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Biglaw Firm’s Raise Looks Like A Boot: That’s one way to tell people to leave. Florida School Gets Permission To Read A Book By A Minority: Not The Onion. This Firm Just Had Their Biggest Year!: Congrats to Hogan Lovells….
AI Biotech Exscientia Fires CEO Hopkins for Relationships With Two Employees
Exscientia founder and CEO Andrew Hopkins is out of a job after an investigation found the CEO engaged in relationships with two employees, the artificial intelligence drug discovery company announced Tuesday. The termination is for cause and effective immediately. In…
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Travis Kelce Offers Andy Reid Critical Legal Insight During Super Bowl
At one point during the Super Bowl, Kansas City’s struggle to score points prompted Travis Kelce to get in his head coach’s face to air some sort of complaint about the offense. Andy Reid didn’t seem to mind much, claiming…
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The Special Counsel Isn’t Saying Judge Cannon Is A Moron. But …
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This City Is Seeing Some Noteworthy Growth
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data compiled as part of Wells Fargo’s year-end survey, of the eight regions in the United States tracked, which saw the highest gross revenue growth? Hint:…
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Revolutionizing Legal Talent Acquisition With AI: The haistack.ai Advantage
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Officers Beat You Up In Front Of Your House? Good Luck Using Bivens
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How Does Your Firm Stack Up On Cybersecurity?
For law firms, safeguarding client information is not only a matter of good business — it is a rule of professional responsibility. To explore the cybersecurity challenges in meeting this duty, Above the Law and security operations solutions provider Arctic…
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Mayo Clinic Is Helping Develop a Tool Providers Can Use to Curb Clinical Bias
Mayo Clinic recently announced a collaboration with TruLite Health, a Phoenix-based startup focused on mitigating providers’ clinical bias. Three physicians, all of whom specialize in community internal medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona, are helping develop TruLite’s technology as part of…
Cigna MA Sale to HCSC Could Still Clear Way for Humana Acquisition, Expert Says
Cigna plans to sell its Medicare Advantage, supplemental benefits, Medicare Part D and CareAllies businesses to Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) for $3.7 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. One expert still thinks the HCSC deal could lead to Cigna acquiring…
Is Cravath At A Crossroads?
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It’s Always Groundhog Day When It Comes To Depositions
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Remembering The First All-Black Law Firm
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(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) Former President Reverts To Middle School Insults: Hope it softens up that $88M loss. Rough Time To Work At Goodwin: Blaming it on the performance reviews doesn’t make it better. What Are The Odds Of…
What is constructive dismissal and how does it relate to wrongful dismissal?
how does it relate to wrongful dismissal? Having an understanding of what is constructive dismissal and how it relates to wrongful dismissal is critical for employees in the workplace. Constructive dismissal is a term used to describe situations where an…
Judges Knock Discrimination Plaintiff From Early Retirement To Getting Back To Work
Work is stressful enough without having to deal with racist bosses. But if and when it happens, don’t hit them in their feels — hit them in their pockets. Jennifer Harris had the right idea when she accused FedEx of…
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Not A Good One, At Least: Another lawyer gets caught AI handed with a bad brief. Democracy-Thwarting Robocaller Loses Right To Practice: Guess his party affiliation. Judge In Hot Water Over Hot Tub Picture: Leave her alone already. Amy Caton…
The 2023 Compensation Report: Law Firms
(iStock.com/GaudiLab) Compensation packages usually seek to balance financial realities against the need to attract top talent — resulting in a wide range of dollar values at law firms across the U.S. More than 850 lawyers participated in Law360 Pulse’s inaugural…
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Selendy Gay Elsberg Announces Name Change As Founding Partner Leaves To Start His Own Firm
