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Contempt Is Such A Strong, If Entirely Accurate, Word — See Generally

Ed. Note: See generally is our quick review of the big stories from last week. So whether you missed it the first time or just want to revisit it, let’s look back on what happened.

Bold Strategy, Counselor. Let’s See If It Pays Off (It Does Not): Courtroom decorum lessons came fast and hard for one lawyer who discovered contempt has both a legal and a personal meaning.

San Francisco DA Reminds National Guard That Excessive Force Is Still A Crime: Holding law enforcement accountable is still part of law and order.

Legal Analyst Begins Process Of Normalizing Presidential Juntas: Speaking of National Guard troops performing illegal law enforcement tasks, conservative analysts have started laying the preemptive groundwork.

FASORP Drops Bullying Suit Because Even It Got Bored: The anti-DEI crusaders packed up their nonsense lawsuit after realizing outrage barely covers filing fees.

Biglaw Lost In Translation: Another global firm shutters its Japan outpost.

Donald Trump Prosecutes John Bolton For Doing Less Confidential Document Mishandling Than Him: The mustachioed hawk of yesteryear finally found a misadventure he can’t bomb his way out of.

Lawyer Caught Up In Young Republicans Racist Texts Scandal Shocked To Find Consequences Are Still A Thing: The political operative went from whisper campaign to unemployment line in record time.

Clio Announces Plan To Be Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: The legal tech giant expands its offerings and its client base and looks poised to begin competing with… just about everyone in the space.

Brace Yourself For Law School Admissions Hunger Games: Applications are spiking again.

Please Take This: Our annual small law firm survey!

The Papertrail Always Comes Back — See Also

Get A Load Of John Bolton’s Emails: Dude talked about everything.

Not All Work Is Created Equal: Does your firm punish associates with hard work?

Innovation Matters!: Is your law school one of the most innovative?

Washington Litigation Group Is Ready To Fight: The nonprofit is taking on cases core to the rule of law.

Now That’s What I Call A Lot Of Law Students!: The boost in applications means easy pickings for law schools.

Clio Wants To Be A One Stop Shop: How will they scale up from small law?

Another Major Strike At Kaiser Permanente: What’s At Stake This Time

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California and Hawaii have gone on strike, demanding safer staffing levels and higher pay.

Stat(s) Of The Week: GenAI And The Billable Hour

Are GCs pushing for change?   

How Law Firms Track And Convert Without Third-Party Cookies

Here are the latest developments and what law firms can expect to see working well over the next few years.

Clio’s Metamorphosis: From Practice Management To A Comprehensive AI And Law Practice Provider

Clio is no longer a practice management company. It’s much more of a comprehensive provider of all needs of its customers big and small.

Getting Paid What You Deserve While Running A Law Practice 

Why billing discomfort exists and what you can do to change it, on this episode of the 'Be That Lawyer' podcast.

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

4 Takeaways From ClioCon 2025 For Solos And Small Firms

Solos and small firms are being empowered in the business and practice of law thanks to Clio's new offerings.

Some Law Firms Punish Associates With Tough Assignments

Traumatizing an associate to make them quit? Crude, but effective.

Nonprofit Beefs Up Staff To Take The Legal Fight To Trump

Lawyers who want to stand up for the rule of law are finding the opportunity outside of Biglaw.

Trump Sued Again For Illegally Destroying The Digital Equity Act (And A Bunch Of Useful Programs That Helped His Own Supporters)

From the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.

Morning Docket: 10.17.25

* The government doesn’t keep track of its “Kavanaugh stops.” Pro Publica decided to do it for them. [Pro Publica]

* John Bolton got indicted. So that happened. [National Law Journal]

* Supreme Court’s next assault on voting rights is definitely happening. [The Nation]

* Steve Bannon throws lawyer under the bus in effort to get out of the whole “breaking the law” thing. [Law360]

* Bipartisan judges agree that Trump can’t randomly send troops into Chicago. [Reuters]

* Little League suspension goes to court. [ABA Journal]

Show Us The Money! — See Also

Ever Wondered How Much Small And Midsize Practitioners Make?: We wonder too! Let us know so we can share.

Coverage From The Other Side: SCOTUSBlog founder is headed to trial.

It’s A Matter Of Value: See which law schools carry the most!

San Francisco Sends Warnings To The National Guard: You can’t beat up on their citizens and not expect the law to get you.

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