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Trump Is Considering A Pardon For Michael Cohen, The Lawyer Who Helped Convict Him
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If everything is checking out, it’s something I would consider. I appreciate that at least he came out, although late, he came out and rectified the situation. — President Donald Trump, in comments given to...
DOJ Says Berkeley Law Rigged Its Admissions To Favor Black Students. There Are 51 Of Them.
The Department of Justice and the Department of Education announced Wednesday that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law spent years discriminating against white and Asian applicants using “race, essay prompts, and other tactics” to tilt admissions...
When Clients Ask About AI, How Should Firms Respond?
The post When Clients Ask About AI, How Should Firms Respond? appeared first on Above the Law.From left, Dennis Garcia of Litera, Donovan Bell of CLOC, and Rahul Chhabra of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.Although today’s legal technology events, above all else,...
How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘Take Chances and Gamble on Yourself,’ Says Vanessa Jackson of Davis Polk
"Professional success requires you to take chances and gamble on yourself—it's important to have the courage to do that. If you're like me and, at earlier points in life, could not have formulated a dream as ambitious as being a law firm partner—let alone a leader of...
‘Even Talking About It Now, It Takes You There’: 9/11 Still Resonates for Legal Community
“It was one of the rare moments where we came together as a country and showed what it is to be an American," James Pizzirusso, of Hausfeld in Washington, D.C., told Law.com. “It was one of the rare moments where we came together as a country and showed what it...
Supreme Court To Missouri Republicans: Shut Up
It took a little under 45 minutes for the United States Supreme Court to tell Missouri Republicans to sit down and shut up. With no noted dissents, SCOTUS stayed the dubious district court order that Republicans hoped might allow them to ramrod a new legislative map...
Judge Demands Answers From DOJ For Refusing To Dismiss Reflecting Pool Case With Prejudice
There are multiple things this administration is incapable of doing: winning wars, curbing inflation, not acting like Nazis, wearing shoes that fit them, etc. But if there’s one thing it’s most known for, it’s the unwillingness to take a loss and move on. That’s...
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. “Supreme Court Weighs US Mail Ballot Fight as DOJ Losses Grow”: Zoe...
Inside the Legal Delays That Have Kept the 9/11 Case From Trial
In this episode of Legal Speak, former DOJ National Security Attorney Mike Lebowitz discusses the legal challenges and delays that have kept the case against alleged 9/11 attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from going to trial—and what the decades-long legal saga...
Morning Docket: 09.11.26
* Weil corporate chair bolts for Cravath. [Bloomberg Law News] * Sam Bankman-Fried asks Supreme Court for help getting out of jail. [Law360] * Harvard moves up recruiting timeline to allow interviewing in 1L September. [Harvard Crimson] * Joseph diGenova resigns from...
ILTACON Included A Sobering Memorial to 9/11, with Video Interviews Of Some Who Were There (Including Me). Now, ILTA Has Posted the Full Interviews
Wednesday morning’s keynote session at ILTACON this year opened with a sobering and moving 25th anniversary tribute to 9/11. ILTA showed a 30-minute film it produced with interviews of ILTA members and friends who were in Manhattan that day, followed by an extended...
Three Quick Excel Tips for Legal Professionals
Tech Tips: Ben Schorr has three quick, practical Excel tips to clean up legal data and get answers faster—without complicated macros or scary formulas. The post Three Quick Excel Tips for Legal Professionals appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
Mike Aiello, Weil Corporate Chair, Plans Exit for Cravath
Cravath confirmed his move on Friday, along with five other Weil M&A partners. Cravath confirmed his move on Friday, along with five other Weil M&A partners.
Forget Buy Vs. Build, It’s All About Law Firm/Tech Partnerships
Iranian Students Prohibited From Taking LSAT Following US-Imposed Sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department announced the suspension of several general licenses in its Iran Sanctions program, including goods and services offered by the Law School Admission Council. The U.S. Treasury Department announced the suspension of several general...
