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Los Angeles Regional Water Board Adopts New CII Stormwater Permit
On July 23, 2026, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a new Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional (“CII”) Stormwater Permit that could create significant new compliance obligations for certain commercial, industrial, and...
The Anti-DEI Crowd Is Coming For The Biglaw Pipeline. Again.
Americans for Equal Opportunity — the anti-DEI outfit run by board president Clegg Ivey — has filed a new charge with the EEOC against Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, the nonprofit behind the legal industry’s largest diversity pipeline program,...
Washington Law Deans Say Diploma Privilege Is The Only Fair Fix After Bar Exam Fiasco
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. These Washington examinees need an immediate pathway to licensure that protects them from any additional costs and harms—financial, professional and emotional—that this failed exam has caused. Emergency...
Senior Partners Should Sometimes Take Advice From Junior Associates
One of the biggest misconceptions in the legal profession is that wisdom flows in only one direction. Some believe that associates learn from partners, and junior lawyers absorb the judgment and experience of those who have spent decades practicing law. That dynamic...
The Blickstein Group Law Firm COO Survey: The More Things Change, The More Some Things Stay The Same
The 2026 Blickstein Group law firm COO survey recently came out, and it has some startling, interesting, and downright disheartening results. The survey, in its fifth year, was of 213 chief operating officers (COOs) or those with similar roles at North American law...
5 things to know in veterans news: An ex-POW is honored, a GLP-1 study advances and a Grand Prix race in DC
IndyCar will race in D.C., the VA is looking for veterans to test a drug for alcohol addiction and a former Vietnam War POW and subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo was buried at Arlington Cemetery.
Syrian accused of being ISIS policeman arrested in German city near US base
A Syrian man accused of working for the Islamic State group was arrested by German police this week in in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, a Bavarian city where many U.S. service members and their families live.
Arrival of first US military schoolchildren gives Army site in Poland new growth indicator
Last year, the Pentagon approved 30 billets designated for soldiers with school-age dependents. The move marked the first formal pathway for select soldiers to complete accompanied tours in Poland.
Trump says Hamas will disarm though questions linger about deal
U.S. and Board of Peace officials said details of the deal would have to be refined over the next couple of weeks, with progress expected in the coming month or two.