Above the Law

Report: States Struggle To Meet Federal Regulations For Mental Health Care

The law enacted by Congress in 2008, aims to remove insurance-related obstacles to mental health and substance use disorder treatment, but it hasn't been enforced effectively and there is a lack of oversight.

Fired Kirkland Associates Alleges Gender Discrimination In Federal Lawsuit

The firm denies the allegations.

Haley Altman, Former Litera Exec, And Mark Chandler, Former Cisco CLO, Join Board Of Justice Tech Company Paladin

On the heels of raising an $8 million Series A financing round, Paladin has named two legal industry veterans to its board.

SOX Turns 20! A Series Of One-Hour Briefings

PLI reviews the effects of the act’s wide-ranging provisions on numerous stakeholders, and explores what the future may hold.

Biglaw Firm Gives Back To The Boys & Girls Club

Biglaw's helping kids.

Showing ‘Weakness’ In Settlement Talks

Does the conventional wisdom make sense?

Fox Business Contributor Tries To Make Point About Inflation, Invents Next Great Eating Challenge

Who can scarf $28 dollars in low-grade Mexican fast food fastest?

Morning Docket: 10.17.22

* Yale Law responds to the attempt to cancel its students.  This is all just an elaborate ploy to convince people that it exists if you ask me. [Washington Examiner]

* Fewer folks are applying to be law students in 2023. This is not entirely bad. We do need more welders. [Reuters]

* Live in Nebraska and want to go to law school in order to help people? Check out their public interest scholars program! Also — consider leaving Nebraska. [News.UNL.edu]

* Harvard Law’s student body is also getting involved in political activism. If judges keep blacklisting prestigious schools for allowing their students to have opinions, we might have a Supreme Court justice from Rutgers some day! [The Nation]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

Losing Streak Continues — See Also

Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Take A Hike: Donald Trump keeps losing at the Supreme Court he built… as an unwitting pawn of the Federalist Society, but that he built nonetheless.

Losing Luster: It takes a lot to actually WANT to go back to a law firm, but in-house counsel are less satisfied on the job these days.

MetaMediation: VR is coming for the world of mediation. Now you can have your proceeding and feel dizzy the whole time too!

These New MoFos: Morrison Foerster merging with litigation boutique Durie Tangri.

The One Time No Lawyer Wants To Work

This is where we draw the line.

Providence Denies ‘Disturbing’ Debt Collection Practices Alleged By Senator

Providence denied that it aggressively pursued its poorest patients for medical debt, asserting that its 'commitment to those in need has never been stronger.'

Is A Silent Retreat The Answer To The Stresses Of Motherhood And A Legal Career?

Compassion for yourself and others is always important. The legal world could use a little more of that.

Given Our Gun Jurisprudence, It Is Now Even Easier To Illegally Sell Guns. Yay!

If only George Washington would have told his men to etch numbers into their muskets on the way to Liberty.

Jones Day: The ‘Evil’ Empire Of The Biglaw World?

A new book provides a deep dive on the law firm that handled many of Trump's legal affairs during his presidency.

ClioCon Celebrates Client Organization In The Least Organized Hotel On Earth

Musing about myths.