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S&C Takes The Salary Plunge — See Also

Sullivan & Crowell Raises Associate Salaries: Probably to the Milbank scale.

Brendan Carr Wants To Crack Down On “The View”: Wasn’t a problem over the last 26 years.

Is This Satire? If only: Ben Sasse’s creed against SCOTUS cameras is dead serious.

Hostage Negotiations: Bill Barr wants Todd Blanche confirmed. Or Else.

$10K AI Error: New York Appellate court issues sanctions after fake cites and holdings.

House Appropriators Approve $1T Defense Bill, Adopt ‘War Department’ Renaming

No amendments offered by Democrats survived the long mark up session for the fiscal 2027 spending bill.

In-House Counsel Say They Want More From Outside Counsel But Don’t Demand It

The more things change ...

The Science Of Relationships And Business Development For Lawyers 

What if networking wasn't sales at all?

Bill Barr Would Like The Senate To Know: Confirm Todd Blanche Or The Hostage Gets It

The faintest of praise, from the least reassuring of messengers.

How To Use Client Success Stories To Gain Trustworthiness

Building trustworthiness is a long game.

DOJ Tries To End Slush Fund Suit By Telling Judge Brinkema To Get Bent. Fails.

It's another Stan Woodward special!

Origination Battles At Law Firms Can Be Intense

Whenever there is money involved, there are undoubtedly going to be disputes about who is entitled to a given share of revenue.

Associate Compensation Scorecard: Where Are Biglaw Firms In The Race To Match Milbank?

We're keeping track of every raise, bonus, and compensation move as law firms make their decisions.

Giant Baby Brendan Carr Is Very Upset That ABC Is Fighting Back

From the thin-skinned-babies-of-a-feather dept

Morning Docket: 06.26.26

* Todd Blanche “conceded” to breaking Epstein file disclosure law. Judge gives DOJ a week to fix it. [Politico]

* Republicans flail trying to explain how they oppose birthright citizenship and still root for a USA soccer team led by a beneficiary of birthright citizenship. [Courthouse News Service]

* North Carolina passes litigation funding ban to make sure only big corporations can afford justice. [American Lawyer]

* NRA charity division sues NRA accusing the larger organization of stealing funds. Don’t they know the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun? [Reuters]

* Former Facebook executive challenges company’s effort to keep her silent. [Law360]

* In-house lawyers want firms to send more secondments. [Roll on Friday]

* Roblox suit alleges child labor violations. [Bloomberg Law News]

No Points For Held Tongues — See Also

Alito Whines He Could Have Said More In Disagreement With Sotomayor: Reserve what you should have argued for the shower, bub.

Who Needs Milbank When You Have Groombridge?!: The boutique firm is compensating their associates handsomely!

Sen. Whitehouse Still Waiting On Blanche’s Explanation: We’d all like to hear the deets of Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer, actually.

This Law Review Article Is A Joke: If it hits its mark, you may find more humor in your job.

Responsible AI Use Cases: They exist! Read this and make the most of them.

Lawyers Aren’t Getting The Most Out Of AI

Adoption is one thing...

Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker On The Next Generation Of CoCounsel, The ‘Future Of Professionals’ Report, And Why TR Is Building Its Own LLM

Hasker also talked about the company’s development of its own LLM, called Thomson.

People, Prompts, And Product: The ‘Vibe Coding’ Revolution In Biglaw

There is both transformative potential and significant risks in democratizing software development.