InHouseBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

Corporate counsel compensation is soaring according to BarkerGilmore’s 2022 In-House Counsel Compensation Report. This is good news for in-house counsel and those seeking in-house counsel jobs, as it means that in-house law departments are boosting pay at the same time as law firms. Can in-house law departments keep up with Biglaw? Unlikely, but for many the benefits of being an in-house lawyer outweigh the loss in compensation.

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JURIST

JUNE 10, 2022

Malaysian L aw Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar Friday announced the state’s abolition of the mandatory death penalty and replacement with “substitute punishments” at the courts’ discretion. . The Attorney General’s Chambers, Legal Affairs Division, Prime Minister’s Department and Ministries in collaboration will conduct research and study on the proposed substitute punishment to make certain that the amendments to the relevant acts take into account the pri

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

How can law firms improve attorney wellness? By valuing associates as more than profit centers. The post Lawyers’ Mental Health Suffers When They’re Viewed Only As Billing Machines By Their Firms appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 10, 2022

Vietnamese authorities have arrested senior officials for bribery, including Chu Ngoc Anh, former Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Thanh Long, Minister of Health, and Pham Cong Tac, former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. The case against the officials stems from the inflation of COVID-19 test kit prices by the Viet-A Technology Corporation.

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

A lot of side hustles in the Supreme Court's gig economy. The post Supreme Court Financial Disclosures Reveal You Too Can Vacation In A Justice’s House! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 10, 2022

“Oklahoma’s Abortion Law Raises Questions About N.C.A.A.’s Softball World Series; The N.C.A.A. has restricted previous events in response to state lawmakers; It faces that test again in Oklahoma, where softball championships are a mainstay and a restrictive abortion ban recently became law”: Billy Witz of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 10, 2022

US citizen Allison Fluke-Ekren has pleaded guilty to organizing and leading an all-female troop in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). According to prosecutors, Fluke-Ekren trained more than 100 women for the battalion known as the Khatiba Nusaybah. She served as their leader and trained them for the “use of automatic firing AK-47 assault rifles, grenades, and suicide belts on behalf of the terrorist organization.” In 2016 Fluke-Ekren established a woman&

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JUNE 10, 2022

“In New SCOTUS Ruling, Words Were Not Enough; Wednesday’s controversial Supreme Court decision included two photographs, a rare attachment to the court’s written words”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

The Legal Accountability Project aims to ensure that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. The post How To Protect Law Clerks From Harassment appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 10, 2022

“‘Extraordinarily Self-Centered’: As a Roe Reversal Looms, RBG Admirers Wrestle with Her Legacy; Among some women’s rights supporters, Ginsburg’s longtime peers and admirers, a season of frustration features an unlikely target: the justice herself.” Columnist Michael Schaffer has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

Gambling at Rick's? Shocked, shocked! The post Turns Out Peter Navarro May Be Ever So Slightly Full Of Sh*t appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 10, 2022

“Pole-Camera Evidence Can Be Used Against Alleged Gun Runners”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 10, 2022

The U.S. Justice Department is opening a federal civil rights “pattern-or-practice” probe into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, reports the Associated Press. At least a dozen cases over the past decade, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, indicate that state police troopers or their bosses ignored or concealed evidence of beatings, deflected blame and impeded effort

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JUNE 10, 2022

“‘Ruth Sent Us’ group hinted at targeting Supreme Court Justice Barrett’s children, church; Group gave details on Barrett’s routine, her children’s school and family’s spiritual life”: Timothy H.J. Nerozzi of Fox News has this report.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 10, 2022

This week, San Franciscans voted to remove Chesa Boudin as District Attorney halfway through his term. Many have characterized this loss as a body blow to the national movement of elected progressive prosecutors committed to reforming the criminal legal system. Putting aside the legitimacy of systematic recall elections funded by deep pockets and characterized by low voter turnout, does Boudin’s loss offer any insight into the prospects for criminal legal reform in the United States?

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JUNE 10, 2022

“New 911 tapes show how man accused in Kavanaugh murder plot abandoned plan; Authorities say Nicholas Roske was set to sneak into justice’s home with pad-soled boots for quiet walking”: Dan Morse has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

Do partners at your Biglaw firm respect associates' vacations and time off? The post Top 50 Biglaw Firm Tells Partners Not To Interrupt Associate Vacations With Work Demands appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 10, 2022

“U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear Bayer’s weedkiller case”: Lawrence Hurley and Ludwig Burger of Reuters have this report.

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

The summer associate experience might be the best time someone has in the legal industry. The post Summer Associate Events Law Firms Should Host appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 10, 2022

“Some Questions for the Alito Five”: Law professors Albert W. Alschuler and Laurence H. Tribe have this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

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Rocket Matter

JUNE 10, 2022

The average adult spends ten minutes a day looking for something they lost. So it makes sense for any business, especially one with lots of paperwork like a law firm, to organize their documents in the clearest, most accessible way possible. Paper documents are easy to misplace if someone forgets to file them in the… Read More » 6 Reasons Your Law Firm Should Go Paperless.

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JUNE 10, 2022

“This is the exact wrong time for the Supreme Court to loosen gun laws”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

Share Close followers of the Supreme Court have puzzled in recent days over what commentators have described as the slow pace of issuing decisions as the justices head into the final weeks of the term. It is true that the justices came into June with 33 decisions still to be issued, or 55.9% of the 59 cases the court heard for argument. This high percentage of outstanding decisions might give some court watchers pause about whether the justices will be able to finish their work by the end of Jun

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JUNE 10, 2022

“Ginni Thomas pressed 29 Ariz. lawmakers to help overturn Trump’s defeat, emails show”: Emma Brown of The Washington Post has this report.

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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

Lawyer mental health and wellness is integral to your success. The post Take Care Of Yourself When Running Your Law Firm appeared first on Above the Law.

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