[photo1]Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.During slower periods, I feel constant pressure that I will be under my billable hour expectations, and it is difficult to rela...
[photo1]Hot on the heels of the megamerger announcement made between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, yet another Magic Circle firm is trying to stake a larger claim here in America.Clifford Cha...
[photo1]Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day!According to the latest Am Law 100 ranking, which Biglaw firm had the largest loss in gross revenue?...
[photo1]"I ask that you please keep telling my story so that the truth is known far and wide," wrote Catherine Youssef Kassenoff in her final Facebook post. The former EDNY prosecutor and special coun...
The military, for example, advised President Lyndon Johnson about the Vietnam War: "We can win! We can win! More troops! We can win! We can win! ... Oops! We lose."No one wanted to deliver bad news to...
[photo1]It is very easy to get the feeling that the legal industry is an old boys' club. It especially doesn't help when you hear a bunch of 3rd or 4th generations talking about how they got an associ...
(Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images for Hulu)Alan Dershowitz cannot be sanctioned, and if the court will just grant him the minor concession of 30-60 days to wrangle a bunch of retired law professor...
They're tiny. I know it. You know it. Everyone knows it.Politics has been thought of as a [redacted] measuring contest for quite some time. Back in 2016, during the Republican presidential primary deb...
[photo1]Fox News Changed Its Tune After This Law Student's Alleged "Hate Speech": Before you click the link, go on and guess why this time is different.Legal Ethics Is Its Own...
[photo1]Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day!According to the latest Am Law 200 ranking, which Biglaw firm had the largest double-digit decline in gross revenue?<...
[photo1]Google Business Profile is a free online business directory. It allows you to share pertinent information with potential clients searching for your services online. The platform allows you to ...
[photo1]Our Supreme Court justices are on the side of big business. The takeaway from Sackett, besides Clarence Thomas being A-OK with child labor law rollbacks, is that the justices will prioritize p...
[photo1]Clients sometimes need to contact lawyers at all times of the day and night because an emergent situation requires the immediate attention of counsel. Many people have contemplated which lawye...
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Ron DeSantis's lawyers are so bad that their only "win" against Disney comes so entirely in spite of their efforts that the judge described their motion as "wit...
[photo1]Understanding the Importance of Lateral Hiring InterviewsNavigating the complex web of the legal profession often leads to lateral hiring interviews, a key component of legal ...
Jon Van Gorp (courtesy photo)With commencement now in the rearview mirror, recent law school graduates will soon take the bar exam before moving on to their first jobs in the legal profession this fal...
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[photo1]* Biglaw continues to grow despite lagging demand. Is it bad planning or do the firms realize that this recession-that-isn't is never going to arrive? [American Lawyer]* The good news: Congres...
[photo1]In the past few weeks we've identified, analyzed, and rectified 10 lawyer tropes (see here and here), perpetuated by cultural staples but abruptly upended by legal technology. Remote litigatio...
(via YouTube)You've got to give Judge James Ho credit -- he's remarkably committed to the bit. The Fifth Circuit judge nurtures his reputation with the MAGA crowd that could, hypothetically, place him...