Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Above the Law’s 2025 Biglaw Intimidation Survey, what percentage of respondents who work at in-house legal departments say the deals with Trump have no impact on their relationship with the Biglaw firms that capitulated? Hint: As one in-house respondent said, “I […]
Somehow, the partner explaining, “In this firm, there are no rules… You can say whatever slurs you want” manages to not be the wildest allegation in this complaint. Which is impressive, given that most lawsuits would consider that the final boss of batshit quotes. Former Texas Solicitor General Judd Stone rose from Chief Counsel to […]
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Another day, another lawsuit prompted by the president’s compulsion to announce his intent to violate the law. This time the complaint is by National Public Radio, along with three public radio stations out of Colorado who seek to restore funding cuts unilaterally imposed by the White House. The president wasn’t […]
Competition Could Be Pushing Competitors Together In New York: Which Biglaw firms will be the next to merge? Is Skadden Trying To Change Its Placement On The Biglaw Spine Index?: The firm recently decided to represent a Mexican woman who was denied a visa. ChatGPT — A Tool For Peace?: Law student uses ChatGPT and […]
To prepare for cases in years past, countless billable hours were spent on transcript analysis while associates tediously combed through banker boxes full of court documents for days, if not weeks. Some of that process was streamlined in recent years as AI-powered tools began emerging, but it still took significant time to analyze specific information […]
As Supreme Court season hits fever pitch, we’re joined by Professor Leah Litman, author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes, to discuss the nightmare we’re facing. Elena Kagan took the opportunity to humiliate her colleagues last week calling out an arbitrary carve out created to protect […]
Skadden and the rest of the order of obsequiousness — that is, the nine Biglaw firms that capitulated to Donald Trump’s bullying to get out from under (or avoid entirely) unconstitutional Executive Orders designed to extract a harsh financial penalty from the firms — have gotten a fair amount of well-deserved criticism. The firms sold […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Without the stiff competition of the talent wars to push it along, the market is not moving as quickly to follow the few big firms who have announced first-year pay increases as we saw in the last cycle. — Nikia Gray, executive director of […]
How could a law student go about building peace? You could graduate and snag a Biglaw gig and funnel most of the money to direct action organizations that feed and help folks get out of poverty. You could host negotiation or mediation clinics that foster conflict resolution skills so communities can resolve issues without resorting […]
This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Kent Greenfield is Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College. He clerked for Justice Souter during the 1994 Term. Most of the many lovely tributes penned lately by those who had the good fortune to know […]
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