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NetDocuments Judge Analytics App: Mining For Gold

NetDocuments Judge Analytics App: Mining For Gold

NetDocuments recently announced the Judge Analytics App,  an addition to 18 other apps in its ndMax Studio. The new App is designed to extract information in a firm’s files about particular judges. I have often said particularly in Biglaw firms, there’s a lot of gold...

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Lawyers Should Never Go Down Without A Fight

Lawyers often need to represent clients that do not have too many defenses for the crimes charged or the civil wrongs alleged. However, our adversarial system of justice requires that people get solid representation since justice is easier to attain when the best...

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Leveraging CLEs For Networking And Client Development

Leveraging CLEs For Networking And Client Development

Getty ImagesEd note: Latest in a series. Read the prior installment here. As we continue our journey into the strategic value of presenting a CLE, we’ve already discussed how CLEs can elevate your professional reputation by establishing you as a thought leader in your...

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It’s Your Career: Assume Responsibility For It

It’s Your Career: Assume Responsibility For It

No one is coming to save you. No one other than you is responsible for your career.  Not your supervisor. Not the managing partner. Not your firm. What you make of yourself is entirely in your hands. The decisions you make. The effort you put forth. The money you...

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Solving The Formula To Become A Rainmaker

Solving The Formula To Become A Rainmaker

My wife and I have become increasingly skeptical about television. I’m guessing you have too. We’re all on the same endless search for something, anything, worth watching. It’s not just that so much of what’s out there is junk. It’s also that, once we figure out a...

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Thanks So Much To Our Advertisers

Thanks So Much To Our Advertisers

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Milbank Has Been Matched! — See Also

Milbank Has Been Matched! — See Also

Law Firm Matches Milbank And Raises Salaries: Bet you wish you worked here! Court Cracks Down On Military Police Takeover: Gotta love the rule of law! Harvard Just Landed A Yuge Legal Victory: Billions in federal funding! Lobbyist Defends Firms Capitulating To Trump:...

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Is the Rise of AI a Real Threat to Associate Jobs?

Is the Rise of AI a Real Threat to Associate Jobs?

One in five pre-law students fear artificial intelligence could replace their jobs in the future. Is that fear unfounded?       One in five pre-law students fear artificial intelligence could replace their jobs in the future. Is that fear unfounded?       

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The 2025 Midlevel Associates Survey: The Rankings

The 2025 Midlevel Associates Survey: The Rankings

There was a significant amount of year-over-year rankings movement, outside of the top three spots, our data shows.       There was a significant amount of year-over-year rankings movement, outside of the top three spots, our data shows.       

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How the Deal Got Done: Skadden and BSTR Holdings

How the Deal Got Done: Skadden and BSTR Holdings

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom recently advised BSTR Holdings Inc. in the launch of a new bitcoin standard treasury company through its merger with Cantor Equity Partners I Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor...

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Milbank Makes Money Moves! — See Also

Milbank Makes Money Moves! — See Also

They’ve Announced Bonuses!: Where the hell is everyone else’s announcements? Former Partner Pleads No Contest To Domestic Abuse Charges: Adam P. Beckerink will be sentenced on October 20th. Cardi B Wins In Court: Let that be a lesson to anyone else that sees her as a...

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Judge Rules in Harvard’s Favor to Unfreeze Funding

Judge Rules in Harvard’s Favor to Unfreeze Funding

All freezes and terminations of funding to Harvard made pursuant to the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters on or after April 14, 2025 are vacated and set aside, according to court records.       All freezes and terminations of funding to Harvard made pursuant to...

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The 5 Levers Legal Leaders Can’t Afford To Ignore

The 5 Levers Legal Leaders Can’t Afford To Ignore

Getty ImagesLeading a corporate legal team today is equal parts challenge and opportunity. Budgets are tighter, regulations are multiplying, and business partners expect answers at the speed of Slack. At the same time, the toolbox has never been richer: advanced...

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The Death Knell Of The Voting Rights Act

The Death Knell Of The Voting Rights Act

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! This Term, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn what’s left of the Voting Rights Act in a dispute over which state’s congressional districts? Hint: SCOTUS heard arguments in the case last Term,...

