The Road To The White House Goes Through The Supreme Court
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! How many future Presidents of the United States argued a case before the Supreme Court before becoming the…
Republicans Endorse Strawman Version Of Affirmative Action If It Means Clarence Thomas Is Okay – See Also
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The Incredible, Shrinking Ranks Of Biglaw Equity Partnership
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! As of 2022, what percentage of lawyers at Am Law 200 firms are equity partners? Hint: Back in…
Chief Justice Roberts Really Doesn’t Like You People – See Also
The Year-End Report On The Federal Judiciary Is In: Guess what wasn’t included. The Supreme Court Is A Laughing Matter: Take it away, Roy Wood Jr.! Associated With Money!: Latham…
Happy Lawyers Do Exist – Above the Law
I interview Amanda Wolfman, counsel at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, who shares her career transition from social work to law and advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the legal…
Who Owns AI-Produced Content? – Above the Law
There’s a lot of talk around AI — in fact, it’s all anyone seems to want to talk about at all anymore: including us, apparently! But a very lawyerly question…
AI Update: White-Collar AI, NY Times Sues OpenAI, ‘Patchwork’ Regulations
Much like the legal industry, the world of business consulting has wrestled with how best to make use of AI technology, according to the New York Times. The Times’ report…
January 2 Is Going To Be One Of The Busiest Days Of The Year
The legal industry, like many other things in life, follows cycles — busy, then slow, then back to busy. The holiday season is usually one of the slowest times of…
How Appealing Weekly Roundup – Above the Law
(Image via Getty) 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…
See You Next Year! — See Also
It’s the last workday of 2023, so let’s look back at the major stories of the year. Unhinged Judge Handcuffs Crying Child: Our top single story of the year focused…
Lawyerly New Year’s Resolutions, Terms And Conditions May Apply
Notes to my (legal) self. The post Lawyerly New Year’s Resolutions, Terms And Conditions May Apply appeared first on Above the Law.
Can Lawyers Get Sued For Copying A Brief? – See Also
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‘Trump Too Small’ Is Big Enough For SCOTUS Review
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) What initially began as a feud between former president Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio about their heights and hand sizes has evolved into a…
Turley Gets In Another Disgrace Before The End Of The Year – See Also
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More Lawyers Should Take The Final Week Of The Year Off
During the year, many attorneys have court appearances and other commitments that make it extremely difficult for them to take any real vacation. However, one of the best times for…
Texas AG Ken Paxton Subpoenas Seattle Hospital Because Who Cares About Personal Jurisdiction When You Have Trans Kids To Bash
Ken Paxton Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has once again come up with a novel way to be hideous and vile. And true to form, it’s of dubious legality —…
Lawyers Can Innocently Cite To Nonexistent Authorities
Some news articles recently have reported on lawyers who were caught citing legal authorities that did not exist. Earlier this year, a lawyer relied on artificial intelligence to compose legal…
The Echo Chamber Grows – Above the Law
A seemingly innocuous Supreme Court case in 2017 looking at the narrow issue of time bars in class action lawsuits saw two giants of Supreme Court advocacy duke it out…
SCOTUS Gives Trump Early Christmas Gift, Won’t Expedite Appeal In Election Case
(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) The Supreme Court just stuffed a giant Christmas present in Donald Trump’s stocking. With no registered dissents, it denied Special Counsel Jack Smith’s petition for certiorari before…
Arcadia Sells Its Value-Based Care Division to a Fledgling Startup
A nascent healthcare startup announced an acquisition on Thursday that it believes will advance its mission of accelerating the industry’s transformation to value-based care. Guidehealth — a value-based care enablement…
AI Update: AI In Legal Ed, Suing Copilot, OpenAI’s Unique Investment Deals
Law schools must acknowledge and respond to the rise of AI in the legal industry by incorporating relevant training into their curricula, argues research fellow and assistant director of the…
Grow Up – Above the Law
Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career…
Biglaw’s Big Real Estate Move
New York City (Photo by David Lat) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm’s 20-year lease for 765,000 square feet of space…
Clarence Should Definitely Recuse From This Trump Case – See Also
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Easy Opportunity For Clarence To Look Like He Cares: Best judicial ethics practice would be to stay home. Ken Paxton Thinks Seattle, Washington, Falls Under…
Sound Off: What Is *The* Worst Law?
