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20 Nov 2014, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Over the next few days, the California Bar announces the outcomes from the July 2014 exam. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Amid all the drama surrounding the fiscal cliff negotiations of the last few weeks, there was an important, sad, and in some respects troubling development in the U.S. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In my last column, I began analyzing a recent plan by Silicon Valley billionaire investor Tim Draper to break up California into three separate states stemming from his view that “California’s diverse population and economies [have] rendered the state nearly ungovernable. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Last year at the Supreme Court, there was some level of drama about who would win or lose what I (and many other analysts) thought were the major cases; most people expected Justice Kennedy to join (as he did) with the more liberal Justices to recognize a national right of marriage equality for same-sex couples, but folks were less confident about the results in the Obamacare tax subsidies case and the challenge to Arizona’s independent redistricting commission, to name just a few. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law SB 168, considered one of the strictest measures in the nation to prohibit state and local government entities from becoming so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions within the state. [read post]
  One district judge (William Shubb) issued an injunction against the law’s implementation, agreeing with the plaintiffs’ argument, and another district judge (Kimberly Mueller), in a separate but similar lawsuit, declined to block the law, finding that its enforcement was unlikely to violate anyone’s free speech rights. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 3:00 am
: Urooj Ahmad v Maya Appliances (IP Frontline)   Ireland Commercial Court makes first Community designs ruling: Karen Millen Ltd v Dunnes Stores (International Law Office)   Israel Boy from package of Israeli chocolate drink sues Elite for 5 million NIS (The IP Factor)   Kenya Court of Appeal declines to set aside High Court order restraining Delta Connections from using DELTA (Afro-IP)   South Africa South African Revenue Services loses two recent cases… [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
There have been countless lawsuits filed over the last nine months—by states, cities, individuals, public interest groups, and others—challenging Trump administration actions and policies. [read post]
19 May 2016, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Here they (or we, depending on point of view) go again—yet another complicated lawsuit seeking to mortally wound the Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare) is wending its way through the federal courts. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Shortly before Christmas, the California State Bar released detailed data on the July 2015 bar exam results, and the information confirms some national patterns but also contains a few surprises. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Earlier this summer, Illinois became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the United States Constitution originally proposed by Congress on March 22, 1972. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 2:39 am
The economy has lost 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007While layoffs have been slowing down, law firms have been implementing several new strategies to navigate through the summer season: salary cuts and deferred and canceled summer programs.These are the overall combined numbers of reported U.S. law firm attorney and staff layoffs:460 (July 2009)481 (June 2009)1,125 (May 2009)1,500 (April 2009)3,500 (March 2009)2,000 (February 2009)1,500 (January 2009)LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST -… [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 2:37 am
This is by no means all-inclusive; if your law firm should be included on the list, please let us know.COMPLETE LAYOFF LAW FIRM LIST FIRMS:Akin GumpAllen & OveryAlston & BirdAndrew KurthArent FoxBass BerryBaker & DanielsBaker & McKenzieBaker BottsBallard Spahr Andrews & IngersollBarlows Clyde & GilbertBell Boyd & LloydBilzin Sumberg Baena Price & AxelrodBingham McCutchenBlank RomeBose McKinney & EvansBradley Arant Boult… [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 2:51 am
The economy has lost over 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007.While layoffs slowed down in August, law firms have been implementing several new strategies to navigate through the summer season: salary cuts and deferred and canceled summer programs, and limited offers extended to summer associates (down 50%).These are the overall combined numbers of reported U.S. law firm attorney and staff layoffs:179 (August 2009)460 (July 2009)481 (June 2009)1,125 (May 2009)1,500 (April… [read post]