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The Other Side Of The Partner Pay Gap — See Also

Mid-Year Check Ins Are Coming: Time for some partners to double down or expect a pay cut.

Mistaken AI Stenographer Almost Got A Suspect An Attorney: He came close to invoking the right to an attorney, yet landed so far.

Attorney Turns In License After AI Errors: Kind of impressive how little he seemed to care about it all.

Quinn Emmanuel Puts Their Money Where Their Pro-Bono Is: Up to 200 hours of pro bono work will count toward associates’ bonus hour totals!

The DOJ’s Slush Fund Fallout — See Generally

Ain't No Government Service Like Self-Service: The Senate-confirmed DOJ official tasked with selling the slush fund to Congress, quietly tried to recuse himself from that work so he could file his own personal claim against the fund.

Bar Tab Comes Due:  Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, who signed off on the slush fund that would have paid out his own former clients, now faces a D.C. bar complaint.

All The News That's Glaringly Obvious: The New York Times editorial board laid out four reasons Todd Blanche shouldn't be confirmed as Attorney General.

Tarp Of The Morning: A D.C. Circuit panel denied the stay, the scaffolding went back up, and Trump's name came off the Kennedy Center under cover of 1:30 a.m. tarps unfurled in front of a cheering crowd.

Not It: The Supreme Court declined to review the due process questions surrounding 98-year-old Judge Pauline Newman, suspended by her own colleagues without the impeachment process the Constitution requires.

Stacking The Deck: A new study of 146 federal judges finds that clerkship "stacking" has turned a one-year launchpad into a multi-year credential arms race that the judges fueling it freely admit is broken.

Gone Phishin': Lewis Brisbois ordered its remote staff back to the office after a cyberattack.

He Said, She Said: Running the same Biglaw resume through Gemini under a man's name and a woman's name turned identical experience into "extensive" for Thomas and a downgrade for Vivian, who also somehow saw her $700 million deal shrink to $700.

Happy Juneteenth! — See Also

Is Your Firm Observing The Holiday?: Be sure to let us know!

Trump Nominates His Own Lawyer To Be A Top Federal Prosecutor: The Sullivan & Cromwell partner's cozying up with Trump is paying off.

SCOTUS Term Limit Discourse Goes Mainstream?: Progressives favor limiting terms a lot more now than they did a decade ago. Wonder why?

Clerkship Stacking Has Become The New Meta: Why? One component rhymes with Slerkship Sonuses.

Listen To This Hearing Advice: Preparation is the key to getting the ruling you want.

Reputation Matters: There are ways to get ahead of bad reviews from disgruntled clients.

Arbitration Isn't Always The Cheaper Option: Small businesses may actually prefer to litigate.

More Raises! — See Also

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!

Using AI To Work On Your Biglaw Resume?: LLM black boxes may spit out different resumes because of your sex.

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."

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.

Mind Your Networking: Here are some tips for making the most of your connections.

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

DOJ Official Wanted His Cut Of The Slush Fund — See Also

Mythic Levels Of Self-Dealing: You kind of have to appreciate Patrick Davis's hustle.

Google Enshittification And Your Clients: You're gonna need a new strategy to reach out.

Big Names Across The Pond: Check out the UK's top Biglaw firms!

Supreme Court Declines To Review Newman's Case: The judiciary is a little less secure for it.

Rough Week To Be A Federal Judge — See Generally

Meet In The Parking Lot After School: Ninth Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson is catastrophically bad at parking. Also in keeping his hands to himself, as he's charged with misdemeanor battery and malicious injury to property.

Maroon 1: The 14th annual ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings are here, with the University of Chicago back on top for the first time since 2021 and the formula still rewarding the outcomes -- jobs, bar passage, cost -- that actually pay the loans.

Sorry Excuse: Judge Eleanor Ross sent her former clerks apology letters so deliberately vague they named neither the affair nor the lying about it -- exactly the toothless wrist-slap her colleagues blessed when they tried to keep the whole thing confidential.

Face The Music: A DC judge tossed the Trump-rebranded Kennedy Center's breach-of-contract suit and then lost its name.

Just Good Friends: Chapman's former dean Paul Paton, the law school's first openly gay dean, sued for discrimination, alleging the university fired him for marrying his husband and dressed it up as a pretextual scholarship-budget dispute -- in a complaint that pointedly notes Chapman treated John Eastman better.

All Quiet On The Cravath Front: The 2026 salary wars are underway, but the firms matching Milbank's new scale are almost all litigation boutiques while traditional Biglaw sits on its hands, waiting for Cravath to bless the raise before anyone breaks lockstep.

Cite Unseen: A Mississippi federal judge disqualified all the lawyers in a case after both sides caught with hallucinated cases.

Even Biglaw Is Celebrating The Knicks! — See Also

Knicks Supporting Partner Tells Associates The Work Can Wait Until Later: If your partner didn't, they're probably a Spurs fan.

Judge Ross's Sorry Apologies Have No Consequence: Chief Judge Pryor says the low-effort response is good enough for the judiciary.

4 Attorneys Disqualified Over Poor Work Product: Yes, this is an AI story.

Ariana Grande Joins The DO NOT PLAY AT Rally Playlist: She described the White House's actions as 'heinous nonsense.'