Once The Second-Biggest Firm In America, Then The First To Blow Up
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Once the second-largest law firm in the country, which New York powerhouse Biglaw firm expanded by poaching rainmakers from rivals, paying partners on what business they brought in rather than...
Even This Supreme Court Wouldn’t Bail Out The Missouri GOP — See Also
Show Me State Got Shown: The U.S. Supreme Court yet again told Missouri Republicans that they need to stop trying to make their illegal map happen. Say Howdy To The New Biggest Firm In Texas: The richest firm in America takes the crown in the Lone Star State. So...
Outgoing Mass. Bar President Vows to Continue Commitment to Judicial Security
Morrison Mahoney partner Michael Hayden may be ending his term as president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, but he says his work is nowhere near done. Morrison Mahoney partner Michael Hayden may be ending his term as president of the Massachusetts Bar...
DLA Piper Adds Boston Insurance Partner Amid Increased Regulatory Scrutiny
Gary Anderson joined the firm at the beginning of September after previously serving as CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners from 2024 to 2025. Gary Anderson joined the firm at the beginning of September after previously serving as CEO of...
Todd Blanche’s Latest ‘Disgraceful’ Act? Speaking At A Political Convention
Todd Blanche has been Attorney General for less than a month and he’s already making history, just not the kind that gets you a good entry in the DOJ’s institutional memory. On Wednesday night, Blanche appeared and spoke at the Republican National Midterm Convention...
The Lateral Market Runs On Recruiters. goLateral Wants To Cut Them Out.
If you’re an associate at a top New York law firm, you know the drill: an inbox full of recruiter emails with vague promises about “exclusive opportunities.” By the time you’ve sifted through the vague pitches and tracked down the roles that might actually interest...
Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Including Kirkland’s Biglaw Empire
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and Kirkland & Ellis just proved that the saying applies to Biglaw offices, too. Kirkland has officially become the largest law firm in the Lone Star State, with its Texas headcount soaring to 549 lawyers. With its lightning speed...
AI Has Entered The Courthouse…Are You Ready For It?
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Who Invented Labor Day?
Labor Day – a U.S. federal holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September – is associated with the unofficial end of summer vacation and BBQ parties. While the origin of Labor Day in the United States is associated with labor unions, there is a dispute as to who...
Kate Mueting: Making Great Strides
Attorney at Law Magazine sat down with Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight attorney Kate Mueting to discuss her career. She serves as the firm’s administrative partner, co-chair of the firm’s discrimination and harassment practice group, and co-chair of the firm’s...
Can Your Firm Compete With Litera’s ‘Trailblazers’?
The post Can Your Firm Compete With Litera’s ‘Trailblazers’? appeared first on Above the Law.The post Can Your Firm Compete With Litera’s ‘Trailblazers’? appeared first on Above the Law.
How Young Lawyers Can Build A Career That Outlasts The Next AI Update
Knowing how to use AI is not a career plan. Neither is assuming you can build a career without learning it. For a young lawyer, the better approach is to develop two sets of skills at the same time: the skills that make you a good lawyer and the skills that help you...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Patrick Clancy’s Lawyer Puts Conspiracy Theorists On Notice
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Over the past months, Patrick Clancy and his family have been subjected to a relentless, escalating and destructive defamation campaign. This campaign of misinformation has been launched and promoted by minor...
Law Department 2.0: When Clients Take Control (Part II)
What happens when clients really have command of their data? In Part I of this series, I explored how the reimagined law department can redefine who does legal work and how it gets done, while ensuring its institutional knowledge is accessible to AI. The next question...
9th Circuit Affirms Roblox Waived Arbitration Enforcement Right in Child Safety Class Action
The decision could point to the limitations of seeking to compel arbitration as a defense strategy in similar cases against Roblox, which faces ongoing multidistrict litigation and a Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding, contends plaintiffs counsel. The...
