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Tied for Last: New Jersey's Bar Passage Rate at the Bottom of the Heap
“I would not be surprised if what we see is maybe not a return quite back to the early 2010s sort of scores, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see an upward shift, now that law school has become a bit more popular again, a bit more selective,” said Brian Sheppard of Seton Hall University […]
Top Partner Pay at Simpson Thacher to Breach $20M
The New York firm joins several elite peers in stretching the spread in equity partner compensation, as competition for top earners intensifies.
Which Big Law Lawyers Are Donating to Trump and Biden?
While Am Law 200 attorney donors to Trump appeared less common, partners from McGuireWoods, Akin, Latham, Akerman and DLA Piper were among those contributing to his campaign and fundraising arms.
The FTC is Busy, But Adds AI Impersonation to the List
The FTC’s rule prohibiting government and business impersonations went into effect last month.
California Bar Postpones Vote on Cutting Ties with NCBE
Up for vote was to enter into an agreement of a maximum of $1.475 million annually for five years with Kaplan North America LLC to develop and administer its own bar exam in place of the MBE or the incoming NextGen exam.
In-House Counsel Saw Pay Rise Over Past Year, Despite Drop in Job-Hopping
Legal department attorneys received modest pay increases over the past year after median pay dropped 3% between 2022 and 2023, according to search firm BarkerGilmore’s 2024 In-House Counsel Compensation Report.
Flint Judge Threatens Sanctions, Gag Order Over Defendant's Media Campaign
U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, in a Monday order, found that engineering firm Veolia North America’s media campaign, which included misleading phone calls and a truck circling the courthouse amid a looming trial, threatened the “fair administration of justice.”
The LLM/Copyright Tug-of-War: Fairness Certifications vs. Investor Pressure to Scrape
A Stability AI executive left the company to launch Fairly Trained, a nonprofit that aims to certify AI models that are trained without infringing on copyright. But investor push to “scrape now, and think later” often gets in the way.
Lawyer's Use of Artificial Intelligence Leads to Disciplinary Action
Local ethics experts weigh in on the attorney’s response in this emerging area of disciplinary law.