Boutique Firm Matches The Susman Scale — See Also

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg Pay Their Associates Handsomely: Associates are starting at $240,000!

Where Are The Rest Of You!: Biglaw firms should be matching the new market salaries. Where are they?

Being A Judge Means Saying Sorry. Kinda?: Judge Eleanor Ross's "Sorry I got caught screwing" apology did not come correct.

Was That A Resignation Or Playing The Media?: A management firm did their best to sweep Kathryn Ruemmler's Epstein connections under the rug.

Everyone Hates Disparate Impact Theory Until They're Disparately Impacted: How long until Mike Lee's advocacy bites him in the ass?

The NextGen UBE Is On The Way!: You still have a month to prepare!

Boutique Firms Beat The Market — See Also

Wins In The Courtroom And The Salary Race: So much money!

Kellogg Feeds Their Associates’ Wallets: They even included a special bonus!

Boutique Starts Their First-Years At $255K!: Desmarais LLP is showing off their generosity in a big way!

Quick And Speedy Compensation!: Trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri matches Milbank!

Wilkinson Stekloff Joins The Salary Bonanza: Woop Woop!

Seward & Kissel Joins The Salary Train: Good on them! Now, where's the rest of the firms?

More Prosecutorial Abuse: Prosecutor used cop database to spy on romantic competition.

Conservative Law Professors Feel The Need To Hold Back: Is this a free speech issue or what it takes to keep things social?

The ATL Law School Ranking Is Live!: See where your dream school (and actual school) place!

Small Firm, Big Compensation — See Also

AZA Bumps Up Their Pay Scale: Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing P.C. pay their associates for their excellence!

You Get What You Pay For: Trump’s lawyers keep missing easy deadlines.

Fired Law School Dean Files Sexual Discrimination Suit: Despite clear successes, he was fired several months after marrying his husband.

Just A Nomination For Now: Will Todd Blanche actually get confirmed?

Dead Lawyer Theory: Will LLMs and laziness push out actual human lawyering?

Giving The Kennedy Center A Bad Name — See Also

Trump's Kennedy Center Benchslapped Over Loser Of A Lawsuit: You think they'd point to an actual contract in a breach of contract suit!

Groom Law Adopts The Milbank Scale: Setting their associates up for success!

Zealous Advocacy Has Its Limits: Ken Paxton's own lawyer didn't vote for him.

Todd Blanche Is A Joke: John Oliver didn't have to work too hard for these punchlines.

Ninth Circuit Judge Charged With Battery Over Parking Attempt Turned Violent: You'd think a judge would be better at staying in the lines.

Law School Gifted $5M To Study The Rule Of Law: Huge win for Temple!

RAISES!!! — See Generally

Milbank Shocks The Market: Everyone had settled into the old associate pay scale, when Milbank decided to yet again respond to the rise in the cost of living.

Scoreboard: Follow all the matching salary moves with this scorecard.

That's The Price Of A Checked Bag: Davis Polk's Spirit Airlines bankruptcy filing shows second-year associates billing $1,410 an hour.

Send In The Clones: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease built AI "personas" of 19 of its partners so associates can consult a low-resolution map of the partner's brain without bothering the actual partner.

You Got Mossed: A federal judge gutted the DOJ's theory that "86 47" reads as a threat, holding in a separate protest case that the phrase is protected speech weeks before James Comey's seashell trial.

DOJ Lawyers Either Very Dumb Or Working As Moles: The superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center managed to make the government's already flimsy case even worse.

Never Never Land: A federal judge ruled Trump's handpicked board can't rename the Kennedy Center after him and found the president lied about the renovation study, prompting Trump to rage-quit.

Calvinball With A Twist: Supreme Court Republicans used the shadow docket to let Alabama install new, racist maps... because they don't want to even try to pen an opinion explaining this one.

Regularity Is A Virtue: Supreme Court reform is almost inevitable. The latest installment in this spirited debate explains why term limits are the right answer.

Salaries Are On The Rise! — See Also

Another Biglaw Firm Matches Milbank: Katten Muchin bumps up their salaries!

Keeping Up With The Milbanks: Check to see if your firm is on the scoreboard!

Here Lies Diversity Lab: The FTC successfully harassed the diversity initiative into shutting down.

Alternative Facts And Alternative Histories: The Trump administration tries erasing proof of the failed Jan. 6th coup.

Associate Prosecutor Disbarred Over Law School Stealing: Reminder of how important it is to police the police.

Lawyers Worth Their Fee Know Silence Is Golden: Talking less could make you better at your job.

Matching Is Easy When You’re Raking In This Much — See Also

Quinn Emanuel Matches Milbank's Salary Scale: With $2.7 billion in revenue for 2025, they can afford it!

This Boutique Is Doling Out Milbank Money: Vartabedian Katz Hester Haynes is spreading the riches!

Spring Bonuses!: Dunn Isaacson Rhee announces special bonuses up to $25K!

Shia LeBeouf Pleads Guilty To Battery: He walked away with a slap on the wrist.

Interested In IP?: These schools should be at the top of your list!