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Biglaw Learns The Hard Way That Those Trump Deals Weren't Exactly A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
26+ min ago (301+ words) Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law. She has written for ATL in various capacities since August 2010. Her writing has also appeared in other publications, such as POLITICO, Judgepedia, Lawyerist, and Ms. JD. Staci graduated from Lehigh…...
Layoff Alert: K&L Gates Announces Significant Cuts
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (422+ words) Heavy staff cuts at the firm this week. This week, K&L Gates began cutting people. A lot of people. The cuts have been racking up throughout the week, we hear, with Global Managing Partner Stacy Ackermann sending around a…...
What Does Your Legal Team Actually Need From AI?
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (98+ words) Above the Law A Stanford Law grad-turned-founder-CEO, a former Meta counsel, a lawyer-turned-legal tech exec, and an AI PhD walked into a room and asked a simple question: Why does AI keep failing legal? This guide from our friends at…...
Morning Docket: 07.16.26
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (192+ words) * DOJ and SEC agree to freeze discovery in SEC's civil case over the Biglaw insider trading scheme, clarifying that the criminal case will be the main event. [Court Listener] * WilmerHale faces class action over data breach. [Law360] * R. Kelly believes he can…...
I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters
22+ hour, 13+ min ago (602+ words) Trump is bleeding support even among his stubborn, uneducated base. Early last week, I was at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library for its first weekend. At the library itself, despite President Donald Trump inserting himself incongruously into the opening ceremonies,…...
Selling Out To Trump Doesn't Get You Much Anymore - See Also
21+ hour, 2+ min ago (97+ words) Turns Out The Biglaw Firms That Bent The Knee To Trump Have Even More To Rue: Those deals keep looking worse and worse. Todd Blanche Used To Have The Respect Of His Former SDNY Colleagues: Not so much anymore. Oopsie!...
Yes, Even Celebrities Have To Pay Their Attorneys
21+ hour, 30+ min ago (181+ words) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which recording artist was recently sued by their former attorneys at Biglaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani over six figures worth of unpaid legal bills from defense of…...
Kentucky Law Professor Sues To Stop New Dean And Every Federal Judge Already Recused
1+ day, 30+ min ago (596+ words) Soon-to-be UK Law dean Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove got sued in his own old courthouse. It was… not convincing. Yesterday, Professor Ramsi Woodcock filed suit in the Eastern District of Kentucky to stop the appointment. That is, of course, the…...
Another Rumored Biglaw Merger Falls Apart Before It Begins
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (456+ words) A reported Linklaters-Cleary Gottlieb courtship fizzled quickly, if it ever existed at all. Remember when everyone thought the Allen & Overy/Shearman merger was a once-in-a-generation event? It was supposed to be a transatlantic Biglaw merger for the ages, but many…...
Collateral Damage Across The Legal Industry
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (189+ words) Joe Patrice joined Above the Law in 2013. Joe received a degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Oregon and a J.D. from the NYU School of Law. From 2001, he worked as a litigator for both Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen…...