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Can Biglaw’s Best Guide This Law Firm Megamerger To Completion?

A&O Shearman is doing everything right so far. Let's hope it stays that way.

Should Your Small Firm Specialize?

The rewards may be worth the risks, some attorneys say.

Clients Keep Complaining, But Law Firms Are STILL A Bargain Even After Historic Rate Hikes

Maybe the problem with rising legal costs is coming from inside the client's office.

For An Originalist, Gorsuch Is Clearly Slacking On His Definitions And Their Historical Meanings

Is what he said stupid? Yes. But let's be technical here.

Supremely Important IP Decisions

It is always worth considering what can be learned about the Supreme Court’s view of IP cases when two decisions in such cases are issued on the same day.

New Advice Column: Ask A Partner To ‘Review And Revert,’ For A Change

All your Biglaw questions, answered by a Biglaw partner.

Proposed A&O Shearman Merger Needs 75% Partnership Approval To Survive

Will the firms be able to get the votes in? Senior partners seem confident.

How Legal Ops Has Evolved, According To CLOC Attendees

Observations on a rapidly growing profession from the floor of this year’s CLOC Global Institute. 

Law Firm Hired Cage Fighter To Take ‘Fighting For You’ Message To A Whole New Level

Most law firm ads open with footage of your shirtless lawyer pounding someone into submission, right?

How Generative AI Works (Part I)

This is the first in a series of articles that will help lay a foundation so attorneys can better understand how AI works.

Ken Griffin’s Ex Outed Tucker Carlson As Racist, Misogynist

Well, Anne Dias at least added to the evidence. Allegedly.

Morning Docket: 05.23.23

* Remember when Donald Trump lost that defamation case to E. Jean Carroll and immediately went out and repeated the same claims about her being a liar? Because E. Jean Carroll does and she’s seeking another $10M. [Law360]

* Complaints against federal judges jumped 22 percent last year. You don’t think this could be a knock-on effect from putting unqualified judges on the bench and blessing widespread financial ethical breaches, do you? [Legal Intelligencer]

* Wells Fargo piling up NLRB complaints to go with the $1B they had to pay over the Fed, Treasury, and CFPB complaints. [Bloomberg Law News]

* TikTok sues Montana over state’s performative ban. [Reuters]

* Federal judge temporarily blocks Mississippi law designed to give white state officials control over the court system but only in majority Black areas. This briefing is going to read like a timewarp. [AP]

* Expect the rest of the Magic Circle to reevaluate their U.S. strategies in response to A&O merging with Shearman. [LegalCheek]

Can’t Make It To The Courthouse? We’ll Just Beam You In — See Also

The Holograms Are In!: Still figuring out the constitutionality, though.

Don’t You Just Hate When People Who Do Bad Things Face Reasonable Consequences?: Me neither, enjoy!

Don’t Rush To Decorate Your Desk: Firms are thinking about delaying first years.

Some Judge Is Pissed That A Crappy Exam Is Getting Redone: Boo hoo, dude.

Who Knew TV Could Help Make You A Better Lawyer?: Here’s Justice Jackson’s Survivor themed advice.

A Brand New Compensation Model For A Brand New Biglaw Firm

How will top talent at the firm earn their money?