{"id":145591,"date":"2026-03-08T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/08\/change-change-change-see-generally\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:29:29","slug":"change-change-change-see-generally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/08\/change-change-change-see-generally\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Change Change \u2014 See Generally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>But If We <em>Changed<\/em> The Rules\u2026<\/strong>: Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/bondi-says-shes-the-bar-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposes new rule<\/a> that allows <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/doj-proposes-rule-blocking-state-bars-from-investigating-ethical-violations-by-government-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pam Bondi to decide<\/a> if any of her lawyers violated state ethics rules. This should work out great!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Over Grades<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/law-school-tells-students-you-must-be-aligned-politically-with-president-trump-for-summer-job\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law school tells students that prestigious jobs are open if they\u2019re loyal to Trump, and that GPA isn\u2019t much of a factor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bye Bye Piece Of The Equity Pie<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/welcome-to-partnership-sort-of-another-top-biglaw-firm-creates-an-income-partner-tier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold &amp; Porter creates income tier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What If We Just Get Rid Of The Author?<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/federal-circuit-dissents-plummet-after-pauline-newmans-ersatz-impeachment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Circuit dissents drop once they invent a new exception to life tenure to get rid of Judge Newman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOJ Gives Up Unconstitutional Nonsense Case\u2026 OR DO THEY?!?<\/strong>: Trump\u2019s attempt to ruin Biglaw firms who wouldn\u2019t pay him off <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/doj-drops-defense-of-biglaw-executive-orders-leaving-capitulating-firms-holding-940-million-bag\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dies a quiet death in court<\/a>. Then, within 24 hours, the DOJ tells the court that <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/trump-admin-calls-backsies-on-biglaw-executive-order-appeals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s reversing itself<\/a> and would like to continue illegally harassing law firms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking Of Reversals<\/strong>: The Florida Bar <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/lindsey-halligan-under-investigation-and-the-doj-is-big-mad-about-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened an investigation into ethically challenged government lawyer Lindsey Halligan<\/a>. And then immediately announced <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/when-florida-bar-said-it-was-serious-about-ethical-violations-it-meant-to-say-yes-sir-glory-to-the-maga-empire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that it didn\u2019t know anything about that<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AI Could Mess Up The Outside Counsel Relationship<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/corporate-legal-departments-are-done-subsidizing-biglaws-business-model\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This tech may not replace lawyers, but it might replace which lawyers do the work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/change-change-change-see-generally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Change Change Change \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But If We <em>Changed<\/em> The Rules\u2026<\/strong>: Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/bondi-says-shes-the-bar-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposes new rule<\/a> that allows <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/doj-proposes-rule-blocking-state-bars-from-investigating-ethical-violations-by-government-lawyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pam Bondi to decide<\/a> if any of her lawyers violated state ethics rules. This should work out great!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Over Grades<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/law-school-tells-students-you-must-be-aligned-politically-with-president-trump-for-summer-job\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law school tells students that prestigious jobs are open if they\u2019re loyal to Trump, and that GPA isn\u2019t much of a factor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bye Bye Piece Of The Equity Pie<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/welcome-to-partnership-sort-of-another-top-biglaw-firm-creates-an-income-partner-tier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold &amp; Porter creates income tier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What If We Just Get Rid Of The Author?<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/federal-circuit-dissents-plummet-after-pauline-newmans-ersatz-impeachment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Circuit dissents drop once they invent a new exception to life tenure to get rid of Judge Newman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOJ Gives Up Unconstitutional Nonsense Case\u2026 OR DO THEY?!?<\/strong>: Trump\u2019s attempt to ruin Biglaw firms who wouldn\u2019t pay him off <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/doj-drops-defense-of-biglaw-executive-orders-leaving-capitulating-firms-holding-940-million-bag\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dies a quiet death in court<\/a>. Then, within 24 hours, the DOJ tells the court that <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/trump-admin-calls-backsies-on-biglaw-executive-order-appeals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s reversing itself<\/a> and would like to continue illegally harassing law firms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking Of Reversals<\/strong>: The Florida Bar <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/lindsey-halligan-under-investigation-and-the-doj-is-big-mad-about-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened an investigation into ethically challenged government lawyer Lindsey Halligan<\/a>. And then immediately announced <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/when-florida-bar-said-it-was-serious-about-ethical-violations-it-meant-to-say-yes-sir-glory-to-the-maga-empire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that it didn\u2019t know anything about that<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AI Could Mess Up The Outside Counsel Relationship<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/corporate-legal-departments-are-done-subsidizing-biglaws-business-model\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This tech may not replace lawyers, but it might replace which lawyers do the work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/change-change-change-see-generally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Change Change Change \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But If We Changed The Rules\u2026: Department of Justice proposes new rule that allows Pam Bondi to decide if any of her lawyers violated state ethics rules. This should work out great! Trump Over Grades: Law school tells students that prestigious jobs are open if they\u2019re loyal to Trump, and that GPA isn\u2019t much of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}