Four Legal Tech Companies Make The Forbes Cloud 100 And Two Others Are Rising Stars
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Learning To Be A Grandmaster: What Chess Teaches Us About Lawyering
Poor chess players only think ahead one or two moves. Good chess players think ahead five or six moves. Grandmasters think through every move to checkmate and back, and to checkmate again. Likewise, poor lawyers only think about the next move or two, good lawyers think several moves ahead, and great lawyers think through […]
Judge Advances Particle Health’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Epic
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Morning Docket: 09.11.25
* Trump administration appeals stay in bid to fire Federal Reserve governor in prelude to Supreme Court showdown. [Reuters] * Former FBI agents allege they were subjected to loyalty tests. [NPR] * Clients driving firms to use more generative AI. Knock it all you want, but hallucinations are cheap! [Bloomberg Law News] * Bipartisan ABA […]
Biglaw Partner Pay Isn’t Always Great
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to SurePoint’s recent Partner Satisfaction Survey, what percentage of Biglaw nonequity partners are dissatisfied with their compensation? Hint: An additional 25% say they’re neutral about their compensation. See the answer on the next page. The post Biglaw Partner Pay Isn’t Always Great […]
Midlevel Biglaw Associates *Really* Don’t Want To Go To The Office
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. People don’t want to come into the office. Let it go. — An anonymous Am Law 100 associate’s response to a question found in the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey about the one thing they would tell the the managing partner of their firm. More notable […]
Another Legal Tech Company Heads To The NHL
Last year, Clio joined the hockey world as a jersey sponsor for the Vancouver Canucks. They’re no longer alone among legal technology providers, with Filevine announcing a helmet sponsor deal with the newly minted Utah Mammoth. As Utah Mammoth branding decisions go, not to denigrate the Filevine partnership, but it’s a distant second behind changing […]
Steven Colbert Does A Great Sotomayor Impersonation — See Also
Stephen Colbert Acts As Justice Sotomayor’s Anger Translator: “This just sounds like racial profiling with extra steps.” Making Social Media Great Again: Strange time to snap a pic with Russell Brand, Ed Martin. Remembering The TaxProf Blog: Steven Chung reflects on the legacy. Student Loan Forgiveness Class Action: It’s their debt forgiveness and they want […]
American Federation Of Teachers Start Class Action Over Blocked Student Loan Forgiveness
“Go into public service to pay off your student loans,” they said. So you did — you took a job that paid less than you could have made elsewhere, but you figured it was a small price to pay for doing a little bit of good in the world as you earned debt forgiveness. At […]
Goodbye To A Blogging Pioneer: Reflecting On The TaxProf Blog’s Legacy In A Changing Internet Era And Its Influence On One Tax Attorney
Twenty-one years ago, the internet looked vastly different. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter did not yet exist. Only one in four Americans had access to high-speed internet, so for most people, downloading pictures or their favorite music took a considerable amount of time. Since inventors had not yet created smartphones, users surfed the […]