Steven Fried
@olyverapp.bsky.social
OlyverApp founder, entrepreneur, lawyer, troublemaker, lousy hockey player
I will never listen to another big firm lawyer lecture me on ethics. Paul Weiss proves they have none. #lawyers #attorneys #a2j
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I will never listen to another big firm lawyer lecture me on ethics. Paul Weiss proves they have none. #lawyers #attorneys #a2j
I’m pretty sure some random people wear sunglasses on the subway just so others will think maybe they’re famous.
March 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’m pretty sure some random people wear sunglasses on the subway just so others will think maybe they’re famous.
California Bar still figuring out how to give a test that’s been around for decades. These guys shouldn’t be deciding who’s competent to do anything.
March 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
California Bar still figuring out how to give a test that’s been around for decades. These guys shouldn’t be deciding who’s competent to do anything.
90% of Americans can’t afford basic legal service and the profession has done fuck all about. Now that a big firm may lose business because of a moronic presidential fiat, everyone wants to talk about access to justice. Spare me.
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
90% of Americans can’t afford basic legal service and the profession has done fuck all about. Now that a big firm may lose business because of a moronic presidential fiat, everyone wants to talk about access to justice. Spare me.
A reminder to owners of Pennsylvania corporations and LLCs: Annual report filing is required beginning in 2025. #smallbusiness #entrepreneurs
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A reminder to owners of Pennsylvania corporations and LLCs: Annual report filing is required beginning in 2025. #smallbusiness #entrepreneurs
Federally-funded ABA pro bono programs for immigrants shut down by Trump fiat. Fearless ABA justice seekers respond with zealous chin-stroking and lamenting and promise to finish Formal Ethics Opinion on something really obvious. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
Behind the scenes as the ABA reacts to DOJ's order to stop providing legal support to immigrants
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
www.abajournal.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Federally-funded ABA pro bono programs for immigrants shut down by Trump fiat. Fearless ABA justice seekers respond with zealous chin-stroking and lamenting and promise to finish Formal Ethics Opinion on something really obvious. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
An apolitical look at how #entrepreneurs and #smallbusinessowners can handle the chaos that is Trump 2.0.
www.olyverapp.com/blogs/chaos
www.olyverapp.com/blogs/chaos
OlyverApp: Business Managament for Entrepreneurs
... the potential impact to small business owners from rising prices and decreasing demand cannot be understated. The time to pivot and plan for these disruptions is now.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
An apolitical look at how #entrepreneurs and #smallbusinessowners can handle the chaos that is Trump 2.0.
www.olyverapp.com/blogs/chaos
www.olyverapp.com/blogs/chaos
Federal dollars account for almost half of Mississippi's annual GDP. As of today most federal spending supposedly has been frozen. Doesn't bode well for Mississippi.
January 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Federal dollars account for almost half of Mississippi's annual GDP. As of today most federal spending supposedly has been frozen. Doesn't bode well for Mississippi.
Entrepreneurs: Legal services should be an asset, not an obstacle. They should be adding to your bottom line . . . not some law firms. #smallbusinesses #lawyers #attorneys www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Law firms joust for attention as clients weigh Trump policy blitz
U.S. President Donald Trump's avalanche of executive actions this week left companies scrambling for answers. The country's major corporate law firms are competing to be the ones picking up the phone.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Entrepreneurs: Legal services should be an asset, not an obstacle. They should be adding to your bottom line . . . not some law firms. #smallbusinesses #lawyers #attorneys www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Prices will go through the roof, unemployment will skyrocket, and small businesses will go under. No one has considered the debilitating economic consequences of these policies. We are cutting off our noses to spite our faces. Sheer stupidity. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/u...
New Jersey mayor says his city was ‘unlawfully terrorized’ by federal agents during immigrant enforcement action at business | CNN
A New Jersey mayor says his city has been “unlawfully terrorized” after federal agents detained multiple people Thursday during what Immigration and Customs Enforcement called “a targeted enforcement ...
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January 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Prices will go through the roof, unemployment will skyrocket, and small businesses will go under. No one has considered the debilitating economic consequences of these policies. We are cutting off our noses to spite our faces. Sheer stupidity. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/u...
Judge can't understand how any member of the bar could seriously argue that Trump's executive fiat cancelling the 14th Amendment is constitutional. Judge has a point . . . www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US judge to hear states' bid to block Trump birthright citizenship order
Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing the Republican's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States.
www.reuters.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Judge can't understand how any member of the bar could seriously argue that Trump's executive fiat cancelling the 14th Amendment is constitutional. Judge has a point . . . www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Bad news for anyone planning to build a law practice pursuing habeus corpus petitions on behalf of elephants. Colorado joins NY in ruling that the right only applies to humans. www.reuters.com/legal/elepha...
Elephants cannot sue to get out of the zoo, Colorado's top court rules
Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state's highest court said the animals have no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Bad news for anyone planning to build a law practice pursuing habeus corpus petitions on behalf of elephants. Colorado joins NY in ruling that the right only applies to humans. www.reuters.com/legal/elepha...
It's not a justice system. It's a clown show meant to make us think there's a justice system. And Trump loves taking it out for a spin. www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
Trump DOJ shake-up sidelines top prosecutors in national security, adds new US attorneys in DC and New York | CNN Politics
New leaders at the Justice Department moved quickly to reassign at least 20 career officials.
