The Law, The Law! It's Chock Full Of Clowns. Dubious Lawsuits Up And Productivity's Down!
Legal Talk Network - Law News and Legal Topics
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Show Notes
A little Broadway for this week's title.
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Law firm productivity is down, but are we really worried about that? It's a traditional harbinger of layoffs, though something about this market feels a bit different. Meanwhile, a right-wing advocacy group has sued a pair of Biglaw firms for offering fellowship programs aimed at improving diversity -- offering a lesson in forum shopping along the way. Finally, former ASS Law professor Joshua Wright brought a defamation suit against former students for harming his professional reputation. He admits that, as a married professor, he was sleeping with multiple students simultaneously but seems to think that's NOT the part that ruins his reputation.
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