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Being a performance artist does not make you a good judge. The post You Can’t Salvage A Bad Judge By Calling Them Postmodern appeared first on Above the Law.

[Sponsored] Exploring law firm data in an era of rapid transformation. The post Introducing Clio’s Legal Trends Report appeared first on Above the Law.

Sometimes scholarship isn’t scholarship. The post Pigs Can Fly!: The Sins Of Legal Scholars appeared first on Above the Law.

Missouri lawmakers consider extending legal deadlines for childhood abuse survivors.

This isn’t a soft launch — it’s a full-on talent grab. Welcome to Boston! The post Top Biglaw Firm Goes On Lateral Shopping Spree For Splashy Boston Launch appeared first on Above the Law.

Good show. Lots of positives. Yes, a few negatives. But that’s the story for most Legalweeks. The post It’s Not Legalweek Unless It Snows: Here’s My 2026 Recap appeared first on Above the Law.

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. For our debut column, we covered The post The […]

GuardDog Telehealth admitted it misrepresented its services to access patients’ health information, marking the first major concession in Epic’s lawsuit against Health Gorilla and other […]

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision […]

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law giving the president the power to regulate commerce during national emergencies created by foreign […]

* DOJ announces that it will start hiring prosecutors straight out of law school. At this point, replacing a whole US Attorney’s Office with ChatGPT wouldn’t be a huge dropoff. [Bloomberg Law News] […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We recommend celebrating by reading about Supreme Court justices of Irish descent. The post SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, March 17 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

There is no single blueprint for career progression in Big Law, and female attorneys often face additional challenges. Having practiced at Am Law 100 firms throughout our legal careers, we […]

A nationally respected consumer attorney, Dan Bryson has spent decades giving individuals a real voice against corporate America. Now, his newly established firm, Bryson Harris Suciu DeMay, is using […]

Baker McKenzie Scales Back Even Further: Restructuring has its consequences. Jeanine Pirro Does It Live!: Catch up on her meltdown here. Judge Newman Petitions The Supreme Court: Will they […]

You will need to pass the bar if you actually want to practice law. The post Law School Has A Hard Time Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.

Tools may look impressive but fail quietly in practice. The post Why Legal AI Needs Mentors, Not Models appeared first on Above the Law.

“I spend most of my day just talking with clients, listening to what their goal is in their case, giving them my thoughts, building a strategy,” said Matthew Bissette, a partner at Raleigh-based […]

When Woody Guthrie sang, “This land was made for you and me,” he could not have imagined the legal labyrinth to the American Dream for immigrants. Most of my clients are immigrants who have never […]

Phelps Dunbar business attorney Ralph DiLeone is a lifelong fan of the Cleveland Guardians (formerly the Indians) and the Cleveland Browns … so patience is a virtue. It’s also a virtue when […]

Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) receives approximately 300,000 calls a year, and until recently, only a third of those callers reached a live person. That changed in January when LANC launched […]

“A little chaos is good in life,” laughed Poyner Spruill health care attorney Mysty Blagg. She knows of what she speaks, having started law school at age 42 while holding down a full-time job and […]

The American Cancer Society reports that approximately one in eight women in the US will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. I never imagined those odds would catch up with me. I had no […]

Forensic economics combines economic analysis with the law, and it’s important for practitioners to stay in their lane. No one wants an economist who speaks or acts like a lawyer. But that […]

Emergency funds are the bedrock upon which a good financial plan is built. Without this foundation, every emergency from the loss of employment to disability or death is a catastrophe which degrades […]

Maybe Trump will have to negotiate after all. The post 2 Problems With Calling Off The War In Iran appeared first on Above the Law.

Trump heads to Truth Social to launch meandering attack on the rule of law. The post Donald Trump Has Totally Not Dementia-Addled Thousand-Word Meltdown About Supreme Court appeared first on Above […]

Say hello to the ability to tap into a bigger profit pool. The post More And More Biglaw Firms Are Saying Bye-Bye To The Verein appeared first on Above the Law.

The Supreme Court announced on Monday afternoon that it will hear oral argument on whether the Trump administration can end a program that allows several thousand Syrians and approximately 350,000 […]

Trump attorney gets roasted for his take on Pam Bondi’s DOJ. The post The Rule Of Law Joins America’s Dead Pets On The Rainbow Bridge appeared first on Above the Law.

Never go full crazy eyes! The post Jeanine Pirro Crashes Out appeared first on Above the Law.

But the figurative one is still wait-and-see. The post Legalweek 2026: The AI Bubble Literally Pops appeared first on Above the Law.

Holding negligent trucking companies accountable not only provides resources you need for recovery but also promotes safer roads by demonstrating that corporate negligence carries real consequences.

Birth injuries devastate families, but pursuing legal accountability serves multiple crucial purposes.

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Could really use the clarity here! The post Pauline Newman Petitions Supreme Court To Hear Her Case appeared first on Above the Law.

After reports of hundreds of potential business services layoffs tied to AI, the Biglaw giant is closing another piece of its infrastructure. The post Top 10 Biglaw Firm Shuts Down Back-Office […]

A group of Haitian nationals urged the Supreme Court on Monday to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that allows them to stay in The post Haitian nationals ask court to […]

[Sponsored] Join us on March 18th at 1 p.m. ET to explore what actually drives outside counsel pricing outcomes in today’s market. CLE credit is available. The post How Some Law Departments Are […]

Complacency and disinterest are particularly acute among law firms. It’s time to ask questions. The post Lawyers And Cybersecurity: Talk To An Expert — Before It’s Too Late appeared first on […]

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: New DOJ Attorney Rule Sparks Opposition, […]

Former Syrian prison commander convicted for torture and immigration fraud charges.

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content […]

Stryker was hit by a cyberattack that knocked out its internal systems worldwide and caused delays to order processing and manufacturing. An Iran-linked group has claimed responsibility for the […]

The inimitable Lyle Denniston, who served as the primary reporter for SCOTUSblog from 2004 until 2016, celebrates his 95th birthday today. Lyle began his reporting career in 1948 at the The post A […]

Six years ago today, the court announced that it was postponing its March argument session in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The press release noted that its “postponement of argument The post […]

* Trump rails against Supreme Court for lack of loyalty to him. [Guardian] * Jay Edelson warns of more “mass casualty events” brought on by AI. [TechCrunch] * LegalZoom announces ChatGPT app. […]

Student accidentally detonates explosive chemical after confusing substances during experiment.

AI-Brained AUSA Falls On His Sword… I Wonder If That Was Also ChatGPT’s Advice: Federal prosecutor who filed AI-hallucinations — and then made misleading statements about how they got there — […]

In court documents, District Attorney Larry Krasner argues that Glock knows that “machine guns” are both dangerous and illegal yet failed to warn consumers that installing switches is against the […]