Above the Law

We Don’t Want To Get You Too Excited About This Role

Who could pass up an in-house opportunity like this?

Boutique Once Again Matches The Market On Bonuses

Exciting news out of the 302.

Lawyers Of Color Gears Up For Tenth Anniversary Promoting Diversity In The Legal Industry

There's a lot planned for next year's campaign!

Top Biglaw Firm Hops Aboard The Bonus Train — With More Money For Associates Outside New York

This sure is an interesting stop on the bonus tracks.

Finished Business – The SEC’s New Pay Versus Performance And Clawback Rules

PLI’s faculty will explore the details of these complex new rules and the implementation steps required.

Case Status, Mobile Client Portal And Messaging App, Raises $5M Series B, For Total Raise Of $11M

Last January, the company raised $3.5 million in a Series A venture capital round, and it had previously raised of $1.5 million in seed funding in 2020 and $750,000 in funding in 2019.

One Of Biglaw’s Top Firms Enters The Bonus Races With A Match

Congrats, associates!

Tips For Closing Out The Year As In-House Counsel

There are a few things you may want to consider intentionally doing now that could better set you up for success next year.

The Beat Of Unchecked Egos Goes On … And On

Clients and shovels, a match made in Hell.

The Parental Leave Rule: Give It A Fighting Chance

Simply put, the Parental Leave Rule was never tested. Until now.

Law Firm Sues Associates For Not Billing Enough

Don't give Biglaw any ideas!

Insider-Trader Chooses Friendship Over Freedom

We must admit it makes us question his shrinks’ advice, but not his mental health issues.

Morning Docket: 12.08.22

Amy Wax

* Enrollment in Amy Wax’s classes is dropping. Haha Bozo. [The DP]

* What? Companies may have to actually moderate the content they host? [Yahoo!]

* Considering a state job? You might not be as able to keep up on those new dancing trends… [CBS News]

* The Swiftie to Sherman Act enforcer pipeline is a strange one. [Business Insider]

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.

Remember All Those Times Trump’s Lawyers Swore He Wasn’t Hiding Any More Classified Docs? Ummm, About That …

You knew he was a scorpion when you signed the retainer agreement.