The Supreme Court Wouldn’t Save Missouri’s Gerrymander, A Trump Judge Did It Anyway
On Tuesday afternoon, Justice Brett Kavanaugh did something that in almost any other timeline but this current hellscape would be unremarkable. Acting as circuit justice for the Eighth Circuit, he denied Missouri’s emergency bid to reinstate the congressional...
DOJ Accuses Berkeley Law of Discrimination in Admissions
The U.S. Department of Justice finds that Berkeley Law deliberately discriminated against Asian and white applicants based on race in its law school admissions. The U.S. Department of Justice finds that Berkeley Law deliberately discriminated against Asian and...
‘Facebook Kept Telling Us It Was OK’: New Mexico AG Opens New Trial Against Meta
The trial, which is expected to last four weeks in Santa Fe's First Judicial District Court, addresses alleged misstatements Facebook made amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal about user data. The trial, which is expected to last four weeks in Santa Fe's First...
How to Give Good Feedback Without Feeling Like a Bosshole
Feedback is the fastest, least expensive way to change behavior quickly in the workplace. Here's how to do it. The post How to Give Good Feedback Without Feeling Like a Bosshole appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.“If you can’t say...
Shein’s Hong Kong Listing Falters Amid Profitability Concerns
The post Shein’s Hong Kong Listing Falters Amid Profitability Concerns appeared first on Above the Law.The post Shein’s Hong Kong Listing Falters Amid Profitability Concerns appeared first on Above the Law.
Harvey Raises Another $550M At A $15.5B Valuation
The post Harvey Raises Another $550M At A $15.5B Valuation appeared first on Above the Law.The legal AI company Harvey said today that it has raised another $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed.By my calculations, that puts the...
Lawyer Convicted After Attempt To Kill Ex-Wife Foiled By Leaving The Safety On
Last year, Matthew Exton spotted his ex-wife and her family at a local restaurant. After sending a drink to their table and spitting at them on his way out, the now-former Toledo-area attorney returned with a gun and attempted to shoot his ex at point blank range....
Vanderbilt Law School Starts Students Practicing Depositions On AI Witnesses
For decades, the legal industry adhered to a straightforward division of labor: law schools taught doctrine and law firms taught newly minted lawyers how to actually do their jobs. It wasn’t necessarily the most efficient approach. Law schools struggled to find much...
Morning Docket: 09.10.26
* Missouri lawmakers threaten to impeach state supreme court if they hold secretary of state in contempt for using redrawn maps that violate state constitution. [KCTV] Meanwhile, the whole thing is back at the U.S. Supreme Court — which already blessed the Missouri...
The Week in Data Sept. 10: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including this year's Midlevel Associates Survey. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including this year's Midlevel Associates Survey.
Linklaters Hires Wachtell M&A Star as New York Build Continues
It is a major coup for the firm, which has stepped up its efforts to grow in New York. It is a major coup for the firm, which has stepped up its efforts to grow in New York.
Missouri Map Madness — See Also
Trump Judges Blow Off Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to impose Missouri’s illegal gerrymander. Trump-appointed district judge decided to go ahead and do it anyway. While We’re On That Topic…: Can you remember the civil procedure doctrine at issue in...
Missouri Gerrymander Case Flunks Remedial Law School
Missouri’s state supreme court barred the state from implementing the Republican legislature’s new gerrymandered maps for this November’s election on state constitutional grounds. After an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court — the only appeal available per 28 U.S.C. §...
The LL.M. Honor Roll: Ranking The Nation’s Best Specialty Degree Programs In Law (2026)
There are countless law school rankings out there, and we cover just about every single one of them here at Above the Law. But what about rankings for LL.M. programs, advanced degrees that allow law school graduates to sharpen their skills, specialize in a particular...
Why Bigger Legal Budgets Buy Less Relief Than Ever
Despite bigger budgets, in-house legal departments are being squeezed from every angle — by rising talent costs, ballooning law firm fees, and an AI bill nobody budgeted for — and a workload that’s outrunning all of it. Download the 2027 In-House Legal Budget Report,...