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's not a justice system. It's a clown show meant to make us think there's a justice system. And Trump loves taking it out for a spin. www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
The Florida Bar is actually investigating Matt Gaetz. weartv.com/news/local/f...
Florida Bar investigating former Northwest Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Florida Bar is now investigating former Northwest florida congressman matt gaetzthe florida bar confirmed there is an open investigation.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Florida Bar is actually investigating Matt Gaetz. weartv.com/news/local/f...
No appearance of impropriety here! Losing NC Supreme Court candidate trying to overturn election by getting 60K votes for the other guy tossed on clerical errors. www.wral.com/news/local/v...
NC voter's ballot challenged over clerical error amid ongoing legal dispute
Spring Dawson-McClure, a North Carolina voter, discovered her ballot was being challenged due to a minor clerical error, sparking concern over a broader legal battle involving over 60,000 voters.
www.wral.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
No appearance of impropriety here! Losing NC Supreme Court candidate trying to overturn election by getting 60K votes for the other guy tossed on clerical errors. www.wral.com/news/local/v...
Biglaw's worst nightmare. Real competition and no more monopoly. www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
KPMG plan to launch US law firm opens new front for Big Four
KPMG is poised to become the first of the Big Four accounting firms to open a law firm in the United States, taking advantage of loosened law firm ownership rules in Arizona and accelerating the accounting industry's push into U.S. legal services.
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Biglaw's worst nightmare. Real competition and no more monopoly. www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
Planes can’t push back at Miami because #Delta doesn’t have a ground crew to park a plane and it’s blocked the tarmac. This is what happens when you don’t hire enough people and underpay the ones you do. At least they haven’t found a dead guy in a wheel well, which for this airline is progress.
January 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Planes can’t push back at Miami because #Delta doesn’t have a ground crew to park a plane and it’s blocked the tarmac. This is what happens when you don’t hire enough people and underpay the ones you do. At least they haven’t found a dead guy in a wheel well, which for this airline is progress.
Merrick Garland is the poster child for a legal profession that relishes bullying those too weak or poor to fight back (including many lawyers) but lacks the courage, initiative, will, and leadership to take on the battles that really matter. #attorneys #lawyers www.rawstory.com/merrick-garl...
'Merrick Garland has been wholly useless': MSNBC host drops the hammer on outgoing AG
Former Republican National Committee chair and current MSNBC host Michael Steele used a segment on Judge Aileen Cannon's latest attempt to run interference for Donald Trump to veer off and lash out at...
www.rawstory.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Merrick Garland is the poster child for a legal profession that relishes bullying those too weak or poor to fight back (including many lawyers) but lacks the courage, initiative, will, and leadership to take on the battles that really matter. #attorneys #lawyers www.rawstory.com/merrick-garl...
Gaza activist blames Israel for LA fires. nypost.com/2025/01/11/u...
Exclusive | Anti-Israel activist who gave hateful CUNY speech bizarrely blames Israel for LA fires
“The flames of Gaza will not stop there, they will find us all if we don’t stop them…None of us are spared in the eye of the empire,” Fatima Mousa Mohammed eerily wrote on X this week.
nypost.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gaza activist blames Israel for LA fires. nypost.com/2025/01/11/u...
Why does it seem like someone at the NY Post is really getting a kick out of the LA fires? Like . . . chill a little. nypost.com/2025/01/09/u...
Celebrities turn on Dems, blast LA mayor for fire response: ‘Ruined our state’
Big Hollywood names have started to turn on Los Angeles’ Democratic leadership, including Mayor Karen Bass, over their botched response to the wildfires raging across the ritzy, celeb-filled …
nypost.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Why does it seem like someone at the NY Post is really getting a kick out of the LA fires? Like . . . chill a little. nypost.com/2025/01/09/u...
Tennessee Bar learns the hard way that, yes, anti-discrimination statutes apply to them just like everyone else. www.abajournal.com/news/article...
Law grads with past substance-use disorders suffered disability bias in quest for license, DOJ says
Would-be Tennessee lawyers encountered unlawful disability discrimination when they were required to submit to “burdensome examinations” and conditions triggered by their past diagnosis or treatment for a substance-use disorder or a mental health disorder, the U.S. Department of Justice has concluded.
www.abajournal.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Tennessee Bar learns the hard way that, yes, anti-discrimination statutes apply to them just like everyone else. www.abajournal.com/news/article...
Lawyer whining about AI "taking our jobs" is like auto makers in the '80s complaining about Japanese imports. People are going to buy what's cheap and reliable. And to a profession that gouges people and tells them it's for their own good: You reap what you sow, boys. #lawyers #attorneys
January 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Lawyer whining about AI "taking our jobs" is like auto makers in the '80s complaining about Japanese imports. People are going to buy what's cheap and reliable. And to a profession that gouges people and tells them it's for their own good: You reap what you sow, boys. #lawyers #attorneys
We continue to see a host of services - particularly virtual mail and registered agents - grossly overcharging for Beneficial Ownership Reports. The requirement is currently suspended by court order. Ignore any statement that you "should" or are "required" to file it.
January 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We continue to see a host of services - particularly virtual mail and registered agents - grossly overcharging for Beneficial Ownership Reports. The requirement is currently suspended by court order. Ignore any statement that you "should" or are "required" to file it.