Former Michigan State University head football coach Mel Tucker says in a new lawsuit that his firing following a sexual harassment investigation was driven by race discrimination and violated his equal protection and due process rights.
The last few years have been a great time to graduate law school, but a report last week shed doubt that the good times will roll on, calling the latest crop of newly hired JDs likely the final group to benefit from the “talent wars” amid major law firms.
A Los Angeles federal judge was sympathetic to the National Football League’s argument that a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the Sunday Ticket case was irrational, saying jurors failed to follow instructions.
Mega-firm Kirkland & Ellis doubled the size of its referral bonus, but the firm will also now withhold the year-end pay from partners who leave Kirkland in the middle of the year. Are these measures signs that the legal market has rebounded from its slump in late 2022? Our guests on today’s On The Merits podcast, Bloomberg Law reporters Roy Strom and Meghan Tribe, talk about why Kirkland is taking these moves, what all of this means for the legal industry, and whether Big Law firms are finally breaking their endless cycle of over-hiring and under-hiring.
Introducing the 2023 “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40.” These young leaders are raising the bar in the legal profession. Read more about how they approach service for their clients and communities in the third edition of our annual special report.
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