Biglaw’s Money Can Follow Its Recruits Right Into A Judge’s Chambers, Ethics Panel Says
A judicial ethics panel has looked at the increasingly common arrangement of a law student cashing a Biglaw check while working, unpaid, inside a judge’s chambers and decided it is all perfectly fine. In the race to lock up talent earlier and earlier, Biglaw firms...
Legal Catastrophes The Old-Fashioned Way
With AI hallucinations dominating the legal ethics headlines for years now, it’s nice to see lawyers landing in hot water without having to rely on technology. For example, Holland & Knight got itself removed from a case in Rhode Island after accidentally putting...
From The Port to License Plates: How To Register An Imported Car In Your State
In recent years, due to the high cost of new and used cars, some people have been looking into importing cars from overseas. These grey-market imports have attracted enthusiasts and drivers who want to try something different at a comparable cost. Under current law,...
Appellate Court Rejects Attorney’s Bid for Referral Fee in $10M Case
Judge Debra Walker held that the "plain language" of the signed retainer agreement didn't include an explicit referral agreement between attorneys and was therefore unenforceable. Judge Debra Walker held that the "plain language" of the signed retainer agreement...
‘Windfall Verdict’ Wiped: 5th Circuit Undoes $124M Award Over Judge-Lawyer Friendship
The Fifth Circuit said the magistrate judge did not share that she and the plaintiff's attorney had a personal friendship that spanned nearly 40 years and that the attorney had served as a groomsman in her wedding in 1989. The Fifth Circuit said the magistrate...
How I Made Partner: ‘Stop Feeling the Imposter Syndrome,’ Says Reeya Thakrar of Faegre Drinker
"I would tell my younger self sooner to stop feeling the imposter syndrome. The faster you can accept that you belong in the room, the faster you can develop your confidence and move forward without sweating the small stuff (like re-reading emails and rethinking what...
Bridget McCormack, the Former Jurist Who Led Innovation at the American Arbitration Association As Its CEO, To Step Down for New Opportunity
Bridget M. McCormack, the former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who joined the American Arbitration Association in 2023 as its president and CEO, helping to spearhead the AAA’s innovation efforts, particularly with regard to its adoption of generative AI,...
Casepoint Launches Casepoint IQ, An AI Framework Spanning Its Full Platform, from New Autonomous Agents and Assistive AI to Legacy Predictive Coding
Calling it the “intelligence foundation” of its platform, Casepoint today launched Casepoint IQ, a suite of tools within a single AI framework that spans the company’s products for e-discovery, legal holds, FOIA and investigations. The company says that Casepoint IQ...
Is Freshfields’ Acclaimed US Growth Running Out of Road?
The firm has done what few international firms have by building a credible U.S. strategic M&A practice. But, according to Law.com data, insiders and rivals, its real growth challenge—creating a competitive U.S. private capital practice—lies ahead. The firm...
Demystifying Dark Social for Lawyers: Tracking Leads and Conversions Without Metrics
Annette Choti | "Dark social” is not inherently sinister. It’s simply mystery website traffic that most analytics tools can't trace back to an identifiable source. But you can recapture or infer important details, even in the absence of familiar tracking metrics. The...
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Motley Rice’s Joe Rice Has Died at 72. Bursor & Fisher Accused of Judge-Shopping
Rice, who was 72, was one of the biggest names in mass torts for the past three decades, helping negotiate settlements over opioids, asbestos, “forever chemicals and tobacco. Rice, who was 72, was one of the biggest names in mass torts for the past three...
Avoiding The AI Efficiency Trap: What Biglaw Needs To Get Right
The post Avoiding The AI Efficiency Trap: What Biglaw Needs To Get Right appeared first on Above the Law.The post Avoiding The AI Efficiency Trap: What Biglaw Needs To Get Right appeared first on Above the Law.
The ILTACON Wrap-Up
The International Legal Technology Association conference broke its own attendance records as the legal world flocked to Nashville to figure out what’s going on with the technology that promises to revolutionize the practice of law… and can’t quite stop producing fake...
