Ashley
@briefslayer.bsky.social
Energy lawyer. Give me a beach, a colorful drink, my wife’s hand, and I’m all set. In love with my wife, @conster3.bsky.social She/her. Personal account/views. 📍 Orange, CA
Life is too short to continue doing something that makes you unhappy. Ditch the thing.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 9h agoIs it shameful, or sensible, to put down a book you don’t enjoy? DNF — shorthand for “did not finish” — and social media, have turbocharged a longstanding debate.
I have decided not to run for office because in what kind of place is taco truck in every corner not a winning platform? Not my circus.
Ryan McKeen@ryanmckeen.bsky.social · 12h agoIf I were running for office my sole issue would be banning people talking on speaker phones in public.
My wife is grocery shopping, and I keep adding things to the list as she’s actually shopping hehe.
So hot to be on the same kickball team as your wife and watch her make amazing plays 😍
Power is back on. SCE killing it with that speed.
Ashley@briefslayer.bsky.social · 2d agoTFW the power goes out right before you’re about to make coffee.
TFW the power goes out right before you’re about to make coffee.
I’ve read 17 of these, so I better keep going. Seeing My Sister, the Serial Killer so high is nice. I no longer know what is a thriller.
Becky Hammer@beckyhammer.bsky.social · 2d agoOk book people what are your thoughts on this list the NYT published this week
Dodgers fans, anyone looking to get in early on tickets for next year? We have season tickets behind home plate and up (loge level) and are trying to add more to our pool of buyers. 2 tickets, parking and stadium club comes out to about 400 a game (selling at cost)
Feds can get fired for accepting something over $20. Ethics matter. We want our public officials to be held to the highest standards.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d agoFCC Chair Brendan Carr’s latest financial report said Paramount gave him tickets to the 2025 Kennedy Center gala worth $12,390. He and his wife sat in skybox seats. Such seats sold for $125,000 a piece, according to Kennedy Center guidelines.
Even some state AGs enthusiastically joined this “shakedown” effort targeting the legal professions /11 www.oag.state.tx.us/news/release...
Attorney General Ken Paxton Leads Multistate Coalition in Joining Trump Administration’s Efforts to Stop Illegal DEI Employment Practices at Law Firms
Attorney General Ken Paxton, leading a multistate coalition, sent letters to twenty law firms requesting information about the firms’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) employment practices whic...
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Other (formerly) well-regarded law firms caved in a manner inconceivable to many of their own clients (ahem, Paul Weiss)—some in embarrassing public fashion, even pledging hundreds of millions of dollars of atty time to support Trump’s agenda, pro bono /10 min.house.gov/media/in-the...
Firms That Caved to Trump Are Helping Him Break the Law, Dems Warn
A group of Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from nine major law firms that struck deals with Donald Trump’s administration to avoid being targeted by the president’s fury.
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Some—Susman & Perkins Coie in particular (👏)—fought like hell from the outset against these efforts to undermine their commitment to DEI, efforts plainly hostile to profnl independence & core 1st amendment principles (and, we note, have largely prevailed) /8 www.perkinscoiefacts.com/filings/brie...
Brief of Appellee Perkins Coie LLP | Mar 27, 2026 | Perkins Coie Facts
Read the full legal filing from Mar 27, 2026: Brief of Appellee Perkins Coie LLP. View court documents, briefs, and legal filings related to Perkins Coie's defense of constitutional rights.
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Many of these coercive actions have been rejected—but it has been an expensive slog for the few & brave willing to risk the expense of defying an administration that views any acknowledgment of DEI value as discriminatory to the beleaguered white cis male /7 www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-la...
Legal group claims victory after EEOC ‘retreated’ on law firm DEI letters
Most of the 20 major law firms that received letters declined to provide the requested information, and the agency said it “considers the matter of responding to those letters closed.”
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This government targeting of the private sector’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is still active and aggressively ongoing /6 www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ad... /
Administration's Lawsuit Filing Provides Some Clues On DEI Positions | JD Supra
What does “Racially Discriminatory DEI Activities” actually mean? The administration’s own filing offers some clarity.
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Some firms were even targeted by name in public releases by administrative agencies of the government—an unprecedented event, to our knowledge. /5 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing Risks from Susman Godfrey
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Background.
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This ongoing “war” on DEI raises a host of concerns re ethics & independence of the legal profn—which can be last defense against govt overreach & unconstitutional action. Many firms now face these attacks not as client advocates—but as targets themselves /4 scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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Context first: it’s well-reported that as the new admin took power, it swiftly targeted DEI initiatives in private sector & academia (public & private) thru executive orders, govt lawsuits, agency investigations, and public coercive threats. /2 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Ex-Trump administration officials target corporate diversity efforts
Activision Blizzard Inc and Kellogg Co have joined a growing list of major U.S. companies to face claims from a group founded by former Trump administration officials that efforts to diversify their w...
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Buckle up, Butter Cups— #LadyLawyerDiaries thread re why (some) biglaw firms’ abdication (and same by academia/corporate America) to threats re longstanding DEI commitments are *literally* changing the landscape of—and erasing—our shared professional history, priorities, and achievements. 1/
Elle Woods says “gather ye round, snap cup time, snap cup time”
Alt: Elle Woods says “gather ye round, snap cup time, snap cup time”
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This week was pretty meh, but I get to take a pretty girl out to dinner, so still winning.
Also I got downvoted to hell once because I said I didn’t keep dirty dishes in my sink. The scandal.
Ashley@briefslayer.bsky.social · 2d agoReddit is wild because I start reading something and have to double check that I didn’t write it.
