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Mistaken Honorifics In The Courtroom — See Also

Attorney Calls Judge “Honey” During Oral Argument: At least he immediately caught himself!

Ketanji Reads Gorsuch’s Textualism Argument For Filth: She’s not pulling any punches!

FASORP Takes Michigan Law School To Court: They’ll keep throwing the “You Hate White Men!” accusations until something sticks.

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AHIP CEO On The Budget Bill: ‘We Are Very Concerned About The Impact On Coverage’

During AHIP 2025, AHIP executives discussed the impact the proposed budget bill could have on Medicaid and the individual market.

Building A Successful CLE: Structuring Content With Value, Ethics, And Humor

Steps for crafting a presentation that truly resonates with your audience.

Handling Settlement Agreements With Long Payment Periods

Months or years of additional work that a lawyer needs to perform could come with that payment period.

There’s An Epidemic Of ‘What Were They Thinking?’

And HHS is not even involved.

Frustrated With Your Legal Career? You Can Do Something About That

Finding a path to actually enjoying your legal career.

Legal Geek In-House Panel: What In-House Counsel Really Want Is AI, Efficiency, And An Ability To Trust

Outside lawyers need to do some hard thinking about what their clients want and expect, particularly if they want to stay competitive.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Is Your Firm ‘Caring’?

It depends who you ask.  

Why Your Law Practice Is Killing You And How To Fix It

Stress, exhaustion, and burnout aren’t badges of honor. They’re warning signs.

The Top Biglaw Firms In New York City (2026)

Are you in a New York state of mind? This is where the Biglaw money is.

Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn’t Do What Many People Think It Will

From the how-stuff-works dept

Morning Docket: 06.20.25

* It’s that time of year to start wildly speculating about Supreme Court retirements. [ABA Journal]

* A new decision strikes down medical privacy rules to give prosecutors more access to scour private abortion records. It will shock you not at all that this comes from Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk sitting by himself in Amarillo. Weird… the GOP was up in arms about district courts issuing nationwide rulings a few weeks ago. [The Hill]

* It’s telling that Cuomo’s history on judicial nominees barely even registers on the list of reasons not to vote for him. [New York Law Journal]

* Administration plans to tie infrastructure funds to willingness to consign local law enforcement to immigration work. [Reuters]

* “Texas Judge Brings Outsider View to Bankruptcy Romance Scandal” is objectively a bizarre string of words that we have to string together these days. [Bloomberg Law News]

* State AGs warn about the dangers of a federal ban on state AI regulations. [Law360]

* The Skrmetti opinion is destined for infamy, if the country survives long enough. [The Nation]

Alito Doesn’t Think Trans Children Deserve The Strict Scrutiny Standard — See Also

The Majority Of The Supreme Court Gave The Okay To Discriminate Against Trans Children: That said, Alito’s concurrence really goes the extra mile.

Want To Know The Best Law School Ranking?: Ours! Read ATL’s Top 50 Law School Ranking fresh off the presses.

Vault Scored Law Firms By Prestige: The ranking seems unmarred by the major prestige hit the Cowering Nine suffered.

Paul Weiss Is A Poacher’s Paradise!: Even more partners are leaving the firm for Dunn Isaacson Rhee.

Bad Luck For Willkie Farr: The firm just lost 13 attorneys to Cooley over kneeling to Trump.

Enjoy Your “National Security Risk”!: Trump plans to extend the window before the TikTok ban goes into effect. Again.

Rising Healthcare Costs: What Employers Are Doing To Manage Expenses, Per Mercer

To deal with rising costs, employers are leveraging high performance networks, variable copay plans, and exclusive provider organization plans.