Above the Law

From ‘Vendor’ To ‘Partner’: How LexisNexis Is Deepening Law Firm Relationships

The company is emphasizing ‘white glove service’ in the AI era. Here’s what the initiative is delivering for clients.

HHS Is Reviving Its 340B Rebate Push — And Providers Are None Too Pleased

HHS is reviving a rebate program for 340B drug discounts after the previous pilot was blocked in court earlier this year.

Morning Docket: 08.05.26

* Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office self-reports wrongdoing to DOJ watchdog... where almost certainly nothing will end up happening. [Chicago Tribune]

* ABA House of Delegates refuses to junk diversity standard for accreditation. [JD Journal]

* Anti-law enforcement license plates are free speech. [Courthouse News Service]

* Judges push DHS general counsel to remove social media posts comparing judges to murderers. [ABA Journal]

* Kansas rejects amendment to elect state supreme court justices. [Kansas Reflector]

* New Mexico develops a bar exam-free path to license. [Los Alamos Daily Post]

* A deep dive on Roy Cohn, the lawyer who ruined everything. [New Yorker]

Romantic Scandal Ends In Multimillion-Dollar Payout — See Also

It Looks Like The Jackson Walker/Federal Judge Scandal Is Officially Over: Some ~$20 million later…

First Lateral Raid Just One Month After Mega-Merger: Sorry, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, but Sidley really needed that fund finance team.

Todd Blanche Is About To Be AG: Sure, his promises are basically worthless. but it’s enough for the modern day GOP.

Build-An-AI: LexisNexis unveils a new project bringing lawyers into a physical location with engineers to build new products.

The Legal Legend That Answered No To A Secretary’s Desk

Top of her class, and the profession still tried to sit her behind a typewriter.

Honor Courts, Boards, And Academic Dishonesty

Are honor boards due process or undue nightmares?

LinkedIn Is The Golden Goose For Introverted Lawyers: 5 Ways To Get Comfortable With Discomfort In Legal Business Development

How lawyers can build trust, visibility, and referral relationships without living at conferences or cocktail receptions.

Lawyer Laterals: Free Agents With No Comp Caps 

In today's world, many of the headaches associated with making a lateral move can now be alleviated with artificial intelligence and technology.

Why An Extra $2 Million Isn’t Enough To Poach Biglaw’s Top Partners

As compensation reaches eye-popping levels, firms are getting more creative to win the lateral talent war.

LexisNexis Bets On Build-A-Bear Model For Legal AI

New NYC Customer Innovation Lab promises prototypes in hours and products in weeks.

Sidley Wastes No Time Raiding Hogan Lovells Cadwalader In Big Group Lateral Move

Just a month after the blockbuster merger, an 11-lawyer New York fund finance team is heading for the exits.

Todd Blanche Will Probably Be Confirmed Even Though Some Republican Senators Are Performatively On The Fence

Four Republicans are playing coy on the Blanche floor vote.

New Site From Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman Catalogs AI Policies At 128 Law Schools

For each school, the archive links to the underlying source, including student handbooks, honor codes, dean’s memoranda, strategy statements, and program pages.

In-House Lawyers: Who You Gonna Call?

It’s time for our annual survey to determine the top outside counsel.

The Biglaw Partner/Federal Judge Romance Scandal Has A $15 Million Ending

Jackson Walker will pay $15 million to end the U.S. Trustee's suit, while conceding approximately nothing.