The board of trustees in August approved reducing the number of facilities for the February bar exam, with a cost savings of $645,000. On Thursday, the board voted for the July 2024 bar exam to be administered in person at six approved sites, which is one fewer than the July 2023 bar exam.        

DEI consultant Richard Orbe-Austin said “diversity, equity and inclusion” has started to “wither and lose favor across many industries”—a decline he blames on executives’ failure to fully commit to the cause, not the phrase itself.        

Thomas Reid, recalling plaintiff Kaloma Cardwell’s first set of reviews, said “there were matters being commented on that if not fixed immediately, could be fatal to his career.”        

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal—which gives new impetus to a delayed measure—drew praise on Thursday from Judge Mary M. Farley, president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.        

Recent SCOTUS decisions will undoubtedly affect admissions, but it will be difficult to prove any definitive connections.        

“This merger is bad for Washington shoppers and workers,” Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said. “Free enterprise is built on companies competing, and that competition benefits consumers. Shoppers will have fewer choices and less competition, and, without a competitive marketplace, they will pay higher prices at the grocery store. That’s not right, and this lawsuit […]

“The committee agrees that the lawyer must disclose the client’s death before any further substantive communication with opposing counsel and must disclose to the court no later than the first communication or appearance after learning of the client’s death,” the order said.        

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided a “treasure trove of data” last week when it released the documents behind its decision to recommend that marijuana be rescheduled under the Controlled Substances Act.        

“One troubling fact was that it was never explained internally, even to partners, why our global C-suite all the sudden departed in a short period of time,” Stephen Aschettino said of his former firm. “The reasons for that have never been articulated.”        

An appeals court found a law firm’s arguments that an employee “created a disgusting and unprofessional view of the law firm” moot after missing rehearing.