Weyland-Yutani Employee: (on phone with mom) The new job is going pretty good! Today we’re moving a spaceship full of giant quivering eggs

I have received a lot of very kind notes over the last day, but I have to say I did not formerly litigate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A true honour to be named Disability/Neurodiversity Champion by The Legal 500 ESG Awards, in recognition of my efforts over the last decade to drive employment & inclusion for disabled and neurodivergent people in law and beyond. Congratulations to all winners & shortlistees!

Trump’s latest law firm target? Wilmer Hale. Read the Executive Order here: whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

NEW: I obtained a copy of the email that Skadden executive partner Jeremy London sent to employees of the law firm earlier today. The email details the “agreement” Skadden reached with Trump to avoid being targeted by an executive order.

🤔: Robert Giuffra, co-chair and partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, “liked” this LinkedIn post criticizing Skadden for its deal with Trump. Per NYT, Trump brought Giuffra in to help broker the Paul Weiss deal—and Giuffra has reportedly agreed to rep Trump in his NY criminal appeal.

Earlier today, Elon Musk deleted a tweet in which he wrote that it is “improper for lawmakers to target a single person or company.” I wonder why!

they merge cells

Things I definitely would not have predicted include LinkedIn going from unfashionable CV-polisher central, to a hub of QAnon-like craziness on the operation of the UK legal system and equality law.

K-Pope

We've been asking clients how they rate their law firms for value for money, including criteria like transparency, resourcing and communication - so who are the top scorers? And what are they doing to keep clients happy? legalbusiness.co.uk/legal-500-data…

Hill Dickinson is an initially scheming but ultimately hapless character in a Coen brothers film, not a football stadium.

Everton’s new ground will be named after Hill Dickinson. For those that have never heard of them, they’re a small club in Liverpool.

Last call: Are you interested in the governance of emergent tech? Come & work with me Brent Mittelstadt @bmittelstadt.bsky.social Chris Russell We are hiring 3 Post Docs Law: tinyurl.com/4rbhcndp Ethics: tinyurl.com/yc2e2km4 CS/AI/ML: tinyurl.com/yr5bvnn5 Application deadline is June 15, 2025.

Steven Bartlett when he sees an ad on X (formerly Twitter)

Enjoyed my conversation with Alex Ryan for Legal Business, reflecting on the early days of Quinn Emanuel, why we chose to remain litigation-only, our decision to take on the world’s biggest banks post-2008, and how AI, litigation funding, and private investment are reshaping

Photographer Ben Rowe went to north London to capture the Beyhive on their way to one of the biggest concerts of the year timeout.com/london/news/in…

huge moment for Sarah

“I bet we’ll have flying cars in the future” The future:

Judas: still on for Friday? Jesus: Friday? Judas: yeah, the last supper Jesus: the what? Judas: supper. Normal supper with the fellas