Above the Law

Ditching The Pitch: The Key To Success In Legal Business Development

Bringing in new business and becoming a successful rainmaker elevates your status at any law firm.

3 Questions For A Tech Bro Turned Chinese Patent Enforcer (Part I)

Matthew Allan Newman shares his experiences navigating the Chinese IP landscape.

How The Pending Supreme Court Decision On Preventive Care Could Affect The Healthcare Industry

The Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments for a case that threatens coverage of preventive services without cost-sharing. Experts say this could make it significantly harder for patients to access care and lead to higher costs down the road.

Morning Docket: 04.08.25

* Supreme Court decides Trump can continue disappearing people to El Salvador as long as he gives the people snatched off the street by masked agents and spirited away to interstate holding areas a de minimis opportunity to file a fully sufficient habeas petition. [One First]

* Senate Dems probe Biglaw firms for allegedly trying to poach Paul Weiss clients and talent while it was under Trump's executive order. What they don't understand is that after the settlement, the firms almost certainly turned around and tried to poach clients and talent on the basis of its cowering. It's not political, it's just shameless capitalism. [National Law Journal]

* Does Biglaw have such a short memory that these settlements will fade away? I don't know... I seem to remember some big tobacco company firms that you don't see anymore. [American Lawyer]

* NCAA's attempt to resolve NIL issues falls apart. [Law360]

* Trump aims to win AI with coal. China cannot stop giggling. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Lawyer detained at the airport for representing a protester. [Detroit Free Press]

* Government uses US Marshals to intimidate whistleblower. [Reuters]

Choosing Between Money And The Right Thing — See Also

Biglaw Associate Quits With Dramatic Flair: Strong commitment to morals underneath all of the cog metaphors.

Did You Hear About The Paul Weiss Partner Event?: It might not have been about the Order, but the whole thing was a PR nightmare — you’ll love it!

U.S. News Releases The Wrong Law School Rankings: Maybe no one will notice — just kidding, ATL noticed.

Doug Emhoff Isn’t Happy With Willkie Farr: He would have preferred their name be on a different part of our Spine Index.

Guess He Didn’t Inherit Everything: Prince William causes stir overseas by choosing his own law firm to work with.

Jeffrey Williams Beats The Prosecution Again!: Glad Judge Whitaker has some common sense.

Crafting The Next-Gen Legal Community With Robert Hanna

In a world where technology evolves faster than ever, building networks of trust and collaboration has never been more crucial.

Small Firms Should Advertise To Real Potential Clients, Not To Other Lawyers Or Their Own Egos

If you are focusing your marketing efforts on piling up legal industry awards, you are probably advertising more to other law firms than to the general public.

Legal Ethics Roundup: Biden Disbarment, TX May End ABA Oversight, Ethics Of Zealous Advocacy, $100M Judicial Election, 3 New EO Threats, Fed Misconduct Survey, Jobs, & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

The Real A.C.B.

Data and analysis bring clarity to the question of whether Barrett is the weak link on a conservatively dominated Court.

Associate Quits In Epic Fashion, Says Willkie Farr’s Principles ‘Are Now So Deeply Compromised’

What happened to the firm's courage?

Paul Weiss Partner Event Highlights The Blow It’s Taken

At least it's at the Conrad.

What’s The Over/Under On How Long Trump’s Tariffs Will Remain?

Who are you going to believe -- Trump administration officials or your own lying eyes?

Doug Emhoff Critical Of Willkie Farr’s Decision To Bow To Donald Trump

Doug Emhoff Wanted To Fight Trump's Attack On Biglaw; His Biglaw Firm Shut Him Down

4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements In March

Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in March. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds.

Morning Docket: 04.07.25

* Are the Biglaw settlements legally enforceable? Obviously not, but that's not really the point of bribes. [American Lawyer]

* Hundreds of law firms signed onto the amicus brief in the Perkins Coie case... with a lot of notable absences. [Law360]

* Attorney General won't dismiss possibility of third Trump term. [Newsweek]

* DOJ places attorneys on leave when they wouldn't lie to the court. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Texas investigating Kellogg over breakfast cereal health claims. Also Texas has a massive measles outbreak brought on by vaccination skepticism pushed by its elected officials for years. [Reuters]

* Doug Emhoff blindsided by his firm's capitulation. [CNN]

* Obama sends "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" vibes toward surrendering law firms. [Washington Post]