See Generally

Your Honor, May The Record Reflect… Dicks v. Kuntz — See Generally

Serious Case, Extremely Not-Serious Caption: Get ready to giggle like you're 12-years old again.

"Shrug" Is Not Really The Response Anyone Who Cares About The Rule Of Law Wanted To Hear: The disciplinary (non) case against Lindsay Halligan.

Say What You Want About Kim Kardashian's Quest To Become An Esquire: But it sure isn't a reason to get *rid* of the bar exam. Quite the opposite, actually.

USC Law Drama: The divorce that launched a Title IX investigation, a federal lawsuit, and lots of intrigue.

2025 Is Weird, But I Didn't Have Digging Up A Supreme Court Justice's Bones On My Bingo Card: Conservative legal analysts may have lost the plot.

Todd Blanche Chilling Warning To White-Collar Lawyers: Shut up or else.

Trial Lawyer. Fact Witness: Alex Spiro can do it all.

All The Latest Biglaw Bonus Info: In one convenient place.

LOLSuit To Cost Trump Dearly — See Generally

Eleventh Circuit Won't Save Trump And Habba From Sanctions: The American presidency goes from "a million points of light" to "a million dollars in legal sanctions" in a generation.

Milbank Makes Biglaw Bonus Amounts Official: The firm finally weighed in and matched the market.

One Simple Trick To Make Associates Happy: Turns out that giving people money works better than wellness webinars.

Lindsey Halligan Pulls Off A Perfect Double-Faceplant: In a remarkable display of efficiency, she managed to lose both of her big cases in one swoop.

Biglaw Announces Stress-Reduction Plan For Summer Associates: The program is shorter now, which is one way to prepare them for being laid off in favor of AI in a couple years.

Law Professor Responds To Trump With Karate Chop: In defense of Miss Piggy.

Biglaw Bonus Season Arrives! — See Generally

Cravath Starts Bonus Season, Everyone Begin The Freakout: The firm kicked off the year-end festivities and peers began the scramble to match.

Lindsey Halligan Sets New Low Score: Trump’s most loyal lawyer somehow managed to botch our already subterranean expectations.

Biglaw Firm Celebrating The Holidays With Some Mandatory Togetherness: Associates expecting a bonus announcement found out they'd be spending more time enjoying the privilege of fluorescent lighting.

Judge Jerry Smith’s Goes Full Wingnut In Texas Redistricting Case: And, to be clear, the Supreme Court will find a way to sanewash it.

Disbarment Shoe Drops: Josh Kindred’s long-running ethics circus ends exactly where everyone knew it would.

DoorDash Driver Learns Viral Content Can Be A Felony: Refusing to put on pants is already the most popular reason to call DoorDash.

Biglaw’s Latest Transatlantic Marriage Proposal: Ashurst and Perkins Coie look to join forces.

Smile, You’re On ‘Instant Karma Camera’ — See Generally

Racist Rant Costs Biglaw Recruiting Director Their Job: Hard to sell diversity when you’re caught on video proving why it’s needed.

From Dominatrix To Defamation: A Lawsuit Odyssey: Biglaw’s latest scandal reads like a rejected Netflix pilot that still somehow got renewed.

Legal Gala Enjoys Uncharacteristic Excitement As Lawyer Heckles Paul Weiss: Firm chair's speech focused on justice and an audience member pointedly asked why Trump's the one the firm's rewarding.

Law Schools Place Clerkship Stats Over Students: Law schools hide information about judges that might convince their students to protect themselves.

Lindsey Halligan’s Big Day Out: Trump’s most loyal lawyer finally gets her courtroom moment, though probably not the kind she imagined.

Court Greenlights LSU’s Thoughtcrime Hunt: University can continue to consider retaliating against professor for criticizing Trump and Gov. Landry.

Roberta Kaplan Explains Importance Of Creativity: The celebrated litigator discusses how imagination fuels high-stakes advocacy.

Justice Breyer's Positivity Is Strategic: The retired justice sounds out-of-place as the horrors add up, but part of resistance is believing in a future.

