Jul 17, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 07.17.26 * Last night, Trump delivered a speech ostensibly about election security, but it was mostly a commercial for the 25th Amendment. [Election Law Blog] * Madison Square Garden sues WIRED over article...
Jul 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them From Lax v. CUNY, decided in 2024 by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi, and just affirmed Wednesday in a… The post Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That Universi...
Jul 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862 7/17/1862: Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862 appear...
Jul 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Second Amendment Roundup: Seventh Circuit Decides Barnett After the Supreme Court grants cert on the identical issue, the circuit court offers a last hurrah
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Biglaw Layoffs Are Never A Good Sign – See Also LAYOFF ALERT: K&L Gates lays off roughly 10 percent of staff. Cravath Keeps Associates Waiting On Cash: Six weeks! This firm has made almost everyone wait for six weeks to match Milbank's money! Ka...
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Biglaw Summer Associate Recruiting Has Officially Become Ridiculous Will anyone do anything about it? Unlikely! The post Biglaw Summer Associate Recruiting Has Officially Become Ridiculous appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Stop Acting Like A Squirrel With Your Legal Business Development The lawyers who build real books of business are not the ones who dart, hesitate, and hope. They are the ones who pick a direction, commit to a plan, and cross the road with purpose. The post Stop ...
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law The One About Passing AI Costs Through To Clients Regulators aren’t providing guidance quickly enough, and while large firms have access to in-house ethics advisors, solos and smalls don’t. The post The One About Passing AI Costs Through To Client...
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Trump Fires U.S. Attorney After 54 Minutes, Replaces Him With Fake Prosecutor The Trump administration's USAO shell game continues. It's going to lose again. The post Trump Fires U.S. Attorney After 54 Minutes, Replaces Him With Fake Prosecutor appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law In-House Lawyers Are The Biggest AI Users Turns out the profession's technophobia gets left at the in-house door. The post In-House Lawyers Are The Biggest AI Users appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Biglaw Learns The Hard Way That Those Trump Deals Weren’t Exactly A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card The firms that thought they had escaped Trump's wrath are once again dealing with the fallout. The post Biglaw Learns The Hard Way That Those Trump Deals Weren’t Exactly A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card...
Jul 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Journal of Free Speech Law: "Policing Expressive Governance: A Framework for Judicial Review of Executive Viewpoint Retaliation," by Simona Grossi The article is here; here's the Introduction: The gravest contemporary threats to expressive freedom do not always take the form of… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Policing Expressive Govern...
Jul 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Trump Media's Lawsuit Against Wash. Post Over "Trust Linked to Porn-Friendly Bank Could Gain a Stake in Trump's Truth Social" Thrown Out The court concluded that there wasn't enough evidence that the Post's statement (which the Post later retracted) was said with "actual malice," which is to say knowledge or recklessness about its f...
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Developing Your Own Personal Marketing Plan And Then Actually Implementing It The most successful lawyers understand that marketing is not something separate from practicing their profession. The post Developing Your Own Personal Marketing Plan And Then Actually Implementing...
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Kathryn Ruemmler’s Epstein Testimony Is ‘Classic Gaslighting’ According To Legal Scholars Accountability? LOL, not quite. The post Kathryn Ruemmler’s Epstein Testimony Is ‘Classic Gaslighting’ According To Legal Scholars appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Layoff Alert: K&L Gates Announces Significant Cuts Heavy staff cuts at the firm this week. The post Layoff Alert: K&L Gates Announces Significant Cuts appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Waiting On Cravath: Biglaw’s Salary Silence Is Getting Ridiculous Forty-four days after Milbank's salary announcement, much of Biglaw remains on the sidelines. The post Waiting On Cravath: Biglaw’s Salary Silence Is Getting Ridiculous appeared first on Above the ...
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law What Does Your Legal Team Actually Need From AI? [Sponsored] AI keeps failing the law department. Here’s why. The post What Does Your Legal Team Actually Need From AI? appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 16, 2026 from Above the Law Litera Relaunches Its Brand Around A Unified Vision: One AI Agent Spanning The Practice and Business Of Law The relaunch includes a new brand identity, the tagline ‘Raise The Bar,’ an advertising campaign, and a redesigned website. The post Litera Relaunches Its Brand Around A Unified Vision: One AI Agen...
