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‘We Will Find You’: AG Pam Bondi Issues Chilling Warning To Judges
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me. [The judges are] deranged is all I can think of. I think some of these judges think that they are beyond and above the...
Cringe Reverse Discrimination Group Hijacks Michigan Law Listserv To Ask Students To Sprinkle A Little Fraud In Their Personal Statements
Remember FASORP, the reverse discrimination edgelords that sound like they were named after a crummy corporation in a lazy dystopian novel? These jokers hijacked University of Michigan’s listserv at the beginning of April to whine about personal statements, painting...
The Top Law Schools For Getting Jobs (2024)
Rankings season is upon us, and we’ve got some employment statistics for you to feast your eyes upon if you’d like to see which law schools will give graduates the best bang for their buck when it comes to putting their degrees to good use. The American Bar...
Sean Combs Is Going To Have An Uphill Battle With Finding An Impartial Jury
(Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)Rappers have a long history of making outlandish claims about how much staying power their careers will have. One of the boldest happened on Biggie’s 1997 hit “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems.” On it, Sean Combs nonchalantly delivered a...
This Is What 100 Days Of ‘Winning’ Looks Like — See Also
Things Are Going Historically Bad: Looks like we’re living in the worst 100 first days of a presidency. FASORP Goes Full Spite LARP-ing: The losers want law review applicants to lie about themselves on their personal statements. Don’t Find Tax Law Too Taxing?: Here’s...
DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Goes After Wikipedia For Exercising First Amendment Rights
Ed Martin, the improbable acting US Attorney for DC, is at it again. This time he’s menacing Wikipedia for the dastardly crime of not citing The Federalist as a reliable source, which is apparently a capital offense these days. As first reported by The Free Press,...
Empowering Lawyers Beyond Legal Roles: A Conversation With Neil Handwerker And Kimberly Fine
In a legal world often defined by rigid swim lanes and limited career trajectories, how do you carve a new path? On Season 10, Episode 9 of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” I had the pleasure of talking with Neil Handwerker and Kimberly Fine, co-founders of ex judicata,...
With A Constitutional Crisis Afoot, We Sure Could Use Some More Con Law Scholars From This School
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2025-26 U.S. News Rankings, which law school got top marks for its constitutional law program? Hint: More than 200 graduates of this law school currently serve as judges on federal,...
State Appellate Court Upholds $5.18M Verdict for Property Damage
The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District denied the defendants' challenge to the Jackson County Circuit Court's ruling that affirmed the $5.18 million jury verdict against the defendants, including the award of damages and punitive damages, in favor of...
The Week in Data April 28: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the books, films, podcasts and television shows shaping litigators' courtroom strategies Sometimes, it's best to go by the numbers. Each week, Law.com is telling critical legal stories...
Legal Speak at GC Midwest: Julie Chapman, VP and Head of Legal, North America, at LexisNexis
Legal Speak at GC Midwest 2025: Julie Chapman, VP and head of legal for North America at LexisNexis Legal Speak at GC Midwest 2025: Julie Chapman, VP and head of legal for North America at LexisNexis
Legal Speak at GC Midwest 2025: Jennifer Abernathy, Director and Data Privacy Counsel at AAR Corp
In this Legal Speak episode, host Patrick Smith speaks with Jennifer Abernathy, director and data privacy and compliance counsel at AAR Corp. In April, Legal Speak spoke with a legal audience of general counsels, technologists, executives and industry...
Divided 9th Circuit Denies Trump’s En Banc Bid to Cut Legal Aid to Migrant Children
The dissenting judges said a temporary restraining order against Trump's effort should have been lifted in light of a separate U.S. Supreme Court decision this month that allowed the government to keep frozen $65 million in Department of Education grants for teacher...
Judge Says Jenner EO Is Intended to ‘Punish’ the Law Firm
U.S. District Judge John Bates sharply questioned the government's lawyer on several points. U.S. District Judge John Bates sharply questioned the government's lawyer on several points.
