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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

Circuit Scoop — February 2025

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. These cases reflect the judiciary’s ongoing role in...

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Hinge Health Is Going Public. Is It Wise?

Hinge Health Is Going Public. Is It Wise?

The post Hinge Health Is Going Public. Is It Wise? appeared first on Above the Law.The digital health IPO market hasn’t exactly been active in recent years. There was a surge in 2021, when 21 of the 57 active public digital health companies today made their debut on...

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Third Year’s The Charm — See Also

Third Year’s The Charm — See Also

Third-Year Skadden Associate Has More Heart Than Most Of Biglaw: Will any other associates stand up for the rule of law? There’s A Lesson To Learn From Judge VanDyke: Come for the gun breakdown, stay for what happens when you reverse Chevron doctrine. It’s Like...

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2025 Family Law Special Issue COMING SOON

Coming July 2025 Annual Family Law Special Issue View 2024 Family Law Issue In 2024, we produced our first digital Family Law issue, highlighting lawyers, law firms and legal teams from across the country. This year, we’d like to step it up. The team at Attorney at...

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Now That’s A Lawyerly Origin Story — See Also

Now That’s A Lawyerly Origin Story — See Also

Where In New York, Specifically?: Kash Patel got his JD in New York, but it was a little vague when it came to where. Paul Weiss Beats A Retreat: According to Trump, the firm gave up everything. Now Or Never: Will Paul Weiss be the tipping point for Biglaw getting a...

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Trump, Paul Weiss Reach Deal to Withdraw White House Order

Trump, Paul Weiss Reach Deal to Withdraw White House Order

The firm will commit to providing $40 million in pro bono hours and continue to provide access to legal services across the political spectrum.        The firm will commit to providing $40 million in pro bono hours and continue to provide access to legal services...

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A Big Thanks To ATL’s Advertisers

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Wait — *How* Much Is Kirkland Making These Days?

Wait — *How* Much Is Kirkland Making These Days?

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Kirkland & Ellis’s 2024 financial reporting, how much did the firm — already the richest by this metric — make in gross revenue last year? Hint: The firm’s profits per equity partner...

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Is Paul Weiss The Tipping Point For Biglaw?

Is Paul Weiss The Tipping Point For Biglaw?

Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. THE NUMBER “3” has always struck me as talismanic. That’s the number of wishes you get from the genie. It’s the holy trinity. And, of course,...

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Morning Docket: 03.20.25

Morning Docket: 03.20.25

* Trump administration claims it will comply with court orders… for now. [Law360] * New executive order seeks to resegregate federal contractors. [The Nation] * DLA Piper takes diversity erasure up a notch disbanding all minority affinity groups. [Bloomberg Law News]...

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Biglaw Struggling To Deal With Trump Chaos

Biglaw Struggling To Deal With Trump Chaos

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)The Trump administration continues its revenge tour against Biglaw, and Perkins Coie is fighting back. Through counsel at Williams & Connolly, Perkins delivered a scorching takedown of the administration’s arbitrary retaliation...

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