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The Best Law Schools For Minority Students (2025)

The Best Law Schools For Minority Students (2025)

Despite the fact that we’re now living in a time where diversity, equity, and inclusion are looked upon as dirty words, each and every day, people of color continue to make great strides toward progress within the government and the legal profession in our country. In...

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26 Lawsuits in 1 Day: Elevance Insurers Sued

26 Lawsuits in 1 Day: Elevance Insurers Sued

Da Silva Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery alleged that instead of repaying the plaintiff, "Empire either reimbursed the Practice nothing for the service rendered or reimbursed the Practice at an amount far below what was required to be reimbursed under the...

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Bar Exam Taker Suffers Apparent Heart Attack

Multiple horrifying reports have reached us from the New York bar exam, where tipsters say an applicant suffered what appeared to be a heart attack during the test. A woman taking the bar exam at the Hofstra location — a Fordham graduate, according to one tipster —...

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First Bellwether Trials Planned For Social Media Addiction

First Bellwether Trials Planned For Social Media Addiction

The first bellwether trial in the nation alleging social media sites like Instagram and TikTok caused adolescents to get addicted, and suffer mental illness, is set for Nov. 19 in Los Angeles Superior Court.       The first bellwether trial in the nation alleging...

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Lawyers Getting Really High On AI Hallucinations

Lawyers Getting Really High On AI Hallucinations

It was a very bad week for lawyers and hallucinations. A federal judge had to withdraw an opinion with fake cites. One Biglaw firm fired a partner over an invented case, while another firm got tossed off a case over AI shenanigans. And the scribe of Ashurbanipal got...

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Morning Docket: 07.31.25

* Biglaw backs away from pro bono causes to avoid Trump ire. [Reuters] * Florida bashes ABA as “woke” for persisting in its belief in this whole “constitutionality” thing. [Bloomberg Law News] * Music’s top lawyers profiled. [Variety] * NSA’s GC fired. Cool. That...

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Summer Bonuses Are Finally Here

Summer Bonuses Are Finally Here

The dog days of summer are nearly upon us, but there’s nothing that’ll make law firm associates perk up quicker than news of bonuses. That’s right — summer bonuses have been unleashed! Biglaw might not be ready to announce bonuses, but that’s not stopping boutique...

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Bonus Season Is Here!

This Boutique Firm Is Kicking Off Summer Bonuses?: Has your firm? Why not?! Suing Coldplay For Defamation Is The Last Thing The Former Astronomer CEO Should Do: Hey, what’s two terrible decisions? Double down! Do You Know The Best Law Schools For Women?: Compare your...

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Wilson Sonsini Sells Legal Technology Subsidiary

Wilson Sonsini Sells Legal Technology Subsidiary

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati established SixFifty in 2019 with lawyer-turned-tech-entrepreneur Kimball Parker to advise clients on nationwide employment law.       Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati established SixFifty in 2019 with...

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The Incredible Shrinking Circuit Court

The Incredible Shrinking Circuit Court

Is the Tenth Circuit about to get smaller? That’s what the U.S. Judicial Conference wants — in a new report, they’ve asked President Donald Trump to keep a vacancy open the next time one opens up on the Denver-based Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It’s part of an...

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Know What’s Going On In The Classroom! — See Also

Which Law Schools Offer The Best Classroom Experience?: Read this list to find out! Gotta Know Which Battles To Fight: This partner would have been better off not fighting a computer program. The Horror! The Minimally Competent Horror!: Tell us your bar exam horror...

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Johnson & Johnson Hit With $42M Talc Verdict in Boston

Johnson & Johnson Hit With $42M Talc Verdict in Boston

A $42 million verdict on Tuesday in Boston is the latest for a plaintiff alleging Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused mesothelioma.       A $42 million verdict on Tuesday in Boston is the latest for a plaintiff alleging Johnson & Johnson's baby powder...

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Floodgates Open? Alina Habba’s Standing Challenged in Court

Floodgates Open? Alina Habba’s Standing Challenged in Court

"You know, we don't believe that [Habba] is acting under any legitimate authority at this point. It just seems that to me, at the very least, it's an issue that has to be preserved," defense lawyer Thomas Mirigliano said.       "You know, we don't believe that [Habba]...

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Legal Ethics Roundup: Unethical Hiding Of ICE Lawyer Names In Public Hearings, 50-State Survey Of Judicial Disclosures, DOJ Appeals Jenner EO Block, Judge Scraps Opinion With Fake Cites & More

Legal Ethics Roundup: Unethical Hiding Of ICE Lawyer Names In Public Hearings, 50-State Survey Of Judicial Disclosures, DOJ Appeals Jenner EO Block, Judge Scraps Opinion With Fake Cites & More

Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Happy Monday! Hello from Maine. This week I’m writing you from Rockport, Maine, where I’m attending the Conference of Chief...

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