Texas’ largest firms are bringing in about the same number of summer associates as they did last year, but a larger proportion of those summer associates are 1Ls.

Mauricio Celis’ appellate attorney, David Botsford, says he is disappointed in the CCA’s opinion. He says it contains a number of factual errors, “including the fact the constitutionality of the statute was not attacked.”

There is an enormous temptation to suspend the Constitution in a crisis, writes Erwin Chemerinsky. But the Constitution is not a luxury to be indulged until the ends justify other means.

A business is not a charity. But if someone wants to leave early, let him, and pay him for the day, even if he does not work the full day. He always will remember.

“This is a case in which the Defendants engaged in willful and wanton misconduct and caused the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States,” the state alleges in the complaint.