Chris Williams
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Judge Tactics, Alleged Dean Touches, And Jail Time Voided
With Faculty Like This, Who Needs Enemies? You’d think a law school dean would know better than to allegedly do that with a minor. Who Needs Prestige When You Could Have Livable Learning Conditions? Check to see if your law school is on the party pooper list. → Read More
The Data Shows That Federal Judges Are Going Out Of Their Way To Not Pull An RBG
Doesn't look like Clarence will be stepping down this term, huh? → Read More
Questioning Taney, The Constitution, And Why We Represent That Guy
Now, Say It Like You Mean It: A judge compels a defendant to publicly apologize. Why is that constitutional? Philly Politicians Refuse To Begin Process To Rename A Street Glorifying Justice Taney For… Reasons? Somebody should send Gritty to handle business. The Firm Is Like A Family, And It Is Getting Bigger! Mergers are merging it up. → Read More
Hey Judge, I Thought That State-Compelled Speech Was A No No?
‘What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying.’ - Gilles Deleuze, Negotiations → Read More
Boston, We Have A Problem: The Data On Mental Health And Practicing Is In
Is it worth making a killing if it kills you? → Read More
Making Money, Working From Home, And A Lazy Name For A Business
Former Pillsbury Attorney Making Bread Isn't The Controversy They Think It Is: Yes, this Supreme Court spouse is getting money. No, there isn't any known association with insurrectionists. One Of The Perks Of Working From Home? Less Chatty Kathys: Here's an in-depth look at the consequences of in-person kibitzing. Copycats Don't Always Land On Their Feet: Somebody learned that copy and pasting… → Read More
Suspended Appellate Judge Must Not Have Gotten The 'No Appearance Of Impropriety' Memo
Damn Coomer. → Read More
It Isn't Cancel Culture, It's Dollar Signs
These Ethics Are Strictly Business: Joe tears through right-wing “Cancel Culture took muh job!” arguments by tracing the paper trail. We Spent Money On Décor, Now Look At It!: Biglaw firms lament that their employees would rather send in work from the comfort of their homes than the corner office. → Read More
Are NFTs Actually... Interesting? This Suit Could Be Precedent Setting
You know what they say, a Bored Ape a day keeps the attorneys at play! Just kidding. No one actually says that. → Read More
Sexual Discrimination Is Added To The List Of No-Nos Following Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
People should have started being suspicious once folks got fired in order of bust size. → Read More
Court Rules Johnson & Johnson Can't Throw Out Civil Liability Because Of ’Good Intentions’
The next phase of the litigation will be them repeatedly saying, ’Cancer? How could we have given you cancer? Do you see how cute our mascot is?!’ → Read More
A Rose By Any Other Name Would Be Just As Petty
Judge R. David Proctor’s Reprimanding Would Have Made The Bard Proud: You know things are bad when someone insults you in Shakespeare. This Is Why You Get Insurance, People! Law firm nonplussed after $62M loss thanks to insurance. → Read More
No Coming Together Right Now: Musical Class Action Shot Down
I wanna rock! And get paid for it! → Read More
Sexual Discrimination Is Added To The List Of No-Nos Following Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
People should have started being suspicious once folks got fired in order of bust size. → Read More
I Am Lawyer, Overheard Words, And US News Beef
Drinks McGee Isn't Too Happy About US News: See what the Patron Justice of Beer has to say. Even The Non-Human Can See The Inhumanity Of Biglaw Hours: Not only is ChatGPT a better law student than you were, but a better poet to boot! E Tu, AI: A timely reminder that our compulsion to gatekeep doesn't really factor in how much legal minutia already depends on our robotic overlords. A Room Of… → Read More
Judge Whose Medicine Allegedly Had A Side Effect Of Racism Found Not To Have Violated Ethical Conduct
I think the only judge on record to have said that word with more conviction than her is Justice Taney. → Read More
Chatbots, Bonuses, And Restorative Justice
Guess Who’s Coming To Lecture: These accusations paint a visiting professor as bad company. I Know Things Are Adversarial, But Come On Now: AG wants Madison Garden to stop being big meanies to opposing counsel. It Is Official! ChatGPT Will Not Cali The Exam! It did beat the curve a couple times though... Harvard Implements Some Lex Et Iustitia: Read about their $500k investment in history. Guess… → Read More
Harvard Helps Preserve Slave Quarters As Part Of Reckoning With Its Law School's History
Maybe next they can find the descendants of the enslaved and pay them directly! → Read More
I Bet Husch Blackwell Wishes Their Story Was As Feel Good As Bryan Cave's
However Good You Think You're Doing Probably Isn't Good Enough: Got a 90-day performance target? Might wanna update your LinkedIn. With Caveats Like This, Who Needs Vacation Time? Bryan Cave's time-off program lets you bill leisure hours to the firm. $62M Is A Phenomenal Amount Of Money To Bring To The Firm! It is also a phenomenal amount to lose. Keeping The Hate In Free Speech: Yale not only… → Read More
This U.S. Senator Wants To Keep America Free By Banning TikTok From Your Phone
But where else can I find cool dancing content and youth targeting radicalization? PragerU? → Read More