Selendy Gay Elsberg, the elite boutique firm that opened six years ago after its founders left Quinn Emanuel, has today announced that named partner David Elsberg will be departing to start his own firm. The boutique compensation leader will be…
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Labor & Employment Insights Revealed in the Practical Guidance Private Market Data Survey
Copyright © 2024 LexisNexis and/or its Licensors. By: Practical Guidance Labor & Employment Attorney Team PRACTICAL GUIDANCE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE ANNUAL PRIVATE MARKET DATA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, which ran from August 25 through September 30, 2023. This survey asked labor and…
Trump Lawyers Rest After Running Out Of Ways To Piss Off Jurors In Carroll Defamation Case
(Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) [UPDATE: About 5 minutes after turning in this article, the jury returned and tagged Trump with an $83.3M in liability.] Is Alina Habba’s goal to trigger a punitive damage award so…
Measuring Oral Arguments In The 2023/2024 Term
Some things from this year’s oral arguments are clear. We know for instance, who is talking more and less. These intricacies follow from what we saw last term. Justice Jackson is the most active justice in arguments. Thomas is the least. There…
Lawyer Life Is No Picnic
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The Choice To Retire From The Supreme Court
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Of the 116 people who have been sworn is as Supreme Court justices, how many have elected to retire? Hint: The choice to retire can have massive consequences…
Constitutional Crisis Is Really Fashionable – See Also
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Former Biglaw Partner Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Crypto Scam
Former Locke Lord partner, Mark Scott, was convicted in federal court in 2019 on conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to launder money charges. Yesterday, for his role in the $400 million cryptocurrency scheme, Scott was sentenced to 10…
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Biglaw Associate Slams Fox News Host For Taking An Inappropriate Swipe At Her Grandpa
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Naomi Biden is more than just your average Biglaw associate. As the last name suggests, she’s also the President’s granddaughter. So while she bills away her time at Arnold & Porter, she also gets a…
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You Can’t Run From Receipts!: Screenshots detail Goodwin layoffs being scrubbed from Fishbowl. Turns Out The Reed Smith Layoff Story Was Worse Than We Thought: May want to lateral elsewhere. Law School Is Really Expensive: A bunch of law students…
People Wrongly Believe All Lawyers Make Bank
Many people believe that all lawyers are wealthy and earn a very comfortable living. This idea is likely reinforced by depictions of lawyers in movies and television shows such as “Suits.” In these representations, lawyers are shown spending their wealth…
Associates Unceremoniously Fired After Following Orders – See Also
Reed Smith Rewards Hard Work With Pink Slip: The comment they gave was callous as you’d expect. Duane Morris Issues Apology After Accidental Lynching Portrait: You don’t have to be an art historian to know that shouldn’t be up there….
No Longer A Rarity: More Partners Leave Cravath, Heading To Rival New York Firms
Within Biglaw circles, Cravath has long been romanticized as the ideal firm. Not only does Cravath control the Biglaw salary scale, but it’s known for supporting lawyers from the cradle to the grave, raising them up from associate to partner….
Proskauer Has New Leadership — See Also
Welcome To The Top!: Timothy Mungovan takes the lead. Trump’s Legal Bills Are Public Knowledge: In other news, some Trump lawyers actually get paid! Hope Trump Has Been Taking His Ivermectin: Alina stands by her client, incompetent and sick. How…
Can Trump’s Antics In The E. Jean Carroll Trial Be A Good Idea?
That humor contains a kernel of truth. In a courtroom, the judge wears the robe. The judge is in charge. The jury knows it. If the judge criticizes a lawyer or a witness, that side is mortified: “The judge criticized…
When Is The Best Time To Apply To Law School?
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. You’re nearly twice as likely to get an admission offer if you apply early, essentially 40%, compared to 24%. [T]he deadline is not really the deadline. The deadline is…
Alina Habba Moves For Bad Court Thingy
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Fresh off her humanitarian mission to save what remains of Law Twitter, Alina Habba has fired up the creative writing machine. No, not to brief the issue of whether a victim of defamation has the…
Who Needs Lunch When You’ve Got Meetings?
