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Best Legal Conferences for Lawyers to Attend in 2026

Home Legal Marketing Networking for Lawyers Best Legal Conferences for Lawyers to Attend in 2026 By Attorney at Law Magazine December 2, 2025 Table of Contents Get paired with the best legal marketing companies. Book a 30-minute legal marketing diagnosis with Jason...

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The Dangers Of Unrestrained Partisanship

The Dangers Of Unrestrained Partisanship

Partisans can make everything partisan. For example, who causes a standoff? Both sides. It takes two to stand off. If either side gave in to its opponent’s position, there would be no standoff.   So who caused the government shutdown? Both sides, of course. The...

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Dicks And Kuntz! Read All About It! — See Also

Collision Sends Two Families To Court: Serious case, but you’ve gotta admit the names are funny. Tell Us About Your Bonuses!: We heard from Willkie and Perkins Coie! White Supremacist Wins Day In Court: The ball is back in University of Florida’s court. Eight Crazy...

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UChicago Law AI Lab Students Create Free Tool for Renters

UChicago Law AI Lab Students Create Free Tool for Renters

The AI Lab created LeaseChat, an AI tool available free to renters nationwide to help them analyze their leases and understand their legal rights.       The AI Lab created LeaseChat, an AI tool available free to renters nationwide to help them analyze their leases and...

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Ex-Judge Sues AG Pam Bondi and the DOJ

Ex-Judge Sues AG Pam Bondi and the DOJ

The wrongful-termination lawsuit seeks full reinstatement as a U.S. immigration judge.       The wrongful-termination lawsuit seeks full reinstatement as a U.S. immigration judge.       

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LOLSuit To Cost Trump Dearly — See Generally

LOLSuit To Cost Trump Dearly — See Generally

Eleventh Circuit Won’t Save Trump And Habba From Sanctions: The American presidency goes from “a million points of light” to “a million dollars in legal sanctions” in a generation. Milbank Makes Biglaw Bonus Amounts Official: The firm finally weighed in and matched...

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Lawyer’s Permanent Mark On Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Lawyer’s Permanent Mark On Your Thanksgiving Dinner

What lawyer first came up with the concept of canned cranberry sauce? Hint: It was part of an effort to extend the selling period of his staple crop. Years after canned cranberry sauce had become mainstream, he said of the innovation, “I felt I could do something for...

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Bonus Season Begins In Earnest

Bonus season is underway, and Biglaw firms are lining up to reward associates for a year’s worth of effort. The market scale — unless some firm breaks rank and crashes the party — tracks last year, which can be a bit anticlimactic, but with the economy possibly...

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Check The Scorecard! — See Also

Check The Scorecard! — See Also

Did Your Firm Announce Bonuses Yet?: We made it easy for you to catch up on (or rush) the compensation! These Firms Did!: Linklaters, Clifford Chance. Dumb Costs: Trump and Habba have to pay for their failures. With cash. The Search For A Missing Lawyer Continues:...

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Big Law Is Never Satisfied—But It Is Thankful

Big Law Is Never Satisfied—But It Is Thankful

In this corniest of exercises, we hope there is something resembling instructiveness (and dare we say optimism) for a go-take-that-next-hill industry.       In this corniest of exercises, we hope there is something resembling instructiveness (and dare we say optimism)...

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EEOC Settles With Company Amid Pro-American Enforcement

EEOC Settles With Company Amid Pro-American Enforcement

The settlement comes just as the EEOC announces a focus on eradicating discrimination against American workers. The agency has issued announcements calling for anyone who observes anti-American discrimination in the workplace to make a report.       The settlement...

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ABA Removes Cooley Law School’s Probationary Status

ABA Removes Cooley Law School’s Probationary Status

During its November meeting, the organization's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar determined the school demonstrated compliance with its required minimum two-year bar passage rate.       During its November meeting, the organization's...

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Keep The Bonus News Coming! — See Also

The Latest Bonus Matches: Tis the season to be thankful at Weil and Holwell Shuster! Your Time Is Up: Statute of limitations means they won’t get another bite at Comey. Giving Up Isn’t A Winning Strategy: Marc Elias weighs in on dealing with Trump. Say A Little Less...

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For This, I Am Still Grateful

For This, I Am Still Grateful

As this year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting once again, but this time, the reflection feels heavier, deeper, and more urgent. Last year, I wrote about learning to pause, to be present, to step away from the relentless need to be busy. This year has taught...

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Beyond Meat Hit With $40M in Plant-Based Trademark Dispute

Beyond Meat Hit With $40M in Plant-Based Trademark Dispute

On Monday, the jury awarded a total of $38.9 million to the plaintiff, including $23.5 million to Vegadelphia for actual damages under the Lanham Act, and $15.4 million in disgorged profits as a rough measure to fairly compensate the plaintiff for harm proximately...

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Why Law Firm Marketing Costs Are Skyrocketing in 2025

The legal industry has always been one of the most expensive and competitive when it comes to marketing, and it’s not slowing down. With the vast number of attorneys practicing across the country, their large budgets, and the fact that landing a single important case...

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First Generation Lawyer Special Issue COMING SOON

Coming February 2026 First Generation Lawyer Issue Attorney at Law Magazine has opened submissions for its all-digital issue featuring first-generation lawyers who are the first in their family to carve out a career for themselves in the legal industry.  Want to...

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Milbank Breaks Their Silence On Year-End Bonuses

Milbank Breaks Their Silence On Year-End Bonuses

Cravath may have been the first in Biglaw to announce their year-end bonuses, but they’re not the only compensation heavies! Spectators were waiting to what a comp leader, like Milbank, would do now that bonus season has officially arrived. You’ll recall Milbank led...

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The Revolutionary Background Of A Law School

The Revolutionary Background Of A Law School

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which American law school was the only one founded exclusively for women, at a time when most other law schools would not accept women? Hint: The school was founded in 1908 as Portia Law School and...

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Milbank Finally Answers! — See Also

Milbank Finally Answers! — See Also

The Answer To If Milbank Will Top the Scale Is!: Nah. They’re paying out market bonuses. It Pays To Work In Texas!: Vinson & Elkins announced bonuses! …And Other Places, Too!: Simpson Thacher, Covington & Burling, and A&O Shearman. The Biggest Loser:...

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Fuse Energy Wins Rare SEC No-Action Letter on Tokens

Fuse Energy Wins Rare SEC No-Action Letter on Tokens

"This is another positive step toward providing greater clarity to innovators in the digital asset space," said Stephen P. Wink, a partner at Latham & Watkins who represents Fuse Energy.       "This is another positive step toward providing greater clarity to...

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