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Fetish For Phony Reluctance

Amy Coney Barrett has written a book. She’s the latest in a long line of Supreme Court justices supplementing their public service salary with millions of dollars — reportedly a $2 million advance worth, to be precise — despite her meager record as a milquetoast...

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Cardi B Beats $24M Assault Lawsuit

Cardi B Beats $24M Assault Lawsuit

Grammy Award-winning artist Cardi B has a new trophy-worthy achievement under her belt — she beat the case! Some background for starters: Cardi B was sued by a former security guard for $24M who alleged Cardi scratched her face with her fingernail and spat on her....

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And That’s Why We Lost The Election!

And That’s Why We Lost The Election!

Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. WHEN I GET TOGETHER FOR DRINKS with my depressed liberal friends, we play a little game. It goes like this: If someone unwittingly displays an...

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DOJ Has Egg On Its Face

The Department of Justice is having a rough time getting those trumped up charges (pun intended) from the fed’s takeover of D.C. to stick. Plus, a lawyer is getting slammed for trying to use opposing counsel’s premature baby as leverage. And infamous law professor Amy...

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1878 Is The New 2025 — See Also

1878 Is The New 2025 — See Also

The Trump Administration Is 140 Years Too Late: Can’t use the U.S. Military to execute domestic law, buddy. The Law School Price Bubble Is Deflating: Would much rather the damn thing burst. Publicly Wrong? Yes. Defamation?: Not so much. Dershowitz had to learn the...

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Don’t Ask for Feedback If You’re Not Going to Act On It

Don’t Ask for Feedback If You’re Not Going to Act On It

Partners ask for input—on communication, delegation, workload—but then say little or nothing in response. When upward feedback isn't followed by engagement or visible change, associates learn not to bother.       Partners ask for input—on communication, delegation,...

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Rudy Giuliani Released From Hospital After Car Crash

Rudy Giuliani Released From Hospital After Car Crash

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York and priest doxxer, was rear-ended this Saturday on a highway. Last night, Rudy Giuliani was injured in a car accident on the highway after helping a domestic violence victim in New Hampshire. “Mayor Giuliani's vehicle was struck...

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Posse Comitatus This, B*tch

Posse Comitatus This, B*tch

Today, Judge Charles Breyer issued an injunction barring Donald Trump from his takeover of Los Angles, holding the deployment of troops violated the Posse Comitatus Act. And the senior judge from the Northern District of California pulled exactly zero punches calling...

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Fired Covington Associate Arrested in DC

Fired Covington Associate Arrested in DC

Paul Bryant, a fired Covington associate, was arrested after a confrontation with National Guardsmen patrolling the city.       Paul Bryant, a fired Covington associate, was arrested after a confrontation with National Guardsmen patrolling the city.       

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How Law Schools Are Preparing Students to Use GenAI

How Law Schools Are Preparing Students to Use GenAI

“Any student not intensively using AI, where permitted, is putting themselves at a significant disadvantage."       “Any student not intensively using AI, where permitted, is putting themselves at a significant disadvantage."       

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How Law Schools Are Preparing Students to Use Gen AI

How Law Schools Are Preparing Students to Use Gen AI

“Any student not intensively using AI, where permitted, is putting themselves at a significant disadvantage."       “Any student not intensively using AI, where permitted, is putting themselves at a significant disadvantage."       

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New Jersey Judge Grants Rare TRO in $430K Crypto Theft Case

New Jersey Judge Grants Rare TRO in $430K Crypto Theft Case

“We've provided a road map for individuals who have had this happen to them, said John Papianou, a partner at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads.       “We've provided a road map for individuals who have had this happen to them, said John Papianou, a partner at...

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The Ethical & Practical Use of AI in Patent Prosecution

The Ethical & Practical Use of AI in Patent Prosecution

This webcast offers a concise, high-level guide to ethical AI use in patent practice, drawing directly from the USPTO's Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice       This webcast offers a concise, high-level guide to ethical AI use in patent...

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Getting Ahead of the Debanking Curve

Getting Ahead of the Debanking Curve

On Aug. 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting “debanking. The order defines debanking as “an act by a bank, savings association, credit union, or other financial services provider to directly or indirectly adversely restrict access to, or...

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