Above the Law

How You Can Avoid The ‘Mortal Sin’ Of Billing Practices

Lawyer Claude Ducloux explores the remote law firm environment in these short-form videos and on-demand webinar.

Trump’s Executive Order On Prescription Drug Costs Delivers A Win For Pharma Companies

The Trump administration aims to change the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program in a way that would delay when certain drugs can be selected for negotiation.

Morning Docket: 04.17.25

* Chief Judge Boasberg raises prospect of contempt charges if the Trump administration doesn’t offer pathway to habeas petitions for people sent to El Salvador gulag. [Washington Post]

* Law firms preparing for recession. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Administration seeks to rescind tax emempt status for Harvard specifically. [CNN]

* Zuckerberg identifies TikTok as his greatest competitive threat. Stop making us root for TikTok! [Law360]

* The Supreme Court’s deference to managing sovereign relations when it comes to immigration comes as a shock to everyone who watched the United State of Amarillo micromanage U.S.-Mexico diplomatic negotiations the last few years. [Slate]

* Lasting law firms require solid foundations. [American Lawyer]

* Cute renderings of some goofy in rem case names. [AI Weirdness]

Biglaw Wins, Losses, And Goodbyes — See Also

Resisting Firms Are Winning Bigly!: Not only is this the 4th firm to win a TRO, the judge sends their compliments!

Reed Smith Nixes Their Diversity Program To Avoid The EEOC: Weird, that was kind of their thing for the last decade or so.

Sometimes, Good Advocacy Means Departure: Associates jump ship from Kirkland, Latham.

Diversity Backlash Hits Non-Profit Fighting Discrimination: Threats to funding forced hard decisions.

Two Too Many?: DOJ sues Maine over accommodating children they don't like.

Defending Bad Boys: Brian Steel joins Sean Comb's legal team.

This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer: Arbitrary law school rankings, due process and Biglaw butchering their reputation.

Reed Smith Puts Down Their DEI Programs To Dodge The EEOC

Nice while it lasted.

Biglaw Firms Making Trump Deals Reaching The ‘Find Out’ Phase

FAFO is an ironclad law of nature.

DOJ Sues Maine For Aggravated Nice To Trans Kids

Is Pam Bondi letting Breitbart commenters and ChatGPT draft complaints now that she forced out all the career staff?

Associates At Kirkland And Latham Latest To Quit Biglaw Gigs Because Of Cowardly Deals With Trump

Unlikely to be the last.

The Taxpayer Millions Trump Spends Golfing? Worth It To Distract Him From Crazy Sh*t He’d Otherwise Be Doing.

Naturally, the president of the United States needs to protect our right to waste as much hot water as we want.

Nobody’s Bothering To Figure Out What AI Is Worth

ROI anyone?

Law School Ranking Chaos And Biglaw Trump Deals Turn Sour

And the Supreme Court edges toward a full blown crisis.

How Cloud-Based Tech Can Transform Your Firm’s Workflow

You, too, can leverage legal tech to increase profit margins and efficiently deliver services while ensuring the security of client data.

Granting Susman Godfrey A Temporary Restraining Order, Judge Calls Out The Cowardly Biglaw Firms Inking Deals With Trump

Another win for the rule of law.

Sean Combs Recruits Super Lawyer To His Side

Who better to hire for a Steel-clad defense?

Fear And Loathing In Washington

How should Biglaw respond to the government’s threats? Tell us what you think in this anonymous survey.