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Another Firm, Another Nonequity Partner Tier — See Also

Will A&O Shearman Be The Next Big Name To Adopt The Tier?: Sure looks like it!

One Hell Of A Campaign: George Conway is running on impeaching Trump.

New To The Game And True To It: Judge gives Susman Godfrey and a young associate, Dylan Salzman, respect for knocking it out of the park.

DLA Piper Faces Discrimination Suit From Fired Palestinian Lawyer: She was fired 26 days after disclosing she was Palestinian.

A ‘Hurricane’ Of Legal Fees: Jury finds Ye liable in copyright infringement sampling case.

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: Alito didn’t even bother to fact check his arguments and we talk layoffs.

CLOC Opening Keynote: What If You Could Automate Everything?

What to leave out of the automated tasks goes to the heart of what’s bedeviling legal in general and legal ops in particular. Or should be.

At 40, I Just Finished My 10th Marathon, So I Challenge JD Vance, 41, To Get Off The Couch And Run His First

A 26.2-mile marathon is a mere 17,292 couches placed end to end.

They Stole My Identity To Run An Executive Job Scam. Here’s What Every Professional Needs To Know.

Job scamming is a multimillion-dollar 'industry.'

Stealth Layoffs And Sam Alito On Tilt

Also a major insider trading case strikes Biglaw.

How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow

Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.

Global Biglaw Giant May Be The Next Firm To Embrace Nonequity Partners

As more elite firms embrace nonequity partnership tiers, A&O Shearman may be preparing to follow suit.

Law School Advice In The Age Of Information Overload

What used to be a desert of information is now a tidal wave of AI slop and YouTube videos.

Inside The Pentagon’s Latest ‘Alien’ Files

This week on The Break Out, we explore the US military's newest tranche of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.

Morning Docket: 05.13.26

* Claude launches legal industry blitz, announcing connectors across the legal tech industry. [LawSites]

* Former DLA Piper associate sues firm alleging she was fired after revealing her Palestinian heritage. [American Lawyer]

* SEC junks rule barring defendants from denying settled allegations — a rule that exists because keeping market fraudsters from lying to their investors is kind of a big deal. [National Law Journal]

* Sam Altman tells jury he believes he’s trustworthy. Which is also what ChatGPT says and we know how that turns out. [Law360]

* Interim NDNY US Attorney committed professional misconduct according to disciplinary authorities. [ABA Journal]

* Biden fighting back against DOJ plan to release tapes of meetings with biographer. [Politico]

* Judge Liman getting very tired of this Lively-Baldoni case. [Page Six]

You Can See The Strings On These Supreme Court Justices — See Also

Trump Reminds ACB And Gorsuch He’s The Reason They’re On The Bench: Sitting President demands loyalty from the “neutral” branch of the government.

Kevin Hart Isn’t The Only One Getting Roasted: James Comey lands sick burn on Todd Blanche.

What A Difference A Couple Years Makes: The gerrymandered maps Chief Justice Roberts said were too racist are fair game now.

The British Are Explaining!: John Oliver gives a deep dive on the shadow docket.

Can Get Some Satisfaction!: These are the firms associates rate the highest!

Report, If You Dare: The DOJ doesn’t plan on respecting the freedom of press any longer.

The Litigation Boutique With All The Rizz

The firm has a great repuatation.

The Power Of Community: Why Lawyers Can’t Grow Alone Anymore

How the right environment can accelerate your path to becoming a rainmaker.

Celebrity Keynotes At Legal Tech Conferences: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

These kinds of keynotes, if done poorly, can leave a bad taste in the mouths of attendees.

Good Vibrations: How Vibe Coding Is Infiltrating Legal

One of the hottest trends in the industry takes the spotlight on this episode of ‘Adventures in Legal Tech.’