Above the Law

Lawyers Hate Marketing But This Might Make Them Hate It Less

Digital marketing is a necessary evil, and law firms have a way to manage it without hoping Tinkerbell delivers a client.

2025 Legal Industry Report: State Of Immigration

A new report authored by James Pittman shares valuable data that can inform immigration lawyers and help them better serve their clients.

The U.S. Is Minting A Thousand New Millionaires A Day: They’d Make Better Allies Than Antagonists

The rate of people becoming millionaires for the first time has jumped significantly.

Chewed Gum Under Courthouse Table Becomes Federal Case Because Of Course It Does

Now that's what I call a sticky situation.

Introducing The 2025 Legal Marketing Decision-Makers Survey!

Insights from over 100 marketing and business development leaders — on everything from AI to attracting new clients. 

You Catch More Judges With ‘Honey’ Than With Vinegar

And the Supreme Court has a wild one.

Vault ‘Quality Of Life’ Rankings: The Best Law Firms To Work For In America (2026)

Associates rank their firms based on their own happiness -- and there's been a major shakeup. Did your law firm make the cut?

G-III Apparel Group Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against PVH Corp., Clothing Rental Company CaaStle Files For Bankruptcy

Plus, Claire's considers a sale amid tariff uncertainty.

Morning Docket: 06.25.25

* DOJ files suit in the District of Maryland against every judge in the District of Maryland. CHECKMATE! [Bloomberg Law News]

* Court agrees that using copyrighted material to train AI is fair use. [Washington Post]

* Judiciary tells Congress that PACER poses a cyber risk. Maybe if they’d modernized it with all those fees they collected instead of redesigning their offices, hm? [Law360]

* Lawyers copied brief from another law firm, including all the arguments that already lost. [ABA Journal]

* Law firms struggling to keep pace with the Trump administration’s changing list of banned words. [American Lawyer]

* Emil Bove’s judicial nomination will provide opportunity to ask about DOJ management, including report that Bove encouraged open defiance of court orders. See, a savvy administration might have not nominated him to avoid this…[Reuters]

* Stephen Miller may have a financial stake in the company he’s having ICE use to deport people. [Rolling Stone]

What’s The Bonus For A Third-Year Biglaw Assassin? — See Also

Biglaw Partner Thought He Was Running The Continental From John Wick: In fairness, Biglaw would be a lot more interesting if they replaced all the associates with “assassins.”

Don’t Play Lawyerball With The Referee: Supreme Court majority tried to give “deporting people to war zones” the Drive-Thru treatment, but Justice Sotomayor turned the tables.

Certainly No One Cares About Mindlessly Pursuing Status In *Checks Notes* D.C.: The top law firms in Washington ranked!

Emhoff Class Is In Session: Maybe the Willkie lawyer is looking for an employer that isn’t planning to sell itself off to Trump.

Ma’am This Is An Arby’s (If The Arby’s Was A Contract Claim): Penn Law’s Amy Wax brought her First Amendment argument to a contract dispute and it went about as you’d expect.

How To Get Clients Beating A Path To Your Door: Turns out, making clients feel at ease has to begin before they’re even on board.

This State Is In Desperate Need Of Legal Assistance

Reminder: Google is not barred in any state.

3 Questions For Another Court Access Crusader (Part I)

The RECAP Archive gets a major enhancement.

It’s Time To Reconsider Technological Competency And The Value Of Legal Services

Tech competence isn’t just another checkbox -- it’s now foundational to how we fulfill every ethical duty we have.

Kirkland’s Nonequity Partners Are Such ‘Hot Sh*t’ That Almost All Other Biglaw Firms Have Been Driven To Copy Their Partnership Model

Biglaw's partnership prospects are changing, all because of Kirkland & Ellis.

Biglaw Partner Makes A Mistake, Decides To Respond With Humility And Humor

You don't have to freak out when you make a minor mistake.