As lawyers, we’re obliged to uphold the law…. but that doesn’t always mean you agree with it. Attorneys are in a unique position to know the underbelly of the system…
The Money Wrap-Up — See Also
Pay Up And Get Out: WashU allegedly expects student to cover tuition despite transferring to Georgetown. Giuliani’s Bank Runneth Dry: Guess who just filed for bankruptcy. Irell Bumped Up Salaries,…
The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Public Interest Jobs (2022)
Let’s face it: tens of thousands of students enroll in law school every year, each with a dream in their hearts of saving the world. Whatever their public-interest cause may…
When There’s No One To Vilify, Make ‘Em Up — See Also
Why Let Reality Stop You?: Donald Trump’s latest punching bags aren’t so much… real. The Fourteenth Amendment… Not Just For Liberals Anymore!: Judge Luttig has thoughts on the Colorado Supreme…
Was Jesus Born In Bethlehem For Tax Reasons?
Chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke states that Caesar Augustus issued a decree that the world should be taxed based on their ancestral lineage. So Joseph and Mary traveled…
Chief Justice Roberts Probably Won’t Be Heading To The 305 Any Time Soon – See Also
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NY Judge Says Trump Arguments ‘Personify Frivolity’
(photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again … so as to give the court maximum opportunity to dunk on…
The Clarence Gift-Soliciting Saga Continues – See Also
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Boutique Firm Raises Salaries, Offers Eye-Popping Bonuses Of Up To $310K
(Image via Getty) Boutique firms continue to strut their stuff when it comes to compensation, oftentimes blowing the already hefty bonus scales that are offered by Biglaw firms out of…
Sanofi Abandons Deal for Rare Disease Drug Amid FTC’s Monopoly Concerns
Sanofi is walking away from a deal to license an experimental Maze Therapeutics drug for a rare enzyme deficiency after the Federal Trade Commission challenged the transaction as anti-competitive. The…
Instantly Amazing – Above the Law
Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career…
Elise Stefanik Demands To Speak To The Manager Of This Here Federal Judiciary
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has a new hobby, and it’s not pickle ball. Instead the New York Republican, who chairs the House Republican Conference, has taken…
America’s Favorite Harvard Law Student
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who originated the role of Elle Woods when Legally Blonde debuted on Broadway? Hint: She was nominated for…
The Madder They Are… — See Also
Republicans Are Big Mad: That Elon Musk didn’t get exactly what he wanted when he wanted it. Speaking Of Angry Republicans: Elise Stefanik is making a mountain out of a…
Republicans Are Mad The FCC Rejected Elon Musk’s Attempt To Get A Billion Dollars In Subsidies To Deliver Pricey Satellite Broadband To Some Traffic Medians
(Photo by Diego Donamaria/Getty Images for SXSW) You might recall that Elon Musk claims to hate taxpayer subsidies. They should all be “deleted.” Except for the subsidies given to his…
Who Needs The LSAT Anyway? — See Also
Out With The Old: More law schools will be accepting the JD-Next. Diverse Applications Are On The Rise: Nothing says “Ending Affirmative Action” like even more minorities applying! Old Dog…
Boutique Firm Showers Associates With Biglaw Cash
Boutique firms continue to prove that they’re capable of meeting and competing with Biglaw in terms of compensation. The latest boutique to meet the the market in terms of associate…
Collect Your Belongings After The Party — See Also
Keep It Professional At The Christmas Party: Remember, it’s still a work event. Stupid Isn’t Always An Ad Hominem: Let us know which law you think is the dumbest. Another…
Morning Docket: 12.13.23
* “How Some Big Law Firms Can Afford Associate Salary Raises.” They make tons of money. That’s the secret. * Florida AG begins official probe of college football for excluding…
Don’t Get Scammed This Holiday! — See Also
