Above the Law

How To Bounce Back After Being Rejected For A Job 

Rejection is merely redirection to where you’re meant to be.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Did Not Forget About Dre, But Did Forget About The Copyright Act

Gross misunderstanding of the law? That's nothin' but a Majorie Taylor G thang.

California Dreaming

It will be interesting to see how the impact of this decision reverberates.

Regular Guy Neel Kashkari Has The Perfect Analogy To Explain Inflation To His Fellow Non-Economists

Surge pricing may suck, but it’s necessary, just like recession-triggering higher rates.

Morning Docket: 01.10.23

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* Classified materials from Biden’s tenure as VP found in one of his old offices. This is just like the allegations against Trump… except the material doesn’t appear to be nearly as sensitive… and the Archives had never previously requested the documents… and he’s immediately moved to get the materials back to the Archives… and he hasn’t lied to federal agents about it for months… but other than that it’s totally the same. [Business Insider]

* Reuters reports that Rudy Giuliani received a federal subpoenaed for materials related to his Trump work. [Reuters]

* Former law firm CFO deemed flight risk. Gah… you get a few overseas residences and everybody starts freaking out about you being a flight risk. [Law360]

* SEC slaps former McDonald’s CEO with $400K fine. He’s presumably not loving it. [DealBook]

* Election fraud allegations? What’s next for former NBA All-Star and inventor of the fax machine George Santos? [Courthouse News Service]

At This Rate, Maybe Elon Will Lay Off His Legal Team And Hire A Robot — See Also

While I’m Not Sure Of The Best Way To Get Laid, Being Laid Off Is Probably One Of The Worst: Stroock just conducted a round of layoffs.

Keeping The You In Team: This firm vowed to keep their associates and staff amidst layoff season.

Paying Your Debt To Society Still Carries A Tab: Law clerk pressured to step down over something that happened when Bill Clinton was in office.

Totally Competent Man Proves How Knowledgeable He Is By Hiring A Firm He Hates To Defend Him: Yes, it is Elon Musk.

AI Meets JD: This quick trick could make you a millionaire. Would probably piss off Clarence Thomas too.

Justice Kagan’s Favorite Movie Is A Wildly Popular One

No art house indie flick here.

Large And Small, AI Is A Service For Us All

From customer service chatbots to data analysis, companies of every size can now take advantage of AIaaS to reduce labor costs, increase efficiency, and create new revenue streams.

Right-Wing Plan To Restore Trump To White House Falls Flat At SCOTUS. Shocker!

What's worse than being trapped in 2016 forever? Being trapped in 2020. Welcome to hell!

Biglaw Firms Kept Associates With Low Hours Employed For Much Longer Than Expected Before Announcing Layoffs

Eek. Should this have happened sooner?

‘Collecting Salary From The Firm While Sitting On Your Ass’ Is Certainly ONE Way For A Senior Lawyer To Describe Maternity Leave

But not so much a good or professional way to describe it.

Ex-Proskauer Exec Was Heading To Paul Hastings Before Biglaw Lawsuit Blew It All Up

The latest in the Biglaw lawsuit.

From Courtroom To Newsroom: Camille Vasquez Makes A Newsworthy TV Debut!

I did not know this is what they meant by a JD advantage.

$1 Million On The Table To Let AI Lawyer Bot Argue Supreme Court Case

I mean... we've let worse lawyers do it.

Elon Musk Blames Hiring Biglaw Firm He Personally Hates On An ‘Error’ Because He Has No Idea What He’s Doing

Elon Musk uses even the most mundane business decision into fodder for retribution.