Above the Law

107-Year-Old Biglaw Attorney Dies Of Coronavirus Complications

He loved the time he spent at his firm -- more than 83 years of it.

White House Planning SECOND Superspreader Event For Amy Covid Barrett!

Time to own the libs again.

Surprise! It’s Completely Wasteful For Clients To Impose Bespoke Billing Requirements.

The pursuit of efficiency isn't getting the job done.

Handling The Media

You do not want it to be one hit, followed a couple of days later by another hit, followed by another and another and another as the corporation staggers on.

Layoffs Come To Kirkland & Ellis, The World’s Wealthiest Law Firm

The firm is serious about keeping its COVID staff cuts on the down low.

A Lack Of (Good) Faith III: Rethinking Section 230 For The 21st Century

I would have never thought in my wildest dreams that I would witness the blatant exercise of editorial content manipulation by such platforms that claim to be the ostensible public square for free speech over the past few weeks.

The Law Fusion Paradigm

How to have fun at the intersection of law and the rest of the world.

Is Record Whistleblower Award A Lavish Reward Or Major Screw Job?

There’s no way to tell, which is just how Jay Clayton & co. like it.

Morning Docket: 10.26.20

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* Johnny Depp’s lawyer has been reportedly thrown off a defamation case for revealing information covered by a protective order. Maybe the information was “pirated” or the judge should make the attorney “walk the plank”… [Courthouse News Service]

* A lawyer for the Lincoln Project told Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to “peddle their scare tactics elsewhere” after the couple threatened to sue the anti-Trump group over billboards in New York City. [Wrap]

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Adverse Possession Keeps Making Headlines — See Also

Mixed Bag: Loeb & Loeb ends pay cuts…. but Hogan Lovells is still making some cuts.

$11K/Month Just Doesn’t Buy What It Used To: Biglaw partner accused of squatting in a mansion.

Yikes: Allegations of rampant sexual misconduct at USC.

So, This Doesn’t Look Great: Trump trying to get his midnight appointments game on.

The Best Of The Intellectual Property Boutiques

Former Biglaw partners have carved out their own corner of the legal world.

Stat Of The Week: Offshoring Of US Jobs Persists

A look at some numbers behind ‘America First.’

Before She Was RBG: Mel Wulf’s ‘Notorious’ Protégé At The A.C.L.U.

Whatever became of the radical lawyer who brought RBG into the A.C.L.U.?

90-Day Known Expert: Week 6 Roundup

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and more!

Quibi Lasts About As Long As A Quibi Video

Maybe Meg Whitman should have taken the Uber job instead.