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Holding Office Solely To Do As The Party Dictates

Holding Office Solely To Do As The Party Dictates

Why do people run for powerful federal offices? I’m not talking about running for the local school board. Well-intentioned people run for school board for entirely logical reasons. But why do people run for the Senate or the House of Representatives? You would hope...

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Holding Office Solely To Do As The Party Dictates

Holding Office Solely To Do As The Party Dictates

Why do people run for powerful federal offices? I’m not talking about running for the local school board. Well-intentioned people run for school board for entirely logical reasons. But why do people run for the Senate or the House of Representatives? You would hope...

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Legal Ethics Roundup: European Treaty To Protect Lawyers, EOs – Jenner/Wilmer/Skadden, Dozen OpEds On Democracy + Ethics, Letters From Deans/Profs/AGs, Bankruptcy Judge Resigns, O’Connor Bday & More

Legal Ethics Roundup: European Treaty To Protect Lawyers, EOs – Jenner/Wilmer/Skadden, Dozen OpEds On Democracy + Ethics, Letters From Deans/Profs/AGs, Bankruptcy Judge Resigns, O’Connor Bday & 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. Hello from France! We...

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Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: 400th Episode Spectacular

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: 400th Episode Spectacular

In this Legal Speak 400th episode special, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview ALM executives and Legalweek Leaders in Legal Tech honorees live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference.       In this Legal Speak 400th episode special, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield...

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Why Confidence and Savvy Trump Brute Force in Negotiations

Why Confidence and Savvy Trump Brute Force in Negotiations

"You have to come into the room with a very clear understanding of what you hope the outcome to be. But also, ask yourself: If I don't get my best outcome, what's my fallback?" said Bridget Smith, general counsel of The New York Public Library.       "You have to come...

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Morning Docket: 03.31.25

Morning Docket: 03.31.25

* Trump’s Biglaw nominees are disclosing their finances so get ready for another round of pearl-clutching over how much lawyers makes. [Reuters] * Startup founder guilty of convincing JPMorgan to throw away money. [Law360] * Does a firm’s balance of work dictate how...

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10 Things Lawyers Should Stop Doing

The key to real productivity is identifying the most essential tasks that drive success, and working to de-prioritize or eliminate the rest. The post 10 Things Lawyers Should Stop Doing appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.The key to...

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Two Biglaw Paths Diverge In The Woods — See Also

Two Biglaw Paths Diverge In The Woods — See Also

Fallout From Skadden’s Capitulation: A principled “I QUIT” from an associate. Suddenly Skadden Associates Can’t Send Out Mass Emails: Not suspicious at all… Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Get Court Victories Against Trump: From a pair of GOP-appointed federal...

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The Startling Spike In Threats To Federal Judges

The Startling Spike In Threats To Federal Judges

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a U.S. Marshals Service annual report for 2024, “credible threats” to federal judges are up how much since 2019? Hint: As Miami-Dade Chief Circuit Court Judge Nushin G. Sayfie said,...

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Courts Hit Pause on Jenner and Wilmer Executive Orders

Courts Hit Pause on Jenner and Wilmer Executive Orders

Jenner & Block and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr obtained temporary relief late Friday, barring portions of executive orders issued against the law firms this week.       Jenner & Block and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr obtained temporary...

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Courts Hit Pause on Jenner and Wilmer Executive Orders

Courts Hit Pause on Jenner and Wilmer Executive Orders

Jenner & Block and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr obtained temporary relief late Friday, barring portions of executive orders issued against the law firms this week.       Jenner & Block and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr obtained temporary...

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Law Student Rips Up Biglaw Offer For Canadian Pride

Law Student Rips Up Biglaw Offer For Canadian Pride

Going to the New York office of a multibillion-dollar international Biglaw firm right out of law school is a tried-and-true way to start your legal career. After all, Manhattan is the largest legal market in the United States and having a well-respected Biglaw firm on...

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Trump Demands SCOTUS Put Judge Boasberg In Timeout

Trump Demands SCOTUS Put Judge Boasberg In Timeout

This morning the Justice Department made its move to extraordinarily rendition the case of the kidnapped Venezuelans to the Supreme Court. It’s the latest wildly aggressive move by the government to overturn the ruling by Chief Judge James Boasberg, even as the...

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How Appealing Weekly Roundup

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. “New York County Clerk Blocks Texas Court Filing Against Doctor Over...

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Skadden Reaches ‘Settlement’ With Trump

Skadden Reaches ‘Settlement’ With Trump

Skadden has agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono services to causes that both Trump and Skadden support, the president said.       Skadden has agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono services to causes that both Trump and Skadden support, the president...

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Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been (A DEI Hire)?

Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been (A DEI Hire)?

(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)For those of us dinosaur lawyers or students of modern American history, that was how the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) grilled witnesses whom it suspected of possibly being, well, un-American during the witch...

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~$20M Hemp Fraud Lands Disbarred Attorney In Prison

~$20M Hemp Fraud Lands Disbarred Attorney In Prison

When states began to legalize the production and sale of weed, people were quick to try and make a quick buck off the blunts being passed around. 2020 was a big year for lawyers and their burgeoning cannabis practices. Between consumer demand and the legal ambiguities...

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Depression, Road Bumps, And Adjustments

Depression, Road Bumps, And Adjustments

In consultation with my therapist, I recently upped my Lexapro dosage. There is no trigger I can point to, but the increase in familiar feelings of hopelessness was there. Usually more intense in the morning, then dissipating into the early afternoon. Not immense...

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