May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Another Firm, Another Nonequity Partner Tier — See Also Will A&O Shearman Be The Next Big Name To Adopt The Tier?: Sure looks like it! One Hell Of A Campaign: George Conway is running on impeaching Trump. New To The Game And True To It: Judge gives Susm...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Not Sure In-House Counsel Are Really Up On That Whole ‘Compliance’ Thing It's not 'a little bit pregnant,' but it's not great. The post Not Sure In-House Counsel Are Really Up On That Whole ‘Compliance’ Thing appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law CLOC Opening Keynote: What If You Could Automate Everything? What to leave out of the automated tasks goes to the heart of what’s bedeviling legal in general and legal ops in particular. Or should be. The post CLOC Opening Keynote: What If You Could Automate...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law At 40, I Just Finished My 10th Marathon, So I Challenge JD Vance, 41, To Get Off The Couch And Run His First A 26.2-mile marathon is a mere 17,292 couches placed end to end. The post At 40, I Just Finished My 10th Marathon, So I Challenge JD Vance, 41, To Get Off The Couch And Run His First appeared first...
May 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Starting Statement with "LOL" Doesn't Keep The Assertion in It From Being Potentially Libelous From yesterday's decision by Judge Dana Sabraw (S.D. Cal.) in Button v. Lopresti: The Court accepts the Amended Complaint's allegations… The post Starting Statement with "LOL" Doesn't Keep The Asse...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law They Stole My Identity To Run An Executive Job Scam. Here’s What Every Professional Needs To Know. Job scamming is a multimillion-dollar 'industry.' The post They Stole My Identity To Run An Executive Job Scam. Here’s What Every Professional Needs To Know. appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Less Chair, More Chill: John Quinn Set To Discover The Joys Of Not Being In Charge At Quinn Emanuel The former executive chair at the firm will be free to travel -- and still do work, of course. The post Less Chair, More Chill: John Quinn Set To Discover The Joys Of Not Being In Charge At Quinn E...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law George Conway’s Campaign Platform, In Full: Trump Is Hitler In The Bunker And Must Be Impeached Before He Destroys The Country George Conway on a podcast doing George Conway things. The post George Conway’s Campaign Platform, In Full: Trump Is Hitler In The Bunker And Must Be Impeached Before He Destroys The Country appear...
May 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy The Harlan Institute Championship Round At The National Archives High school students presented arguments about whether to declare independence in the presence of the Declaration of Independence.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Copyright Infringement At Album Release Party Costs Kanye ~$200K Big chune, big costs. The post Copyright Infringement At Album Release Party Costs Kanye ~$200K appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law DLA Piper Sued For Discrimination After Firing Palestinian Lawyer The firm cites an undisclosed criminal matter... that doesn't exist. The post DLA Piper Sued For Discrimination After Firing Palestinian Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law A Federal Judge Praises Susman Godfrey For Letting A Young Associate Cook Judge Jon Tigar's 'Good for you, really' was directed at the firm -- but the implicit audience was every other Biglaw shop. The post A Federal Judge Praises Susman Godfrey For Letting A Young Assoc...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Stealth Layoffs And Sam Alito On Tilt Also a major insider trading case strikes Biglaw. The post Stealth Layoffs And Sam Alito On Tilt appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow [Sponsored] Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox. The post How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Global Biglaw Giant May Be The Next Firm To Embrace Nonequity Partners As more elite firms embrace nonequity partnership tiers, A&O Shearman may be preparing to follow suit. The post Global Biglaw Giant May Be The Next Firm To Embrace Nonequity Partners appeared first...
May 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Injunction Against Referring to Ex-Wife and Children in Online Media Violates First Amendment An excerpt from a long Washington Court of Appeals decision approved yesterday for publication, Asbach v. Couto (Judge Bradley Maxa,… The post Injunction Against Referring to Ex-Wife and Children i...
May 13, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Bipolar Disorder, Libel, Attraction to Children as "Beautiful Creatures of God," and Anonymous "Ticking Time Bomb" Allegation An excerpt from the long Law Office of John Randolph, PLLC v. EWU Media LLC, decided Monday by the Washington… The post Bipolar Disorder, Libel, Attraction to Children as "Beautiful Creatures of Go...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Law School Advice In The Age Of Information Overload What used to be a desert of information is now a tidal wave of AI slop and YouTube videos. The post Law School Advice In The Age Of Information Overload appeared first on Above the Law.
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Inside The Pentagon’s Latest ‘Alien’ Files This week on The Break Out, we explore the US military's newest tranche of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. The post Inside The Pentagon’s Latest ‘Alien’ Files appeared first on Above...
May 13, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 05.13.26 * Claude launches legal industry blitz, announcing connectors across the legal tech industry. [LawSites] * Former DLA Piper associate sues firm alleging she was fired after revealing her Palestinia...
