Aspiring lawyers have consistently rated their law school experience well in the past 20 years, with about 80% rating it as “good” or “excellent” on the annual Law School Survey of Student Engagement. Satisfaction rates among students of color were lower than among whites.
Federal courts will decide on recommendations from the US Copyright Office’s report on AI training and fair use, likely aiding Congress more than judges.
DOJ pushes Google to sell Chrome, share data, and consider divesting Android to address its search monopoly, drawing criticism from Google as extreme and overreaching.
This year’s edition of the annual ABA Profile of the Legal Profession dubs 2016 - 2026 the “Decade of the Female Lawyer”. Women now make up 41% of U.S. attorneys, up from 36% in 2014.
Intellectual property management solutions company Anaqua announced that it plans to be acquired by Nordic Capital, a private equity investor, which will allow it to elevate its technology offerings and widen its clientele.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is grappling with a surge in impersonation scams targeting trademark attorneys and applicants. The office knows of about 30 attorneys whose credentials have been hijacked and used to make submissions through attorneys’ accounts.
Milbank announced year-end bonuses for its associates, and industry insiders said it's likely that other firms will issue associate bonuses but it was unclear whether any year-end bonuses would include summer bonuses, which had earlier been skipped over.
Bar passage rates increased nationwide for the July 2024 examination, with the national mean scaled score for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) rising to 141.8, an increase of 1.3 points over the previous year’s July exam.
