Above the Law

Third Amendment Trending, Which Is Never Great — See Generally

AirBnBivouac: Trump sent troops to L.A. with no plan to house them and everyone dusted off their pocket Constitutions.

Florida Secedes… Again: State supreme court orders state bar to back out of the American Bar Association.

From The Halls Of Montezuma To Wilshire Boulevard: Marines claim they’re just detaining people, not arresting them. That’s… not how this works.

Shed A Tear For Firm Adding A Tier: Debevoise eyes income partners.

Firm Looks To Hire All WASPs Of Life: Kirkland slashes diversity staff.

Court Can’t Question Your Authorities If You Don’t Include Any!: DOJ forgets to include table of authorities, failing 1L legal writing assignment.

DC Bar Election Highlights Stakes Facing Profession: Bar associations can’t afford to sit on the sidelines.

Willkie Partners Are Walking Away! — See Also

To Cooley, That Is!: They are leaving in favor of a firm with a backbone.

Skadden De-Fangs Their Distinguished Fellows Program To Keep Trump Happy: How will they reconcile helping the poor and “conservative ideals”?

Back And Worse For You!: The injunction restriction in the “Big Beautiful Bill” is going to chill a lot of litigation if it gets through.

Florida Supreme Court Orders State Bar To Cut Ties With ABA: Who knew supporting the rule of law would be so controversial?

Second Circuit For The Win!: Trump takes another loss in the E. Jean Carroll department.

BioNTech To Buy CureVac In $1.25B Stock Deal That Would Also End mRNA Patent Dispute

BioNTech is acquiring CureVac in a deal that brings messenger RNA manufacturing capability and cancer immunotherapy candidates. Analysts say the M&A deal is a way to essentially settle out of court the ongoing mRNA patent dispute between the companies following some recent CureVac legal wins.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Biglaw’s Office Space

Settling into a hybrid workplace. 

Tax-Smart Retirement Withdrawals: The Fine Art Of Not Giving Uncle Sam Your Lunch Money

It's not just about having money – it's about keeping more of it.

Injunction Restriction In Budget Bill Revised… It’s Now Much Worse!

The GOP wants to gut the courts.

The 2025 UK Top 50: The Richest Biglaw Firms Across The Pond

Biglaw means big money in the UK.

Skilled Adversaries Can Make Attorneys Grow

Adversaries are some of the best teachers since they can expose lawyer to new arguments.

Lindsey Graham Thinks It Should Be Illegal To Identify ICE Agents

From the more-new-rights-for-the-powerful dept

Morning Docket: 06.13.25

* A president might be able to send troops to kill a political rival, but we draw the line at sending them into cities for no reason. [Law360]

* LOL, just kidding, we can give fascism a TRO! [Bloomberg Law News]

* E. Jean Carroll has a shotgun and a new book. [New York]

* Plaintiffs’ bar thinks Kennedy report too crazy to use. [Law.com]

* How in-house lawyers want to see AI [Roll on Friday]

* Trump asks another half million to leave the country. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Harvey Weinstein secures mistrial on part of that case. [Reuters]

* Administration sues NY over banning ICE. [New York Times]

Sitting U.S. Senators Aren’t Safe From Arrest — See Also

Senator Padilla Arrested For Doing His Job: “Agents” tried to stop recordings of the arrest, citing “FBI rights.”

California Widens Door On Who Can Practice Law: Just get rid of the bar at this point.

Former Judges Call Out State Bar For Being Cowards: Wisconsin isn’t known for its backbone.

Talking About The Environment Hurt The Governor’s Feelings: Law school bans clinic for the dumbest reason you’ve ever read.

Cyber Scams Are Alive And Well At Latham: Mind your e-mails!

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The Incredible Growing Biglaw Firm

This Biglaw firm keeps getting bigger.

Trump’s Half-Assed Lawyers Didn’t Even Include A Table Of Authorities When They Tried To Justify Flooding L.A. With Troops

Par for the course with this administration.

Kristi Noem’s Goons Just Roughed Up A Sitting U.S. Senator And Called It A Slow Thursday

Senator Padilla showed up at a DHS press conference and got thrown to the ground for doing his job.