Google Turns to a Steady Old Hand to Fight Antitrust Charges - The tech giant is facing the greatest legal threat in its history, and hopes the stolid a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/google-antitrust-lawyer-kent-walker.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #netscapecommunicationscorp #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #justicedepartment #legalprofession #searchengines #alphabetinc #walkerkent #boiesdavid #googleinc

Thrilled to receive ‘Leading Works on the Legal Profession’ edited by Daniel Newman - it is an excellent collection full of fascinating essays. It is great to have this in our Analysing Leading Works in Law series published by Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Leading-Works-on-the-Legal-Profession/Newman/p/book/9781032182803

#newbook #leadingworks #law #legal #legalprofession #legalprofessionals #legalprofessional

Twitter Sues Law Firm Over $90 Million Payment in Elon Musk Deal - The lawsuit targeted Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a well-known Wall Street law fir... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/technology/twitter-sues-wachtell-lipton.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #wachtellliptonrosen&katz #computersandtheinternet #legalprofession #corporations #socialmedia #muskelon #twitter

Delighted to announce that Leading Works in International Law edited by Donna Lyon’s will be published by Routledge this November.

It’s one of 5 books coming out in the Analysing Leading Works in Law series this year! For details, see https://www.routledge.com/Analysing-Leading-Works-in-Law/book-series/LEADINGWORKS

If you would like to edit a book for the series then please contact me as series editor by email: SandbergR@cf.ac.uk

#internationallaw #law #leadingworks #criminallaw #legalprofession #legalethics #ethics #healthcare #medicalethics

A Man Sued Avianca Airline. His Lawyer Used ChatGPT. - A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html #internal-sub-only-except-search #suitsandlitigation(civil) #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #legalprofession #manhattan(nyc) #chatgpt #avianca

A.I. Is Coming for Lawyers, Again - Previous advances in A.I. inspired predictions that the law was the lucrative profession ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/technology/ai-is-coming-for-lawyers-again.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #legalprofession #laborandjobs #openailabs #chatgpt

Senior Twitter Lawyer Resigns, the Latest in a Series of Executive Departures - The lawyer had been closely involved in the company’s talks with the Federal Trade Commis... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/technology/twitter-lawyer-resigns-christian-dowell.html #appointmentsandexecutivechanges #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #legalprofession #socialmedia #muskelon #twitter

#leadingworks #law #legal #ethics #legalprofession #legalethics #criminallaw #healthcare #healthlaw

#Afghanistan: Male judges and prosecutors left behind in ‘forgotten crisis’. "The Taliban’s increasingly draconian policies in Afghanistan, the return to Sharia law and attacks on #women’s rights have rightly drawn the world’s attention. However, almost 18 months after the Taliban seized power, there are growing calls to ensure that Afghan #men, including those working in the #legalprofession, are also safe from harm. | International Bar Association https://www.ibanet.org/Afghanistan-Male-judges-and-prosecutors-left-behind

What a fantastic shortlist. Congratulations to the 150 #womeninlaw and men who made it.
https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/women-and-diversity-in-law-awards-unveil-150-strong-shortlist-1988522217

#law #legalprofession #lawawards

In an April 2021 blog post on the SLSA blog, a colleague and I noted that that year’s “‘Silks’ day (15 March 2021) saw the 500th woman barrister to be appointed Queen’s Counsel, 72 years after the first...”

http://slsablog.co.uk/blog/blog-posts/diversity-in-the-legal-profession-another-landmark-reached-but-still-a-long-way-to-go/

The 2023 round of KC appointments, announced in late December ahead of the ceremony in March, includes the second highest % of women (albeit down on 2022) & the 600th woman to be appointed KC/QC in England & Wales

#LegalProfession #Diversity

Topic #24 in the 1/6 report warranting a whole different commission (p. 689) "Those courts and bar disciplinary bodies responsible for overseeing the #LegalProfession... should continue to evaluate the conduct of attorneys described in this Report. Attorneys should not have the discretion to use their law licenses to undermine the constitutional and statutory process for peacefully transferring power."
#Law #Lawyers #LawFedi #democracy

I imagine I'll have more to say about this later but for now, here's the Jan. 6 committee report, which I'm sure we'll all enjoy reading over the holidays:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466462/jan6-committee-final.pdf
True, congressional criminal referrals to the #JusticeDepartment have no formal effect on prosecution decisions. But there is no member of the #LegalProfession that can sensibly ignore the reality that false legal advice is part of the basis of a #lawyer's inclusion on the list.
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw

Our #symposium introduction, "The Visible C of the Invisible College: #Classism and the International #LegalProfession", has been published by Opinio Juris. In this introductory part, we offer a glimpse of the contributions, and we address the challenges we faced during the preparation of this symposium.
#internationallaw #PIL @PIL
http://opiniojuris.org/2022/12/19/the-visible-c-of-the-invisible-college-classism-and-the-international-legal-profession-symposium-introduction/

As I wonder through the landscape of #perimenopause leading to #menopause I have noticed my anger and rage against stupidity has slowly depleted.

Having said the desire to

* rip the faces off the #ceo’s of the #fossilfuel industry,

* castrate the male dominated #legalprofession,

* publicly horse whip politicians who outsourced our services to the most vulnerable and their persecution through #robodebt

still sits inside me and comes out in a fury when I see what they are doing or have done.

Then I play a very violent #game on my #ps5 and calm down.

ICYMI, the US Justice Dept has asked the court in the Mar a Lago docs case to hold Trump #lawyers in contempt for failing to finally put in writing that all classified docs in Trump's possession have been returned to the govt. #LegalProfession remains subject to rules against lying. And that rule is here, once again, indispensable to protecting the #RuleofLaw. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/08/trump-contempt-mar-a-lago-records/

"On Friday, the University of Washington law school, ranked 49th, and the University of Pennsylvania’s, ranked sixth, became the latest to join the rebellion" against USNews law school rankings.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/12/03/law-schools-protest-us-news-rankings/

Pretty sure we're easily at a dozen schools so far by my off-the-top-of-my-head count.

#LegalProfession #LawProfs #LawFedi #LawSchools

On sanctioning Keri Lake's #lawyers for bringing a baseless election lawsuit, federal judge, John Tuchi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, wrote sanctions would “make clear that the Court will not condone litigants … furthering false narratives that baselessly undermine public trust at a time of increasing disinformation about, and distrust in, the democratic process.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/arizona-cochise-county-kari-lake-sanctions/
#Democracy #LawFedi #Elections #LegalProfession

@AgileAttorney Professional services don't scale when human beings perform those services. A firm's choice becomes the following: (1) hire more people as workload increases; (2) limit workload to maintain client satisfaction; (3) maintain the size of the workforce and allow workload to increase, understanding that service levels will drop; or (4) adopt technology to bridge the gap.

#lawfedi #legaltech #legalprofession

#SCOTUS peeps please jump in here, but I can't recall having seen anything like this kind of letter from the #SupremeCourt legal office defending a justice from #LegalEthics accusations. Was I just missing something? https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/letter-from-scotus-counsel/e3dd2fbf4eda3dd0/full.pdf #LegalProfession #Law #Courts