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Military sexual trauma and sexual abuse within military medical systems expose one of the most difficult accountability gaps in American law. When the alleged abuse occurs inside a military hospital, […]

Blanche will be confirmed Tuesday. The fund will be back. And if you don’t realize that, well, you aren’t paying attention. The post The Trump Slush Fund Is Dead. Long Live The Trump Slush Fund. […]

Most legal cases are measured by what they mean to one client or one family. Class actions and mass torts are different. While every plaintiff has an individual story, these cases often reveal a much […]

The future of in-house law isn’t about competing with AI on speed. The post Matthew Thomas Is Right: Good Legal Judgment Can’t Be Automated appeared first on Above the Law.

Which law schools are offering students the best courtroom training opportunities? The post The Best Law Schools For Moot Court (2026) appeared first on Above the Law.

Anthropic’s own legal repo tells lawyers to connect a research tool before they do anything else. Descrybe is ready to be the thing on the other end. The post Descrybe Open-Sources Its Legal Research […]

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A Biglaw […]

Scott Barshay reportedly thought a transgender lawyer would spook clients. The firm’s fix, per the New York Times, was to buy silence. The post Paul, Weiss’s Multimillion-Dollar Secret Deal To Get […]

[Sponsored] Can we make legal research AI stop hallucinating? The answer is yes – and it’s how attorneys approach legal research with their associates. The post How To Avoid Hallucinations: A […]

‘I love you, sir!’ The post Blanche Pantsed By Trump Rants appeared first on Above the Law.

Activewear brands Nike and Lululemon are facing separate lawsuits alleging they used misleading ‘phantom discount’ pricing. The post Nike And Lululemon Face Pricing Lawsuits appeared first on […]

Cannabis law has never been more contradictory. In the U.S., federal and state governments often regulate identical products under completely different legal frameworks. Hemp and marijuana can […]

This is my first article for SCOTUSblog, and I want to explain why I have chosen the header Born Free and Equal for my column. The phrase is derived from the Declaration of Independence, whose 250th […]

In United States v. Rahimi, the Supreme Court denied that the Second Amendment is “a law trapped in amber.” That metaphor has now exploded onto constitutional law, appearing in six Supreme Court […]

Plus, another high-profile Democrat expresses support for expanding the court.

* Todd Blanche issues a memo claiming to rescind the Trump ally slush fund. It’s not in the form holdout Senators asked for, but it might prove enough to get him out of committee. [ABC News] * A […]

Fake investment platform stole millions from Americans through international fraud conspiracy.

Former mayor admits role in cocaine trafficking operation linked to U.S. markets.

“The transaction patterns identified by Capital One are among the types of activity flagged by federal banking guidance,” Capital One said.

The revised guidance re-categorizes delta-8 as a controlled substance, making it illegal for most businesses to continue selling delta-8-containing products. The same restriction extends to […]

Yakima, We Have A Problem: Washington scrapped its entire July NextGen administration after a convention center hardware failure left roughly 645 applicants unable to log in, offering them a […]

“Congress did not confer a general auditing power to the DOJ over state election officials,” the judge said.

“The Affordable Care Act was designed to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. But once again, this Administration is moving in the wrong direction by adopting harmful provisions that […]

The lawsuit claims that Kalshi poses a further risk to youth, allowing users between the ages of 18 and 20 to engage with its “prediction market” despite state law setting a minimum gambling age […]

Netflix, for its part, claims that it employs industry-standard security measures, attributing the film’s loss its makers decision to share an unencrypted copy.

“It teaches students, and their teachers, that exclusion is acceptable, maybe even preferred,” one plaintiff said. “That is not a lesson I want my children learning from the state of Texas.”

A federal judge earlier said that the facts of the case show that the lawsuit was “an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities […]

I founded my personal injury practice in El Paso, Texas in 1999. El Paso sits in the far western corner of Texas, closer to three other state capitals than to Austin, pressed against both the New […]

If The Office Is A Rockin’: It seems as though everyone at Wachtell was hooking up. Anti-DEI Group Is Coming For The Biglaw Pipeline: They’ve filed suit against Sponsors for Educational […]

Only one justice can say two of his clerks got the, ahem, supreme promotion. The post The Ultimate Clerkship Flex appeared first on Above the Law.

Understanding how Google selects pages and content for these featured snippets is the first step toward making sure your law firm appears in the top spot with greater frequency. The post How To Gain […]

The businesspeople say one thing, the lawyers another. Just like always. The post The Blickstein Group Law Firm COO Survey: The More Things Change, The More Some Things Stay The Same  appeared first […]

Sometimes the lawyer with the most useful information is the one with the least impressive title. The post Senior Partners Should Sometimes Take Advice From Junior Associates appeared first on Above […]

After the unprecedented cancellation of the bar exam, all three deans are urging the state supreme court to grant emergency licensure. The post Washington Law Deans Say Diploma Privilege Is The Only […]

Second verse, same as the first. The post The Anti-DEI Crowd Is Coming For The Biglaw Pipeline. Again. appeared first on Above the Law.

It’s almost August, associates are still waiting, and the rest of Biglaw appears unwilling to act without Cravath’s approval. The post Associate Compensation Scoreboard: Milbank Unleashes Special […]

If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says / ’15 miles to / Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’ The post Is Anyone At Wachtell NOT Hooking Up? appeared first on Above the Law.

The week in appellate news. The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup appeared first on Above the Law.

One of the most common questions people ask after a domestic violence arrest in Florida is whether the alleged victim can “drop the charges.” Many people assume that because the alleged victim […]

Doing the work to end mass incarceration. The post The Link Between Financial Literacy And Social Justice appeared first on Above the Law.

From the fire-the-people-who-drafted-this-bill dept The post The Worst Person You Know Just Filed A Good First Amendment Lawsuit Against A Very Badly Drafted Nudify App Ban appeared first on Above […]

The FTC and the states of Utah and California sued Hims & Hers, alleging it improperly shared consumers’ health information and misled customers about billing, subscriptions, and […]

During this 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it may be worth recalling the document’s only identified audience. Rather than single out the American public, the Declaration […]

With the justices now on summer recess, let’s take a minute to reflect on the term and its impact on the Second Amendment. As a reminder, the court heard two Second Amendment challenges this time […]

* Even if the Senate rejects Todd Blanche, he’s going to stay in the job indefinitely, no matter how questionably constitutional that may be. [Politico] * Judge seems to think Pentagon’s […]