

What worked last year may now not be enough to ward off infection as cyber scams become harder to detect and more sophisticated.

"The idea that I would steer this case in Amazon's favor because I felt that my wife's $22,000 investment in Amazon's stock would be at risk if I didn't is almost insane," the judge said Thursday.