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Clarence Does ‘Anger At Death Penalty’ A Little Differe...

Imagine Being Mad That The State Can't Kill Someone After Destroying Evidence: ...

Defunct Law School Packed A Punch

The law school is gone, but not forgotten. The post Defunct Law School Packed A ...

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Biglaw Firm’s Managing Partner Wonders How ‘Sustainable...

The good times can't last forever, can they? A 'reckoning' may be coming. The po...

BOGO And A DOJ No-Go

California's February bar exam met expectations ... of those who knew it would b...

Judge Orders Defense Dept To Say Where On The Doll The ...

Nowhere. The answer is nowhere. The post Judge Orders Defense Dept To Say Where ...

DOJ And FTC Antitrust Enforcement May Get Merged Together

Is it pure efficiency or will something get lost in the process? The post DOJ An...

Clarence Thomas Big Mad He Can’t Force Oklahoma To Kill...

Thomas went off in his dissent. The post Clarence Thomas Big Mad He Can’t Force ...

Ex-Biglaw Partner Turned Celebrity Tax Adviser Sentence...

In addition to prison time, this former partner may owe the government more than...

ABA Working Group Publishes Guidelines For Responsible ...

The guidelines are intended to provide a framework for judges to navigate the ra...

The Federal Judiciary: The Most Dangerous White-Collar ...

Nothing changes about the hostile work environment in chambers, and the vicious ...

The Growing Fight Against Marriage Equality

Several Justices have already signaled they're on board with overturning Obergef...

Please Provide 5 Bullet Points Of Your Lawyer/Law Stude...

Above the Law takes its role as the legal industry's DOGE very seriously. The po...

The New Reality Of Hospital-Payer Contracts: How Baptis...

The contract negotiation process between providers and payers is now more comple...

Morning Docket: 02.27.25

* Paul Weiss goes gangbusters, pushing PEP to $7.5M [American Lawyer] * Prote...

Getting The Best Will Cost You The Most — See Also

No, That's Not A Typo: Alex Spiro is raking in cash hand over fist! If You T...

The Number One Skill For General Counsel

Shockingly, it isn't plausible deniability. The post The Number One Skill For G...

FYI, Lawyers: It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Today, I am approaching 19 years since I last stuck my finger down my throat.  T...

Covington Must Wait Behind Putin To See Classified Docu...

Weird, because I'd been told Trump actually DECLASSIFIED all those documents alr...

Latest DOJ Hire ‘Famous’ For Hanging Up Hitler Portrait

The former judge is no stranger to ethics inquiries. The post Latest DOJ Hire ‘F...

Want To Be A Biglaw Equity Partner? Good Luck With That…

Becoming an equity partner is now harder than ever before. The post Want To Be A...

Meet One Of Biglaw’s Most Well-Known $3,000 An Hour Law...

Alex Spiro has a lot going for him, including his hourly rate. The post Meet One...

Is Laying Off 15,000 IRS Employees The Best Way To Impr...

Large-scale layoffs or ‘reductions in force,’ as the government calls it, are ra...

California Bar Exam Managed To Be Even Worse Than Expected

It almost didn't seem possible. The post California Bar Exam Managed To Be Even ...

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