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“The Curious Failure to Cite to Rehnquist’s Bush v. Gore Concurrence and the Independent State Legislature Theory in 2004 Salazar Case; The Issue Was Clear to Justice Stevens’ Then-Clerk (and Now-CA Supreme Court Justice) Leondra Kruger”:

Chicago is home to some of the highest-grossing law firms in the world that easily outpace their peers in the Am Law 100, but there’s plenty of disparity in the market too. Just look at Big Law performance last year in the city. While the largest Chicago-founded law firms grew revenue and profits...

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has laid off 47 employees in business services roles across its global footprint, the law firm announced Thursday morning, including 34 U.S. employees in all 17 offices nationwide. Two U.K.-based employees along with 11 employees across Europe, the Middle East and Asia...

LawVu, the category-defining legal workspace for in-house legal teams, today announced the addition of several new AI enhancements to their legal workspace. Someday, you will likely need to extract data from Slack for eDiscovery, compliance, or other purposes. Here's how you can navigate its...

While the Chief Justice assures us that he’s very “committed” to the cause of judicial ethics that he’s blown off for years, Justice Elena Kagan has chosen to do something about it. Former deputy solicitor general Philip Allen Lacovara flagged Kagan’s “small but real” contribution to the cause of...

— Scott Gibson, a legal recruiter at London’s Edwards Gibson, in comments given to between Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy and Am Law 100 firm Shearman & Sterling. The merged firm will have 3,900 lawyers (with ~800 partners) spread across 49 offices, and a combined total revenue of $3.4 billion....

On the heels of the Am Law 200 release this week, we are opening up our exclusive Law.com Pro webinar to all subscribers. Join us Thursday, May 25 at 11 a.m. ET for a deep dive on the financial performance of the Am Law Second Hundred and how they are positioned moving forward. This group pulled...

Although talks of reconfiguring Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith’s governance structure and management personnel had been underway for years, it took the departure of more than 150 lawyers so far this year to serve as an impetus for action. For years, partners and executives have complained about...

While partner billing rates rose last year all over, they skyrocketed in certain practice areas in Big Law and several U.S. cities, according to a new analysis. Going forward, billing rates are expected to continue another steep increase this year. Partner billing rates surged to record levels...

On May 9, a jury in the Southern District of New York found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation of advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. The very next day he repeated the same allegations during a televised town hall with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, sparking speculation that he had opened...

As time passes, the weight of a vote in Mississippi loses import. When electing politicians, the districts are so gerrymandered that the voter turnout has fallen. Why bother leaving the house when you know how it’ll go? Back in February, the state’s House decided to double down on the sentiment...

You had a cabinet filled with manila folders, organized alphabetically by case. Finding what you needed was as simple as opening a drawer. You may have the bones of a crucial agreement existing as an attachment to a 10-year-old email. Or a prior draft of a key motion living somewhere in the cloud...

— Brad Hildebrandt, a veteran law firm merger consultant, in comments given to the American Lawyer on the proposed merger between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, praising the firms’ decision to hire top-flight outside counsel like Davis Polk and Simpson Thacher to usher the deal to...

Clients don’t like to hear this, but outside counsel are offering a pretty fair deal. Whenever a law firm raises its rates, clients bemoan the added stress to tightening budgets and might lodge some empty threats about refusing to pay, but ultimately everyone realizes that no one gets fired for...

Whether it’s calling millions of enslaved Africans “immigrants” or that one holiday that makes it seem like Manifest Destiny was a nice little meal shared between friends, American history has a… well, past of leaving aspects of the historical record at the wayside. And it’s not just history books...

As other legal technology companies have rushed to release products using generative AI, one of the largest, Thomson Reuters, has been unusually silent. It broke that silence slightly two weeks ago, when it announced plans to invest some $100 million a year in AI, including incorporating...

Mark, a managing partner, was exhausted from fielding the daily complaints he’d been getting since the firm implemented its hybrid return-to-office (RTO) policy. Some partners viewed associates as complying with the policy’s letter but not its spirit: they griped that associates were not taking...

* Allen & Overy finally finds its American match, announcing a deal with Shearman & Sterling. The new firm will be called “A&O Shearman”… for a couple of months before we just call it “Allen & Overy.” [Law360] * Biden seems unwilling to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment to avoid a government...

Legal marketing strategies include using the right keywords to attract a target audience. Keyword mapping is an effective SEO strategy that involves choosing and utilizing the most searched keywords. Law firms might find it overwhelming to use keyword mapping as a marketing tool. However, keyword...

Our team of experienced legal professionals have thoroughly researched and written a series of comprehensive manuals that cover a diverse range of software and legal tech tools. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re an advanced user, our manuals are designed to be your go-to resource for...