Welcome to your daily legal news rundown. Here’s what’s making headlines in legal circles today:
- Elon Musk recently called for a boycott of the law firm Latham & Watkins due to their association with the Coalition on Homelessness that backed city restrictions against street lodging. In his tweet, Musk expressed concern over San Francisco’s potential decline, comparing its future to that of Detroit if such practices were to continue.
- In other news, Philip Inglima, chairperson at Crowell & Moring, took a two-week uninterrupted vacation. While encouraging others in his firm to do the same, his push for work-life balance was not received positively by all. You can find more on this story here.
- Having worked at the margins for years, Michael Farris has now reached the apex of the conservative legal establishment. The importance of the evangelical lawyer’s ideas has grown, moving from the margins to the centre of passionate debates over public education in the U.S. Further insights can be found at the Washington Post.
- On the personnel front, Ron Hauben joined McDermott Will & Emery as a partner and co-head of the accounting defense practice. He had previously served as vice chair and general counsel at Ernst & Young. More details can be found here.
- In another major personnel shift, Peter Mason, formerly of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, is now serving as a partner in the global debt finance practice of White & Case in London. More information can be found here.
This rounds up today’s key points. Stay tuned for more legal news and insights tomorrow.