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Cleveland gives criminal defendants 'day off' for basketball championship
Criminal defendants were excused from attending their court dates on Wednesday as the Cleveland Cavaliers emerged from battle with their first NBA Championship title in half a century.
Latham & Watkins poaches Lacovara from Freshfields
Yesterday, Freshfields executive partner Michael Lacovara announced that he has quit the firm just six months after being appointed to its leadership team.
SCOTUS won't back Trump's Muslim immigration ban, says top White House lawyer
The Obama Administration's top lawyer before the Supreme Court has swiftly trashed the possibility that a 'ban' on Muslims travelling to the United States may become law under a Trump presidency.
McDermott, Will & Emery co-chairs to step down next year
An internal memo has confirmed that firm co-chairs Jeff Stone and Peter Sacripanti will be stepping down from the helm in 2017.
Obama and the FCC clinch key victory in the battle for net neutrality
Internet service providers (ISPs) are gearing up for a legal battle after a US court ruled to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's rules regarding net neutrality.
SEC raises the profile of whistleblower program with $17m award
The Securities and Exchange Commission has handed down a $17 million award to a financial services industry whistleblower, the second largest in the five-year history of the regulator's whistleblower program.
ABA begins random audits of law school employment stats
The graduate destinations data provided by US law schools to the American Bar Association is about to be subject to a new level of scrutiny, amid concerns that some schools are fudging their figures.
US firms lead as Microsoft scoops up professional networking giant LinkedIn
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati both scored key roles on Microsoft's $26.6bn acquisition of LinkedIn, confirmed yesterday.
Supreme Court to review post-Sandy Hook gun laws just days after Orlando
Later this week, the US Supreme Court is scheduled to review the ban on the ownership of military-style firearms in Connecticut, just days after one such firearm was used to murder at least 50 people in an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
BigLaw gender imbalance 'not self correcting', says new report
That the balance between men and women at the bottom of the law-firm pyramid has more or less evened out is making very little difference at the top, says new research from Stanford Law School.
TV show 'Ellen' facing lawsuit after breast joke goes bust
The hit US show has been slapped with a lawsuit for a feature about allegedly humorous business names.
California judge receives threats over Stanford rape sentencing
The judge who sentenced Brock Turner to just six months in prison for raping an unconscious woman on the prestigious Stanford University campus has found himself at the centre of an angry online backlash campaign.
The 'Cravath Effect' begins as Milbank Tweed moves to $180k
Pay raises are set to sweep Biglaw as New York's top law firms rush to match the $180k base salary for first-year associates unveiled by Cravath, Swaine & Moore on Tuesday.
Cravath lifts first-year pay to $180,000 per year
BigLaw heavyweight Cravath, Swaine & Moore has become the first elite New York law firm to sweeten its junior pay packets in almost 10 years, but it won't be alone for long.
Hershey Trust CCO put on leave amid internal strife
The top in-house lawyer at the $12 billion Hershey Trust Company, the chocolate company's controlling shareholder, has been put on administrative leave amid infighting on the board and state investigations into misuse of funds by its members.
9th Circuit strikes copyright suit against Madonna
Madonna was sued for plagiarism over her 1990 hit “Vogue,” but a federal appellate court has sided with the pop icon after finding that the lawsuit had nothing to it.
Legal campaign contributors care not for The Trump, figures show
Lawyer and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has raised a staggering 350 times more money in campaign donations from the legal community than Republican heir apparent Donald Trump.
Mlegal ups the ante in New York with ex-Sullivan & Cromwell hire
In the latest high profile hire for leading recruitment agency Mlegal, Sullivan & Cromwell's former top recruiter Patty Morrissy is joining the firm's New York office as a managing director.
Gawker case creating headaches for litigation finance
Litigation finance firms have been quick to distance themselves from Hulk Hogan's extraordinary legal fight against Gawker Media. It emerged last week that Hogan has been receiving financial backing from PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel.
Philadelphia legal legend passes away aged 51
Former Blank Rome managing partner Carl Buchholz passed away at his home in Philadelphia this week.