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  • Calling All Biglaw Associates: 2024 Bonus Season Awaits
    by Staci Zaretsky on October 22, 2024 at 2:46 pm

    Make your predictions and share your thoughts in our annual bonus season survey. The post Calling All Biglaw Associates: 2024 Bonus Season Awaits appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Summer Where A Piano-Playing Pig Once Summered
    by Jon Shazar – Dealbreaker on October 22, 2024 at 2:02 pm

    Phil Falcone flogs another house. The post Summer Where A Piano-Playing Pig Once Summered appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Morning Docket: 10.22.24
    by Above the Law on October 22, 2024 at 12:35 pm

    * Central Park 5 have figured out what Dominion and Jean Carroll did — Trump is a defamation machine and you don’t have to take it. [NBC] * Murdoch sues Perplexity for training on content which is dumb, but not as dumb as thinking the Wall Street Journal is good enough content to use for training. [Reuters] * Goodwin pushes back against layoff narrative. [American Lawyer] * Lawyer says trust accounts were needed to avoid becoming homeless. [ABA Journal] * A government agency whose whole method of delivering results is now under siege? Which party could possibly be responsible? [Reuters] * People having sex might not get pregnant if Joe Biden has his way. [Law360] The post Morning Docket: 10.22.24 appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Biglaw Firm Sets The Record Straight On Layoffs — See Also
    by Chris Williams on October 21, 2024 at 11:30 pm

    Goodwin Is Watching Fishbowl & Reddit: And they’re setting the rumors straight on layoffs. Reconsider Studying At Harvard: Law students get in trouble for having a study group. This is what we’re calling a protest now? That’s Some Expensive Parchment!: SNL has a recommendation on how to use your JD. I would avoid it. Judge Cleans Up DeSantis’s Stupidity: Maybe one day he’ll understand how the First Amendment works. Does Any Competent Lawyer Care?: World’s richest goofball really could use some help. The post Biglaw Firm Sets The Record Straight On Layoffs — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Offhand Lie About Central Park 5 Lands Trump Back In Legal Trouble
    by Chris Williams on October 21, 2024 at 11:02 pm

    He is really good at being demonstrably wrong in public! The post Offhand Lie About Central Park 5 Lands Trump Back In Legal Trouble appeared first on Above the Law.

  • The City That’s The Exception To The Biglaw Lateral Partner Hiring Boom
    by Kathryn Rubino on October 21, 2024 at 10:18 pm

    The lateral party missed this city. The post The City That’s The Exception To The Biglaw Lateral Partner Hiring Boom appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Meet The First-Ever Openly Transgender Lawyer To Argue Before SCOTUS
    by Staci Zaretsky on October 21, 2024 at 9:30 pm

    Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment. The post Meet The First-Ever Openly Transgender Lawyer To Argue Before SCOTUS appeared first on Above the Law.

  • So Much For Free Speech: Harvard Law Students Punished For Reading Together At Campus Library
    by Chris Williams on October 21, 2024 at 8:48 pm

    Even study groups are complex now. The post So Much For Free Speech: Harvard Law Students Punished For Reading Together At Campus Library appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Conquering Conferences: The Art Of The Graceful Exit
    by SEJAL PATEL on October 21, 2024 at 8:03 pm

    Knowing how to bow out gracefully is key to maintaining your social finesse. The post Conquering Conferences: The Art Of The Graceful Exit appeared first on Above the Law.

  • Judge Rebukes DeSantis Admin: ‘It’s The First Amendment, Stupid.’
    by Liz Dye on October 21, 2024 at 7:15 pm

    It’s not ‘speech,’ it’s ‘sanitary nuisance!’ The post Judge Rebukes DeSantis Admin: ‘It’s The First Amendment, Stupid.’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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