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The Fight To Protect Fertility Treatments Post-Dobbs
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which democratic senator, along with Rep. Susan Wild, introduced the Access to Family Building Act to protect access to IVF in a post-Dobbs world? Hint: The senator’s own…
Even Seth Meyers Thinks Trump’s Lawyer Is Dumb – See Also
Not All Exposure Is Good: Seth Meyers takes stabs at bigly bad lawyering. They Do Things A Little Differently Across The Pond: And by that I mean launch horrible side portraits. Why Ambulance Chase When You Can Ambulance Drive?: Because…
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Someone On The Supreme Court Is Being Investigated – See Also
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) I’m Not Saying It’s Clarence Thomas, But…: Took them long enough. 5th Circuit Affirms Book Publisher’s Free Speech: Read some books, kids! Discrimination?! I Hate Everybody!: Partner’s defense against accusation of racism is that he’s…
Donald Trump’s Legal Calendar Is Filling Up
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A Contemptuous Presidential Milestone
Not a great milestone, but a milestone nonetheless. The post A Contemptuous Presidential Milestone appeared first on Above the Law.
Whatever You’re Doing, Leave MLK Out Of It – See Also
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This Evidence From The YSL Trial Has Over 600M Views. Yes, It’s A Music Video.
…Did Young Thug’s attorney Brian Steel get legal advice from Aaron McGruder? Because the scene where R. Kelly wins after singing for the jury is all I can think about while watching the Young Thug trial. Yesterday, Steel introduced not…
John Quinn Of Quinn Emanuel Challenges Anyone Questioning His ‘Fitness’ To Run With Him At The Rose Bowl
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’ll leave it to other people how fit and astute I am to run a $2 billion organization. — John Quinn, chairman of Quinn Emanuel, in comments given to…
Trump To Pay New York Times $400K In Fees For Garbage SLAPP Suit
The New York Times building (photo by David Lat). Alina Habba has done it again! Donald Trump’s razzle dazzle TV lawyer managed to net him yet another massive fine for filing a garbage lawsuit. Whodathunk that an attorney who went…
How Digital Health Fundraising Took On a Different Shape in 2023
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Revolutionizing Law Firm Strategies With AI And SEO
AI and SEO are two powerful technologies transforming the digital world for legal offices. AI can enhance SEO strategies, offering a competitive edge in search engine rankings. AI can streamline your content creation process. Learn about machine learning’s role in…
The Top Law Schools For A Future As A Supreme Court Clerk
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a recent study, which five law schools account for 2/3 of the Supreme Court clerkships from 1980 to 2020? Hint: Elite undergraduate institutions, specifically Harvard, Yale,…
Trump Isn’t Victim Blaming, He’s Just Committing To The Bit! – See Also
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ChatGPT Is NOT A Legal Research Tool
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If You Look Closely At Exhibit A You’ll See The Word ‘Psych’ – See Also
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Stanford Law Is Churning Through Deans Right Now
Man, if you thought Claudine Gay’s tenure as president of Harvard was short-lived, you’ve been looking at the wrong school’s leadership. The face of Stanford Law’s dean has changed so often in the last 4 months that Anya Stark would…
Judge Jumping Defendant Looks Like He Enjoys Verdicts With A Nice Chianti – See Also
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Federal Court Says First Amendment Protects Engineers Who Offer Expert Testimony Without A License
Regulatory agencies can often be an essential part of day-to-day life, preventing people from engaging in activities they have no expertise in — something that could potentially endanger a lot of people. But they can also be overbearing brutes whose…
Clarence Should Definitely Recuse From This Trump Case – See Also
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Easy Opportunity For Clarence To Look Like He Cares: Best judicial ethics practice would be to stay home. Ken Paxton Thinks Seattle, Washington, Falls Under His Reach: Leave the kids’ hospital alone. Waste Not, Want…
Biglaw Firm Orders Attorneys Back To Office Next Week, Cancels Vacation Carryover Policy
Leadership at Simpson Thacher’s London office have a looming date with the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future after telling associates that the firm will not be organizing holiday coverage next week and that everyone needs to come back…
The Money Wrap-Up — See Also
Pay Up And Get Out: WashU allegedly expects student to cover tuition despite transferring to Georgetown. Giuliani’s Bank Runneth Dry: Guess who just filed for bankruptcy. Irell Bumped Up Salaries, Bonuses!: Better make your billable quota to get that cash!…
