CREDIT: Karen Sloan, REUTERS, Source: American Bar Association
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The gaps in bar pass rates between white and minority law graduates widened in 2022 for the second straight year, according to new ABA data. The first-time pass rate for white test takers last year was 83%, while 57% of Black examinees passed on their first attempt—a difference of 26 percentage points. That trend held true for Hispanic and Asian test takers as well. Critics have pointed to racial disparities as a reason to reform the bar exam. Read more about the growing gap.
More from the legal industry …
Starbucks hired an ex-Medtronic lawyer as its new legal chief. U.S. News & World Report released the top 14 schools on its latest law and medical school rankings, with Yale and Stanford tied at No. 1. Maine joins Oregon, Georgia and North Dakota in eyeing changes to how lawyers are admitted to practice. Meanwhile, new Labor Department figures show the legal services sector lost 600 jobs in March, for the first time in six months. Illumina and attorneys from Akin Gump and Latham & Watkins were sued by a former Cornell researcher over cancer-screening tech. And, a coalition of national law firms beat out another team with Ohio-based roots to lead the more than 30 consolidated lawsuits stemming from the Feb. 3 crash of a Norfolk Southern-operated train in East Palestine, Ohio.
MOVES:
- In Washington, D.C. …
A former lawyer for Amazon and Tesla joined employment law firm Fisher Phillips. Milbank hired a former FTC official and an attorney from the DOJ. Foley added intellectual property partner Andrew Holtman.
- In New York …
Shearman & Sterling elected Adam Hakki as a senior partner. Baker Botts hired a litigation partner. London-founded Clifford Chance hired another U.S. insurance partner, and longtime Akin Gump restructuring partner David Botter moved to Cleary.
- In Baltimore…
Duane Morris added a partner to its corporate practice group.
- In Florida…
Jackson Lewis hired an employee benefits attorney.
- In Michigan…
Barnes & Thornburg added a partner to its corporate practice.
- And finally…
Womble Bond Dickinson hired five lawyers from Moyles IP, expanding its patent prosecution and litigation practice.
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If you can’t beat ’em at your own game, change the rules. That seems to be Samsung Electronics America’s latest tactic as it combats demands for arbitration from more than 100,000 Galaxy users who allege their Samsung smartphones contain embedded facial recognition software that violates Illinois’ biometric data privacy law. Samsung has refused to pay hundreds of millions in arbitration fees, prompting motions to compel from Labaton Sucharow and Robbins Geller, which accuse Samsung of not abiding by the very contract it imposed on its consumers. In the midst of that litigation, the company has changed the contract. Alison Frankel details how Samsung is making it even harder for consumers to arbitrate their claims.
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