States Thrust Themselves Into Antitrust Enforcement, Creating New Hurdles for Dealmakers
Washington has become the first state to require premerger notification for deals in any industry. Other states are hot on its heels. Washington, which is among 15 states that require antitrust premerger notifications for certain health care transactions, in...
Federal Judge Agrees to Step Down for ‘Unnecessarily Descriptive’ Comments
"It would have been appropriate for the court to state that a proposed sentence without a term of incarceration was too lenient but the court's gratuitous comment that an acceptable plea would include 'some months' of incarceration was unnecessarily descriptive,"...
Will U.S. Economic Volatility Revive Hong Kong’s IPO Market?
If there is a revival, which firms are set to be the biggest winners and losers? If there is a revival, which firms are set to be the biggest winners and losers?
How I Made Office Managing Partner: ‘Institutional Goodwill You Build Will Be Remembered,’ Says Thomas Chou of Morrison Foerster
"I've met many lawyers who are highly successful in building their book of business but had blinders on when it came to what the colleagues around them were doing. Such rainmakers are often in high demand (with corresponding compensation) but this does not always...
Sneak Peek at the 2025 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 1-10
Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 500 law firms. Law.com will release its 2025 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law report—which ranks the 50 law schools that sent the highest...
Jury Returns Split Verdict in Annuity Sales Trial Against Financial Firm
After five hours of deliberation, the jury found that Cutter Financial Group and its president, Jeffrey Cutter, liable for violating Section 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act, which prohibits “fraud or deceit upon any client or prospective client," but sided with...
California Law School Deans Want NCBE Questions Returned for July Bar Exam
Fourteen law school deans and a key state lawmaker say they have deep concerns about the integrity of the bar exam after the state bar revealed a vendor used artificial intelligence to develop some questions on the February test. Fourteen law school deans and a...
Seriously? Lawyer Representing the My Pillow Guy – Already Known For Having Been Caught Pantsless on Zoom – Now Faces Sanctions for Hallucinated Cases
This story has all the ingredients of a parody on The Onion. Regrettably, however, it is all true. In federal court in Colorado, Eric Coomer, a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems, is suing Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, for defamation, over Lindell’s...
How a Sullivan & Cromwell Leader Landed in Paul Weiss-Trump Deal Discussions
How Bob Giuffra ended up in those discussions appears to be in dispute, and a Sullivan & Cromwell spokesperson said there's been a "misunderstanding of the facts." How Bob Giuffra ended up in those discussions appears to be in dispute, and a Sullivan &...
Speaking Truth to Power: The Biglaw Response to Executive Orders and the Emerging Resistance
Camille Stell | Silence sends a message. So does courageous, principled resistance. Here are steps every lawyer can use to speak up and push back. The post Speaking Truth to Power: The Biglaw Response to Executive Orders and the Emerging Resistance appeared first on...
NFT Purchasers Sue Nike Over Alleged Crypto Scam
“In the Nike case, the plaintiffs' allegations of an unregistered securities violation and deceptive practices might not have had the same outcome had the lawsuit been filed before this shift in policy, said Nicolle Lafosse, a digital asset attorney at the...
The Courts Are Fine, We’re Fine, Everything’s Fine — See Also
Orange Is The New Black (Robes): FBI agents arresting judges in their courthouses sadly was on our 2025 bingo card. Justice Breyer Still Believes In Institutions… For Some Reason: Bless his heart, he thinks the rule of law is still a thing. New DOJ Slogan: ‘Fake It...
The Sidley Associate Arguing At The Supreme Court
I chat with Peter Bruland, a Senior Managing Associate at Sidley, who is set to argue before the Supreme Court! Discover his inspiring journey from law school to tackling crucial, high-stakes legal issues. Don’t miss this captivating episode filled with insights into...
Lawmakers Strongly Suggest That Biglaw Firms ‘Disavow’ Trump Deals
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [T]he imposition of numerous conflicts of interest between the terms of the agreement and your current and future potential clients raise significant ethical concerns and...
