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Fear, Loathing, And Perfectionism In Biglaw

Fear, Loathing, And Perfectionism In Biglaw

Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. Unless your perception of law firm life is warped by Suits, The Good Wife, or Ally McBeal, no person would think of law as a fun, sexy...
Rule By Lawsuit: Inside 2025’s Executive-Order Wars

Rule By Lawsuit: Inside 2025’s Executive-Order Wars

Bursting an “EO” Myth? Two weeks into the new term, a Seattle courtroom offered the year’s defining image of presidential power meeting its limits: a Ninth Circuit panel upheld a nationwide block on the administration’s attempt to curtail birthright citizenship,...
Perkins Coie Fires Lawyer Over This Charlie Kirk Post

Perkins Coie Fires Lawyer Over This Charlie Kirk Post

If an attorney chooses to publicly air controversial opinions, they can expect to get fired. Law firms are a business first, and if their public-facing professionals make statements that alienate clients or create the whiff of a hostile work environment, the firm can...
Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47’s Firing Her

Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47’s Firing Her

Possibly the dumbest news cycle of the year involved former FBI Director James Comey being branded as a political terrorist for taking an Instagram shot of some goddamned seashells by the seashore. In May, the longtime Republican had arranged the shells into “8647,”...
Morning Docket: 09.16.25

Morning Docket: 09.16.25

* D.C. Circuit blocks attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor. [NBC News] * Trump files $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times for malicious reporting of stuff he doesn’t like. [CNN] * Two different people claim to be Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft and no...