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5 Key Strategic Steps for Data Privacy Compliance Presented by SIMPLELEGAL AND ABOVE THE LAW Download this eBook, to learn how you can keep this risk manageable by mastering the basics of data privacy compliance and learning five key strategic actions to take. View eBook Now →   See Also Keeping Count — See Also By JOE PATRICE Headcount: See, the number of women partners at a firm is a meaningful metric. Pure headcount is… not. It's A Kind Of Scale: Steptoe matches Cravath… sort of. "THE" Problem With IP Law: Ohio State now owns the word "THE" because why not? It's Never RICO: Trump adds Rosenstein to his RICO claim because he's never tired of losing. The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo: Law enforcement unilaterally delegating prosecutorial discretion to themselves. Which isn't how this works. Read more »   Biglaw Recent Law School Grads Aren't That Interested In Staying At The Biglaw Firms That Hired Them By KATHRYN RUBINO Even junior associates get in on the lateral action. Read more »   Small Law Firms Parties Settle Cases More Often When They're Tired Or Have Someplace To Be By JORDAN ROTHMAN Sometimes, just like a dental appointment or going to the DMV, mediation can go on and on and on, hour after hour after hour. Read more »   Government The Price Of Freedom: A Law Meant To Curb Slave Labor And Its Costs By CHRIS WILLIAMS Knowing your new phone doesn't have the residue of slavery in it? Priceless. Read more »   Biglaw Biglaw Partner Explains Why His Firm Doesn't Have A Unified Associate Pay Structure By STACI ZARETSKY It's different pay for different markets at this Biglaw firm — and it's not on the Cravath scale, either. Read more »   Biglaw, Sponsored Content Trending: Cryptocurrency In Employee Compensation And Benefits [Sponsored] By STEPHANIE WILKINS PLI has put together a program to address the issues raised by integrating crypto into compensation and 401(k) plans. Read more »   Podcasts The Supreme Court Has A Little Chatterbox By JOE PATRICE Starting to notice a pattern? Read more »   Biglaw, Sponsored Content Groundbreaking structured finance. A top AmLaw Firm. Innovative and cutting-edge concepts. [Sponsored] By KINNEY RECRUITING Can you tell that we're excited? Read more »   Government Cafeteria… I Mean, Constitutional Sheriffs Promise To Pick And Choose When Laws Matter By CHRIS WILLIAMS 'The problem? Rather than provide a rigorous understanding of our founding document itself, officers are trained on how it may be applied in caselaw.' – Some dude about to make a bunch of § 1986 violations. Read more »   Government Trump Amends Clinton RICO LOLsuit, Makes It 85 Pages Dumber By LIZ DYE But no closer to falling within the statute of limitations. Read more »   Biglaw Biglaw Firm Slashes Salaries Of Associates Who Aren't Busy Enough By KATHRYN RUBINO Some folks are getting raises. Some are getting their salaries cut… Read more »   Biglaw The Biggest Biglaw Firms With The Most Women Lawyers (2022) By STACI ZARETSKY An important ranking to show which firms are helping women achieve successful careers in the law. Read more »   Intellectual Property Ohio State Now Legally Owns 'THE' In Case You Wanted To Use *The* Most Common Word In The English Language By JOE PATRICE This is why we can't have nice definite articles of speech. Read more »   Biglaw New Biglaw Perk Hotness? Dogs By KATHRYN RUBINO Welcome to the office Fido! Read more »   Biglaw The Top 100 A To Z Law Firms In America! By JOE PATRICE A new ranking of the legal industry that demands to be shared far and wide. Read more »   Government The Evidence Of Trump's Criminal Intent Is Unequivocal, Undeniable, And Overwhelming By JONATHAN WOLF It will be hard to convict Trump of a crime, but not because of issues with proving his intent. It will be hard to convict Trump because he is a former president who still has political support from a substantial minority of Americans. Read more »   In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content 3 Common Pitfalls When Implementing Contract Intelligence [Sponsored] By CONGA AND ABOVE THE LAW Changes to your current contract management process have their fair share of risk factors. Here's how to head them off. Read more »   Tax Law Is It A Good Idea To Suspend Gas Taxes? By STEVEN CHUNG The savings to individuals will be minimal at best while costing the government greatly. Read more »   Government John Eastman Burned Down His Life For Trump, Gets Bounced Out Of MAGAville For His Troubles By LIZ DYE Pay your money, take your chances. Read more »   Government South Dakota Attorney General Convicted In Impeachment Trial By JOE PATRICE Finally. Read more »   Morning Docket Morning Docket: 06.22.22 By CHRIS WILLIAMS * Preventing collusion with enslavement in China has Americans worried things won't be as cheap. Very strong "Ethical accountability is cool and all, but I need to eat chocolate!" vibes. [NYT] * Texas's Robb Elementary school is slated to be demolished. [Reuters] * SCOTUS thinks having a gun during a theft isn't inherently violent. Little weird but okay. [CNN] * Still figuring out where the Carson v. Makin ruling came from? The signs were there all along. [CNN] * Rule of discretion: Sheriffs are running on the platform of NOT enforcing the laws they'd be sworn to protect. Like a bunch of them. [Colorado Sun] Read more »

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