Above the Law

David Solomon Is Worried, You Guys

Ray Dalio, not so much.

My Thanksgiving Objection

It’s easy to focus on things going wrong. It’s much harder to realize that things are going right.

To Everything There Is a Season (Law Firms Included)

A 2018 study showed that closing down an office during the holidays directly and positively impacts in-office productivity -- so that's what my firm is doing.

Talent War Brings About Awesome New Perk: This Firm Will Help You Pay Off Your Law School Loans

Will other law firms start offering law school debt repayment assistance programs like this?

Rittenhouse Verdict Shows It’s All Trial By Combat At This Point

Lurching toward barbarism.

Coronavirus Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Quack Peter Navarro

Remember when an economist was running the pandemic response? That was fun.

Top 5 Holiday Gifts To Yourself In Biglaw

How has this year gone for you? And how can you set yourself up for a strong 2022?

Remember When A Law School Prof Said Only 500 Americans Would Die Of COVID? Whatever Happened With That?

This epic error has faded from most people's memory. It shouldn't.

Working At A Large Law Firm That Is Struggling Financially

Spending your days with little useful work to perform can be more painful than being busy with work.

The Pandemic And The ‘New Normal’ In Securities Law

Broadridge Financial Solutions' Keir Gumbs discusses how market players are handling today's challenges.

The DEA Declares Delta-8 THC Is Not A Controlled Substance… But Does It?

Even IF the DEA deemed that Delta-8 THC is legal, it wouldn't give carte blanche to manufacture Delta-8 THC in states where the substance is expressly banned or legalize it under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

How Lawyers Can Find Their North Star

You can be more than your job.

Kamala Harris Becomes First Woman To Hold Presidential Power

She's a lawyer who's made history over and over again.

Is Protecting Copyright More Important Than Saving Lives During The COVID-19 Pandemic?

WTO request highlights major problem.

Morning Docket: 11.19.21

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* The Department of Justice is dropping $139M to help bolster police forces nationwide. Looks like the uhh… defunding thing isn’t going too well. [Justice.gov]

* California passed a law that should shrink the time it takes to see a shrink. [NPR]

* Robinhood avoids a lawsuit stemming from GME shorts. But will the wrath of the firms and Memelords™ subside? Time will tell. [Reuters]

* Pravati Capital proved to several lawyers the importance of reading contracts and arbitration clauses. If only they didn’t have to pay loans at a 78% interest rate to be reminded. [ABA Journal]

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] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.