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 The horror of having a job offer, then not having it any more. That phenomenon has spread to Tesla, reports Insider . So, Tesla is joining Meta, Twitter, Redfin, and Coinbase in snatching back offers of a job.  The preoccupation among new JDs might be: Will that law-firm job offer be rescinded before the start date in September or October? There had been a post on Subreddit Big Law about summers being mandated to respond to emails within an hour. That raised this issue: Is the law firm ferreting out an excuse not to make so many job offers? This season there seems to be an overhiring of summers.  Journalistic strategies and tactics (including creative non-fiction) to tell your story for publications and brands. Complimentary consultation janegenova374@gmail.com . No selling.

 Like the US Congress, the narrative about the US Supreme Court has shifted to power.  And, Politico tells that story as Chief Justice John Roberts' losing power. Conservatives on the high court ignored his middle-of-the-ground legal stance on abortion. Not long before, this authority was bypassed as a draft of the abortion ruling had been leaked. He became Chief Justice in 2005. Now, he's essentially a lame duck.  Simultaneously, Clarence Thomas is sucking up all the oxygen in media. His opinions, rooted in an originalist interpretation of the US Constitution, have dominated headlines. For progressives, this is the justice to monitor. Likely, law firm Jones Day, which has a number of conservative clients, will concentrate on hiring Thomas' clerks. Annually Jones Day hires a large number of former SCOTUS clerks and is reported to pay them large sign-in bonuses. At Paul Weiss, the star of the conservative head of its SCOTUS practice Kannon Shanmugam will gain new watt...

  "The only thing that matters is that that man [Elvis] gets up on that stage tonight." - Colonel Parker, quoted in the Baz Luhrmann biopic "Elvis." The suffering we experience when taking in the new film "Elvis" is mostly our own. At least those of us who had allowed ourselves to become performance machines. Of course, employers, clients, and even nobodies on our networks exploited us.  There are plenty of Colonel Parkers around.  Then we became clinically depressed with a side dish of anxiety. Or we burned out. Or worse.  An example of the worse might be a high achiever like Sidley Austin partner Gabe MacConaill who had committed suicide. In this open letter to Law.com , his widow Joannna Litt blames Big Law. But, isn't it bigger than that? Isn't it about being caught up in a culture and in our own neediness that drive us to keep the performance machine going. Capitalism doesn't forgive if it sputters.  In all that we're not victim...

The first bit of the Obama Administration was the new president's signing into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 . Congress had bypassed SCOTUS' rejection of Lilly Ledbetter's contention of compensation gender discrimination at Goodyear Tire and Rubber. Such a bypassing strategy is an option for blowing up SCOTUS' ruling today which essentially guts "Roe v. Wade." The Biden Administration sees the possibility of that. But that's a long way from the political ability to make that happen.  As Insider reports: "Biden reiterated his call for Congress to act, though Democrats have failed to get legislation codifying a federal right to an abortion passed into law. The party holds slim majorities in both houses and would almost certainly fail to get around a Senate filibuster that effectively requires 10 Republican senators to support any such bill." The probability of Congress' taking action could dim after the midterms. However, t...

 "A deeply divided Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion , overruling the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and leaving the question of abortion’s legality to the states." - T he Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2022. The case was "Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization." Essentially, 6 to 3, SCOTUS decided to uphold the Mississipppi law forbidding abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That's two months earlier than what had been specified in "Roe v Wade."  The decisions on abortion now are primarily in the hands of the states.  The anxiety among progressives is that this is the beginning of rescinding other kinds of rights. At the top of the list are same-sex marriages.  Progressive law firms have been aggressive in pushing against this extreme conservatism in the overlay of law in America. But they will probably have to create new strategies in order to move the dial. So far they are losing their influence. Meanwhile, t...

 “'Unfortunately, we were given a stark choice: either withdraw from ongoing representations or withdraw from the firm [Kirkland & Ellis],' Mr. [Paul] Clement said."- The Wall Street Journal , June 24, 2022. As the world now knows in this high-profile dispute, Clement made the decision to continue representing second-amendment clients. He is launching his own boutique firm for that. Before the showdown with Kirkland & Ellis Clement had won the SCOTUS case for the right to carry in public a concealed handgun in New York State. This dispute showcases the power of a Big Law firm. Clement is no junior associate. He is a brandname and had been a US solicitor general. And, yes, he just nailed it before SCOTUS. But the law firm put the squeeze on him.  Simultaneously, the clash flags the vulnerability of Big Law in the court of public opinion, at least at the current time. No longer can a law firm simply default to the argument that every entity deserves the right to a...

  Here   is that article. I am not Jewish. But because of the deep New York accent and Eastern European facial features and body style I am often taken for Jewish. You bet, I have been verbally roughed up.  Meanwhile, I am proud to say that at one time I had been on retainer to law firm Paul Weiss. From its founding in 1875, the firm has pushed back against anti-semitism. Recently, the chairperson  Brad Karp  has  organized other leading law firms to denounce antisemitism. Connect with Editor-in-Chief Jane Genova  janegenova374@gmail.com . Complimentary consultations. No selling.