Milbank Has Been Matched! — See Also

Law Firm Matches Milbank And Raises Salaries: Bet you wish you worked here! Court Cracks Down On Military Police Takeover: Gotta love the rule of law! Harvard Just Landed A Yuge Legal Victory: Billions in federal funding! Lobbyist Defends Firms Capitulating To Trump: An argument was made. Not particularly strong, but there is one. Donald […]

Solving The Formula To Become A Rainmaker

My wife and I have become increasingly skeptical about television. I’m guessing you have too. We’re all on the same endless search for something, anything, worth watching. It’s not just that so much of what’s out there is junk. It’s also that, once we figure out a show’s formula, we’re out. Spoiler alert: most writers […]

Federal Judiciary Says ‘F.U.’ To Public Defender In A Win For … Justice?

The federal judiciary cannot “self-police” workplace conduct. In no other workplace are employees entrusted with sole authority to judge their colleagues’ alleged misconduct. But judicial reforms require congressional action and oversight. In its absence, the courts vociferously defend their biased complaint processes and dismiss calls for reform — including by dismissing a lawsuit filed against […]

Thanks So Much To Our Advertisers

We’d like to express gratitude to our fantastic sponsors here at Above the Law: 8am™ AffiniPay 8am™ CasePeer 8am™ LawPay 8am™ MyCase Aon Axiom Brightflag Caret Legal CobbleStone Software CosmoLex Definely Draftable  Filevine FlexOffers.com iManage Kinney Recruiting Lateral Link LegalOn Technologies LexisNexis LINK Linksquares Litera Litify Mercator NetDocuments Opus2 PracticePanther Reveal Data Rocket Matter SpotDraft […]

Morning Docket: 09.04.25

* Federal judges blame Supreme Court’s shadow docket reversals with no explanation for undermining the lower courts and fostering false sense of bias, fueling sometimes violent attacks against the judiciary. Apparently the Chief Justice’s strategy of responding to critics with “shut up and let us rule you like gods” hasn’t really gained traction. [NBC News] […]