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May 26, 2023 | Law.com

The future-facing redesign of Shearman & Sterling's global New York headquarters is set to empower the firm's personnel, meet the evolving needs of clients, and help revitalize the city

By By Shearman & Sterling

6 minute read

May 26, 2022 | National Law Journal

In Washington, D.C., a solicited crime must be a felony involving the use or threat of violence—solicitation is the device that can do the heavy lifting in holding ex-President Donald Trump and others responsible for their inflammatory remarks on Jan. 6.

By Jay Sterling Silver

5 minute read

February 24, 2022 | National Law Journal

"Proving Trump's intent to bring about imminent violence may not be a slam dunk," says Jay Sterling Silver, as thinly veiled attempts by the former president to avert liability when he incited the crowd may provide our ultra conservative justices with just enough cover to find an absence of intent.

By Jay Sterling Silver

5 minute read

April 23, 2018 | National Law Journal

Although for an entirely wrong reason, the president wasn't too far away from being right about the present condition of the privilege.

By Jay Sterling Silver

6 minute read

August 31, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Here we go again. Although law schools no longer can give prospective students misleading data on graduate employment, some are creating the illusion they're doing more to expand minority representation in the profession than they really are, and many are clinging to their ranking in U.S. News & World Report through smoke and mirrors.

By Jay Sterling Silver

5 minute read

August 31, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Here we go again. Although law schools no longer can give prospective students misleading data on graduate employment, some are creating the illusion they're doing more to expand minority representation in the profession than they really are, and many are clinging to their ranking in U.S. News & World Report through smoke and mirrors.

By Jay Sterling Silver

5 minute read

August 24, 2015 | National Law Journal

Admitting diverse students as transfers in their second year does not improve overall numbers.

By Jay Sterling Silver

5 minute read

August 22, 2015 | National Law Journal

Admitting diverse students as transfers in their second year does not improve overall numbers.

By Jay Sterling Silver

5 minute read

January 29, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Various stakeholders had questioned whether parties would be willing to use the new proceedings available before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to challenge patentability of issued patents.

By Eldora Ellison, Deborah Sterling

9 minute read

November 20, 2012 | Inside Counsel

It has been roughly two months since the new inter partes review (IPR) and covered business method patent review (CBM) proceedings became available at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and some long-awaited questions are beginning to be answered.

By Eldora Ellison, Deborah Sterling

8 minute read