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The DEI Dilemma

We wrote recently about regulatory and policy developments that are ushering in ...

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...

Court appears likely to side with straight woman in rev...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday was sympathetic to an Ohio woman who alleges that...

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 ...

Who Needs Caselaw Anyway?

The new federal deficit is the government's research deficit. The post Who Needs...

Tony Buzbee Still Has To Deal With Jay-Z’s Defamation C...

An anti-SLAPP is still a great boon for him. The post Tony Buzbee Still Has To ...

Morning Docket: 02.26.25

* Trump takes away Covington's security clearances because they represent Jack ...

Donald Trump Is Ultimately A Buffoon, But Elon Musk Has...

Unlike with Trump, none of us really knows what Elon Musk is doing poking around...

Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 26 (complete)

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, we live blogged as the court released opinions in Dewberr...

Pay Ratios: CEO and C-Suite Compensation in the Russell...

The CEO is consistently the highest-paid executive in the C-Suite, but how does ...

Maine man arrested with drugs in his backpack asks cour...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently ...

AI-Powered (Finance) Scholarship

The Scale and Scope of AI-Generated Research Our study begins by mining over 30,...

Delaware Supreme Court Reaffirms High Bar for Proving C...

Key Takeaways Delaware Supreme Court reaffirms that “the test for actual control...

The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 26

The court will release one or more opinions this morning. Join us for live cover...

Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 26

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions i...

This Biglaw Firm Just Shot Up The Ranking

That's astonishing improvement over the course of a year. The post This Biglaw F...

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