The Law School With Top Writing Chops
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2025-26 U.S. News Rankings, which law school got top marks for its legal writing program? Hint: This state-funded law school was founded in 1884. See the answer on the next page. The...
You Can Check Off ‘Judges Are Getting Arrested’ From Your How-Bad-Is-It-Really? List — See Also
The Judge Was Arrested In Her Own Courthouse: Kash Patel bragged about the arrest on Twitter. Hunting For A Federal Clerkship?: These are the schools judges want to see on your application! Movement Of The People: The Kirkland Exodus grows in number. Pauline Newman’s...
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan Arrested for Allegedly Obstructing Immigration Agents
The April 24 complaint filed against Dugan in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin accuses the judge of concealing and impeding the arrest of a Mexican immigrant. The April 24 complaint filed against Dugan in the U.S. District Court for...
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan Arrested for Allegedly Obstructing Immigration Agents
The April 24 complaint filed against Dugan in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin accuses the judge of concealing and impeding the arrest of a Mexican immigrant. The April 24 complaint filed against Dugan in the U.S. District Court for...
Crumbl’s Copyright Conundrum With Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Other Artists
This action was surfaced by Law.com Radar, which delivers real-time alerting on new litigation across more than 2,600 state and federal courts. Click here to get started and be first to act on opportunities in your region, practice area or client sector. This...
Crumbl’s Copyright Conundrum With Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Other Artists
This action was surfaced by Law.com Radar, which delivers real-time alerting on new litigation across more than 2,600 state and federal courts. Click here to get started and be first to act on opportunities in your region, practice area or client sector. This...
So, We’ve Entered The ‘FBI Arresting Judges’ Stage Of Dystopia
Earlier this morning, FBI Director and Big Lie children’s book author Kash Patel announced that the FBI had arrested a Wisconsin judge. Befitting a serious law enforcement operation, Patel posted it on social media in a post he’s already deleted. Almost as though...
D.C. Circuit Judge Panel Uses Pauline Newman Oral Argument To Flesh Out Advisory Opinion On Comatose Judges
(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Can Pauline Newman get a damned break? Yesterday, her lawyer argued the claim that used to be taken as a given: Article III judges are pretty damned hard to get rid of without their consent, bad behavior or a...
Lawyers Should Not Exploit Unfair Advantages
Lawyers are taught that they should exploit every advantage possible to serve a client’s interests. Indeed, some might argue that a lawyer’s duty of diligence requires that an attorney take every step that will advance a client’s position even if this might unfairly...
Boeing To Sell Parts Of Digital Aviation Solutions Portfolio For $10.55 Billion
The post Boeing To Sell Parts Of Digital Aviation Solutions Portfolio For $10.55 Billion appeared first on Above the Law.The post Boeing To Sell Parts Of Digital Aviation Solutions Portfolio For $10.55 Billion appeared first on Above the Law.
Litigation Trends to Watch: Cases Center on Vendor Cyberattack, ‘Carousel Ads’ and Weight Loss Drugs
Major retailers are facing patent claims over 'carousel ads' on their websites. Major retailers are facing patent claims over 'carousel ads' on their websites.
Litigation Trends to Watch: Cases Center on Vendor Cyberattack, ‘Carousel Ads’ and Weight Loss Drugs
Major retailers are facing patent claims over 'carousel ads' on their websites. Major retailers are facing patent claims over 'carousel ads' on their websites.
The Most Successful Litigators in Europe Don’t Work in Big Law
A behind-the-scenes look at the EU's powerful Legal Service. A behind-the-scenes look at the EU's powerful Legal Service.
The Most Successful Litigators in Europe Don’t Work in Big Law
A behind-the-scenes look at the EU's powerful Legal Service. A behind-the-scenes look at the EU's powerful Legal Service.
Judge Lamberth Will Shank Anyone Who Touches The VOA
Fascism makes strange bedfellows. Especially when the fellows who refuse to get in bed with the fascists wind up bunking together. And so we find ourselves grateful to Judge Royce Lamberth for saving Voice of America from the depredations of the DOGE bros. First Judge...
