by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! This week I...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
If an employee tells you — repeatedly, over the course of months — that the work environment is making them physically ill, firing them roughly a month after they take disability leave sounds like a lawsuit in the making. K&L Gates is learning this lesson the hard...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Washington, D.C. continues to prove that when it comes to elite litigators, the urge to flee Biglaw motherships and strike out on their own is a full blown trend. The latest entrants? Liu Shur Kravis, a new litigation boutique founded by three former federal...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Chalk up a rudimentary justification for a law-based order and you’ll eventually brush against the argument that it allows for people to resolve conflicts without resorting to violence. In a functioning society, you should be able to rely on a judge to get protection...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Lawyers love certainty. Startups run on everything but. That gap is where many legal careers either stagnate or accelerate. The difference is rarely about raw talent. It is about how honestly you see the bet you are placing on your own time, judgment, and resilience....