This Law School Dean Promised A Tattoo If His Students Crushed The Bar Exam
Welp, a deal is a deal. Elon University School of Law Dean Zak Kramer made his students a promise: hit an 85% first-time bar passage rate as a class, and he’d get a tattoo in their honor. Equal parts motivation and branding… and a little bit of a stunt, but one a dean...
Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Asks Trump To Pardon His Client
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Mr. President, I would hope that you would consider this young lady and the person she is, what she’s been through, and consider a pardon. — Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, in comments...
Willy Wonka’s In-House Counsel Is Back And Handling Jurassic Park’s Legal Problems
Last year, we featured a documentary from Minor Character Theater about Rutgers Law grad Brian Finklebar, the former general counsel to the Willy Wonka Chocolate company as his C-Suite slowly drives him insane with illegal lotteries, rampant labor violations, and...
B2B Agents Will Need Their Own Contracting Playbooks
Most contracting playbooks contain instructions that make perfect sense to experienced lawyers. “Generally resist this provision.” “Accept if commercially reasonable.” “Escalate material deviations.” “Use judgment.” A human lawyer can often work with that language. An...
ILTACON News Round-Up Part 4, The Business Of Law: Litera, Aderant, Oddr, TRĒ AI, Intapp
The post ILTACON News Round-Up Part 4, The Business Of Law: Litera, Aderant, Oddr, TRĒ AI, Intapp appeared first on Above the Law.Last week’s ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, brought what may have been the busiest news...
Pangram Loving Law Professors Have Reached Peak AI Slop Brain
The legal academy recently worked itself into a lather over AI-generated law review submissions. According to one law professor writing on Twitter, the AI detection platform Pangram had flagged a law review submission as having substantially AI-generated text. This...
The Biglaw Attorney Who Gave Corporate America Its Deadliest Defense
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1982, which New York M&A lawyer dreamed up a defensive maneuver to fend off the corporate raiders that were then terrorizing America’s boardrooms — a tactic so effective it’s been called the...
Is This *The* Worst In-House Job? — See Also
In-House Counsel Woes: Imagine being Jurassic Park’s general counsel. They Left Biglaw To Build Something New. Now They’re Paying For It: In the best possible way. It’s Never Too Soon To Start Working On Business Development: Take this important advice from the CEO of...
Mamdani Settles 9/11 Records Suits, Releases 170K Documents on Toxic Air, Health Risks and City’s Response Failure
In June, Mamdani announced his office would begin releasing the records by Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, when finalizing the city's budget and allocating over $40 million to two city departments for the task. In June, Mamdani announced his office would begin releasing...
The Week in Data Sept. 8: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including how Big Law firms are quietly paying associates different salaries. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including how Big Law firms are quietly paying associates...
‘Basically Unprecedented’: Schedule A Defendants Leverage New Tactic in Bid to Overturn Thousands of Default Judgments
Experts told Law.com that they've never seen a case quite like this before. Experts told Law.com that they've never seen a case quite like this before.
Am Law 200 Law Firms Hit With Malpractice Suits Over Financial Scams, Law.com Radar Shows
The platform detected nearly 40 cases against Big Law in August, most of them alleging professional misconduct. The platform detected nearly 40 cases against Big Law in August, most of them alleging professional misconduct.
2nd Bellwether Jury Awards $40M Verdict Over Bard’s PowerPort Device
Friday's verdict, in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, comes in the second trial in the multidistrict litigation alleging defects in Bard's PowerPort device. Friday's verdict, in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, comes in the second...
On LawNext: Casefleet Founder Jeff Kerr on Fact Management in the Age of AI
Chronologies have become one of legal tech’s hottest categories, with a wave of AI startups promising to turn a messy evidentiary record into a structured timeline in minutes. Jeff Kerr and his company Casefleet were more than a decade ahead of the pack. Kerr finished...
