“If ChatGPT told you to jump off a cliff, would you do that too?!?” screams my internal scolding voice. Because despite an ever increasing number of cautionary tales about lawyers ill-advisedly letting G(PT)sus take the wheel, another pair of law firms have bumbled their way into sanctions. This time, it’s Ellis George and K&L Gates […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by Am Law, which Biglaw firm had the lawyer that billed the most hours last year? Hint: This lawyer billed an eye-popping 3,800 hours in 2024. See the answer on the next page. The post The Inauspicious Distinction Of […]
Biglaw Firm Commits To Huge Scrub Of Diversity And Pro Bono Work From Website: Good deeds really don’t go unpunished. More Capitulation, More Problems: Another Congressional investigation is headed toward Biglaw. Kirkland & Ellis Chair Joins Trump For Business Talks In Saudi Arabia: Selling out the rule of law makes for some grand business connections! […]
It’s not exactly news to say that the collective mental health of the legal profession has been strained for years — but are things starting to get better? The results of the ALM 2025 Mental Health Survey seem to indicate that while some severe stressors remain, things may finally be looking up for lawyers and […]
Biglaw firms who gave in to Trump suffered a scathing 60 Minutes piece and key talent defections, so they’ve decided upon a new tactic: pretending they never made a deal at all! It does not appear to be working. Meanwhile, Justice David Souter died, reminding everyone of an era when the federal judiciary cared more […]
Across five of the most closely watched federal appellate cases of the past year, a striking pattern has emerged: courts are grappling with cutting-edge questions at the intersection of constitutional doctrine, statutory interpretation, and contemporary social and technological realities. From trade secret theft and racial equity in venture capital to school curriculum disputes, algorithmic product […]
There’s something fundamentally unsavory to the majority of lawyerly types about selling out the rule of law. Nine Biglaw firms struck deals with the Trump administration in order to avoid unconstitutional Executive Orders designed to hurt the bottom line of major law firms. And there’s already fallout over the capitulation. The firms that caved to […]
Every once in a while you come across a structurally ironic scenario where a person offers evidence for a claim in ways they did not intend. Take the judiciary’s image crisis, for example. You could point to several things from recent history: Amy Coney Barrett promising not to be a partisan hack at a partisan […]
This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Allison Orr Larsen is the Alfred Wilson & Mary I.W. Lee Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School. She clerked for Justice David Souter from 2005 to 2006. Clerking at the U.S. Supreme Court is […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Birthright citizenship dispute at the Supreme Court has broad implications for Trump’s agenda (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name (Andrew O’Donohue, The Atlantic) Remembering David Souter (Mark Movsesian, The […]
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