Milbank delighted with special summer bonuses, ranging from $6-25 thousand, for associates. And that’s great for them! But where are all the matches? We have a theory on when associates at other firms will be able to cash in. There was some fishiness (now resolved) with the constitution on congress’s website. Which, honestly, should be more shocking than […]
One of the key things I learned from a number of mentors in the mass tort defense league was the importance of front-end loading cases. By that I mean getting a grasp early on of the exposure and the “oh shit” documents and then immediately formulating the appropriate case strategy based on that grasp. Over […]
Some Above the Law stories require a certain level of objectivity, balance, and finesse to be done well. This is not one of them. Drake’s goofy ass is still trying to make fetch happen by converting his Superbowl-publicized hip-hop loss into a courtroom victory. The Teenage Fever star’s legal strategy of blaming everyone but Kendrick […]
In 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, a local county clerk from Kentucky made national headlines when she refused on religious grounds to issue a marriage license to a gay couple, David Moore and David Ermold. That clerk, Kim Davis, is back in the […]
It does not happen very often in the American legal system, but occasionally in a lawsuit, one side is ordered by the court to pay at least a portion of the other side’s legal fees. I still remember quite clearly the first time I got an attorneys’ fee award all on my own. It was […]
We’re updating our compensation information for in-house law departments and asking for your help. Above the Law has tracked corporate counsel pay for many years in our annual In-House Compensation Report, and this year, for the first time, we are collecting compensation information from legal operations professionals as well. So whether you serve as in-house counsel […]
Wednesday at ILTACON 2025 kicks off at 9 a.m. in Potomac A/B with Reena SenGupta’s powerful Keynote session, Helping the Legal Industry to Create a Sustainable Future. Reena is the Executive Director of RSG Consulting and a long-time analyst, writer, consultant, and thought-leader within the legal sector. The first round of educational sessions amps up […]
* Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple because OpenAI somehow performs better than his model that calls itself “MechaHitler.” [CNBC] * “Crypto” and “fraud”? How are those words possibly linked. [Law360] * Diversity experts fired from cowardly law firms face a tough market of equally cowardly potential employers. [American Lawyer] * SCOTUS going to bring […]
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies (Zach Montague, The New York Times) SCOTUS has been asked to overturn same-sex marriage. What is Trump’s stance? (Kinsey Crowley, USA Today) […]
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