Debunked Podcast: Turmoil At The CDC, Epic’s AI Strategy
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These Supreme Court Justices Are Money
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which two Supreme Court justices have appeared on U.S. currency? Hint: Neither bill is currently in circulation, but justices have appeared on the $500 and $10,000 bill. See the answer on the next page. The post These Supreme Court Justices […]
Founding Partner Passes — See Also
Greenberg Traurig’s Larry Hoffman Has Passed Away: We extend our condolences to his family, friends, and the firm. A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Billable Hours: Here’s a showing of the biggest associate bang for buck for housing. Activists Use AI To Identify Ice Agents: Masks won’t hide you for too long. Training Lawyers In […]
Groups urge Supreme Court to direct Trump administration to spend billions of withheld foreign aid funds
Lawyers for groups challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze billions of dollars in foreign-aid funding on Friday afternoon urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that requires the government to commit to spending $4 billion in funds by Sept. 30. President Donald Trump asked […]
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. “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett at the Nixon Library”: The Richard Nixon Foundation has posted this video on YouTube. “Critics fault Supreme Court […]
The Cities Where Associates Get The Biggest Bang For Their Buck… In Pictures
Yeah, you can’t afford this one. Nine years ago, many Biglaw firms with offices in smaller markets took the bold step of standardizing associate compensation. Historically, firms paid their New York, D.C., and California associates more than those elsewhere in the country, both as a premium for young lawyers living in more expensive markets and […]
Stat(s) Of The Week: Cause Or Coincidence?
In his Bloomberg column this week, David Lat explores whether making or refusing to make deals with Trump has affected attrition at 14 law firms targeted by the president. Armed with data from SurePoint Legal Insights about changes in headcount over the last six months, Lat concludes that “the Trump deals might be affecting, but […]
Founding Partner Of Top 20 Biglaw Firm Passes Away
We have some incredibly unfortunate news to report out of Florida, where one of the founding partners of Am Law 100 firm Greenberg Traurig recently passed away. More than 50 years ago, Larry Hoffman, 95, and attorneys Mel Greenberg and Robert Traurig were inspired over a deli lunch to create a new firm, and in […]
Training Young Lawyers In The Age Of AI: A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery Inside An Enigma
Winston Churchill once said about Russia: It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. I’m starting to feel the same way about training young lawyers in the age of AI. How do we, as a profession, train law students and young lawyers with critical skill sets and thinking ability when so much […]
What currently remains on the emergency docket
The Supreme Court has been on summer recess for more than two months, but you wouldn’t know it if you’ve been following the emergency docket. Since late June, the justices have issued dozens of orders and opinions in response to emergency applications, many of which came from the Trump administration. Just this week, for example, […]