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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sure Knew How To Turn A Phrase

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Harrison Ford reprises his role as CIA analyst Jack Ry…

byJAMES BROWN •February 28, 2026

Law Firm Mergers Mean Lateral Movement — Lots Of It

Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature,  Quote of the Day . Anytime there’s a merger or a new entrant into the market, tha…

byJAMES BROWN •February 28, 2026

Anatomy Of A Modern Merger: A Step-By-Step Guide For GCs

Editor’s note : A companion webinar featuring these speakers is available on-demand, with CLE credit available. Use the for…

byJAMES BROWN •February 27, 2026

DOJ’s Losing Streak Continues Because Federal Officers Just Can’t Stop Lying

I’ll take my joy where I can. And this iteration of the Trump DOJ continues to provide bright bursts of schadenfreude-tinted…

byJAMES BROWN •February 27, 2026

Morning Docket: 02.27.26

* Anthropic rejects Defense Department ultimatum to rewrite their contract and remove guardrails or face potentially devasta…

byJAMES BROWN •February 27, 2026

Too Good To Be True — See Also

William Christopher Swett Gets Charged With A Lot Of Fraud : No relation, of course . Maurene Comey Makes Partner : The adm…

byJAMES BROWN •February 27, 2026

Morning Docket: 02.26.26

* Tom Goldstein convicted on tax evasion charges. [ Politico ] * Hillary Clinton set to testify in Epstein probe, meanwhile…

byJAMES BROWN •February 26, 2026

The Best Law Schools For Environmental Law

For those in law school, environmental law isn’t some niche, tree-hugger elective you take to feel virtuous — it’s rapidly b…

byJAMES BROWN •February 26, 2026

What Separates Rainmakers From Service Lawyers

(Getty Images/Ezra Bailey) In this episode of “Be That Lawyer,” I sit down with Jennifer Gillman, President and Founder o…

byJAMES BROWN •February 25, 2026

The 2026 State Of The Union Drinking Game: The ‘Barely Invited’ Supreme Court Edition

Chief Justice John Roberts is still “ barely invited ” to this year’s State of the Union, but the rest of us will have to ab…

byJAMES BROWN •February 25, 2026

ABA’s Defunct Diversity In Law School Standard Moves Toward Getting Repealed

The ABA has been trying to slow Standard 206’s bleeding since the Court handed down SFFA v. Harvard . In short, the standard…

byJAMES BROWN •February 24, 2026

In Shocking Twist, Judge Aileen Cannon Sides With Donald Trump. Again.

If you were worried that Judge Aileen Cannon might someday surprise everyone by rediscovering the concept of judicial indepe…

byJAMES BROWN •February 24, 2026

What Experts Say About Hims & Hers’ $1.15B Acquisition Of Eucalyptus

The post What Experts Say About Hims & Hers’ $1.15B Acquisition Of Eucalyptus appeared first on Above the Law . from…

byJAMES BROWN •February 23, 2026

Morning Docket: 02.23.26

* Law firms gear up to fight for tariff refunds. [ Reuters ] * Albany Law student dead after what’s described as a terroris…

byJAMES BROWN •February 23, 2026

Supreme Court Justices Spend Opinion Sniping At Each Other — See Generally

SCOTUS Justices Spend 170 Pages Airing Office Drama: Supreme Court nukes Trump’s tariffs and treat us to all their petty gr…

byJAMES BROWN •February 23, 2026

Pentagon CTO Says It’s ‘Not Democratic’ For Anthropic To Limit Military Use Of Claude AI

The post Pentagon CTO Says It’s ‘Not Democratic’ For Anthropic To Limit Military Use Of Claude AI appeared first on Above t…

byJAMES BROWN •February 21, 2026

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

Ed. Note : A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog , the Web’s first blog devoted to …

byJAMES BROWN •February 21, 2026

Prince Andrew Makes Modern History In Epstein Case

While technically no longer a prince, the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over his alleged connections to Jeffrey Epste…

byJAMES BROWN •February 20, 2026

3Ls Spent Millions Of Hours Doing Pro Bono Work In 2025

Summer internships at Biglaw firms get the lion’s share of coverage, but they aren’t the only way that law student spend the…

byJAMES BROWN •February 20, 2026

The EU Is Investigating Shein

The post The EU Is Investigating Shein appeared first on Above the Law . from Above the Law https://ift.tt/Y5cRtSg via …

byJAMES BROWN •February 19, 2026

Morning Docket: 02.19.26

* Biglaw lawyers are charging $3400/hour and clients are paying. Because no matter how much they gnash their teeth, they alw…

byJAMES BROWN •February 19, 2026

Paul Weiss Is Still Catching Heat For Selling Out — See Also

California AG Calls The Firm Cowards : Can’t say we disagree ! Trump DOJ Can’t Even Provide The Law They Accuse Lawmakers O…

byJAMES BROWN •February 19, 2026

The Judiciary’s Overwhelming Response To Trump’s ‘Mandatory Detention’ Immigration Policy

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Politico is compiling a full list of all federal distri…

byJAMES BROWN •February 19, 2026

Trump Administration Learns To Its Dismay It ‘Cannot Alter Substantive Rights’

Today a federal court rejected the “let’s just ignore the last year” theory advanced by the government in the saga of Kilmar…

byJAMES BROWN •February 18, 2026

Trump Ally Jason Miller Attacks His Paternity Case Judge In Social Media Blast

Jason Miller was all set to be the White House communications director for the first Trump administration when news circulat…

byJAMES BROWN •February 18, 2026