Thomas S. Clay

Biglaw, Layoffs, Paralegals, Quote of the Day, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
The Layoff Train Is Out Of Control, And Your Firm's Next

What's the latest news in Biglaw staff layoffs? More are coming...

By Staci Zaretsky

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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance

In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.

From Pilot and Above The Law

Designation Of Credibility

With no doubt, our federal appeals courts are populated with legal thinkers and writers of the highest caliber. As such, it is a treat to see their skills applied to an area of law that some of us grapple with daily.

By Gaston Kroub

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.16.24

* Supreme Court authorizes Idaho’s anti-trans care law with Justice Gorsuch writing that the decision might abuse the standard notion of the Court’s shadow docket power, but all the justices who created those precedents are dead now and we have a supermajority so YOLO (you’d be shocked at how lightly paraphrased that is too). [Law360]

* Rudy tried to get his defamation verdict reversed. It went as well as the rest of his election legal work. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Armorer in the Alec Baldwin case sentenced to 18 months. [Reuters]

* Over in the UK, Kaplan apologizes after incorrectly informed a bunch of grads that they’d failed the Solicitor’s Qualification Exam, leading at least some to lose their job offers. [LegalCheek]

* Biglaw partner alleges that another lawyer filed an inflammatory affidavit for the purpose of serving as the basis of a negative NY Post article. [ABA Journal]

* A&O makes a withdrawal from the (Mil)bank. [Law.com International]

* Eriq Gardner chats with David Boies about a wide range of topics, but especially the firm’s contingency work and the billions in value it generates. [Puck]

By Above the Law

How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery

Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.

From Thomson Reuters

Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace

How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.

From LexisNexis

The Layoff Train Is Out Of Control, And Your Firm's Next

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