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Legal Business Development As A Team Sport

Working together isn’t just more profitable, it’s smarter.

Being Proactive: How To Advance Your Cases

If you’re not winning, you’re losing, and if you’re not gaining ground, you’re giving up ground.

Are Lawyers Next On AI’s Chopping Block?

Now is the time for lawyers to face the music and adapt.

How The Expiration Of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per A Cigna Exec

The expiration of ACA tax credits could drive up premiums across marketplace and commercial insurance plans, a Cigna executive warned.

Morning Docket: 10.30.25

* Investigation suggests Kash Patel used FBI jet to go on a date. [New Republic]

* The other half of the “shot, chaser” combo: Government shutdown stalls FBI investigations. [Reuters]

* King & Spalding profile highlights community work. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

* Bench trial begins in troop deployment challenge as Ninth Circuit reviews injunctive relief en banc. [Law360]

* Snell & Wilmer tagged in another apparent AI hallucination case. [ABA Journal]

* While the administration brands its extra-legal enforcement operations as targeting cartels, a Spotlight deep dive reveals… the DEA has no idea who is actually a cartel member. [Boston Globe]

* DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate in bid to chill protest. [NBC]

* Cooley joins 4-day in-office club. [American Lawyer]

* Florida AG brings on Boies Schiller and Cooper & Kirk to pursue litigation against mega corporations. Given that the AG has mostly run his mouth about prosecuting anti-wokeness, maybe the firms are being brought in to pursue the mundane “actual consumer protection work” that politicians that state officials no longer care about. [Bloomberg Law]

Why Did A Cell Phone Company Help Pay For The White House Ballroom? — See Also

We Asked T-Mobile Some Follow Up Questions: See if their answers are up to par.

Nice Experiment While It Lasted: Election law expert isn’t too excited about the future of voting.

It’s Only A Riot When They Do It!: DOJ places two federal prosecutors on leave after memo made a double bad reference to the January 6th riot event.

Show Them The Money!: Biglaw associates want their bonus money!

Red States Join Lawsuit To Get Food Stamps Back: Strange bedfellows in the fight against hunger.

AFAs Are Great — But They Won’t Stop AI Disruption

AFAs are great but they don’t mean we can just keep doing what we are doing and calling it a different name.

Dispatches From The Collapse Of The Rule Of Law

And a Biglaw firm seeks help while an in-house attorney blows up her career.

Election Law Experts Calmly Describe End Of Democracy

Society for the Rule of Law election panel was a horror movie and it wasn't clear that 'democracy' would end up as the final girl.

Red States Join Lawsuit To Fight End Of Food Assistance Programs

Red or Blue, making sure your people have enough food to eat is worth going to court over.

Law Schools Must Navigate The Surge Of Applicants And Look For Red Flags In A Politically Charged Era

While increased interest in legal education is good, all applications must be evaluated with greater scrutiny.

Time To Share The Wealth: Biglaw Faces Associate Demand For Special Bonuses In 2025

Biglaw associates definitely didn't forget about the Milbank summer bonuses, and they're expecting to make BANK come bonus season.

A Monthly Checklist For Upping Your Cash Flow

Want to kickstart your firm’s profitability? Learn how by downloading the guide.

I Asked My Cellphone Service Provider T-Mobile What The Deal Was With Its Donation To Trump’s White House East Wing Demolition

The list of donors to the ballroom project provided by the Trump administration contains some very big, mainstream names.

Zombie Planes And Other Pentagon Ghost Stories

Trick-or-treat: The Breaking Defense team talks about something truly scary — which Pentagon programs have been killed this year, and some that have come back to life.