October 2020

Mixed Bag: Loeb & Loeb ends pay cuts…. but Hogan Lovells is still making some cuts. $11K/Month Just Doesn’t Buy What It Used To: Biglaw partner accused of squatting in a mansion. Yikes: Allegations of rampant sexual misconduct at USC. So, This Doesn’t Look Great: Trump trying to get his midnight appointments game on. Source: […]

Former Biglaw partners have carved out their own corner of the legal world. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/ZsXZWRpr6PQ/

A look at some numbers behind ‘America First.’ Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/YjzRlvrXLuw/

This article is part of a symposium on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket.” Edward B. Foley holds the Ebersold chair in constitutional law at Ohio State University, where he also directs the election law program. His latest book is Presidential Elections and Majority Rule. The truly important decision in Bush v. Gore as a practical […]

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to decide, among other things, the filing deadline for attorneys’ fees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and whether Georgia’s burglary statute qualifies as a prior conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Richardson v. Omaha School District concerns the deadline that parents […]

Dirty, dirty pool. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/JYjxuauf-Fw/

Notes to my (legal) self. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/JNOMN08CPWo/

It’s a logical fallacy issue-spotter! Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/tQrNIk8F6Bg/

Yet another important dispute over election rules is up at the Supreme Court, as Republicans on Thursday asked the justices to issue an emergency order blocking an extension of the absentee-ballot deadline in North Carolina. Chief Justice John Roberts ordered the supporters of the extended deadline (which include state election officials and a nonprofit group) […]

The First Set Of Bar Exam Results Are Here: It doesn’t bode well for the online exam. The Last Presidential Debate Is Tonight: Sure, there’s a game, but I’ll drink regardless. Ghislaine Maxwell Deposition Offers Lessons To Lawyers: About redactions, I mean. Is This THE Worst Podcast? Well, it isn’t good. Former Biglaw Associate Accused […]