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Say Hello To The ATL Spine Index! — See Also

It Is Hard To Keep Up With Each New Biglaw Capitulator On Your Own: Did your firm show Trump its belly? Find out using this tracker!

Kirkland Is Waving The White Flag: They probably could have stayed under the radar if they didn’t bring attention to themselves.

Members of UVA Law’s Faculty Are Speaking Up: They join the many voices yelling at the Trump administration.

Things Are So Bad, Libertarians Are Making Cogent Arguments: Read analysis on this once in a blue moon good Rand Paul take.

We’ve Got Your In On In-House: These are the Biglaw firms in-house recommends.

‘It Will Set Us Back Multiple Decades’: Why Public Health Experts Are Panicking About The HHS Overhaul

HHS underwent a sweeping restructuring this week, resulting in about 10,000 layoffs across various agencies. With critical programs for things like disease prevention and outbreak response already crumbling, experts believe the fallout from this decision could set public health efforts back by decades.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Judicial Elections

Is Wisconsin an outlier? How many other states let voters decide who sits on their highest court?

Who Are The Happiest Lawyers?

It isn't just the tremendously photogenic young people with the terrific hair in the stock images that are happy.

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

Kirkland & Ellis Wants To Cave To Donald Trump

They're not even going to try and defend the rule of law.

Morning Docket: 04.04.25

* Heritage Foundation goes to gutless law firms demanding pro bono legal services under the terms of Trump settlement. [ABA Journal]

* Chemerinsky lays out the obvious, explaining that firms and law schools standing up for each other would make them all safer. [Washington Post]

* HSF and Kramer push back merger date as economy melts down. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Man who conned 12 NBA players sentenced to 12 years. Man who conned Dallas into Luka trade still at large. [Law360]

* Quinn and Gibson representing firms tagged in EEOC retaliation. Since any of them caving could compromise the case of the others, any jointly represented firms must all be planning to fight or all planning to cave. [American Lawyer]

* Copyright suits against OpenAI consolidated. [Reuters]

* Law firm tells attorneys to “avoid physical ticks.” [Roll on Friday]

Weird Place To See Your Professor’s Name! — See Also

Hundreds Of Law Professors File Amicus Brief: See if your school is represented!

Didn’t Expect To See That Name So Soon: The prosecution wants a second bite at Jeffrey Williams.

A Decision Meant To Last: Cheers to 18 years of sobriety!

Are You Caught Up On The Fealty List?: Start with Milbank and go in reverse order.

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The Biglaw Firm Where Partners And Associates Have The Best Rapport

Picture it: associates and partners getting along!

Legal AI Could Bridge Access To Justice Gap… But Should It?

ABA TECHSHOW panel raises complicated issues.

The Recipe For Disaster: What Not To Do In Post-Conference Follow-Ups

By embracing the role of a 'Networking Chef,' you turn simple contacts into rich professional relationships.

Are Point Solutions All They’re Cracked Up To Be? 

Take a closer look at your Frankensystem with the latest ‘Adventures in Legal Tech’ podcast. 

Exclusive: In Major Alliance Of Legal Transformation Organizations, Digital Legal Exchange Joins Liquid Legal Institute

Going forward, DLEx will operate within LLI as a curated legal executive forum called the Digital Leaders Exchange @ Liquid Legal Institute (DLE@LLI).

Some Biglaw Firms Are Choosing Their Bottom Lines Over The ‘Costly’ Defense Of The Rule Of Law

Several Biglaw firms have officially sold out.