UnitedHealth Hit With 2 New Federal Probes In 1 Week
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Supreme Court Justice Knows What He Likes
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The late Justice John Paul Stevens was known to enjoy what kind of sandwich? Hint: Indeed, Sonia Sotomayor confirmed, “Justice John Paul Stevens would have [this kind of sandwich] virtually every day that I sat with him for a year.” See the answer […]
Stat(s) Of The Week: How Much Do In-House Lawyers Make?
Last week, ATL released its 2024 report on in-house compensation, providing a detailed look at how much corporate counsel make. The report draws on information from more than 1,100 attorneys working at private companies, public corporations, and nonprofit organizations. The results show that compensation rose in the last year, with median annual pay (including base […]
Biglaw Firms Shying Away From Hiring Fired Government Lawyers For Fear Of Being ‘Scorned’ By Trump Administration
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We have seen law firms really pull back on wanting these individuals for fear that they’re not effective in front of the Trump administration. There is a concern that they are ineffective, practicing or appearing against the government now […]
A Hollywood Awards Show For Lawyers (That Isn’t A Deposition)
Before law school sucks their dreams away under a mountain of student debt, many students picture themselves getting into the entertainment industry. Famous clients! Exciting legal problems! Hollywood living! Then everyone ends up drafting venue clauses for regional office supply distributors. But SOME lawyers do make it into the entertainment game and those lawyers belong […]
DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Keeps Inventing New Ways To Disgrace His Office
Everyone knew that putting a conspiracy theorist with no Justice Department experience in charge of the US Attorney’s Office in DC would be a disaster. But no one could possibly have predicted the tire fire currently raging in the nation’s capital. Ed Martin, the January 6 protester nominated to lead the USAODC, spent the past […]
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. “Montana ‘Trafficking’ Bill Shows Endgame for Abortion Rights Foes”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. “Elon Musk’s Attacks On Judges Are Getting […]
Harvard Law School’s Vote On Divesting From Israel’s War In Gaza Set For March
If spending money is akin to voting, divestment is how institutions boycott causes they don’t believe in. Harvard’s divestments have been on the right side of history — a partial divestment from apartheid South Africa in 1986, tobacco stocks in 1990, and functional divestment from fossil fuels in 2021 after years of pushback from their […]
Lawyers Should More Often Talk About Their Failures
Lawyers, like pretty much everyone else, do not like to discuss their defeats. When attorneys speak to one another, they usually discuss their victories in order to promote themselves in front of colleagues. However, even the best lawyers lose sometimes, especially when either the law, the facts, or both are against them. Losing can be a valuable learning […]
Does Usha Vance Deserve Our Sympathy?
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. I CAN’T HELP BUT PUT MYSELF IN HER SHOES. As an Asian American woman who’s also married to a white man with roots in Ohio, I keep wondering what exactly […]