Above the Law

Thank You For Your Service. Now Get Out! — See Also

Judge Gets Mad At IT Guy For Doing His Job: Gotta love a judicial temper tantrum and a hot mic!

Can The President Put Lawyers On A Leash?: Fighting the executive orders is a big deal for the profession.

Democrats Mad Trump Didn’t Steal More Earlier: Feckless party.

Trump Lawyers Cite Confederate Legal Theorists To Attack Birthright Citizenship: Citing Alexander Porter Morse was a definite choice.

Why Realistic Scenarios Matter More Than More AI

AI that prioritizes smoothness over substance feels less credible, not more.

Who’s Worse Than Trump?

Trump is terrible.

Jordan Furlong’s TECHSHOW Keynote: The Lawyers Who Will Thrive In The New World Order Will Be Entrepreneurs — And Humans

The lawyers who will succeed in the future will be masters of relationships and cultivate trust and confidence.

Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer Court Selfie Sanction, J&J Conflict Disqualification, House Rep Ethics Violations, Alito/Gorsuch Recusals, Fiery Judicial Opinions, LSB’s New Ethics Hierarchy & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

Has Legal Industry Upheaval Changed Your Career Goals? 

Please share your thoughts in this (always) brief and anonymous survey.

Product Spotlight: Lexis® Create+ For Litigators

Litigation moves on strict deadlines—and every filing must withstand judicial scrutiny. Despite deep institutional knowledge, teams often spend critical time surfacing prior briefs and pleadings, and validating authorities, before a document is ready for court.

‘This Is Crazy’: Health Experts Call For Changes To The No Surprises Act

Industry leaders say the No Surprises Act is protecting patients from surprise bills, but its Independent Dispute Resolution system is being overused and exploited, driving up costs and prompting calls for reform.

Morning Docket: 03.30.26

* ‘Don’t blame your associate’ for messing up AI. Sure, but then why even have associates? [ABA Journal]

* The DOJ seeks superseding indictments in all the cases invalidated by pretending Alina Habba was the US Attorney. [New Jersey Law Jounral]

* Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee votes to block judges from replacing illegal appointees like Habba. Note that they didn’t fix the illegality, just the ability to do anything to fix it. [Roll Call]

* Department of Defense’s block on Anthropic suspended for now. [Reuters]

* BofA agrees to deal to get them off Epstein’s Island. [Law360]

* Dutch order Grok to stop being nonconsensual porn generator as if Grok does anything else. [Law.com International]

Birthdays Come And Go, But Billable Hours Are Forever — See Generally

Biglaw Partner Drops Future Therapy Fodder: Asked how she juggles being a working mom, a newly minted partner offered a refreshingly horrifying answer: sometimes you miss your own kid’s birthday party.

The AI Pipeline Crisis Nobody Wants To Talk About: AI won’t replace lawyers, but it might create a critical shortage of good ones.

Major Regional Firm Calling It Quits: Atlanta’s Taylor Duma is shutting down after 21 years, given “the influx of firms into the Atlanta market.”

One Law Firm Commits To Doing Something About Broken Recruiting Model: Susman Godfrey is done trying to fight over recruits who haven’t even finished their first set of exams.

Former Attorney Generals… They’re Just Like Us!: Bill Barr spotted in a 3-hour TSA line at Houston’s IAH, courtesy of the president he sacrificed his reputation for.

Trump Says His Own Supreme Court Appointees “Sicken” Him: Girl, same.

My Cousin Vinny Somehow Managed To Get More Realistic Through The Studio Revision Process: In a fun exercise, Litera used the draft screenplays from My Cousin Vinny to show off its document comparison tool and AI assistant.

Jay Clayton’s SDNY Throws ICE Under The Nearest Available Bus: Clayton’s office informed the court that they’ve been accidentally lying to judges for months and it’s all ICE’s fault.

ATL March Madness Bracket Enters The Elite Eight: Voting continues through Monday to decide the Trump lawyer most deserving of their eventual disbarment.

Where The Head Goes The Body Follows — See Also

Midsize Firm Closes After Partners Leave: Taylor Duma closes for good this month.

Is This It For Section 230?: Does the design/content distinction unfairly punish websites for their user’s faults?

Judge Throws Out White Student’s Discrimination Suit Against Howard: Maybe he’ll appeal next February.

Is Your Firm “A Breeding Ground For Misconduct?”: This workplace harassment lawsuit accuses White & Case of being just that.

Harvard Law Students Push School To Divest From ICE: That includes the tech giants and law firms that allegedly work with ICE.

Associates Are Ready To Bounce From Their Firms

Keeping associates at their firms remains a key issue in the legal industry.

Harvard Law Students Push School To Divest From ICE & Law Firms That Support Them

May ICE melt.

Lawsuit Alleges White & Case Parties Are A ‘Breeding Ground For Misconduct’

Allegations of naked photos, sham investigations, and retaliation land one global giant in very public, very ugly litigation.

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.