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Justice Sonia Sotomayor Offers Stark Warning About The Future Of Abortion And The Law

This is the kind of statement about where the Supreme Court is headed that makes you cringe.

That’s Not How Contracts Work

Trump sues his niece with some... interesting legal theories.

Introducing The Museum Of Obsolete Legal Tech!

Here, we’ll be profiling devices of years and centuries past, while bringing you up to speed on their present-day counterparts.

HR Departments Are Now Doing Any% Diversity Speed Runs

Up Down Up Down Left Right Left Right Select Black.

Are You Planning Any Business Travel In 2022?

Share your thoughts in this anonymous, two-minute survey.

The Gathering Clouds On the Law School Horizon

Three potentially darker storms that could change the law school business model and pose an existential threat to a number of schools.

Biglaw Associates Caught Overbilling Lose Jobs, Ability To Practice Law

Stop padding your hours, because those pesky ethical obligations will always catch up with you.

South Dakota AG Reaches Settlement With His Victim’s Family

That story seems like it's downplaying what really happened here.

Biglaw Firm Offers New Pandemic Perks, Including Fertility And Family-Planning Benefits

Which firm just rolled out coverage and reimbursement for IVF, egg freezing, adoption, and surrogacy?

Shedding The Workaholic Badge In-House

There's a big difference between private practice and in-house life in terms of work-life balance.

The New Practice Area Blowing Up The Lateral Market

On the back of a 'recording-breaking year,' real estate attorneys are finding out just how valuable they are in the lateral market.

Lying To, Overcharging Customers Sure Seems Like Wells Fargo’s Primary Strategy

Whether you’re a simple homeowner or a sophisticated investment banking client, it’s just the way Wells does business.

Morning Docket: 09.30.21

BOSTON, MA (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

* Loophole in Massachusetts law could leave Lyft and Uber drivers making $4.82 an hour. That would drive me crazy. [Business Insider]

* Two narcotics officers arrested for dealing fentanyl and accepting bribes. I’m sure they did so in self-defense, somehow. [Whio]

* Appeals court may be deciding if Guantanamo Bay detainees have due process rights. Prepare your Con Law outlines! [WaPo]

* Seattle continues to test if voting coupons could be the answer to funny money driving politics. [The Nation]

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. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of 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].

This Court Filing Is Incredible (Not In The Good Way) — See Also

This Would Be Funny: Except anti-vax/mask people are killing us.

Inside Look At Kamala Harris’s Office Decor: Featuring Thurgood Marshall.

More J.D. Vance Nonsense: Ugh.

These Two Genius Grant Winners Have A Lot In Common: Congrats!

Dun-Dun! Law & Order is coming back, baby!

Look At That — Summer Associateships Are Actually Preparing You For A Career

Summers are more than just fun and games.