law-firm-summer-bonuses-have-started…-will-they-continue?

Law Firm Summer Bonuses Have Started… Will They Continue?

* Law firms are leading the charge in office leasing, but the usage of all that new space is evolving in a post-pandemic world. [Globest]

* Steve Bannon’s Supreme Court bid may be stupid, but that’s not stopping Mike Johnson from hopping on board. [The Hill]

* Bankruptcy judge faces a mess of trouble after wild ethical lapse, but at least he’s not hurting for representation. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Sorry Charlie: StarKist settles price-fixing claims for a billion. [Law360]

* MDLs make up more than half the federal caseload. The rest are constitutional challenges in the Amarillo courthouse. [Law.com]

* The bimodal distribution of lawyer salaries remains very much a thing. [Reuters]

* Law schools are going all in on AI. [ABA Journal]

* And a reminder that AI has issues, but lawyers do their share of hallucinating too. [Artificial Lawyer]

* Texas abortion restrictions imposed after Dobbs have caused a spike in infant mortality. Who could’ve predicted this except everyone? [Washington Post]