Lip Sync For Your Brand? When Parody, Performance, and Trademark Law Collide in the Age of Social Media
Recent legal disputes involving drag performers and established brands have spurred discussion in legal and entertainment circles alike about the complex intersection of modern trademark law, activism, and values-driven branding. The ongoing high-profile a trademark...
What a Verdict Number Actually Means in Mass Torts
In August 2018, a San Francisco jury told a former school groundskeeper named Dewayne Johnson that Monsanto owed him $289 million. That was the number in every headline. It is not the number he was paid. Months later the trial judge cut the punitive portion of the...
ABA Council Repeals Diversity Standard Amid Uncertainty About the Organization’s Future as a Law School Accreditor
The ABA Accreditation Council repealed its law school diversity and inclusion Standard 206 after an extended review shaped by federal actions targeting diversity efforts in education. The ABA Accreditation Council repealed its law school diversity and inclusion...
Let Lawyers Be Lawyers, Let AI Search for the Cases
Sam Davidoff | Legal research AI is built to hand you an answer, but most of the time, that is not what the work requires. You don’t want the AI answer; you want the AI to help you get to your answer. The post Let Lawyers Be Lawyers, Let AI Search for the Cases...
How I Made My Mark as a Lateral: Neal Seth of Woods Rogers
"There was never any pressure to make a quick decision. Woods Rogers wanted to make sure it was the right fit for me, and I wanted to make sure it was the right place for my clients and my practice. Looking back, I think taking the time to get that right is one of the...
Larger Paychecks to More De-equitizations: PE’s Potential Effects on Partner Comp
While firms will get more creative with their pay packages in MSO setups, they're also going to become even more cautious about letting people into the equity tier, noted one observer. While firms will get more creative with their pay packages in MSO setups,...
The UK Top 50: For the First Time Since Pandemic, Top Ten Fail to Post Double-Digit Growth
Mid-tier and smaller firms have delivered much of the sector's growth in the past financial year. Mid-tier and smaller firms have delivered much of the sector's growth in the past financial year.
Why Isn’t AI Making Your Firm Money? with Joshua Lenon
71% of solo attorneys use AI, but only a third are making more money. Joshua Lenon explains the gap between simple task automation and firm-wide revenue growth. The post Why Isn’t AI Making Your Firm Money? with Joshua Lenon appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech...
Judge’s AI Error-Laden Ruling Faces Appellate Scrutiny. Are There Lessons for Lawyers?
“The cure for AI hallucinations is human verification," stated attorney Crawford Appleby. "So, no matter whether it's a solo practitioner, a big firm, the department of justice or the court itself, every statement of fact and law needs to be verified by a person....
Check That Email Address Field Before Hitting Send On Those Judge Insults — See Generally
Can’t Blame AI For This Email Disaster: The NCAA handed its Rhode Island case over to Foley & Lardner after its Holland & Knight lawyers were caught suggesting the judge was “dumb” and referring to the plaintiff as “poop man.” It came out because they cc’d...
Chief Judge Pryor Tosses Judge Altman ‘Terror Scarf’ Complaint, Showing Off Bipartisan Leniency Toward Misconduct Claims
Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William Pryor seems like a good supervisor to have! Whether you’re a Democratic-appointed judge using your chambers to have sex with a police official whose department routinely shows up in your courthouse or a Republican-appointed judge...
You Can Bill $2,000 An Hour And Still Flunk The Discovery Rules — See Also
Turns Out ‘I Forgot’ Isn’t A Great Discovery Strategy: Just ask Skadden and Kirkland. She Don’t Lie/She Don’t Lie/Cocaine: Missouri legislative candidate arrested for trying to plant cocaine on primary opponent. The Most Forgiving Judge In The World: Chief Judge...
Former In-House Counsel’s Whistleblower Claim Revived by Appellate Court
The appellate court said that although Balla prioritizes the right of a client to freely terminate attorneys, it doesn't give the right to client to engage in "lesser retaliatory actions" against their counsel. The appellate court said that although Balla...