Tips for Managing Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in M&A Transactions
Latest Blogs December 19, 2023 Energy Credits for Sale? New Proposed Regs on Buying and Selling… The Treasury Department recently proposed regulations providing guidance on the ability of taxpayers to transfer by sale certain federal income tax credits derived from…
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Why Let Reality Stop You?: Donald Trump’s latest punching bags aren’t so much… real. The Fourteenth Amendment… Not Just For Liberals Anymore!: Judge Luttig has thoughts on the Colorado Supreme Court ruling about Trump’s eligibility. Money Money Money: Perry Law…
Brand New Litigation Boutique Beats The Market Standard On Salaries And Bonuses
Biglaw firms are forcing the market to increase their salaries and hand out big-time bonuses, and boutique law firms are ready, willing, and able to meet — and even beat — those generous payouts. Even relatively new boutique firms are…
Chief Justice Roberts Probably Won’t Be Heading To The 305 Any Time Soon – See Also
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Tons Of Cravath Cash Comes To Top 50 Biglaw Firm
Biglaw firms have been matching new compensation schemes left and right since earlier this month, so associates at top firms that have been silent on salaries thus far are getting pretty antsy. Where’s the money, you mofos? Well, at one…
The Clarence Gift-Soliciting Saga Continues – See Also
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The 2023 In-House Compensation Report Is Here!
With Biglaw’s bonus season in full swing, we’re pleased to share our annual look into the black box of law department pay. Presented in partnership with our friends at Paragon Legal, this year’s report draws on a survey of more…
Sanofi Abandons Deal for Rare Disease Drug Amid FTC’s Monopoly Concerns
Sanofi is walking away from a deal to license an experimental Maze Therapeutics drug for a rare enzyme deficiency after the Federal Trade Commission challenged the transaction as anti-competitive. The French pharmaceutical giant already markets Lumizyme and Nexviazyme for the…
Instantly Amazing – Above the Law
Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is…
Elise Stefanik Demands To Speak To The Manager Of This Here Federal Judiciary
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has a new hobby, and it’s not pickle ball. Instead the New York Republican, who chairs the House Republican Conference, has taken up filing performative judicial complaints against jurists who are mean…
America’s Favorite Harvard Law Student
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who originated the role of Elle Woods when Legally Blonde debuted on Broadway? Hint: She was nominated for a Tony Award for the role, but lost to Christine…
The Madder They Are… — See Also
Republicans Are Big Mad: That Elon Musk didn’t get exactly what he wanted when he wanted it. Speaking Of Angry Republicans: Elise Stefanik is making a mountain out of a pebble. What Will DEI Efforts Look Like In The Future:…
Biglaw Firm Starts The Weekend Off On The Right Foot By Announcing Raises, Bonuses
One by one, Biglaw bonuses and raises continue to be announced. Wondering when your firm may make its move? Some large law firms are still deciding if they can “afford” to raise salaries (hint: they very likely can), but we…
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Out With The Old: More law schools will be accepting the JD-Next. Diverse Applications Are On The Rise: Nothing says “Ending Affirmative Action” like even more minorities applying! Old Dog Learns New Trick: Giuliani is a good boy! Florida Teachers…
Boutique Firm Showers Associates With Biglaw Cash
Boutique firms continue to prove that they’re capable of meeting and competing with Biglaw in terms of compensation. The latest boutique to meet the the market in terms of associate salaries and bonuses is Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes. The…
Collect Your Belongings After The Party — See Also
Keep It Professional At The Christmas Party: Remember, it’s still a work event. Stupid Isn’t Always An Ad Hominem: Let us know which law you think is the dumbest. Another Incompetent Lawyer And A Made-Up Case: Legal AI leaves its…
Morning Docket: 12.13.23
* “How Some Big Law Firms Can Afford Associate Salary Raises.” They make tons of money. That’s the secret. [Law.com] * Florida AG begins official probe of college football for excluding Florida State from the playoffs in bid to squander…
Don’t Get Scammed This Holiday! — See Also
Back In My Day, Gift Cards Were Simple: I recommend giving out cash this year. Looking For A Non Gift Card Gift?: Check out our gift guide! Does Your Bonus Look Like A Salary?: Check out the firms paying out…
Morning Docket: 12.12.23