The Kirkland Exodus Is Picking Up Steam
Kirkland & Ellis — the nation’s richest Biglaw firm — made headlines earlier this month when it was revealed that rather than stand up for the rule of law, the firm would capitulate to the mere threat of punitive action from Donald Trump. So the firm sold out...
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive Ban on Transgender Troops; Lower...
Call for Nominations: The National Law Journal Awards 2025
The National Law Journal is excited to announce an extended call for nominations for its 2025 NLJ Legal Awards to highlight the top work in Washington, D.C. The National Law Journal is excited to announce a call for nominations for its 2025 NLJ Legal Awards, and...
Call for Nominations: The National Law Journal Awards 2025
The National Law Journal is excited to announce an extended call for nominations for its 2025 NLJ Legal Awards to highlight the top work in Washington, D.C. The National Law Journal is excited to announce an extended call for nominations for its 2025 NLJ Legal...
More Than 60 A&O Shearman Partners Exit Firm as Equity Cull Continues
Law.com International first reported on the law firm's plans to trim its equity partnership by 10% in September last year. Law.com International first reported on the law firm's plans to trim its equity partnership by 10% in September last...
More Than 60 A&O Shearman Partners Exit Firm as Equity Cull Continues
Law.com International first reported on the law firm's plans to trim its equity partnership by 10% in September last year. Law.com International first reported on the law firm's plans to trim its equity partnership by 10% in September last...
Number of Law Firm Associate Hires Jumped Substantially in 2024: Report
After two years of declining hiring, participating firms reported hiring 6,092 associates in 2024, up from 5,236 in 2023, according to data from the NALP Foundation. After two years of declining hiring, participating firms reported hiring 6,092 associates in...
Number of Law Firm Associate Hires Jumped Substantially in 2024: Report
After two years of declining hiring, participating firms reported hiring 6,092 associates in 2024, up from 5,236 in 2023, according to data from the NALP Foundation. After two years of declining hiring, participating firms reported hiring 6,092 associates in...
Eli Lilly Files Slew of Lawsuits Over Zepbound and Mounjaro
Disputes over weight-loss drugs are landing on court dockets. Disputes over weight-loss drugs are landing on court dockets.
Eli Lilly Files Slew of Lawsuits Over Zepbound and Mounjaro
Disputes over weight-loss drugs are landing on court dockets. Disputes over weight-loss drugs are landing on court dockets.
Abbe Lowell Leaves Winston & Strawn, Begins Representing NY AG Letitia James
A Winston & Strawn spokesperson declined to comment on whether Lowell's departure had anything to do with the representation of James, who faces a criminal referral from a Trump administration official. Abbe Lowell, a high-profile, white-collar criminal...
Abbe Lowell Leaves Winston & Strawn, Begins Representing NY AG Letitia James
A Winston & Strawn spokesperson declined to comment on whether Lowell's departure had anything to do with the representation of James, who faces a criminal referral from a Trump administration official. A Winston & Strawn spokesperson declined to comment...
Lawsuit: Claims Administrators Get Kickbacks for Digital Payments
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses claims administrators Epiq, Angeion and JND of receiving kickbacks from financial services companies to distribute digital payments to class members. A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses claims administrators Epiq, Angeion and JND of...
Lawsuit: Claims Administrators Get Kickbacks for Digital Payments
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses claims administrators Epiq, Angeion and JND of receiving kickbacks from financial services companies to distribute digital payments to class members. A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses claims administrators Epiq, Angeion and JND of...
Longtime Legal Nonprofit Leader to Lead Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
Marty Ellin says he's prioritizing raising the legal community's involvement with the ABA-accredited school. A longtime Atlanta legal nonprofit leader will lead one of Georgia’s five ABA-accredited law schools “as it reintroduces itself with fresh vision and...
