Above the Law

Racking Up The Ls — See Generally

Jeanine Pirro Secures Lifetime Achievement In Losing: After departing the Fox bubble, Jeanine learns the real world has less tolerance for her nonsense.

Cadwalader Getting The Urge To Merge?: After a series of departures, Cadwalader may have reached an existential crossroads.

Rule Of Law Republicans Convene To Sound Alarm About Trump: Elected Democrats may be dithering, but old guard conservatives seem to understand the threat.

At Least This Time Around They Intentionally Put The Journalist On The Signal Chat: Lindsey Halligan spills her soul to Anna Bower before remembering the words “off the record.”

Biglaw Firm Sticks To The Old Ways: Ropes reaffims the one-tier partnership model.

District Judges Holding The Line: Trial judges continue enforcing the laws the Supreme Court’s given up on.

Ninth Circuit Panel Decides Being President Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry… Or Care About The Law: Trump judges stare at an inflatable frog and ask, “Is this a rebellion?”

Law Professor Fired For Making Comments About Guy Who Claimed To Be All About Campus Free Speech: Professor pointed out Charlie Kirk’s intimidation tactics and politicians came for her job.

In-House Counsel Fired After Brewing Up Some Racism: Corporate lawyer’s rant proves more lasting than the Brewers’ playoff run.

LAPD Misreads Court Order As Advisory: One would have hoped “don’t shoot journalists” was sufficiently clear.

Wait… There’s A Way To Be TOO Racist In This Administration?: Special counsel nominee withdraws over disturbing messages.

Who Needs Reality TV When You Have Baker McKenzie? — See Also

That’s A Lot Of Workplace Drama: Baker McKenzie’s defamation lawsuit against a former employee is messy.

District Judges Are Holding Ground: Someone has to draw lines in the sand for the rule of law.

Inching Closer To A Merger?: Cadwalader may be joining forces with another firm soon.

That’s Not How Off-The-Record Conversations Work!: Lindsey Halligan’s Signal messages unexpectedly ended up in court.

You’re A Song Away From Handcuffs: Protestor gets arrested for playing “Imperial March” behind imperial marchers.

My Experience With Fake Jury Duty Fine Scammers

Don't end up like one of those people in the badly acted low-budget public service announcements.

The Legal Marketing Tactics That Work In 2025

How your firm can stop overthinking and start executing, on this episode of the 'Be That Lawyer' podcast.

Nail Your CLE: Engaging Your Audience Like A Pro

The real challenge is turning your presentation into an unforgettable experience.

What Some Of Legal Tech’s Smartest Observers Had To About AI At Inspire

AI is so different that traditional ROI measurement tools just don’t work. We need new ways.

Biglaw Lawsuit Against Former Associate Is Actually Messy As Hell

Baker McKenzie still alleges the former associate's claims of sexual assault are false and defamatory.

Halligan’s Signal Messages Enter The Courtroom Chat

On the record.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Working In Plain Sight

Are law firms being completely honest about their office attendance policies?

Before Advocating To Repeal Section 230, It Helps To First Understand How It Works

From the maybe-question-everything-a-little-more? dept

Is Optum Real For Real?

Providers increasingly accuse payers of delaying and denying reimbursement for claims. Now, UnitedHealth Group's Optum subsidiary is hoping to change the dynamic through what they claim is a real-time claims management program leveraging tech.

Morning Docket: 10.24.25

* Elon Musk loses effort to claim he relied on attorney advice in Twitter investor case. Funny how famously leaking that you overruled key attorney advice during the deal can come back to bite somebody. [Law360]

* Jack Smith wants his testimony to be public. [CBS News]

* Kannon Shanmugam discusses — generally anyway — the process that led to his firm’s Trump deal. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Meanwhile, a Columbia University group is suing for records behind those deals. [Reuters]

* “Judges Stress Coordination as Mass-Tort Litigation Expands Across Courts.” Might be a good time to brush up on your MDL knowledge! [Legal Intelligencer]

* Diversity issues continue to plague Biglaw Brussels office. At least this one was awkwardly well-intentioned. Progress! [Roll on Friday]

* TaxProf Blog finds a new home. [ABA Journal]

Donald Trump Put His Thumb On Third Circuit Rulings — See Also

Like Him Or Not, His Appointing Spree Is Prolific: 6 of the 8 republican judges are there because of him.

It Is Getting Harder For Some Republicans To Blame Everything On Biden: Concerns about the rule of law have them backtracking some of their prior support.

OpenAI Asks Family For Funeral Attendance List And Videos: There has to be a more PR friendly way to prepare for a lawsuit.

An Obvious Thing Worth Mentioning: Judges come clean about using AI to do their jobs.

Some Short Advice For A Long Career: There are a few unexpected gems like “Try writing poetry” that balance out obvious ones like “read”!

Trump’s Love Affair With Crypto Continues

And he's using his pardon powers to show it.

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