Jeremy Singer-Vine, Data is Plural – “Fracking fluids. Since launching in 2011, FracFocus has become the largest registry of hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosures in the US. The database, available to explore online and download in bulk, contains 210,000+ such disclosures from fracking operators; it details the location, timing, and water volume of each fracking job, … Read more
Alan Barinholtz (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Don’t take yourself too seriously, and if there is something you love, do it. [It’s important to make a living, but] there are other things beyond the law. Find that thing that makes you feel good and … Read more
Ohio-based Ashland University filed a complaint in federal court last week seeking to have the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education enjoined from imposing a $6 million penalty against the university for the government’s alleged incorrect calculation of Pell Grant funds for its Second Chance Pell students. The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. Happy Friday! IJ is going back to the big show! Read all about it. Or listen to a past episode of the Short Circuit podcast about the case. And speaking of the Supreme Court: … Read more
As we began 2023, the 2019 promise of a new Employment Act was a dim and distant forgotten pledge, instead we have had a flurry (a snow storm may be a better description) of Private Members Bills on specific aspects of employment and equalities law adopted by the Government. Many have now become law though … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that James Aquilina and Hans Riede have been appointed co-managing partners of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Aquilina is the Washington office chair of the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group and Riede is Washington office chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group. They assume the … Read more
“With over 23,000 images entered into the competition this year, Bird Photographer of the Year is pleased to present our winners. Celebrating bird life from around the world, these images comprise some of the most incredible bird photos in the world taken by talented photographers, whilst also raising vital funds for our partner charity Birds … Read more
WHAT WE’RE READING By SCOTUSblog on Sep 29, 2023 at 9:39 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , The morning read for Friday, September 29, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 29, 2023, 9:39 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/09/the-morning-read-for-friday-september-29/
When it comes to the tech industry, the 2020s have been a decade of emerging rules. But will the same hold true as the use of artificial intelligence quickly grows? Join us and our friends at Ontra for this CLE-eligible webinar on Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. ET, where our expert panel will explore the … Read more
As recent years’ economic cycles highlight the financial disparities between different practice areas, and partner pay surpasses $20 million at some firms, firm leaders have a reinvigorated interest in comparing their partner compensation system with their peers. Though few firms in the Am Law 100 still use a pure lockstep system, wherein tenure is paramount in … Read more