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Supreme Court Takes Next Step Toward Resolving National Bank Act Preemption Split, Inviting Solicitor General’s Views in Cantero, Conti and Kivett
The Supreme Court yesterday took an important step toward resolving the growing uncertainty over the scope of National Bank Act preemption. In an order issued October 5, the Court invited the Solicitor General to file briefs expressing the views of the United States...
Dad who fatally stabbed mom as their young kids fled, screaming for him to 'Stop doing that!' learns his fate
Inset, left to right: Victor Farias Jr. (Kern County District Attorney's Office) and Yolanda Rojo (GoFundMe). Background: Authorities responding to the apartment complex where Farias killed Rojo (KGET). A 34-year-old California man could spend the rest of his life in...
Newly Constituted Trump NLRB Issues First Decision Overturning Biden Precedent: What It Means for Employers
In a predictable shift toward employer-friendly standards, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) has reinstated a standard that gives employers greater latitude in determining whether an employee’s abusive conduct during union or other...
AI at Work: California’s New Workplace Technology Rules for Public Agency Employers
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) and other emerging technologies are rapidly changing the workplace—and California lawmakers have responded. In 2026, Governor Newsom signed several significant bills regulating AI-assisted employment decisions and...
What’s Next For Legal Operations?
To mark UpLevel Ops’ 10th anniversary, Stephanie Corey sat down with her longtime friend Reese Arrowsmith, EVP for legal operations at Fox Corp., to trace the profession from its earliest days to where it’s headed next. The conversation turned...
James Ho Uses Opinion To Whine About People Accusing Judges Of Auditioning For Promotions
Last week, the Fifth Circuit resolved a random trade secrets squabble between two logistics companies over three-and-a-smidgeon relatively uneventful pages. The only wrinkle in the case was the magistrate judge’s ex parte meeting with one side, which earned a...
Biglaw Created A Recruiting Problem, And Law Students Get To Suffer For It
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The only reason there’s a feeling that you must move early or you’re going to miss out is that all the firms are artificially constraining their pipeline to a handful of schools. It’s that FOMO...
Department Of Justice Ordered To Call Artificial Intelligence ‘SI’ To Satisfy Donald Trump Fever Dreams
NBC News reports that the Trump administration has ordered the Justice Department to officially transition to referring to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the new branding Trump imposed upon the technology in an executive order that...
2 judges who couldn’t get along both removed from bench
{mag_summary}Two Maryland judges who allegedly disrespected each other in court, including shouting matches reportedly heard by staff, have both been removed from the bench. The…