David Lat

1 week ago | davidlat.substack.com | David Lat

Is it just me, or are crises popping up all over the place? Major corporations, top law firms, and leading universities—among many other institutions—seem to be lurching from one crisis to another. And they need help—often from lawyers and law firms. So it was an opportune time for me to welcome to the podcast one of the nation’s leading experts on crisis management: Debra Wong Yang, a longtime partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she chairs the crisis-management practice.

1 week ago | davidlat.substack.com | David Lat

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2 weeks ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | David Lat

It’s hard to believe, but the current Term of the U.S. Supreme Court—October Term 2024, in SCOTUS parlance—is almost over. We’re presumably done with oral arguments—last week’s arguments in the birthright-citizenship cases constituted a special session—and now we’re just waiting for opinions to come down (or not come down, as the case might be). Here’s something else I’ve been waiting for: the names of the law clerks for October Term 2025 that I’m still missing.

2 weeks ago | davidlat.substack.com | David Lat

It’s hard to believe, but the current Term of the U.S. Supreme Court—October Term 2024, in SCOTUS parlance—is almost over. We’re presumably done with oral arguments—last week’s arguments in the birthright-citizenship cases constituted a special session—and now we’re just waiting for opinions to come down (or not come down, as the case might be). Here’s something else I’ve been waiting for: the names of the law clerks for October Term 2025 that I’m still missing.

2 weeks ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | David Lat

Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at [email protected]. This is a reader-supported publication; you can subscribe by clicking here. A version of this article originally appeared on Bloomberg Law, part of Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc. (800-372-1033), and is reproduced here with permission.