In this edition of the Priori Digest, a weekly look at what’s happening in law and technology, we look at whether a horse can have legal standing, a punny cease and desist letter from the lawyers of In-N-Out burger and how disruption is putting pressure on elite Wall Street firms to lower their costs. Enjoy!
What we’re reading
- This cease and desist letter from the lawyers of In-N-Out burger is wittier than typical legalese. See how many beverage puns you can spot
- An upcoming SCOTUS case pitting the rights of endangered frogs against the rights of loggers will be critical to the fate of a long-standing principle of judicial deference to federal agencies
- Terra Tech’s General Counsel, Joseph Segilia, discusses building a legal department from scratch as well navigating the regulatory hurdles faced by being a cannabis agriculture company
- In Oregon, a neglected horse is attempting to sue its former owner. The case will be significant in determining whether nonhuman animals can have legal standing
- BigLaw may be feeling the pressure of competition. A shifting and disrupted market is putting pressure on elite Wall Street firms to lower their costs and implement new service models
What in the weird
- A judge in the Seventh Circuit Court becomes the first federal appellate judge a poop emoji in a published opinion 💩
- A woman in Hong Kong who was fined for temporarily placing cardboard on the ground has had her case overturned
By the numbers
- 23: The number of unicorn IPOs so far in 2018, already significantly higher than the total number during the whole of 2017
- 24: The percentage of smartphone users in the Middle East and North Africa who use ride-hailing apps
- 266: The amount in USD that the average New York-based lawyer on the Priori platform charges per hour. This is 23 percent lower than the citywide average
