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Warren LLP Matches The Milbank Salary Scale: The firm is rewarding their associates handsomely!

Yetter Coleman Milbank Matches And Is Looking For Clerks: The judicial clerkship bonus is up to $145,000!

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Commuting Because Of Cyber Criminals: Lewis Brisbois calls remote and hybrid associates back in the office following a cyberattack.

Quickly Dwindling Time: Diddy is on track to be released earlier than usual.

They’re Still Pressing The Need For That Ballroom: It’s the only thing that could prevent the kind of attacks they already prevented!

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: We discuss our customizable law school rankings and what counts as a judicial “apology.”

Lessons From Interstate Highways: AI’s Impact On Legal Is A Known Unknown

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How The Tax Agencies In The US, Canada, And Mexico Simplified Tax Rules For World Cup Participants

The agreement does not eliminate all issues.

How To Build An AI Prompt Library For Your Legal Team

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Elite Litigation Boutique Raises Salaries, And Its Clerkship Bonuses

If you're a judicial clerk looking for a job, Yetter Coleman would like a word.

SpaceX Stock Keeps Rising, And I Can’t Think Of A Better Use Of Investors’ Money Than Blowing Up More Launchpads

Why shouldn’t private investors’ money be literally burned to advance human knowledge?

Silicon Valley’s Go-To IP Boutique Matches The Milbank Scale

Managing Partner Erika Warren says top-tier attorneys deserve top-tier compensation.

Cyberattack Gives Biglaw Firm A New Return-To-Office Excuse

Employees have been instructed to return to the office or relocate their firm equipment while systems are secured.

Pentagon Aims To Sidestep Potential ‘Collusion’ Through Defense Production Act: Senior Official

‘Our interest is using voluntary agreements .... For us to articulate problems to them around nasty issues in the supply chain and the industrial base that allow them to communicate and work together, essentially collude,’ said Michael Cadenazzi, the assistant secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.

Morning Docket: 06.17.26

* “Top Firms Increased Leverage Over Past Five Years, Fueled by Nonequity Partner Growth.” Alternate title: Top firms leaned into hamster wheeling senior attorneys and pocketing the difference. [American Lawyer]

* Teen law school graduate hopes to go after social media companies. [Guardian]

* Tom Goldstein denied retrial. [Law360]

* DOJ attorney avoids discipline after judge finds participation in scheme to hide immigrant’s criminal history from court to create pretext for media attacks on the judge wasn’t in “bad faith.” Not sure what kind of faith that could be in, but congratulations I guess. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judicial stacking curtails opportunities for others. [Reuters]

* With massive amounts of money flowing into legal tech, the landscape is changing. [Legaltech News]

Blanche Is In Hot Water — See Also

Cold Truth Coming From The NYT: Their editorial board says Todd Blanche isn’t fit for office.

Honestly, Nevermind: DOJ lawyer still gets hit with ethics complaint for trying to capitalize off the failed slush fund.

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Driven Law Student Hosts Litigation Finance Conference: How? Why? Read our Q&A to find out!

50 Cent Files Lawsuits For Fun, Spending $24 Million On Legal Fees In The Process

Rule 11, meet 50.

The Biglaw Firm Tapped To Take SpaceX Public

The complex deal included many novel issues the firm had to tackle.

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Making Your Law Firm’s Culture A True Differentiator

Today, learning to articulate an authentic culture is a business development imperative.