Above the Law

How Did The Beatles Get Involved With This? — See Also

DOJ Drops Hypo About Deporting The Beatles?: Why? To fight the great British Invasion that is Please Please Me, I guess.

Former Associate Countersues Baker McKenzie: This fight won’t be calming down any time soon.

MemeLord-In-Chief Flirts With 3rd Term Via Stardew Valley: Everyone involved should have touched grass instead.

Trump Shakes Down JP Morgan: Whoa, even the banks aren’t safe.

Drake Revives Not Like Us Lawsuit For All The Dogs: Will be a shame when they get put down a second time.

Pentagon CTO Offers Industry Free Use Of 400 Patents From Gov’t Labs — For A Start

The first 400 patents are ‘the freebie, the door buster’ to get industry excited about an in-progress, unprecedented database linking all 216 DoD labs, Emil Michael told reporters.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Law Schools’ Revolving Door

Which schools had new deans in 2025? 

Leveraging A Multigenerational Workforce To Build Stronger Law Firm Culture

This episode of 'Be That Lawyer' explores how you can create a culture where lawyers and staff thrive together.

Lawyers Shouldn’t Perform Favors For Clients And Expect Additional Work

Although it is acceptable to perform such favors for clients, lawyers should not do so under the assumption that it will result in additional work.

Mr. Worldwide: Artist Prevails In Fierce Battle Over The Copyright Act’s Reclamation Right

The world is now an artist’s oyster thanks to this appellate court’s copyright decision.

Like Lawyers In Pompeii: Is Legal Ignoring The AI Definitional Crisis? (Part V)

Real AI experts understand conceptually what AI is, what it can do, and the differences and drawbacks of confusing GenAI with AI generally.

Drake Still Trying To Squabble Up After Career-Denting Court Loss

When I see you look at these court cases I believe you see a chance of winning.

‘You Are Not Your Grades’

WTF Do Professors Mean by That?

How Artificial Intelligence Is Quickly Changing Case Strategy Development

Findings from a new study by Ari Kaplan Advisors and Opus 2.

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

Trump Continues To Use Pop Culture Memes Without Permission, This Time With A 3rd Term Easter Egg

From the not-a-game dept

Morning Docket: 01.23.26

* Federal judge may block Trump’s ballroom. Just because presidents don’t have any legal authority to unilaterally decide to destroy and rebuild government buildings. [CNN]

* Reed Smith lawyer who pretended to have cancer loses license to practice in UK. [Roll on Friday]

* Meanwhile, Florida bar authorities let Matt Gaetz keeps law license because they didn’t think statutory rape should get in the way of a law practice. [Florida Bulldog]

* Trump files $5B lawsuit against JP Morgan for turning away his business after January 6. Is anyone else old enough to remember when Republicans believed in the free market? [Law360]

* Yes, why did a state AG use MLK Day to publish an attack on laws against racial discrimination? [Miami Herald]

* Biglaw fights over office space in New York. So much for working from home. [New York Law Journal]

* Jack Smith testified before Congress and Trump supporters probably wish he hadn’t. [Reuters]

Hello? Yes, This Is Me Speaking — See Also

Florida AG Makes Himself A Request He Couldn’t Refuse: Really strange way to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

ICE Circulated A Secret Memo That Tells Agents To Bypass The Whole “Warrant” Thing: Thanks to SCOTUS rulings, there isn’t much recourse if they barge in either.

Win Your Judicial Races The Normal Way, Folks: That means no attempts to extort the competition!

Noticing Truth Social Doesn’t Make It Official: Nor does not replying count as process.

You Have To Work To Get Trial Experience: Some advice and preparation will get you where you need to be.

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: Word to the wise, don’t flirt too hard in North Carolina!

Big Victory For Don Lemon And His Lawyer

The representation makes perfect sense.