Adam Pulver
@pulvinator.bsky.social
Public interest attorney- admin law, workers rights, consumer rights, civil rights- personal account/views my own - he/him
You know Law360, maybe when you're highlighting three white dudes as your experts for the evisceration of civil rights laws, dont include their photos
Should the CFPB's reasoning for making proposed changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the bureau itself, survive, lenders and other participants in the consumer finance industry may see a reduced emphasis on protected characteristics, say attorneys at Saul Ewing. www.law360.com/artic...
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You know Law360, maybe when you're highlighting three white dudes as your experts for the evisceration of civil rights laws, dont include their photos
I look forward to being able to retire my use of this gif
a woman is peeking out from behind a door and says `` you 're terrible muriel '' .
ALT: a woman is peeking out from behind a door and says `` you 're terrible muriel '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I look forward to being able to retire my use of this gif
OSHA proposed eliminating a requirement for lighting at construction sites because it hasn't had to cite many people for violating it. Not only is that dumb, but commenters opposing it include the *Department of Defense* & the Association of General Contractors. www.regulations.gov/docket/OSHA-...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
OSHA proposed eliminating a requirement for lighting at construction sites because it hasn't had to cite many people for violating it. Not only is that dumb, but commenters opposing it include the *Department of Defense* & the Association of General Contractors. www.regulations.gov/docket/OSHA-...
But I was told that the left is to blame for antisemitism
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
But I was told that the left is to blame for antisemitism
Judge Smith talking about Judge Brown:
a woman in a pink sweater is talking to a man in a kitchen and saying wow , she 's perilous .
ALT: a woman in a pink sweater is talking to a man in a kitchen and saying wow , she 's perilous .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Judge Smith talking about Judge Brown:
You will be shocked to discover Levenbach has no experience in consumer finance or consumer protection whatsoever, but rather has a PhD in marine ecology.
The Trump administration has nominated Stuart Levenbach to be director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for a five-year term, according to a notice provided to the U.S. Senate.
Trump administration nominates Levenbach for CFPB director
The Trump administration has nominated Stuart Levenbach to be director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for a five-year term, according to a notice provided to the U.S. Senate.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You will be shocked to discover Levenbach has no experience in consumer finance or consumer protection whatsoever, but rather has a PhD in marine ecology.
The DC Circuit has granted a stay of the administration's cruel, arbitrary rule making it impossible for asylum seekers, refugees, and DACA recipients to work as commercial drivers. Congrats to the @publiccitizen.bsky.social team and our clients! media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/...
media.cadc.uscourts.gov
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The DC Circuit has granted a stay of the administration's cruel, arbitrary rule making it impossible for asylum seekers, refugees, and DACA recipients to work as commercial drivers. Congrats to the @publiccitizen.bsky.social team and our clients! media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/...
It's unfortunate that so much of the public's knowledge of what's going on in the courts these days is driven by self-aggrandizing lawyers' PR campaigns and self-promoting legal "journalists" on social media. And objective reporting gets attacked for "both-sides"ing. Sigh.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's unfortunate that so much of the public's knowledge of what's going on in the courts these days is driven by self-aggrandizing lawyers' PR campaigns and self-promoting legal "journalists" on social media. And objective reporting gets attacked for "both-sides"ing. Sigh.
It seems very on the nose that my bus commute home is being stymied by black cars blocking the street for the Fed Soc dinner.
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It seems very on the nose that my bus commute home is being stymied by black cars blocking the street for the Fed Soc dinner.
Petition to ban any lawyer starting their own firm from referencing David and Goliath?
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Petition to ban any lawyer starting their own firm from referencing David and Goliath?
Somewhere, a former Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Deputy Director of Public Outreach with "#46" & "Biden/Harris political appointee" in their social media bios, who grew up summering in Kennebunkport is plotting leaving their job at Booz Allen for a Senatorial run as the voice of change
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Somewhere, a former Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Deputy Director of Public Outreach with "#46" & "Biden/Harris political appointee" in their social media bios, who grew up summering in Kennebunkport is plotting leaving their job at Booz Allen for a Senatorial run as the voice of change
Unfortunate when a nazi tattoo can outweigh a candidate's long record of no real experience, tons of problematic historical social media posts, but a cool demeanor in ads.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Unfortunate when a nazi tattoo can outweigh a candidate's long record of no real experience, tons of problematic historical social media posts, but a cool demeanor in ads.
