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In-House Counsel Want Legal Spend Analytics… New Merger Aims To Give It To Them Even Easier

Onit acquires Bodhala.

Lawyers And Judges Should Sympathize More With Lawyers Who Aren’t Getting Paid

The judicial system may not be well-served by refusing to permit lawyers to withdraw from cases in which they are not getting paid.

South Dakota AG Is Going To Keep Driving Dangerously Until He Kills Someone… Again

This guy is a menace on the roads.

SPACs May Be Illegal, So Make The Most Of Them While You Can

Time to cut a deal before a judge calls time on the whole party, although that’s probably not going to happen.

Morning Docket: 09.01.21

* Lone Star State grouped up on folks with unwanted pregnancies. And SCOTUS did nothing. [The Nation]

* COVID is dropping more remixes than Soundcloud rappers. Mu coming soon. [Forbes]

* Indigenous folks are using sovereignty to buck mandates banning masks. [The Guardian]

* Anti-Nazi teacher under fire for encouraging his students to use the 1st Amendment. [Fox News]

* Beating yourself up for that lackluster complaint you submitted the other day? At least its not as bad as this one. Hopefully. [Reddit]

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].

What In The World Is Rudy Giuliani Doing Now? — See Also

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

This Video Of Rudy Shaving Over Food Is Deeply Disturbing: On, like, so many levels.

SCOTUS (Probably) Decides To Do Nothing, Dooms Abortion Rights: Which is kinda their goal anyway.

Davis Polk Is Still Reopening: But you don’t *have* to go in as much.

Judge Orders Doctor To Give Horse Deworming Meds To Patient: Twitter has its fun, though, really it’s one of those “if you don’t laugh you’ll cry” situations.

Why Won’t Sydney Powell Shut Her Trap? I mean, I’m enjoying it, but it really isn’t in her best interest.

Is Your Law Firm Working You Into The Ground?

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Mending A Fallen Kite

The Federal Circuit had no qualms about invalidating on written description grounds a patent that had previously been counted among the most valuable single patents ever issued. 

DeepMind Has Unlocked Protein-Based Medicine – What Does That Mean For Drug Patents?

One of science's great puzzles is being solved by artificial intelligence and the answers shared freely on the internet. How can life sciences companies make the most of DeepMind's discoveries while protecting their own?

Turning A Lagging Law Firm Into A Tech Leader

Is there any way to close the gap or keep from falling further behind?

3 Mistakes You’re Making In Your Legal Resume (And How To Fix Them)

Most legal resumes fall flat in providing support of key results, key outcomes, and key transactions.

Artificial Intelligence Might Make Us Rethink Contract Law

As technology advances, boilerplate may need some work.

Nation’s First Online-Only Law School Program Gets ABA Approval

Say hello to the Zoom School of Law at St. Mary's University.

They’d Rather Horse Around Than Get Vaccinated

You can lead a horse to water, but its medicine will be stolen by anti-vaxxers.