by RG | Jul 21, 2025 | above the law
Latham & Watkins Is Bumping Up Their Clerk Compensation: Check out the new numbers here! Shon Hopwood Convicted In Domestic Violence Case: He could be facing several more years behind bars. There Goes Another Litigation Partner!: Goodbye A&O Shearman, hello...
by RG | Jul 21, 2025 | above the law
On Friday, a federal judge in New York dismissed Donald Trump’s copyright suit against Bob Woodward and Simon and Schuster. So much for the president’s plan to extort $50 million from the publisher for conspiracy to collate and cobble! But when God closes a door, she...
by RG | Jul 21, 2025 | above the law
What’s in a Biglaw name? A lot, actually. Mix up your K names and you could end up working for a spineless firm that puts profits over principles (Kirkland) instead of getting free Coca-Cola in the break room (King & Spalding). And before you say that worrying...
by RG | Jul 21, 2025 | above the law
One of the many benefits of having a federal clerkship is the extra bonus you’ll receive if you decide to head to a Biglaw firm post-clerkship. Many elite firms really want people with highly demanding clerkship experience to work for them, and that’s why the high end...
by RG | Jul 21, 2025 | above the law
Last week, we wrote about yet another lawyer filing a brief riddled with AI hallucinations. But to spice up the story, the attorney, Steven Feldman, responded to the Order to Show Cause with a bunch of overwrought meditations on the nature of lawyering. “Each...
by RG | Jul 21, 2025 | above the law
I’m attending the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL) Conference this week in Portland, Oregon. It’s one of my favorite conferences. Law librarians are, as a group, friendly, unassuming, and knowledgeable, as I have discussed before. I couldn’t help but...
