Above the Law

Law School Class Of 2020 Sees Employment Rate Take A Tumble Thanks To COVID-19

This isn't horrible, but it isn't great either.

Chauvin Trial Ends… Can White Folks Try Not To Make It About Themselves For Five Minutes?

There's a right way and a wrong way to write a law school statement addressing a verdict like this.

General Counsel Uses The N-Word During A Lecture, Loses Her Job

Can professors please STOP already?

Stanford Health Care Seeks Up To $1.9M From Anthem In New Suit

The California-based provider has filed a lawsuit against the payer, claiming Anthem has yet to pay for the care it provided to patients covered by its affiliate. Stanford and Anthem had an implied contract, and if it is not upheld by the court, the provider is seeking $1.9 million in reimbursement.

COVID-19 Can Cause Lasting Damage To The Legal Profession If We’re Not Careful

Managers need to be vigilant to make sure that they learn lessons from the pandemic and only incorporate positive reforms learned from the last year or so when normal operations resume.

Know Your Regulator: MIT Professor, Cryptocurrency Lecturer Gary Gensler Sworn In As SEC Chairman

The new leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission is a bitcoin nerd, former Goldman Sachs partner, and fierce investor advocate all rolled into one.

Biglaw Firm Shares The Wealth With Associates By Raising Salaries

Happy news for everyone at the firm.

Top 50 Biglaw Firm Comes Around With Special Bonuses Of Their Own

Keeping up with the Biglaw elite.

4 Reasons Why My Job Searching Tactics Have Changed Over The Years

It feels nicer to be in a position where you can apply only for the jobs you really want.

Please Please Please Make Warren v. Cooperman Happen Even If I Can’t Be There

It’s the best possible birthday present the universe could give me under the circumstances.

Morning Docket: 04.21.21

* The PGA Tour is requesting that a lawsuit filed by a golfer alleging the Tour interfered with media contracts be dismissed. Remains to be seen if their motion ends up in the rough… [Golf Channel]

* Derek Chauvin allegedly wrote his lawyer’s phone number on his hand before his guilty verdict was announced yesterday. [New York Daily News]

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The Case Of The Disappearing (From The Firm’s Website) Biglaw Partner — See Also

Not A Good Look For A Partner: Must be why he’s gone missing from the firm’s website.

Watch Out, Your Inferiority Complex Is Showing: Why is the judge even talking about this?

Stupid Rules: Bar exam edition.

More Biglaw Bonuses: At A&O and Reed Smith.

No Bonuses At Husch Blackwell: Just stress balls.

Holy Crap, Have These State Courts Even HEARD About Diversity?

This... is a real problem.

Ex-Goldman Analyst (Allegedly) Made His Own Bonus

Unfortunately for Brian Maguire, it was also his last.

Patent Pedaling With Peloton (Part I): Downhill

The implication is that Peloton’s patent filings are accretive to building a perception that the company is innovative, irrespective of how flimsy a ground that perception truly rests on.