* Copyright office declines to register AI art for lack of creativity. I guess they haven’t seen Dan Epps create Muppet originalists. [Law360] * Now that she announced that she would leave the state to get the abortion to save…
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The Donors Have Spoken On Penn’s Former President: Mum’s the word on Amy Wax. Oh Steptoe, What Are You Doing?: Odd first name firm is losing its odd second name. Cheating Won’t Stop The Money Train: Lewis Brisbois employee skirts…
Morning Docket: 12.11.23
* Donald Trump has decided not to testify proving that it’s at least hypothetically possible for him to listen to the advice of counsel. [CNN] * Texas Supreme Court issues stay on emergency abortion procedure. [Reuters] * WilmerHale under fire…
O’Connor & The Court: Breaking The Supreme Court’s Glass Ceiling
The Supreme Court stood as a monolithic institution for almost its first two centuries with its all male (predominately white male) composition. Confirmed in 1981 as the nation’s 104th Supreme Court justice and its first woman, Sandra Day O’Connor truly…
Trump Whines After Appeals Court Mostly Upholds DC Gag Order
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Today the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit pared back but still affirmed Judge Tanya Chutkan’s October order banning Donald Trump from attacking witnesses in his election interference case. The gag order lives…
Your Stories Versus My Data
Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is…
The Biglaw Firm Does It All For The Gram
(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Good2bSocial’s 2023 Social Law Firm Index, which Am Law 200 firm performs the best on Instagram? Hint: The firm’s chief of…
Even Trump’s Lawyers Aren’t Safe Around Him – See Also
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Know Who Needs A Raise? Law Students On Journal – See Also
Future Prestige Doesn’t Fill A Presently Rumbling Stomach: Students rally against work without pay. Stephen Miller Picked A Fight With Taylor Swift: Not sure this is who you want bad blood with. University of Nevada Las Vegas Law Puts A…
The Pride Of Stanford – Above the Law
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was one of two justices who was an alum of both Stanford University and Stanford Law School….
All He Had To Say Was ‘Thanks For Your Time’ – See Also
Career Attorney Turns In Resignation After Ending Talk With “White Power”: Baffles the mind. Edward Blum Is Doing A Victory Lap: He’s very pro diversity when it comes to people who aren’t white males not getting jobs. Money Moves Are…
This Supreme Court Justice Is Ready For The Spotlight
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearing was the first to be televised? Hint: The nominee was a trailblazer for a number of reasons, including that one. See the…
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What Are They Teaching In Crim Law?: This no-no really should have been in the outline. This Is Why You Shouldn’t Toss A Burrito Bowl: The carnitas came with jail time. Milbank Breaks The Bank! Again!: Great time to work…
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It’s Raining At Morgan Lewis: Ditch the umbrella and bring a bucket! There’s A Flood Warning At Boies: What? A $400k bonus?! Heavy Clouds Above Clifford Chance: Let the wealth precipitate! Even The Boutiques Are Making It Rain!: Check out…
How To Simplify Crafting Responsible AI Policies
A GC recently shared an interesting perspective on the generative AI craze and the hesitancy it seems to have instilled in lawyers. She said, “Our role is not so different from before. We still manage people and their expectations, including…
Top 20 Biglaw Firm Delights With Associate Raises
For the most profitable and biggest in Biglaw it is only a matter of time until they raise associate salaries. Once Cravath showed their hand earlier this week, if you want to recruit and retain elite legal talent, you have…
Julius Baer May Have Lent A Little Too Much To Billionaire’s Property Empire, May Try Not To Do It Again
Having 40% of your private debt book make for bankruptcy court makes one think. The post Julius Baer May Have Lent A Little Too Much To Billionaire’s Property Empire, May Try Not To Do It Again appeared first on Above…
Behind Every Successful GC… – Above the Law
Olga V. Mack is the VP at LexisNexis and CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is…
This Biglaw Firm Is Ready For Their Closeup
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Good2bSocial’s 2023 Social Law Firm Index, which Am Law 200 firm performs the best on YouTube? Hint: According to the firm’s director of marketing communication, “We…
Will Someone Please Think Of The White Supremacists! – See Also
Must Be Strange Being Superior And The True Victims: Yes, Amy Wax is involved. The Month Starts Strong With Bonuses!: Covington, Baker Botts, Yetter, Simpson Thatcher, Gibson Dunn, and Vinson & Elkins. Sandra Day O’Connor Has Passed Away: What a…
Will Any Other Biglaw Firms ‘Surprise’ The Market With Bigger, Better Compensation News?