Politeness Matters, Even In Biglaw — See Generally

Kirkland Lawyers Sent To Etiquette School: Feedback suggests they don't play well with others.

DOJ Warns Judge That They're Not Going To Listen Anyway: Government lawyers extend courtesy of informing judge of upcoming contempt.

Conservatives Already Dreaming Of Impeaching All Those Radical Leftist Reagan Judges: Federalist Society's annual "let's pretend this isn't a political conference" conference calls upon Republican lawmakers to start impeaching judges blocking Trump administration.

Cadwalader Spotted At The Merger Mixer Again: Firm reportedly in talks with top-50 suitor, proving that “it’s complicated” can also apply to corporate law.

Judge Resigns Over Traffic Tickets: After facing disciplinary action for minor violations, one judge decided to yield rather than fight the citation-industrial complex.

Not All Heroes Wear Capes... Some Are Wrapped Up: D.C. Sandwich Thrower trial offered plenty of comedy.

Simpson Thacher Starts Working For Trump: Another of the elite firms embroiled in Trump payola deals has taken on administration work.

Lawyers Read Riot Act For Calling January 6 A ‘Riot’ — See Generally

White House Cracks Down On DOJ Lawyers Calling January 6 A 'Riot': Two suspended for declining to refer to it as “enthusiastic tourism.”

Hot Dog!: An IRS attorney sidelined by the shutdown has opened a hot dog stand. You'd better believe he's deducting that.

Biglaw Still Believes In Working From Home... That's What Saturdays Are For: Another firm announces a four-day in-office mandate starting in 2026.

Government Lawyers Just Accept The Premise That Trump Will Serve A Third Term: Oral argument casually tosses out that Trump will leave office in 'three years or in seven years."

Comey Asks To Get Case Against Him Tossed Because It's Very Stupid: The former FBI director gives judge multiple reasons to end this nonsense.

Public Service Legal Work Too Woke For Loan Forgiveness: New Department of Education rule doesn't explicitly target public interest lawyers, but it's hard to see how their work survives the new language in the loan program crackdown.

The Billable Hour, The Clock Tolls For Thee:: The rumors of the billable hour's demise have historically been exaggerated, but AI presents problems that aren't easily avoided.

Racking Up The Ls — See Generally

Jeanine Pirro Secures Lifetime Achievement In Losing: After departing the Fox bubble, Jeanine learns the real world has less tolerance for her nonsense. Cadwalader Getting The Urge To Merge?: After a series of departures, Cadwalader may have reached an existential crossroads. Rule Of Law Republicans Convene To Sound Alarm About Trump: Elected Democrats may be […]

Contempt Is Such A Strong, If Entirely Accurate, Word — See Generally

Ed. Note: See generally is our quick review of the big stories from last week. So whether you missed it the first time or just want to revisit it, let's look back on what happened.

Bold Strategy, Counselor. Let's See If It Pays Off (It Does Not): Courtroom decorum lessons came fast and hard for one lawyer who discovered contempt has both a legal and a personal meaning.

San Francisco DA Reminds National Guard That Excessive Force Is Still A Crime: Holding law enforcement accountable is still part of law and order.

Legal Analyst Begins Process Of Normalizing Presidential Juntas: Speaking of National Guard troops performing illegal law enforcement tasks, conservative analysts have started laying the preemptive groundwork.

FASORP Drops Bullying Suit Because Even It Got Bored: The anti-DEI crusaders packed up their nonsense lawsuit after realizing outrage barely covers filing fees.

Biglaw Lost In Translation: Another global firm shutters its Japan outpost.

Donald Trump Prosecutes John Bolton For Doing Less Confidential Document Mishandling Than Him: The mustachioed hawk of yesteryear finally found a misadventure he can't bomb his way out of.

Lawyer Caught Up In Young Republicans Racist Texts Scandal Shocked To Find Consequences Are Still A Thing: The political operative went from whisper campaign to unemployment line in record time.

Clio Announces Plan To Be Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: The legal tech giant expands its offerings and its client base and looks poised to begin competing with... just about everyone in the space.

Brace Yourself For Law School Admissions Hunger Games: Applications are spiking again.

