by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
Firms Are Hiring More Laterals Than Law Students: Killing OCI has its consequences. Quinn Emanuel Earns Another Benchslap!: If an associate did what the leading partner on the matter did, they’d have been shown the door. Let’s Look At Trump’s Settlement Agreement: It...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new report from Firm Prospects, what percentage of law firm associate hires were laterals, i.e., they came from other law firms, in 2025? Hint: Last year, laterals outpaced the hires...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
I was listening to a podcast from the economist Tim Harford (who you should really check out if this is the first time you’re hearing of him) the other day when he said something that particularly piqued my interest. Harford said that he and everyone else his age is...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We’ve counseled everyone here—if you see something, say something. — Rick Engel, managing partner at Armstrong Teasdale, in comments given to the American Lawyer, concerning mental health awareness among...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
They say when it rains it pours, and that’s what it feels like when it comes to litigation ethics and Biglaw firm Quinn Emanuel. We recently covered Quinn Emanuel’s recent $3 million ethics adventure in federal court, a sanctions order where Judge Edward M. Chen...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
“Yet let’s be content, and the times lament, you see the world turn’d upside down.” — The World Turned Upside Down reportedly played upon the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. The world of personal injury litigation may indeed be turning upside down as...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
In August 2025, the Department of Homeland Security proposed sweeping regulatory changes affecting the F-1, M-1, and I visa categories. The F-1 visa applies to international students pursuing academic studies in the United States; the M-1 visa is designated for...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
Biglaw used to be a well-oiled pyramid scheme. Hire an army of junior minions to toil in discovery or due diligence for a few years and by process of elimination the next generation of partners would rise. Law students camped out in some hotel, submitting themselves...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
The Pope’s interventions in public policy over the last few years have been very interesting. We’ve seen Pope Francis taking our current administration to task for their treatment of migrants and refugees and Pope Leo’s apology for the Church’s role in legitimizing...
by HolAdmin | May 28, 2026 | American Legal News
The medical record problem in personal injury is often a pipeline problem. Firms may use separate tools or vendors for authorizations, retrieval, OCR, chronologies, and case intake. Each handoff can add delay, duplicate data entry, and make it harder to track which...