‘Where Is the Remorse?’ George Santos Gets 87 Months for Fraud
The sentence includes 63 months for wire fraud and 24 months for aggravated identity theft, followed by two years of supervised release. Santos must also pay $373,000 in restitution to his victims. The sentence includes 63 months for wire fraud and 24 months for...
More than 700 Law Firm Partners Point to Chilling Effects After Trump EOs
“Clients who previously had no difficulty finding representation are now being turned away by those who worry that taking the cases might risk presidential disapproval," said the group's amicus brief. “Clients who previously had no difficulty finding...
Skadden’s Email Policy In The Wake Of Trump Deal Triggers Government Investigation
Nearly a month ago, it was revealed that Skadden decided to ink a deal with the Trump administration to provide $100 million in pro bono payola to avoid one of the increasingly common Executive Orders targeting Biglaw, and the tremendous harm that can bring. But that...
FCC Boss Brendan Carr Whines About Accurate Comcast/NBC Reporting That Made Donald Trump Sad
(Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)There’s simply no limit of problems in telecom and media that competent FCC regulators could be taking aim at. Broadband price gouging by monopolies, widespread telecom privacy and security failures, the obvious harm...
U.S. News Ranks The Best Law Schools For Getting Federal Clerkships (2025)
Do you like prestige? Of course you do. Is there really a law student who doesn’t? That being said, if you’re like the majority of your colleagues and you’d like to embark upon one of the most prestigious career paths available to recent law school graduates, then...
Designing A Legal Career That Works For You (And Your Family)
If you’re a lawyer and a parent, chances are you’ve wondered — maybe more than once — Is this career path still working for me? Our panel at this year’s MothersEsquire Conference, Managing Career Choices, taking place May 8–9 in Louisville, KY, is tackling that very...
How You Can Avoid The ‘Mortal Sin’ Of Billing Practices
The post How You Can Avoid The ‘Mortal Sin’ Of Billing Practices appeared first on Above the Law.Remote and hybrid work models pose challenges for law firms. But they also offer new opportunities. In “Conflicts, Contracts & Costs: Tuning Up Your Office Systems,...
Writing Strong Antibody Claims: Avoiding or Addressing USPTO Rejections for Written Description and Enablement
Many patent applicants currently face difficulty in obtaining antibody claims because of written description and enablement rejections under 35 U.S.C. §112(a). The USPTO routinely rejects claims as too broad. The heightened disclosure requirements increase laboratory...
Florida Judge Recommends Suspension for Ex-Trump Attorney
Now, it will be up to the Florida Supreme Court to accept or modify the referee's suspension recommendation. Now, it will be up to the Florida Supreme Court to accept or modify the referee's suspension recommendation.
Less Talking At, More Talking With
Do you know what “McCarthyism” is? If not, Google the word, and if it doesn’t chill you, it should. You are probably too young to remember the seven dirty words that George Carlin couldn’t say. The judge hearing the lawsuit filed by Perkins Coie against the Trump...
How I Made Partner: ‘Build Your Personal Brand as an Associate,’ Says Erica Allegretta of Pryor Cashman
"Build your personal brand as an associate. In other words, find an area of the law within your practice that genuinely interests you or that you particularly enjoy and make yourself an expert within that area. By doing so, you can become a point person within your...
Legal Speak at GC Midwest 2025: Kiley Kio, Senior Consultant, Technology, FTI Consulting
In this Legal Speak episode, host Patrick Smith interviews Kiley Kio, a senior technology consultant at FTI Consulting. In this Legal Speak episode, host Patrick Smith interviews Kiley Kio, a senior technology consultant at FTI Consulting.
Legal Speak at GC Midwest 2025: Elizabeth Barton, Managing Deputy General Counsel, Chicago Board of Education
In this Legal Speak episode, host Patrick Smith interviews Elizabeth Barton, managing deputy general counsel at the Chicago Board of Education. In April, Legal Speak spoke with a legal audience of general counsels, technologists, executives and industry...