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Magically Disappearing Partners — See Generally

Who? Never Heard Of 'Em: Kirkland decides not to name the new partners.

Disappearing Lawyers The Old Fashioned Way: Cadwalader loses nearly 40 in raid.

DOJ Gets Creative: And annoys judge in the process.

We Expect Fake History, But This Is Ridiculous!: Federal judges asked to explain how fake cites ended up in their opinions.

We're Not Saying They're Connected, But...: Judge's home burns down after she ruled against Trump administration and Stephen Miller told the faithful that judges are shielding terrorists.

I Used To Bullseye Womprats: Harvard Law professor arrested after going rat hunting.

Don't Take The Brown Acid: Deloitte caught issuing report with AI hallucinations.

State Ditches Bar Exam As Only Way To Become Lawyer — See Generally

State Previews Future Without The Bar Exam: Utah unveils a new, alternate pathway to licensure focused on practical experience.

Storied Wall Street Firm Enters Its “Co-Management” Era: After capitulating to Trump and suffering bigtime talent losses, Cadwalader adds a co-manager.

Justice Thomas Shows Cowardice Of His Convictions: Thomas described stepping away from teaching after erasing reproductive freedom rather than deal with critical law students.

Biglaw Is A Lot Like A Family... In That You Have To Go Spend Time With Them No Matter How Much You Want To Stay Home: Another firm announces some mandatory office time.

Go Out There And Decide One For The Gipper: Federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan delivers scathing rebuke of Trump administration tactics.

Texas Decides It’s Done With The ABA, Which Is Fair Since It’s Been Done With Education For Awhile: Maybe it would help if the ABA agreed to hang the Ten Commandments in all law schools?

What We Didn't Want To Do In The Shadows: The conservative justices hoped to keep rubberstamping the administration's dismantling of the federal government, but the White House couldn't leave the Federal Reserve alone.

Life Of A Show Prosecutor: Nevada's interim U.S. Attorney joins the ranks of Trump appointees found illegally trying to serve by adverse possession.

James Comey Hires Experienced Counsel To 86 47's Criminal Case Against Him: The former FBI director picked a small firm with a rich pedigree for his witch hunt prosecution.

The Point Of Law School Is To Actually Pass The Bar Exam — See Generally

Cooley Law Has Real Trouble Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam: And the ABA has a real issue with that.

Everyone Knows Biglaw Associates Work A Lot Of Hours: But where do the work the *most*?

Biglaw Firm Files Lawsuit Against A Former Associate: After they say she made false allegations of sexual assault against a partner.

Paul Weiss And Kirkland Got Some 'Splainin To Do (Again): Because how they're paying off their pro bono payola sure seems like it violates the law.

Kamala Harris Has Some Harsh Words For Business Leaders Who Capitulate To Donald Trump: But her admonition rings a little hollow when her husband is a partner at one of the Biglaw firms that did its own capitulation to Trump.

There's A Modern Day Teapot Dome Scandal Afoot: But where's the actual cash?

America Has Passed A Dangerous Rubicon: As Donald Trump's thirst for retribution reaches a new height with some chilling parallels.

Biglaw Partner Makes Judge Big Mad — See Generally

Unchecked Entitlement? From A Lawyer? No!: Judge benchslaps partner over actions that "candidly saddened and shocked the court."

Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Brings On Amateur Hour: Twitter Law School explains why ABC suspending Kimmel is natural extension of letting public health officials talk to Facebook during COVID. The comparison is very dumb.

And Kimmel's Not Alone: A Biglaw attorney and a law professor both got punished over Kirk reactions.

In A Sense, Betting On Yourself Is The Best Investment!: Law firm accused of using employee 401(k) funds to cover its expenses.

Everyone Knows The President Can't Just Fire The Fed, What This Shadow Docket Submission Presupposes Is... What If He Can?: The Supreme Court went out of their way to tell Trump he couldn't start firing Federal Reserve board members. He's run back to tell them he plans to do it anyway.

Trump’s NYT Complaint Flattened By Judge: "This complaint stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8." How long has Judge Merryday been sitting on "athwart?"

