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Handling Protesters Outside The Building

Not every situation requires a bold new strategy.

Effectively Manage Client (IOLTA) Trust Funds To Stay Compliant And Boost Cash Flow

Sign up and join us on February 25th to learn best practices regarding managing Client (IOLTA) Trust Funds. CLE credit available.

Will Biden Take The Second Step Against The War On Drugs? Can He? 

President Biden has a terrible track record when it comes to the drug war, but even if he wanted to change it, can he?

Lin Wood Faces Sanctions And Disbarment, But Law School Just Can’t Quit Him (Or His Donation)

Mercer hoping that all this will blow over and they can keep his money.

A ‘Chilling’ Look At The Threats Against Sonia Sotomayor And Other Supreme Court Justices

Federal judges are at risk. What are we going to do about it?

Quibi’s Most Compelling Content Ever Is A Posthumous Legal Brief About Paul Singer’s Lovelife

The short-form failure would prefer to discuss what favors the hedge fund manager may be doing to whether it stole its signature technology.

Morning Docket: 02.22.21

* A Georgia lawyer, who some believed may have been the inspiration for the “Matlock” character, has passed away. Wonder if he wore Matlock suits himself… [WSB TV]

* A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco created a sexually exploitative environment at an acting school. [New York Times]

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Hey Buddy, Can You Spare A Domain Name? — See Also

They’re Not Even Expensive!: So Paul Davis got fired from his own stupid lawsuit but he signed this thing with an email address connected to a domain name he didn’t even own? What do they cost, like $10? I’m starting to wonder if this whole insurrection thing wasn’t the FIRST sign of shaky professional judgment.

Easiest. Marks. In The World.: Law schools keep finding themselves saying, “sure, the invited speaker said we need to round up  immigrants and sell their body parts to the highest bidder, but I’m really disappointed you all said mean things about him — learn some DECORUM!”

APROPOS OF NOTHING: Did anyone else watch the Earth land a probe with pinpoint accuracy on a dot millions of miles away yesterday? We are truly a fantastic thing when we aren’t pretending science doesn’t exist. Anyway, it will shock you not at all to learn that the Biglaw firm that made the most money off of COVID challenges was Jones Day.

Useful Step: Another firm offers billable credit for diversity.

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, You’re Saying A School Named After A Slave Trader Has Residual Discrimination Issues?: Yale Law Journal not looking great on its most recent Above the Law check-in.

Con Law’s Hard Y’All: As Judge Smails said, “the world needs ditch diggers too. Unfortunately now they’re congresspeople.

The Surprising Biglaw Firm With Shrinking Headcount

I cover the legal industry for a living and I had no idea.

Stat Of The Week: What ATL Readers Want To Know 

‘Intent data’ reveals high-interest topics related to practice management — the focus of the first installment of our Legal Tech Non-Event for perplexed lawyers. 

Maybe Texas Isn’t The Paradisiacal Galt’s Gulch Elon Musk Thought It Was

Apparently you need electricity to make electric cars.

Worst-Case Scenario

Notes to my (legal) self.

Commercial Litigation Is Like A Can Of Monster Energy

Focus on understanding, not ticking off items.

Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn Schools Pope On First Amendment

And Rep. Boebert has thoughts on our perfect and unchanging constitution.

Biglaw Partner Survives Texas Snowpocalypse Thanks To A Little Help From His Friends

Kindness counts during disasters.