Drake Adds Kendrick’s Superbowl Performance To List Of Allegedly Defamatory Acts
(Photo via Getty Images)Before Kendrick Lamar gave everyone what they tuned in for and performed “Not Like Us” on one of the biggest stages on the globe, he performed a skit teasing that playing the song would set Drake’s lawyers in attack mode. When he did perform...
It’s The Final Countdown: Submit Your Law Revue Entries ASAP
The post It’s The Final Countdown: Submit Your Law Revue Entries ASAP appeared first on Above the Law.Spring has sprung, and you know what that means: we’re now seeking submissions for our annual law revue video contest. As far as last year’s submissions are...
Sneak Peek at the 2025 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 11-20
Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 500 law firms. Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest...
Record Law Grad Employment Rates Suggest AI Isn’t Killing Off Lawyers Just Yet
At a time when legal doomsayers have been predicting the imminent replacement of junior associates by AI legal assistants, the law school graduating class of 2024 has delivered a contrary verdict: Human lawyers aren’t going anywhere just yet. According to the latest...
Judge Wilkinson Stares Into The Abyss After Trump Deportation Opinion
Can someone check in on Judge Wilkinson? Because the conservative legal movement luminary appears to be having a moment. Wrapping up a routine insurance opinion by musing, “What after all does it matter?” the Fourth Circuit veteran took Owners Ins. Co. v. Walsh on a...
Morning Docket: 04.25.25
* Skadden facing an NLRB probe over its decision to block firm emails to squelch talk about its Trump deal. [Bloomberg Law News] * Trump prepares to strip ABA of its role accrediting law schools. If you have a copy of Contracts for Dummies and a dream… prepare to get...
Trump Says Biglaw Firm’s Leader Should Be Fired In Truth Social Tirade
(Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents me, who should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired. He’s not that good, anyway. I...
Is Google Search Dead? The Key to Thriving In an AI-Driven World
Part Two of this two-part article examines practical steps marketers must take to succeed in this changing landscape by embracing a multichannel, AI-driven approach to their marketing and PR efforts. This means rethinking your strategy to build direct connections with...
Service by Social Media: A Recipe for Disaster or Modernizing the Process?
"We have so many consumer debt actions, foreclosure actions—you name it for people living in poverty. ... Being able to serve somebody in sort of this easier way ... you're making it easier to get a default judgment," said Vero nica C. Gonzales, an associate professor...
‘Irate’ Lawyers, Judges Sue Over Their Own Damages From Wildfires
Many victims of the Palisades wildfire were lawyers and judges who are now plaintiffs in lawsuits against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Many victims of the Palisades wildfire were lawyers and judges who are now plaintiffs in lawsuits against the...
Associate Exits at Kirkland, Labor Complaint Against Skadden Among the Latest in Backlash to Trump Deals
At least three more Kirkland associates on LinkedIn this week pointed to the deals with Trump as reason to leave the firm. At least three more Kirkland associates on LinkedIn this week pointed to the deals with Trump as reason to leave the...
Kirkland And Simpson Turned To Major Trump Fundraiser Before Bending A Knee
By now, followers of the legal industry — and even those outside — are aware that a number of Biglaw firms decided to capitulate to the threats of Donald Trump rather than defend the rule of law. We may never know exactly how that sausage was made — what combination...
Trump Is Coming For Biglaw. Here’s What The Firms Are Doing About It.
The post Trump Is Coming For Biglaw. Here’s What The Firms Are Doing About It. appeared first on Above the Law.The President of the United States is using the might and power of the office to attack Biglaw firms and the rule of law. It’s pretty chilling stuff that is...
DOJ Scores Spectacular Own Goal In NY Congestion Pricing Case
Last night at roughly 9 p.m., thousands of very online lawyers had a sympathetic panic attack. The precipitating event was a litigation memo thoroughly rubbishing the Department of Transportation’s attack on New York’s congestion pricing plan which was inadvertently...
Sky High Turnover In The General Counsel Role
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to analysis by leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates, how many Fortune 500 companies appointed a new General Counsel in 2024? Hint: Turnover in the GC position was at its...