Back In My Day, Gift Cards Were Simple: I recommend giving out cash this year. Looking For A Non Gift Card Gift?: Check out our gift guide! Does Your Bonus…
Morning Docket: 12.12.23
* Copyright office declines to register AI art for lack of creativity. I guess they haven’t seen Dan Epps create Muppet originalists. * Now that she announced that she would…
I Can Excuse Racism, But I Draw The Line At Free Speech — See Also
The Donors Have Spoken On Penn’s Former President: Mum’s the word on Amy Wax. Oh Steptoe, What Are You Doing?: Odd first name firm is losing its odd second name.…
Morning Docket: 12.11.23
* Donald Trump has decided not to testify proving that it’s at least hypothetically possible for him to listen to the advice of counsel. * Texas Supreme Court issues stay…
O’Connor & The Court: Breaking The Supreme Court’s Glass Ceiling
The Supreme Court stood as a monolithic institution for almost its first two centuries with its all male (predominately white male) composition. Confirmed in 1981 as the nation’s 104th Supreme…
Trump Whines After Appeals Court Mostly Upholds DC Gag Order
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Today the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit pared back but still affirmed Judge Tanya Chutkan’s October order banning Donald Trump from attacking…
Your Stories Versus My Data
Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career…
The Biglaw Firm Does It All For The Gram
(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Good2bSocial’s 2023 Social Law Firm Index, which Am Law 200 firm…
Even Trump’s Lawyers Aren’t Safe Around Him – See Also
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Know Who Needs A Raise? Law Students On Journal – See Also
Future Prestige Doesn’t Fill A Presently Rumbling Stomach: Students rally against work without pay. Stephen Miller Picked A Fight With Taylor Swift: Not sure this is who you want bad…
The Pride Of Stanford – Above the Law
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was one of two justices who was…
All He Had To Say Was ‘Thanks For Your Time’ – See Also
Career Attorney Turns In Resignation After Ending Talk With “White Power”: Baffles the mind. Edward Blum Is Doing A Victory Lap: He’s very pro diversity when it comes to people…
Do Better, Rutgers Law! — See Also
What Are They Teaching In Crim Law?: This no-no really should have been in the outline. This Is Why You Shouldn’t Toss A Burrito Bowl: The carnitas came with jail…
This Supreme Court Justice Is Ready For The Spotlight
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearing was the first to be televised? Hint: The nominee was a trailblazer…
Forecast Says, It’s Raining Money! – See Also
It’s Raining At Morgan Lewis: Ditch the umbrella and bring a bucket! There’s A Flood Warning At Boies: What? A $400k bonus?! Heavy Clouds Above Clifford Chance: Let the wealth…
Court Dropkicks Giuliani Bid To Evade Jury Trial
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Judge Beryl Howell has had about all she can take of Rudy Giuliani’s bullshit. Just days before trial in the defamation case brought by Atlanta…
Will Any Other Biglaw Firms ‘Surprise’ The Market With Bigger, Better Compensation News?
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I don’t think we’re done yet. If history is any guide, I think there might be a few additional…
Julius Baer May Have Lent A Little Too Much To Billionaire’s Property Empire, May Try Not To Do It Again
Having 40% of your private debt book make for bankruptcy court makes one think. The post Julius Baer May Have Lent A Little Too Much To Billionaire’s Property Empire, May…
Behind Every Successful GC… – Above the Law
Olga V. Mack is the VP at LexisNexis and CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had…
This Biglaw Firm Is Ready For Their Closeup
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Good2bSocial’s 2023 Social Law Firm Index, which Am Law 200 firm performs the best on YouTube?…
Will Someone Please Think Of The White Supremacists! – See Also
Must Be Strange Being Superior And The True Victims: Yes, Amy Wax is involved. The Month Starts Strong With Bonuses!: Covington, Baker Botts, Yetter, Simpson Thatcher, Gibson Dunn, and Vinson…