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A summer associate position (or internship, or clerkship) is more than just a summer job — it’s a two- to three-month long interview. And that’s not just because some lucky 2Ls may come out of their summer associate positions with a job offer. Even law students who aren’t expecting an offer at the end of […]Read More

Justice Ginsburg, speaking at the Second Circuit Judicial Conference last Thursday, said what everyone knows but no justice has spoken aloud until now: when it comes to running the Supreme Court, eight justices aren’t enough. Until now, the Supreme Court justices had largely played down the impact of a vacant seat on the Court — […]

Are we going big brother on guns? Should we? Does the Second Amendment right to bear arms guarantee a right to bear arms that are not tech-locked against a particular user? Questions like these are at the very heart of the case of Pena v. Lindley, a gun safety lawsuit that’s been many years in […]

‘Harambe Has A ‘Future’ – Zoo Reveals Sperm Was Removed From Harambe The Gorilla After He Was Shot Dead The 17-year-old western lowland silverback Gorilla was shot dead when a four-year-old boy fell into his enclosure over the weekend. Zoo staff have revealed they retrieved and have frozen the animal’s sperm so as to give […]Read More

Jilted Lover Burns Girlfriend Alive A Rome university student was burned alive by her ex-boyfriend after she left him, authorities said Monday. A murder one investigator called the most atrocious crime he has seen in his career. 22-year-old Sara Di Pietrantonio died on Sunday, May 29th, after her ex boyfriend Vincenzo Paduano, 27, set her […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter No fewer than six persons were killed in Ibaa community, Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, following a renewed clash by suspected cult groups. Some gunmen alleged to be members of a cult group, Greenlanders, it was leant invaded Ibaa and shot sporadically killing six people. Our reporter […]

Soldiers Take Over Tompolo’s Residence, Father Escapes Arrest Tension pervaded the waterways of the oil-rich Niger Delta region yesterday, when a company of soldiers took over the palatial guesthouse of ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, in Gbaramatu Kingdom, restricting the movement of the paramount ruler to his palace. Owing to the […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Police Withdraws From PDP Headquarters The Nigerian Police has withdrawn its men from the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after a week of occupation. As an indication that peace and understanding are gradually returning to the main opposition party, security men who have been deployed since […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Tuesday criticized members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, over the killings of police officers during yesterday’s bloody protest in the South-East. In a statement by the Force Spokesperson, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, Arase ordered the disarmament of IPOB members. The statement reads “Following the manifestation of the […]

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has denied granting an interview to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office. Soyinka described the story of his comments on President Buhari making the rounds on the internet as a forgery and called on security agents to do something about these forgers. In his statement issued on Tuesday entitled: More Inmates […]Read More

Carl Icahn appears to be a big fan of Brent Saunders. After Icahn was instrumental in placing his favorite CEO at the top of Forest Labs before it was acquired by Actavis several years ago – a deal which made then Forest Labs investor Carl Icahn hundreds of millions in profit – the billionaire investor […]

Having wavered around the magical ’50’ level for much of the last year, bouncing off December plunge lows, Chicago PMI printed below expectations of 50.5 at a contractionary 49.3 – the 6th month of contraction in the last 12 months. With weakness in new orders (lowest since Dec 2015) and production (both back into contraction), […]