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Judge Turns Insurance Dispute In To Navel-Gazing Enterprise — See Also
Is This A Judicial Opinion Or Freshman Philosophy Hour?: Next up, a hamburger contract breach that asks how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Signs Before The Fall: Both Kirkland and Simpson lined Trump associated lobbyist’s pockets before they knelt....
Georgetown Law Offers 50% LL.M. Tuition Reduction to Former Government Lawyers
Tuition will be cut in half for lawyers, formerly in government service, who received a J.D. from a U.S.-accredited law school. Tuition will be cut in half for lawyers, formerly in government service, who received a J.D. from a U.S.-accredited law...
Kirkland Acts on 20 UK and European KKR Mandates in 2025, Worth $10B
The firm, which has once again topped the latest AmLaw 100 ranking, has secured a series of sub-one billion dollar U.K. and European deals for the private equity giant. The firm, which has once again topped the latest AmLaw 100 ranking, has secured a series of...
Alexander DeGance Barnett: A New Chapter
Alexander DeGance Barnett: A New Chapter By Dan Baldwin Consistently rated one of Jacksonville’s Best Employment Law Firms by Best U.S. News and Best Lawyers, Alexander DeGance Barnett has reason to celebrate, but this year the firm not only celebrates the anniversary...
Alexander DeGance Barnett: A New Chapter
Alexander DeGance Barnett: A New Chapter By Dan Baldwin Consistently rated one of Jacksonville’s Best Employment Law Firms by Best U.S. News and Best Lawyers, Alexander DeGance Barnett has reason to celebrate, but this year the firm not only celebrates the anniversary...
ABA Files Suit Against Administration’s $3.2M Cuts in Funding, Forcing Mass Layoffs
In a lawsuit, the American Bar Association claimed it lost nearly $69 million in obligated federal and cooperative-agreement funds, forcing the organization to lay off more than 300 staff members and field officers across its programs. In a lawsuit, the American...
2025 First Coast Women in Law
Home Special Issue 2025 First Coast Women in Law By Attorney at Law Magazine April 24, 2025 Table of Contents Attorney at Law Magazine First Coast is pleased to present its annual Women in Law special issue, featuring the 2025 First Coast Women in Law. These...
Legal Industry Calls to Protect Rule of Law Swell
Outcries from attorneys and judges rebuking President Donald Trump's actions and seeking to preserve the rule of law have intensified in recent weeks. Outcries from attorneys and judges rebuking President Donald Trump's actions and seeking to preserve the rule...
Alina Fernandez: Real-World Problem Solving
AALM: When did you first know you wanted to become an attorney? AF: I’ve wanted to be an attorney for as long as I can remember. Much to my parents’ delight, I turned every conversation into a mini trial, always questioning, needing a solid answer to my endless...
The Value of Expert Witness Testimony from a Substance Use Professional in Criminal Court
Expert witness testimony plays a crucial role in both family and criminal court cases, especially when substance use disorders (SUDs) are involved. Courts often struggle with evaluating the impact of substance use on parenting, criminal behavior and rehabilitation...
Kathryn Stanfill’s Vision for JWLA: The Decisions that Define Us
As the incoming president of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association (JWLA) this summer, Kathryn Stanfill is poised to bring a fresh perspective to the organization. Her chosen theme for her tenure will wrap around “The Decisions that Define Us,” and she is excited...
Lisa Nommensen: Keeping Traditions While Moving Forward
“When we go to law school, we learn that we’re not just attorneys; we’re counselors and that to me is a big part of our work. We invest a lot of valuable time talking clients through complex issues by thoroughly explaining how we will handle each challenge one at a...
Randi Alt: Building Something to Last
Each year, Jacksonville University recognizes a graduate student for their exceptional achievements and leadership. This year, they honored 3L Randi Alt, the editor of the Jacksonville University Law Review, as the Frances Bartlett Kinne Graduate Student Woman of the...