Forbes caters to the business elite, so the latter title for this post is probably the most appropriate one. But ATL readers could wind up on either side of one of these suits, so read with whichever lens you prefer. The article talks about some of the worst courts for certain types of defendants to […]
* Feuding Harvard students near settlement over Facebook founding. [New York Times] * Princess Di’s death deemed criminal; but was it also the butler on the witness stand with the perjury? [CNN] * Call girls testify in DC Madam case. [Washington Post] * Justice Scalia, “not a nut,” on CSPAN tonight. [WSJ Law Blog] * […]
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
* AG Mukasey looks super-old, but at least his front office is fresh-faced. [Washington Post] * An apple pie we can understand, but a picnic table? [NBC10.com] * Who knew? Blogging can be lethal. We need to find ourselves a good plaintiffs’ attorney. [Jeremy Blachman; New York Times] * Somehow, some bloggers survive — and […]
Here’s a bit of follow-up on last week’s post about Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. We heard from a number of tipsters, and their reports are consistent with the rumors previously reported: 1. Sonnenschein is rescinding offers of summer employment to incoming summer associates in the Charlotte office. 2. Sonnenschein is rescinding offers to full-time associates […]
Okay, so you already knew that. Last year, in a widely read, front-page story for the Wall Street Journal, Amir Efrati reported on the non-Biglaw blues: the challenging job market and not-so-hot financial prospects faced by many law school graduates (many of whom are saddled with heavy debt). A month later, the Des Moines Register […]
Over 2000 votes are in. It’s you, Latham & Watkins! Latham’s the “coolest,” baby! By a .6% margin. One of our readers from Cleary an unnamed firm expressed disappointment in the poll’s closing at midnight PST instead of EST. ATL believes in time zone equity and refused to exercise a New York East Coast bias. […]
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
Most of the time, our ATL / Lateral Link surveys have been about market conditions like clerkship bonuses and maternity leave policies. But today, let’s just talk about you. How’s your morale? Update: This survey is now closed. Click here for the results. — Justin Bernold is a Director at Lateral Link, the sponsor of […]
Former Lawyer of the Day Louisiana Senator David Vitter is having a bad week, and it’s only Tuesday. The Legal Times reported yesterday that he may have to testify in the scandalous “D.C. Madam” trial. Vitter confessed last year to being a client of the escort service run by the so-called “D.C. Madam,” Deborah Jeane […]
Those Texans love the word of God. In 2005, they went to SCOTUS to defend a monument to the 10 Commandments that stands on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol. Hailing from San Antonio, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery is invoking the higher power in his judgment against a religious school’s right to join […]
* I hear wedding bells… no wait, that’s the buzzer for yard time. [CBS Local] * Rob Lowe and wife sue former nanny for defamation. [CNN] * Kids: Obama now cool. [New York Times] * Meet the superelite. [Newsweek]
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
U can’t touch this. Website. At least for a little while. We have a little surprise in store for you, loyal readers of Above the Law. We hope you like it. But the surprise will require us to turn off comments on ATL for a bit, probably a few hours. So if you want to […]
Open threads about the MPRE are a fine tradition here at ATL. See here and here. Even if the test isn’t particularly difficult or interesting, people love to talk about it. We’ve already received a slew of “MPRE results are out!” emails, and the news has also surfaced in the comments to other posts. So […]
The subject of likely future nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court has been written about extensively before. Last year, over at SCOTUSblog, Tom Goldstein came up with short lists of Democratic nominees and Republican nominees. Now that we’re a little closer to the election, with a presumptive Republican nominee and two possible Democratic nominees, additional […]
VERSUS We had over 4900 votes in the “ATL Law Firm Final Four” this weekend. Latham & Watkins and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton emerged as the winners and will now go head to head to determine which is the “coolest” law firm. During commercial breaks in the NCAA basketball final tonight between the University […]
Last June, the WSJ Law Blog wondered: Are law students emotional wrecks? Here is more evidence — and there’s already quite a lot in these pages — that the answer to the question is yes. It started out innocently enough. A legal recruiting assistant at Willkie Farr & Gallagher sent out this email on Friday: […]