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Shocking! The post Trump Fails To File Promised Birthright Citizenship Rehearing Before Deadline appeared first on Above the Law.

The general counsel who told the Senate his role was ‘limited’ has started publishing a target list. The post DHS General Counsel Names Four Federal Judges ‘Worst Of The Worst’ As Threats Against […]

Furniture financing has become a normal part of modern retail. When used responsibly, it can help consumers access quality furniture without facing a large upfront expense.

Two Republican senators want the slush fund killed in writing. Blanche testified it was dead, so writing it down shouldn’t be hard. And yet… The post Todd Blanche’s Confirmation Is Being Held Up […]

The Trump administration will apparently not ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its June 30 ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship – the […]

In honor of Shark Week, here’s a deep dive into the sources of associates for five top law firms. The post Where Biglaw Gets Its Lawyers: An ATL Infographic appeared first on Above the Law.

[Sponsored] Join us for this webinar as the group will dig into what the new global data reveals about why contract ownership remains Legal’s most expensive blind spot. The post Webinar: Why Contract […]

It’s a grand tradition of chaos, and we want to hear all about it. The post The Bar Exam Is Here, Which Means Something Is About To Go Horribly Wrong appeared first on Above the Law.

Biglaw keeps waiting while other firms keep writing checks. The post Cha-Ching: Another Firm Joins The Bonus Party appeared first on Above the Law.

Clio Work went live in Canada on July 23, enabled by more than 470,000 Canadian cases drawn from Jurisage. The post Bringing Home The Bacon: Clio Launches ‘Clio Work’ AI In Its Home Country Of […]

Experimental drug briefly improved autism-like brain function and behaviors in adult mice.

As patients increasingly bring AI chatbot advice into exam rooms, where does liability land when that advice goes wrong? Health law attorney Meghan O’Connor said the answer still isn’t clear, but […]

Federal rescheduling has finally arrived, but it didn’t magically solve everything for California cannabis businesses. Instead, it created a new set of decisions: whether to pursue DEA registration […]

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. I have written about bilateral judicial […]

Sometimes concurring opinions of justices add little to what is in the court’s decision. Other times, however, they take a very different approach and urge a major change in the law. In my last […]

* Corporate pardons were never a thing. Trump has issued nine. [The New Republic] * Freshfields losing European partners worried about U.S. growth. [Bloomberg Law News] * Comey seeks to 86 the […]

Plus, how predictable is the Supreme Court from oral argument?

Fewer teen opioid prescriptions coincided with increasing opioid-related harms over time.

More Milbank Money: Up to $25K in special bonuses for associates and counsel. Is any firm willing to match without Cravath’s permission? What’s Your Sign? This lawyer zodiac breakdown will leave […]

Worried about the bar exam this week? Well, it could be worse! Just ask the class of 2014. The post A Bar Exam Disaster For The Ages appeared first on Above the Law.

Beware of gifts-bearing Greeks. The post A Jaunt Through ‘The Odyssey’ appeared first on Above the Law.

Weirdly, no questions about Blanche… The post A Blanche Confirmation Hearing Witness Is Getting Death Threats. Thanks, Sens. Hawley And Schmitt! appeared first on Above the Law.

The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fully implement an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that seeks to impose additional restrictions on mail-in […]

If you aren’t going to study the day before the exam, what are you going to do? Read this. The post The Bar Exam Pep Talk Every Student Needs To Read appeared first on Above the Law.

Former Kirkland partner David Fox believes AI-powered firms could reshape the entire legal industry. The post The Lawyer Who Helped Build Kirkland Thinks AI Will Build Its Successor appeared first on […]

The firm that once assigned associates to translate memes for the partners has become a meme. The post Makeout Video Elevates Wachtell To The Internet’s Main Character appeared first on Above the […]

Prestige works as a recruiting tool right up until the label becomes a liability. The post The DOJ (Dis)Honors Program Is Having Trouble Finding Takers appeared first on Above the Law.

FIU continues to have an Epstein problem. The post FIU Installs Sanctioned Trump Attorney As Interim Law Dean, Overruling Its Own Search Committee appeared first on Above the Law.

You can thank the stars for the legal profession’s newest personality test. The post This Viral Lawyer Zodiac Breakdown Is Painfully Accurate appeared first on Above the Law.

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: ABA Opines Gov Lawyers Must Report […]

FOIA makes strange bedfellows… The post Law And Chaos + Heritage Foundation?!?! appeared first on Above the Law.

Banning things people use in everyday life won’t work. The post Banning Technology: A Balk That Should Be Called appeared first on Above the Law.

Here comes more Milbank money! The post Summer Surprise: Milbank Announces Special Bonuses Up To $25K appeared first on Above the Law.

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In one of the last decisions in argued […]

Expertise without curiosity becomes brittle. The post Marco Imperiale Is Right: Lawyers Don’t Know Their Clients Nearly As Well As They Think appeared first on Above the Law.

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. It was around the time the justices […]

By reducing regulatory burdens, the FCC ‘is taking a critical step in allowing for continued American innovation and space superiority,’ according to the Commercial Space Federation. The post FCC […]

Some Supreme Court arguments seem relatively easy to read. After the court reheard Louisiana v. Callais, SCOTUSblog reported that the court appeared “ready to curtail [a] major provision of the […]

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* One of the architects of Kirkland’s rise now sees AI as the profession’s future. [WSJ] * Kalshi angrily rails against Wisconsin law making it illegal to gamble on elections as “voter […]

Four defendants admitted fraudulent Medicaid billing and creating fake records using artificial intelligence.

Gut bacteria compound linked with greater likelihood of developing irregular heart rhythms.

“Despite knowing that El Salvador’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (‘CECOT’) mega-prison was a notorious blacksite, from which no detainee had ever left alive, Defendants went to […]

What’s The Billing Code For This: A midday park-bench makeout session between a Biglaw partner and associate ends up going viral. $1.2 Billion Worth Of ‘Are You Sure This Is Legal?’: MV Realty has […]

“They were so ugly to me,” Dillon said. “It was so obvious that it was just for fame. It wasn’t for justice. They came in on my neighborhood like I had killed someone.”

Attorneys for Warner Bros. Discovery claim that “Amazon has chosen to ride on the coattails of other well-established Hollywood mainstays such as Plaintiffs” by poaching their employees “rather […]

“What you’re going to hear on the tapes is the state of Joe Biden years before he ran for president, when a special prosecutor said he has memory issues,” said Jeffrey Clark, vice president […]

Always Be Billing: A Biglaw partner and associate got caught making out by an obnoxious social media video. I Consider Experience Experience: Guy posts his performance reviews from WilmerHale 15 […]

The justice threw her liberal colleagues under the bus… for nothing. The post Elena Kagan Thinks The Supreme Court Gets ‘A Bad Rap,’ Which Is Either A Lie Or Dangerously Naive appeared first on […]