Navigation “Mandamus is the unicorn of remedies. It’s an exceptional remedy—it’s given in extraordinary circumstances,” one veteran Washington lawyer says. The D.C. Circuit’s en banc hearing in the Michael Flynn case confronts the Trump-era leadership of the Justice Department, the scope of power of federal trial judges. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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CEOs Wish Their General Counsels Were Better Business Partners
Only 55% of the more than 100 CEOs who participated in a recent BarkerGilmore survey said their chief lawyer acted as a strategic business partner and was considered a valued member of the company’s leadership team. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Overall Demand Down for Big Law, But Rate Growth Hits All-Time High. Why?
With more work going to partners, clients’ bills are on the rise. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Former Airbnb General Counsel Wants Everyone to Own Ethics
“I want to get to a world where everyone feels like they own ethics. Where you have an environment where people are comfortable openly talking about ethics in an office. You don’t have just one chief ethics officer, you have 5,000,” former Airbnb general counsel and chief ethics officer Rob Chesnut said. Click Here […]
Pennsylvania High Court Rejects Calls for Diploma Privilege
Pennsylvania is moving ahead with an online bar exam Oct. 5 and 6 despite a growing movement surrounding a temporary diploma privilege. Click Here To Read The Full Article