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Financial Resilience: What It Means And How You Can Achieve It

It’s unpredictable out there, but your firm can stay vigilant.

The 100 Largest Law Firms In Florida (2024)

Size matters for law firms in the Sunshine State.

How Do You Love Above The Law? Let Us Count The Ways.

Take the ATL Audience Survey and share your thoughts.

Gut Instinct In The Age Of AI: Do We Need To Rethink What Young Lawyers Need To Learn?

We need to think carefully about training our lawyers for the future and what skills they need to have.

Anthropic, Google, And xAI Win $200M Each From Pentagon AI Chief For ‘Agentic AI’

The three new contracts come on top of last month’s equal award to OpenAI, bringing the Chief Digital & AI Officer’s investment in cutting-edge commercial ‘frontier AI’ to a total of $800 million.

Morning Docket: 07.16.25

* Epstein video had 3 minutes cut out of it but no one was smart enough to realize the metadata would show it. [WIRED]

* Trump administration asks court to help them fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting members. No wonder Elmo’s calling for the Epstein files. [UPI]

* Jeanine Pirro nomination barreling forward like it’s doing 119 in a 65 zone. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Cleary hires AI product lead. [Legaltech News]

* Feds probed state judges for possible arrest. [Reuters]

* Student protester arrests ordered from the top say agents in least surprising reveal. [Law360]

* Reminder for prospective law students: the new Trump budget bill capped student loans so… more crushing debt! [ABA Journal]

Second Time’s The Curse — See Also

Top 100 Firm Hit With Their Second Malpractice Claim This Year: They’re scoring big in a contest you don’t want to win!

Hit-And-Run Claims First-Year Associate: Our condolences to his friends and family.

Not The Biggest Fan Of John Sarcone III: A panel of judges decided against locking him in to a job he didn’t seem to want anyway.

You Stole What From Who?!: Thief steals Beyoncé music in Atlanta during Cowboy Carter tour.

Can’t Even Discuss Equitable Relief Anymore!: Constitutional scholar gets hounded on X for being right about the Supreme Court.

Donald Trump’s Second Shot At Remaking The Federal Judiciary Has Officially Begun

Trump had a tremendous impact on the federal bench in his first term.

Judge Reprimanded After Dismissive Treatment Of DAs

Be better, judge.

Professor Discusses Equitable Relief, Bombarded With Replies Complaining About DEI

Twitter Law School in full force.

Creating Judicial Accountability Where Before There Was None

So, you want to clerk -- how will you avoid judges who harass their clerks?

Federal Judges Give Big Ol’ Nope To New York U.S. Attorney Pick

He only wanted the job as a stepping stone to the federal bench.

Am Law 100 Firm Hit With Second Malpractice Claim This Year… With Three, They Get A Free Sandwich!

Akerman having an unpleasant 2025.

Obama Calls Out Biglaw Firms That Capitulated To Trump

He's not mad, he's just really disappointed.

How You Can Transform Your Inefficient Intake Process

Does your system help or harm the matter management process?