What's The Billing Code For Being Cyberstalked?: Attorney charged for alleged online harassment campaign directed at Biglaw partner and associate.

Biglaw Partner Gets Ear Pierced In Court: I think we're all grateful Claire's doesn't offer the Prince Albert.

Amy Coney Barrett Sure Gets Around — See Generally

Amy Coney Barrett Immediately Starts Hedging On Dictatorship Fanfic: Justice Barrett shut down Trump's third term talk... until Fox asked her if she was sure and then she remembered to start hemming and hawing.

Colbert Should Moonlight As Sotomayor’s Burner Account: The justice gives her colleagues the benefit of the doubt in public. Stephen Colbert reads between the lines of the dissent.

Biglaw Associates Shocked To Discover Firm Still On Word Perfect: Maybe not that bad, but midlevels report the technology at their firms have them feeling like they're a solid decade behind.

SCOTUS Shadow Docket Continues Calvinball Streak: The Court knifes Humphrey’s Executor, proving precedent is only sacred when it props up Republicans.

Teachers Sue Over Blocked Loan Forgiveness, Because Chalk Doesn’t Pay The Mortgage: The American Federation of Teachers takes the fight to court.

Go In-House Early, Retire Before Your Friends Make Counsel: Confirming what everyone suspected: going in-house is the smartest move in legal life.

Amy Coney Barrett Ruminates On AI, Accidentally Summons HAL 9000: The justice shares her deep thoughts on artificial intelligence, which mostly reveal she hasn’t met Clippy.

What A Lawyer Paycheck Can Afford... By City: Let's look at some real estate listings in the supposedly "best bang for your buck" legal markets.

Training Young Lawyers In The Age Of AI Is Still Mostly Hazing: Beneath the mystery and rhetoric, firms are still teaching associates by throwing them into traffic and hoping they don’t die.

Federal Judges Getting Tired Of John Roberts Throwing Them Under The Bus — See Generally

Federal Judges Finally Say What Everyone’s Been Yelling At Their Screens: Trial judges share concern that SCOTUS is more interested in staying on the Chirstmas card list of the January 6 mob than protecting judges from threats.

Amy Coney Barrett’s “Aw Shucks” Routine Eligible For SAG Card: Anyone buying the self-serving "just an honest broker making tough choices" schtick Amy Coney Barrett is laying on should contact us about a bridge we're selling.

Trump’s Fantasy G.I. Joe Project Gets Court-Martialed: Judge reminds ex-president that deploying mall cops with rifles isn’t covered by Article II.

Compensation Moves Still Few And Far Between: Better than no news at all.

Future Lawyers Realize They Don’t Need $500K Debt To Be Miserable: Law school tuition bubble bursts as schools realize students have cheaper ways to cry in the shower.

Law School Cockroach Takeover: At least the new “adjuncts” don’t charge $40K a semester to lecture about Pennoyer.

Jury Reaches Donna Adelson Verdict, In Latest Turn In True Crime Saga: The wheels turn slowly, but they turn.

Molotov Hoagie Avoids Indictment — See Generally

Not All Heroes Wear Capes... Not All Grinders Or Subs Either: Department of Justice fails to secure indictment for sandwich vigilante.

Baby’s First Hostage Negotiation: Lawyers use newborn for leverage in scheduling spat, proving once again that bar associations should require basic humanity CLEs.

Biglaw Divorce Gets Messy: Former partner and firm battle over $1.5 million fee.

Amy Wax’s Flies Too Close To The Dumb: Wax’s latest litigation stunt disintegrates mid-air, which is the most graceful exit she’s managed in years.

Alina Habba Breaks New Jersey Court System To Own The Libs: Trump’s personal chaos engine managing to jam up criminal cases like a toddler shoving LEGOs in a blender.

ABA Wants More Schools To Look Outside The LSAT: Effort to collect data on efficacy of tests kicked up a notch.

America's Thirstiest Law Professor Tries To Get In On Calvinball: Jonathan Turley tries to bash Justice Jackson, by making up his own completely nonsensical rules.