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How does the Canada Labour Code protect against unjust dismissal?
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Healthcare Experts Slam Florida’s Plan To End Vaccine Mandates
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Elon Musk Settles $500M Lawsuit Over Withholding Former Employee Severance Package Money
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You Have To See This Dystopian Hype Video Of Viral D.C. Sandwich Thrower’s Arrest
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Faked It Till They Made It — See Also
Trial Court Judge Ruled On AI-Hallucinated Law: Was only a matter of time. He Doesn’t Know When To Quit: The
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2025 Is A Good Year For A Biglaw Merger
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A Footnote (4) To History
The Supreme Court just extended strict scrutiny protection to parents lodging religious objections to public school lessons. This tiered approach
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Sotomayor Paints Path For The Resistance — See Generally
Just Because You Lost The Battle, It Doesn’t Mean You’ve Lost The War: Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent shows there is
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Mary Meeker’s Trends In AI Report: A Must Read For Lawyers And Legal Professionals
Mary Meeker’s recent “Trends in Artificial Intelligence” report didn’t get much legal tech fanfare but it should. It contains insights
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Are Lawyers More Likely To Suffer Health Problems?
Most lawyers can attest that being an attorney is a stressful occupation due to the conflict and human drama that
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Sure, NOW Nationwide Injunctions Are A Problem
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Trump Thinks Reporting The Truth Is A Punishable Offense — See Also
Accurate News Coverage Of Unilateral Iran Strike Angers Trump: He wants the Press to apologize. First Amendment, who? So Long
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At The NATO Summit At The Hague, Ukraine Takes A Backseat
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Milbank Rediscovers How To Stand Up For Itself — See Also
Milbank Fights Back Against Trump Order: Better late than never! Emil Bove III Speaks At Judicial Confirmation: He doesn’t have
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The Biggest Partner Compensation Gap In Biglaw
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Mind Your Gum, Please — See Also
Federal Judge Takes Court Room Littering Seriously: Bet they won’t treat the table underside as a gum receptacle again. Make
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This State Is In Desperate Need Of Legal Assistance
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Staff Layoffs And AI Penalties — See Also
Trump-Fighting Firm Lays Off Staff: Best of luck to the former Perkins Coie staffers. Using AI Has Its Consequences: Life
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The Cities With All The Lawyers
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Latest In Supreme Court Opinions Reveal The Truth About Who The Justices Really Are — See Generally
Neil Gorsuch Tries To Get Cute With The Majority Opinion: It doesn’t end well for him. Embarrassing Courtroom Moment Caught
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Building A Successful CLE: Structuring Content With Value, Ethics, And Humor
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AHIP CEO On The Budget Bill: ‘We Are Very Concerned About The Impact On Coverage’
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A Biglaw Firm Where Partners And Associate Work Together In Harmony
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Mistaken Honorifics In The Courtroom — See Also
Attorney Calls Judge “Honey” During Oral Argument: At least he immediately caught himself! Ketanji Reads Gorsuch’s Textualism Argument For Filth:
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It’s Easier For A Biglaw Firm To Increase Their Prestige Ranking When You Ignore The Whole ‘Craven Capitulation’ Thing
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Rising Healthcare Costs: What Employers Are Doing To Manage Expenses, Per Mercer
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Alito Doesn’t Think Trans Children Deserve The Strict Scrutiny Standard — See Also
The Majority Of The Supreme Court Gave The Okay To Discriminate Against Trans Children: That said, Alito’s concurrence really goes
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IRS Issues Memorandum Stating That Taxpayers Who Were Scammed Out Of Their Money Online Could Be Eligible To Claim A Theft Loss Deduction
Cases of online scams have been rising in recent years. While existing laws and IRS guidance suggest that victims can
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Time To Step Up Those Proposals — See Also
Your Firm Needs To Step Up Their Pitches: Less time assembling proposals, more time improving how you propose. Bribery?! In
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More Biglaw Partners Are Itching To Leave Firms That Made Deals With Trump
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Can The Damage Control At Least Be Realistic? — See Also
Paul Weiss Says Everything Is Okay: If you squint past the horrible PR and the firm hemorrhaging partners, it’s a
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Why Every In-House Lawyer Should Hear What Tanisha Minev Has To Say About Legal Ops
If you’re in-house, overwhelmed, and wondering if there’s a smarter way to support the business without burning out, make time
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Third Amendment Trending, Which Is Never Great — See Generally
AirBnBivouac: Trump sent troops to L.A. with no plan to house them and everyone dusted off their pocket Constitutions. Florida
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This Biglaw Firm Lost 42% Of Its Attorneys Last Year
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BioNTech To Buy CureVac In $1.25B Stock Deal That Would Also End mRNA Patent Dispute
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Skadden Fellowship Sells Out, Gets Rid Of Commitments They’ve Championed Since 1988
The Skadden Fellowships have been a pretty big deal for the last 37 years. Fellows have done a lot of
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Willkie Partners Are Walking Away! — See Also
To Cooley, That Is!: They are leaving in favor of a firm with a backbone. Skadden De-Fangs Their Distinguished Fellows
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Midsize Firm Refuses To Back Down On Its Diversity Scholarship Program, Despite Trump’s DEI Threats
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Sitting U.S. Senators Aren’t Safe From Arrest — See Also
Senator Padilla Arrested For Doing His Job: “Agents” tried to stop recordings of the arrest, citing “FBI rights.” California Widens
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Kristi Noem’s Goons Just Roughed Up A Sitting U.S. Senator And Called It A Slow Thursday
For those following the fascism thermometer, we’ve gone from mayors to representatives and have just now reached senators. Congratulations, everybody!
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So Long And Thanks For All The DEI — See Also
Kirkland Boots Their DEI Staff: Surprise surprise, everyone. If It Looks Like An Arrest And Smells Like An Arrest: Call
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Hey, Third Amendment! Are You Ready For The Spotlight?! — See Also
How Much Longer Will The National Guard Sleep On The Floor?: And will hotels have to rely on the Third
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Were Biglaw’s Pro Bono Payola Deals With Trump Vague On Purpose?
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Another One Bites The Salaried Partner Tier — See Also
Times Are Changing At Debevoise: If there’s a partner on your case, make sure to clarify which kind they are.
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Pam Bondi’s Brother Decimated In D.C. Bar Race
If you’re considering running for president of the bar association, it behooves you not to be related to the head
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‘Adventures In Legal Tech’: The Challenges Of AI Upskilling
How are legal professionals and law firm managers adapting to rapid advances in artificial intelligence? Justin Cary of Drummond Woodsum
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The Cities With The Most Lawyers In America
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The Quiet Crisis Of Law Firm Lead Conversion: Why You Don’t Have A Marketing Problem, You Have An Intake Problem
Law firms across the country are investing heavily in digital marketing. They’re running SEO campaigns, producing video content, launching PPC
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The GOP’s Budget Plan Is A Crisis In The Making For Hospitals
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We’re In The Folk Music Stage Of The #Resistance — See Also
WilmerHale Got A Musical Shout-Out For The Firm’s Hard Work: As did Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey!
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Pro Bono Work Can Be Helpful To Law Firms
Many law firms have pro bono programs since they want to perform good work with the skills they obtained through
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