Three words of advice whenever you’re thinking about committing crimes that leave paper trails: Take It Easy. The last person you should have to tell that to is someone who works for the Department of Justice, but don’t forget that they’re still on the list. While this former DOJ employee didn’t Seek Stardom, he did […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at lightning speed, and law is no exception. In Season 10, Episode 8 of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” I sat down with Tom Martin, founder and CEO of LawDroid, to discuss how AI legal assistants are changing the game for law firms. Tom’s mission is clear: help lawyers […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the data collected as part of the Am Law 100 ranking, how many Biglaw firms have gross revenue over $2 billion? Hint: The leader is (again) Kirkland & Ellis, with over $8.8 billion in gross revenue. See the answer on the […]
Refusing The Court Is Criminal: Former Justice thinks Marc Rubio, Pam Bondi, and others can be held in criminal contempt for defying orders. Bad Thing About Public Opinions Is That They’re Public: Justice Alito shares his piss poor IRAC skills and gets made fun of. In-House Lawyer At Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory Speaks Out: You’ll […]
Share The Supreme Court on Monday appeared to side with the federal government in a dispute over the constitutionality of the structure of a task force within the Department of Health and Human Services. The case came to court as a dispute over a 2019 decision by the group, known as the U.S. Preventive Services […]
Share On Tuesday, April 22, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, April 22 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
After the whirlwind that the legal profession experienced in 2024 — a year where large law firms really had the urge to merge and nonequity partnership ranks continued to expand — your Biglaw firm may be doing quite well financially… but is it among the Am Law 100’s Super Rich? What qualifies a firm to be […]
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Late last year I had a conversation with David Weisenfeld of the ABA Journal about when it is appropriate for […]
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) There was a sense of optimism concerning the amount of havoc Donald and Co. could feasibly bring about before something would give and regulate their behavior. As early as February of this year, Justice Sonia Sotomayor shared her belief that legal norms and the rule of law were those stoppage […]
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