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Also, bonus season begins!

A Thanksgiving Gift From The President: No Student Loan Payments Until Summer 2023

Phew! That's something lawyers can be thankful for.

Let’s Bring Back The ‘Thanks’ In Thanksgiving By Tuning Out The Divisive Noise

If you want to talk activism, then keep it among your echo chamber and away from the main table.

In-House Counsel Cut Through The Abyss Of Information With Fact And Issue Finder

In-house counsel who work in litigation consistently say that one of the most frustrating aspects of their jobs is trying to locate all related materials available for cases with similar fact and issue patterns.

It’s The Perfect Time To Send In Your Entry For Above The Law’s 14th Annual Holiday Card Contest

Don't forget, the deadline is Thursday, December 8. Send your cards in soon!

Donald Trump Had A Very Bad Day In Five Different Courts

That's gotta be some kind of a record, right?

How A Successful Workplace Environment Can Halt Lawyer Turnover

Cultural and traditional assumptions about how we work are being upended worldwide. Here’s how high-performing law firms should adapt.

Biglaw Holiday Decision Tree: Do You Have To Work The Friday After Thanksgiving?

How can you tell if you need to be working on Black Friday? Allow us to help make your decision easier.

John Mack Wouldn’t Do Anything Differently

And that includes nearly driving Morgan Stanley into a ditch and telling Tim Geithner to, you know….

Morning Docket: 11.23.22

Ham is the better bird.

* It takes a village worth of billables: this Texas firm has Thanksgiving covered. [12 News Now]

* You know these STOP WOKE laws will probably impact Republicans at some point, right? [The Atlantic]

* Bad news for Bitcoin Bros: Looks like the normies with 9-5s were right. [CNBC]

* Time to pay up Big Boy! [NYT]

* The constitutionality of an Idaho law banning transgender athletes hits the 9th Circuit. Again. [Boise State Public Radio]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

Free Litigation Advice: Stop Tweeting — See Also

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When Your Client Won’t Stop Tweeting: Definitely helps when you can get out of the representation.

Sure, Bonus Season Has Started: But it’s still awfully quiet on that front.

Old News? USNWR Law School Rankings: New hotness? ATL Law School Rankings.

The Richmeister Has Thoughts: About a Harvard Law prof.

Jack Daniels Goes Hard: In defense of its trademark.

Law School Deans Say Ending The ABA’s LSAT Requirement Will Hurt Diversity… But Would It?

The deans lay out a lot of claims, but they don't really hold up.

The Legal Roots Of Thanksgiving

It's a federal holiday, y'all.

Trump Lawyers Face Plant Into Eleventh Circuit. Again.

Thank you, sir, may I have another.