A Former President Returned To The Supreme Court To Argue A Case
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Long after leaving the White House, by then a sitting congressman, which former president returned to the Supreme Court, not as a party or a spectator but as a lawyer arguing a case, which he’d taken...
Skadden And Kirkland Earn A $2 Million Benchslap For Hiding Evidence
Two of the most prestigious and most expensive Biglaw firms just got caught doing the kind of thing they tell you not to in professional responsibility class. Earlier this week, Judge Marc T. Treadwell of the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia...
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. “Supreme Court refuses to put proof-of-citizenship amendment on Michigan...
Litigation Trends to Watch: Phishing Attack, Trading Algorithms and Car Repos Trigger Suits
Plaintiffs allege hackers used social engineering to trick employees into granting access to Salesforce and Snowflake environments. Plaintiffs allege hackers used social engineering to trick employees into granting access to Salesforce and Snowflake...
Who’s on the Case? Musicians Say Suno AI Copied Their Personas, Not Their Songs
Jason Isbell and other musicians are testing a new legal front against AI music generator Suno, arguing that the company misused artists' identities and voiceprints, not just copyrighted songs, to create soundalike music, descriptions and artwork. Jason Isbell...
7 Hospital Mergers From Summer 2026
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Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Tells Us How He Really Feels About His Case
“I don’t want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the shit out of their case.” – Reddington 😂 pic.twitter.com/xGPKkEOdeA— Moodie Monroe (@moodienews) September 3, 2026 — Lindsay Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington. Judge William Sullivan expressed his...
What It’s Really Like To Be General Counsel
Chaka Patterson, founder and CEO of Chaka Strategy and author of The Hot Seat: Mastering the Public Company General Counsel Role, joins me to unpack what actually separates a successful general counsel from one who’s gone within five years. His answer has almost...
A ‘Legend’ and ‘Titan’: Mass Tort Bar Mourns Death of Motley Rice’s Joseph Rice
Rice, who opened his South Carolina firm in 2003 with Ron Motley, was a key negotiator in settlements involving opioids, “forever chemicals and tobacco. He was 72. Rice, who opened his South Carolina firm in 2003 with Ron Motley, was a key negotiator in...
Google Business Profile Tactics That Actually Move Rankings
Outperforming your local competition via Google Business Profile optimization requires integrating “under the hood” tweaks on two fronts: human perception and behavior, on the one hand, and algorithmic selection processes, on the other. Simply put, your law firm has...
Why Winston Taylor Is Betting on Miami
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Winston Taylor Miami Managing Partner Gustavo J. Membiela about the Chicago-funded firm's growth since entering the Miami market in 2022. In this week's Legal Speak episode, Winston Taylor Miami Managing Partner Gustavo J....
Trump’s Manic Plot To Seize Mail In Ballots Is Back At SCOTUS
At some point today, Judge Indira Talwani will tell Donald Trump once again that his scheme to use the Post Office to weed out “illegal” ballots is entirely ultra vires. She’s already said so at least four times, blocking much of Trump’s executive order telling USPS...
Nominee Charged With Plotting To Plant Cocaine On His Primary Opponent
Thomas Christopher Ross is the Republican nominee for a state House district in Missouri. He beat Louise Secker in the August 4 primary by a mere 32 votes. Then, on September 2, he was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and amphetamine under 21 U.S.C. §§...
Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw Firms Will Eventually Get Around To Matching Milbank… Right?
The post Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw Firms Will Eventually Get Around To Matching Milbank… Right? appeared first on Above the Law.Since we broke the news of the new $235K salary scale for associates at large law firms in the United States — a trend that...
5 Things We Wish Every Referring Lawyer Would Tell Us Before Sending a Case
Steve Kherkher and Jesus Garcia | The hardest case to refer is the one that is bigger than your practice. But making a referral doesn't mean giving up o your client. The post 5 Things We Wish Every Referring Lawyer Would Tell Us Before Sending a Case appeared first on...