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8am, Parent to LawPay, MyCase and Others, Has A New CEO

8am, Parent to LawPay, MyCase and Others, Has A New CEO

8am, the parent company of LawPay, MyCase, CasePeer and other law practice technology products, has a new CEO: Jeff Hughes, a member of 8am’s board since 2024 and recently its executive chairman. Hughes succeeds Dru Armstrong, who joined the company formerly known as...

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Is Your Intake Ready When It Matters Most?

Nick Werker and Tony Prieto break down the high stakes of time-sensitive legal emergencies and explain how to ensure your firm never misses a life-changing case. The post Is Your Intake Ready When It Matters Most? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law...

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Ken Paxton Can’t Even Get His Own Lawyer’s Vote

Ken Paxton Can’t Even Get His Own Lawyer’s Vote

Texas Attorney General turned GOP candidate for Senate Ken Paxton has had a rough go of it when it comes to loyalty from the people closest to him (which, honestly should give anyone considering voting for him pause). His wife is divorcing him, and her endorsement...

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Biglaw’s Talent Wars Are Getting More Expensive

Biglaw’s Talent Wars Are Getting More Expensive

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The firms at the very top of the echelon have separated themselves from the rest and they’re competing for the same talent. Firms are now sometimes even going down market to pull someone up who has clients who...

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Temple Law Gifted $5M To Study The Rule Of Law

Temple Law Gifted $5M To Study The Rule Of Law

Combating the attack on the rule of law means fighting back on several fronts. Advocacy and legal push back are the obvious progs to resisting, but there also needs to be study. Attention to the rule of law, people’s (justified) belief in the efficacy of courts and...

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Legal Ethics Roundup: Supervising Clerks Scrutinized In Wake Of Sex Scandal, High-Profile Discipline, Gifts For Judges, Lack Of Candor From DOJ, Lawyer Reprimanded For Faking Dementia & More

Legal Ethics Roundup: Supervising Clerks Scrutinized In Wake Of Sex Scandal, High-Profile Discipline, Gifts For Judges, Lack Of Candor From DOJ, Lawyer Reprimanded For Faking Dementia & More

Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! The past...

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Trump And The Day After

Trump And The Day After

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Everyone’s worried about Election Day.   What will Donald Trump do? Executive actions against mail-in voting? Restrictive federal voting rules? Weakened election security? Intimidation at polling places? I’m only slightly worried...

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Biglaw’s Lockstep Partner Compensation Is Dying

Biglaw’s Lockstep Partner Compensation Is Dying

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporting by Law.com, which is the only Wall Street firm that appears to still pay partners with a pure lockstep system (and even this firm is stretching out its partner pay ratios)? Hint:...

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Giving The Kennedy Center A Bad Name — See Also

Giving The Kennedy Center A Bad Name — See Also

Trump’s Kennedy Center Benchslapped Over Loser Of A Lawsuit: You think they’d point to an actual contract in a breach of contract suit! Groom Law Adopts The Milbank Scale: Setting their associates up for success! Zealous Advocacy Has Its Limits: Ken Paxton’s own...

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Rewarding Your Referral Sources

You can do plenty of things to stay in the good graces of your referral sources, even if you can't always refer back work. Here are a few good ideas from law firm business development expert Sally Schmidt. The post Rewarding Your Referral Sources appeared first on...

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Clio Promotes Ronnie Gurion to President and COO

Clio Promotes Ronnie Gurion to President and COO

Clio said today it has promoted Ronnie Gurion to president and chief operating officer, expanding the role he has served as an executive who has been with the company since joining as COO in 2021. The company said that Gurion played a pivotal role in what has been the...

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RAISES!!! — See Generally

Milbank Shocks The Market: Everyone had settled into the old associate pay scale, when Milbank decided to yet again respond to the rise in the cost of living. Scoreboard: Follow all the matching salary moves with this scorecard. That’s The Price Of A Checked Bag:...

