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Deloitte to Pay $21.5 Million to Settle DOJ Anti-DEI False Claims Act Allegations
In the latest settlement in connection with the current Trump administration’s anti-DEI efforts, the audit and consulting firm Deloitte has agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle Department of Justice allegations that the firm violated the False Claims Act by...
Crews sworn in as member of NCUA board; designated Chairman
John Crews has been sworn in as a member of the NCUA board and has been designated by President Trump as its Chairman.Crews, who has worked for Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill, currently is the sole member of the three-member NCUA board. Crews replaces Kyle...
Meta Agrees to Pay Up to $17B and Enact Safety Reforms to Settle States’ Claims
In the wake of several recent verdicts against it, Meta agreed to settle a case brought by numerous states that accused it of designing social media to be addictive. Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion dollars and institute several safety reforms. NPR...
Jeanine Pirro Joins The Growing List Of Trump Prosecutors With A Grievance File
The Legal Accountability Center filed a bar complaint on Tuesday against Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, along with two of her lieutenants, Carlton Davis and Steven Vandervelden. The alleged ethical breach is one we have all watched...
LexisNexis And Thomson Reuters ILTA Announcements: Closing The Conference Room Door
I remember the days well. A large case would come in. We would all be summoned to the senior partner’s corner conference room. Associates, junior partners, and paralegals would all huddle around a table with the senior partner at the head. The senior partner would...
Cravath May Be Waiting Until Year-End Bonus Season To Make Its Biglaw Pay Move
Everyone assumed Biglaw was waiting for Labor Day to match Milbank’s raises. But what if we’re all watching the wrong deadline? It has now been just over 12 weeks — 85 days — since Milbank announced that it would raise associate salaries by $10,000...
$6 A Gallon Gas, A Huge Recession, Or AI Taking Your Job: Pick 2
Unless something changes dramatically in the last few days of the month, this will be the most expensive August ever when it comes to gasoline. The national average for a gallon of regular is $4.10 (and probably even a bit more by the time you’re reading this). While...
Is lockstep associate pay falling out of favor?
{mag_summary} More BigLaw firms are paying their associates different salaries depending on their performance and location, while others are offering customized bonuses, sign-on incentives and…
What makes this holiday card so special? Think Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O’Connor
{mag_summary} What do Christmas, Hanukkah, the Supremes and justice have in common? They are all on display in a holiday card from the mid-1990s and…