Above the Law

Turning A New Page In Data Storytelling

Data storytelling is a priceless skill with an unbelievable ROI.

What Is The Appropriate Response To Speech That Causes Harm?

My work was recently involved in a larger debate about the power, and harm, of certain words.

As Of July 1, Can Athletes Sign NIL Deals With Brands That Compete With Their School Partners?

The overriding concern seems to be that athletes do not enter into arrangements with deliverables that would directly conflict with the terms of the deals that schools have in place with other brands.

Law School Operated ‘Recklessly’ According To Department Of Education

The school disputes the findings.

Elite Firm Hands Out Market-Busting Special Bonuses!

Beating the market on bonus money is always a great way to thank associates for their hard work.

Law Revue Video Contest 2021: The Winner!

Congratulations to our most deserving winner!

Why Corporate Clients Probably Don’t Want You To Publicize Your Trial Victories

It does a client only a tiny amount of good to publicize a defense judgment at trial.

‘Billions’-Based Costume Courtroom Drama To Return Long Before ‘Billions’

Shull v. Sorkin is coming back to a courtroom near you (if you live in Manhattan), and to a livestream for everyone else.

Morning Docket: 05.17.21

* A lawsuit has been filed over Floyd Mayweather’s fight against Logan Paul next month. Sounds like the claims might be a knock out… [Fox News]

* Allegations made in litigation suggest that a former Trump lawyer is raiding a nonprofit for her own personal use. [AP]

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The Bird Is The Word — See Also

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Giving Away Other People’s Money Is Good Work If You Can Get It: Alston & Bird arranged to get $1M to the serially debunked crew at Project Veritas. This isn’t campaign finance, but going to these lengths to shield a donor’s identity smacks of the nonsensical conservative finance interpretation that money is central to being able to speak your mind in the public square… but also no one should be able to know that you’re speaking.

Dogsitting Dispute Jurist Has Thoughts!: Judge Judy weighs in on Supreme Court expansion just like we were all hoping she would.

Better Bonuses On The Horizon: At least that’s what it looks like for Norton Rose.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Colorado lawmaker sued for creating COVID superspreader.

2020’s Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firms

2020 was pretty good for these firms.

Legal Writing: Write Like A Potato

Anything else fries your credibility.

Remember: Charge Your Batteries

Notes to my (legal) self.

When A Judge Asks You To Make A Corpus-Based Argument, Don’t Say Corpus Linguistics Is Stupid

It’s safe to assume that if judges request corpus-based arguments, they have already concluded that corpus linguistics is a helpful tool — at least in theory.

Biden Orders Fed Cybersecurity Boost; Targets Prevention, Reporting

'It reflects a fundamental shift in our mindset -- from incident response to prevention, from talking about security to doing security,' a senior administration official says.