Trump adds another firm, WilmerHale, to his Big Law vendetta
Trump escalated his targeting of Big Law firms with new executive order Thursday revoking security clearance and contracts for WilmerHale.
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Pressure ratchets up from Trump administration, Musk, and allies ahead of planned Tesla Takedown mass protests
An organizer of the Tesla Takedown protest said she faced doxxing and online threats.
Google says a scam network made thousands of fake businesses on Google Maps to collect and sell user data
Google said in a new complaint that a network of scammers created fake businesses on Google Maps to collect and then sell users' personal data.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says his mother-in-law wouldn't complain if her Social Security check didn't arrive this month
You might be a fraudster if you complain about a missed Social Security check, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told the All-In podcast.
Trump says he's rescinding executive order targeting Paul Weiss after law firm agrees to drop DEI hiring practices
Trump said he'd rescind an executive order targeting Paul Weiss. The firm agreed to drop DEI hiring practices and offer $40 million in pro bono services.
The founder of Harvey says a massive shift is coming to the legal profession. 'The junior folks are incredibly happy about this.'
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg recently chatted with one of the startup's investors, Sarah Guo, on her podcast "No Priors" about the future of law.
KPMG becomes first Big Four firm to break into the US legal market
KPMG has been granted a license to practice law in the US by the Arizona Supreme Court in a first for a Big Four firm.
Judge says mass firings of probationary employees by the Trump administration were invalid
A judge ruled the OPM must retract memos calling for mass layoffs of probationary employees.
A judge is ordering DOGE office-affiliated employees to testify under oath
US District Judge John Bates highlighted the DOGE office's "unclear" structure and authority as keys to the legal decision.
I grew my salary from $40,000 to $225,000 in 6 years by job-hopping. This was my strategy.
Janelle Romero took her first job out of law school at age 24 earning $40,000. Six years and a few jobs later, she earns $225,000 in just base salary.
The advantages of being 'legally single' before divorce, like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Some couples can become legally single before finalizing a divorce. Celebs like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Kim Kardashian popularized the term.
The Senate is targeting life-insurance policies that allow the rich to pass down everything from stocks to yachts to their kids tax-free. Here's how it works.
It's perfectly legal to use life insurance to save millions on taxes – for now.
'Stealth firing' may save a company costs short term, but it can backfire in the long run
"Stealth firing" can reduce company costs at first but risk negative long-term consequences, such as low morale and productivity, and a lack of trust.
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EvenUp's valuation soared past $1 billion on the potential of its AI. The startup has relied on humans to do much of the work, former employees say.
Former staffers told BI they witnessed numerous problems with EvenUp's AI, including missed injuries and hallucinated medical conditions.
A woman's quirky out-of-office emails have ignited a debate about how much personality to bring to work
Thara Moise was criticized by her boss for her unusual out-of-office emails. She believes her creativity was being stifled.
A Florida man pretending to be Elon Musk scammed an elderly woman out of over $250,000
Police in Florida arrested a man on grand theft charges for a fake Elon Musk Facebook scam that duped an elderly woman out of $250,000.
Google's antitrust loss could cost Apple billions of dollars
Google pays Apple at least $20 billion a year to make its search engine the default on iPhones. That could soon change, Peter Kafka writes.
Meet the new AI grandmother that can scam the scammers on your behalf
"Scambaiting" is when the target of a scam knowingly plays along to waste the scammer's time. Now there's a chatbot that can do it for you.
A man who paid $200.57 for a night at a famous NYC hotel and then lived there rent-free for years is unfit to stand trial, court says
Mickey Barreto lived rent-free in the iconic New Yorker hotel for years before his arrest. Doctors now say he is unfit to stand trial.
I landed a job with a 'magic circle' law firm but still went all out to get an internship at a US bank. It was the best use of my last summer in college — here's why.
Adrian Teh, 24, turned down a job offer from a top UK law firm. He accepted a return offer from a US bank he interned at this summer.