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The Company You Keep — See Also

The Company You Keep — See Also

Self-Described Woman Hater Is One Of The Newest Trump Administration Hires: Great to be in good hands. Wonder What Chief Justice Roberts Thinks About The Spending Freeze?: He already wrote about it at length! Let’s see if his opinion changes this go around. Biglaw,...

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‘A Long 6 Years’: No $150M for Goldman Sachs Investors

‘A Long 6 Years’: No $150M for Goldman Sachs Investors

Manhattan Civil Court's Justice Joel Cohen tossed the case, finding that the investors were “unreasonabl[y] attempting to use notice agreements to make Energy Transfer liable for delays beyond July 1, 2018.       Manhattan Civil Court's Justice Joel Cohen tossed the...

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Canadian Private Equity Firms Are Eyeing the Tech Sector

Canadian Private Equity Firms Are Eyeing the Tech Sector

Despite uncertain trade headwinds, lower interest rates and lots of available capital portend a busy 2025, according to outlooks from Canadian law firms.       Hi there.The email you just opened, or link you just clicked, was not sent by FeedBlitz. It was junk, sent...

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Texas Asks Trump DOJ to Reject Housing Enforcement

Texas Asks Trump DOJ to Reject Housing Enforcement

Butler Snow attorneys, acting as counsel for the Texas General Land Office, wants the U.S. Department of Justice to reject a request from Housing and Urban Development to start a race discrimination in housing enforcement action.       Hi there.The email you just...

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Alina Habba Did What She Does Best (Lie)

Alina Habba Did What She Does Best (Lie)

(Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images)Alina Habba is back, baby. And she’s better than ever! And by “better” we mean even more hilariously indignant and wrong about the law than when she was just a rich bitch harassing a waitress at the breakfast bar....

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Tributes Pour in for Pioneering Miami Judge, UM Adviser

Tributes Pour in for Pioneering Miami Judge, UM Adviser

He died Jan. 20 at age 76.       Hi there.The email you just opened, or link you just clicked, was not sent by FeedBlitz. It was junk, sent by an unknown third party who is not using FeedBlitz to send their emails or manage their RSS feeds. FeedBlitz hasn’t been...

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5 Cost Control Strategies To Manage Law Firm Spend

5 Cost Control Strategies To Manage Law Firm Spend

The post 5 Cost Control Strategies To Manage Law Firm Spend appeared first on Above the Law.Reducing your law firm overhead goes hand in hand with better serving your clients. After all, with more consistent cash flow, you can spend more on the critical resources,...

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Natasha Nazareth: Knowing Your Why

AALM: Tell us how you began your journey as a legal professional and what inspired you to co-found your law firm? NN: My path started where it mattered most—serving kids through Legal Aid where justice was about ensuring children had access to healthcare, education...

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6 Years Of Future Ready Lawyer Reports

6 Years Of Future Ready Lawyer Reports

Last fall, Wolters Kluwer released the sixth annual installment of the Future Ready Lawyer report. Time has flown and the legal profession has moved just as quickly, if not faster. Consider the inaugural 2019 survey that asked 700 lawyers across the U.S. and Europe to...

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LexisNexis Ushers In New Era For Legal AI

LexisNexis Ushers In New Era For Legal AI

Generative AI burst on the scene and bestowed every 6th grader with the power to not do the reading and turn in a passable one-page essay anyway. It also provided some very lazy lawyers with some very embarrassing moments. That said, the technology held out so much...

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Pardon Me

Pardon Me

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Let’s think first about the Biden pardons; after that, the Trump pardons. I understand, if I don’t necessarily agree with, President Biden’s pardons of his son, Hunter; the January 6 Committee; and other Biden family members. When...

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Morning Docket: 01.28.25

Morning Docket: 01.28.25

* Administration fires career DOJ lawyers who worked on Trump cases, claiming that the non-partisan attorneys “could not be trusted” because they weren’t down with private citizens stealing nuclear codes. [Reuters] * Reese Witherspoon served on a jury and everyone was...

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On The Dotted Line

On The Dotted Line

The overwhelming majority of patent cases settle at some point in their lifespan. Some settle quickly after a case is filed, while others do not reach their denouement until after a trip up to the Federal Circuit or even the Supreme Court. No matter how convoluted a...

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Morning Docket: 01.28.25

Morning Docket: 01.28.25

* Administration fires career DOJ lawyers who worked on Trump cases, claiming that the non-partisan attorneys “could not be trusted” because they weren’t down with private citizens stealing nuclear codes. [Reuters] * Reese Witherspoon served on a jury and everyone was...

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Ranking The Most ‘Devout’ Law Schools (2025)

Ranking The Most ‘Devout’ Law Schools (2025)

Some see the legal profession as more of a “calling” than simply a job. For more religious would-be law students, faith is of such importance that they may seek it out in their legal educations. If you’re searching for an institution where spirituality is as important...

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LexisNexis Ushers In New Era For Legal AI

LexisNexis Ushers In New Era For Legal AI

Generative AI burst on the scene and bestowed every 6th grader with the power to not do the reading and turn in a passable one-page essay anyway. It also provided some very lazy lawyers with some very embarrassing moments. That said, the technology held out so much...

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Pardon Me

Pardon Me

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Let’s think first about the Biden pardons; after that, the Trump pardons. I understand, if I don’t necessarily agree with, President Biden’s pardons of his son, Hunter; the January 6 Committee; and other Biden family members. When...

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