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Lawyers Should Sometimes Talk Less

Lawyers Should Sometimes Talk Less

Lawyers are known to be talkative. Since attorneys are paid to advocate for their clients, some lawyers may feel as if they have to speak more in order to effectively complete their jobs. Moreover, some lawyers are just talkative people, and this might be one of the...

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Law Firm Exploring New Way To Take In Money

Law Firm Exploring New Way To Take In Money

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which law firm, the largest personal injury law firm in the U.S., is reportedly exploring a minority stake sale that could raise $1 billion+ and ​bring in an outside partner? Hint: This deal could be...

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Salaries Are On The Rise! — See Also

Salaries Are On The Rise! — See Also

Another Biglaw Firm Matches Milbank: Katten Muchin bumps up their salaries! Keeping Up With The Milbanks: Check to see if your firm is on the scoreboard! Here Lies Diversity Lab: The FTC successfully harassed the diversity initiative into shutting down. Alternative...

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Diversity Lab Closes After FTC Investigation

Diversity Lab Closes After FTC Investigation

As part of the dissolution, Diversity Lab will shut down all its systems, including eliminating or destroying any client data it had stored on the hundreds of law firms and legal departments that it worked with.       As part of the dissolution, Diversity Lab will...

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Now Is Not The Time

Now Is Not The Time

In a recent New York Times op-ed, a fifth-year associate at a Biglaw firm (WilmerHale to be specific — and one of only the four that ATL listed on its “Spine Index”) threw in the law practice towel. He left because of what he saw as a troubling overlay of political...

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Judge Leans Into The Dystopia Of 2026

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Judge Craig A. Karsnitz of which state’s Superior Court recently upheld a local provision authorizing voting by in-state corporations, LLCs, trusts, and partnerships owning property? Hint: He...

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Quinn Emanuel Next to Match Milbank’s Associate Raises

Quinn Emanuel Next to Match Milbank’s Associate Raises

The firm follows the scale announced by Milbank on Tuesday, in which first through fourth years are set to receive an increase of $10,000 to their salaries, while fifth years and above will earn an additional $20,000.       The firm follows the scale announced by...

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Kirkland and Palantir Launch AI-Led PE Fundraising Platform

Kirkland and Palantir Launch AI-Led PE Fundraising Platform

The launch is the first in a series of AI rollouts and strategic partnerships planned as part of Kirkland's $500 million AI strategy.       The launch is the first in a series of AI rollouts and strategic partnerships planned as part of Kirkland's $500 million AI...

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Todd Blanche Is Your New Attorney General. Probably.

Todd Blanche Is Your New Attorney General. Probably.

Donald Trump confirmed (kinda) Tuesday what anyone paying attention to the Department of Justice has understood for the better part of two months: Todd Blanche is going to be the permanent Attorney General of the United States. “I think he will, yeah,” Trump told...

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Sex In Chambers Met With Slap On Wrist

Sex In Chambers Met With Slap On Wrist

A federal judge carried on a two-year affair with a high-ranking law enforcement officer by having sex in chambers and lying about it to investigators. The Eleventh Circuit responded with a private reprimand, concealing the judge’s identity. But the judges didn’t...

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‘Who’s On Your Board?’: Reflections From LMA26

‘Who’s On Your Board?’: Reflections From LMA26

At LMA26, inspiration showed up in candid conversations, thoughtful questions, and moments that led attendees to rethink how they lead, connect, and create impact in their organizations. These lightbulb moments are often one of the more enduring outcomes of attending...

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Todd Blanche, Attorney General? — See Also

Todd Blanche, Attorney General? — See Also

“I Think He Will, Yeah”: Trump thinks his former criminal defense attorney is doing a “very good job.” Explaining Is For Lower Courts: SCOTUS opts out of justifying Alabama’s use of racist election maps. I’m Busy, Go Talk To Me*: Biglaw firm launches AI partners for...

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