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I don’t think we’re done yet. If history is any guide, I think there might be a few additional surprises over the next couple of weeks as the firms…
Way To Say How You Really Feel About Chief Justice Roberts, Alito – See Also
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alito Really Doesn’t Like His Co-Workers: Never too cold to wear your emotions on your sleeve. Working Here? Expect A Nice Bonus With That Salary Increase!: Sidley, Davis Polk, Fried Frank, Mayer Brown, Debevoise, O’Melveny,…
Golden Gate Law Will Not Be Handing Out Any More JDs
It is official: Golden Gate Law will no longer be offering a JD program. It’s a conclusion long in the making — high debt loads and low bar passage rates have been signaling an end for a while now. The…
You Get A Pay Increase, And You Get A Pay Increase, And… – See Also
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Paging Rule 11 – Above the Law
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) After promising a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters, Elon Musk showed up to court with a string of claims that would fail under his own recitation of facts. Meanwhile, Donald Trump takes…
Firms Are Playing Follow The Leader Again – See Also
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Harvard Law School Professor Finds ChatGPT Invents Fake Law Less Than The Supreme Court
ChatGPT has notoriously invented law in its desperate effort to satisfy the request of its masters. In this sense, the consumer-facing generative artificial intelligence tool isn’t dissimilar from Clarence Thomas or Sam Alito. Both are just word generators cherry-picking language…
Trust Me, Your Firm Can Afford To Match Milbank – See Also
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In Case of ‘Real Lawyers Against A Robot Lawyer,’ Federal Court Dismisses Law Firm’s Suit Against DoNotPay for Unauthorized Law Practice
In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. In March, the Illinois law firm, MillerKing brought the…
Trump Complained About Us In His Mistrial Motion And All We Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Donald Trump sought a mistrial in his New York trial based, in part, on our articles being “humorous, irreverent.” The GOP frontrunner did not succeed. Ron DeSantis messed with the rights of professors and now…
Missouri AG Will Lock Up Media Matters For Hurting Elon Musk’s Wee Feefees
Nobody ever went broke betting on the cravenness of our nation’s elected law enforcement officials. But Elon Musk’s shrieking tantrum this week elicited acts of particularly rank hypocrisy from the Attorneys General of both Texas and Missouri, as they rushed…
Stephen Miller COINCIDENTALLY Lodges Complaint Against Macy’s On The One Week A Year When People Google ‘Macy’s’
(Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images) Trump administration alum and white nationalism enthusiast Stephen Miller is not a lawyer, but he’s on a tear filing lawsuits to get Pop-Tarts to be less gay and to make NYU law review hire more white…
Desperately Seeking A Milbank Match: When Will The Waiting Game End?
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. They’ll wait to see what the other firms are doing. But I would be surprised if they didn’t quickly follow suit. It’s just more of a collective mentality among…
Contracts And Thanksgiving – Above the Law
Olga V. Mack is the VP at LexisNexis and CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is…
Yes, A Lawyer Ruined Thanksgiving Dinner
What lawyer first came up with the concept of canned cranberry sauce? Hint: It was part of an effort to extend the selling period of his staple crop. Years after canned cranberry sauce had become mainstream, he said of the…
Wishing A Happy Thanksgiving To Our Advertisers
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Where Are The Bonuses? — See Also
Firms Are Acting Scroogey: Be more like Milbank and share the wealth! Perfect Timing: This Stephen Miller suit feels like it has some SEO behind it. ‘Tis The Season: A little help on what to buy that lawyer in your…