Maybe allowing law professors to engage with each other on social media was a bad thing
October 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Maybe allowing law professors to engage with each other on social media was a bad thing
Signing off for the fast, but it seems like this may be relevant
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
The ADL Cannot Lead on Civil Rights
At its annual conference, the organization's Trump-aligned, right-wing Israel advocacy eclipsed its liberal agenda.
jewishcurrents.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Signing off for the fast, but it seems like this may be relevant
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
I've had a lot of people ask me if I'd just rant at Justices of the Supreme Court in oral argument. But my duty is to a client, and shouting at Supreme Court justices wouldn't help the client, me, or anything else even if it would make me famous on social media
There has got to a be several cases this term w a pre-determined conservative win.
In one, a lawyer should pull a Sen Whitehouse, who ignored a nominee at a hearing to just lecture abt FedSoc influence.
The lawyer should just quote Kav, and then read one ex after another of that being wrong.
In one, a lawyer should pull a Sen Whitehouse, who ignored a nominee at a hearing to just lecture abt FedSoc influence.
The lawyer should just quote Kav, and then read one ex after another of that being wrong.
18 days later, Justice Kavanaugh would write: “If the person is a U. S.
citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
September 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've had a lot of people ask me if I'd just rant at Justices of the Supreme Court in oral argument. But my duty is to a client, and shouting at Supreme Court justices wouldn't help the client, me, or anything else even if it would make me famous on social media
Law professor who lacks strong predictive abilities as to political outcomes mocks political commentator for same thing, tonight at 10.
September 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Law professor who lacks strong predictive abilities as to political outcomes mocks political commentator for same thing, tonight at 10.
A reminder that if you are seeing a rash of decisions from long-pending motions in federal courts this week and next, it's because of the 9/30 cut-off for reporting deadline under the Civil Justice Reform Act www.uscourts.gov/data-news/re...
Civil Justice Reform Act Report
Gives data for civil cases in the district courts, by judicial officer, on motions pending more than six months, bench trials submitted more than six months, civil cases pending more than three years,...
www.uscourts.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder that if you are seeing a rash of decisions from long-pending motions in federal courts this week and next, it's because of the 9/30 cut-off for reporting deadline under the Civil Justice Reform Act www.uscourts.gov/data-news/re...
In a concurrence in a Title VII case today, one judge looks to ChatGPT in assessing whether a term is racially hostile. What could go wrong? www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In a concurrence in a Title VII case today, one judge looks to ChatGPT in assessing whether a term is racially hostile. What could go wrong? www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
Reposted by Adam Pulver
if you're a law professor it should be in your labor contract that you're not allowed to become a public intellectual
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
if you're a law professor it should be in your labor contract that you're not allowed to become a public intellectual
Have filed two briefs already today, so making sure 5785 goes out with a bang!
September 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Have filed two briefs already today, so making sure 5785 goes out with a bang!
Bold: a party ordered to pay attorney's fees argued that years spent as a judicial law clerk do not count as legal work experience. Neither the magistrate or the district judge agreed:
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ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Bold: a party ordered to pay attorney's fees argued that years spent as a judicial law clerk do not count as legal work experience. Neither the magistrate or the district judge agreed:
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Every email I receive from lawyers crowing about the filing of an amicus brief as a sign of a massive achievement and act of heroism takes a year off my life.
September 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Every email I receive from lawyers crowing about the filing of an amicus brief as a sign of a massive achievement and act of heroism takes a year off my life.
The two American political institutions most dedicated to making me cry are the Supreme Court and the telemarketing firm that random Democratic congressional candidates use to send me epic text tomes.
September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The two American political institutions most dedicated to making me cry are the Supreme Court and the telemarketing firm that random Democratic congressional candidates use to send me epic text tomes.
Yes I read that article in the Atlantic no I wont be commenting because I've been told not to say negative things on the internet
September 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes I read that article in the Atlantic no I wont be commenting because I've been told not to say negative things on the internet