Hospital Margins Grow, Yet Bad Debt & Expenses Continue To Climb
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Morning Docket: 08.20.25
* Clients diversifying outside counsel options after Biglaw Surrendergate. [American Lawyer] * Ed Martin has taken the fact that even Senate Republicans thought he was too stupid to be a U.S. Attorney and turned it into a career harassing Trump’s political grudges through the Justice Department. [NY Times] * Administration proposes taking public service loan […]
What’s The Office Policy? It Depends — See Also
Four Days For Some: DLA Piper’s corporate associates will have to spend an extra day at the office. Make America Great No More?: Former MAGA attorney Roger Alford goes full HPE/Juniper merger truther. AI Adoption Is Hitting Top Tier Law Schools: Somebody has to teach future attorneys how to proof their work! What’s In A […]
Is This The Next Supreme Court Great Dissenter?
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which justice wrote the most dissents (10) in the 2024-25 Supreme Court Term? Hint: Contrast this with the Chief. John Roberts penned a total of zero dissents and no concurrences as well — this term. See the answer on the next page. The […]
How The One Big Beautiful Bill Changes Retirement Planning For Lawyers
This sweeping legislation, which passed along largely partisan lines amid significant political controversy over its $3.4 trillion price tag and temporary funding mechanisms, brings substantial changes to retirement planning that could benefit many of you. However, as with any major tax overhaul, we’ll need to stay tuned for adjustments and clarifications as the Treasury Department […]
Fifth Circuit Takes Sledgehammer To Labor Rights
So long labor rights, we hardly knew ye. Today the Fifth Circuit issued a decision neutering the National Labor Relations Board’s ability to prosecute unfair labor practice. In a decision authored by Judge Don Willett, the circuit court furthest to the right decided the NLRB’s structure is likely unconstitutional. In the matter before the Fifth […]
Amy Coney Barrett Thinks ‘Collegiality’ Keeps The Legal Profession From Being ‘Bleak’
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Law is a profession that, unlike some others, operates continually under the strain of disagreement. Doctors cooperate and coordinate to deal with patients. Engineers work together to build a bridge. But litigants and their lawyers are pitted against one another on opposite sides. That […]
Former MAGA Attorney Goes Scorched Earth With Corruption Allegations In Antitrust Division
Roger Alford is a law professor at Notre Dame, and a veteran of the Trump I administration where he was the Department of Justice’s top antitrust official for international affairs. In the Tump II reign, he took up the role of principal deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s antitrust division. But he’s been forced […]
You Need To Maintain Relationships Throughout Your Legal Career To Succeed
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Jeanine M. Donahue to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. “Location, location, location” is a well-known phrase in the real estate industry implying that location […]
Dispatches From The AI Bubble: ILTACON 2025
The International Legal Technology Association conference is, as always, the big one on the legal tech calendar. It’s the Davos of doc review, the Super Bowl of software integrations, and the Oscars of people who unironically use “lawyers” and “technology” in the same breath. This year, 4600+ legal tech professionals and vendors gathered in Maryland […]