by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Professor Applies To Be Dean At School His Agency Investigated: Is this a strong application or an attempt at strong-arming? Here’s The Best Of DC!: How does your firm compare to the best Biglaw firms in the region? There’s A New Boutique In Town: Liu Shur Kravis make...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. So, while a downturn would certainly impact our more profitable areas like M&A, capital markets and some types of lending transactional work, with the countercyclical practices we have built up, we see...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Bloomberg Law’s Workload & Hours Survey, what is the average billable hour target for associates? Hint: 92% of respondents report the consequences for not hitting the billing target...
by HolAdmin | Apr 14, 2026 | American Legal News
A prominent MAGA-world figure attempting to leverage a public-facing role into something that looks suspiciously like a personal perk? Though it’s an increasingly familiar tale in the Trump 2.0 admin, this time we’re talking about attorney Elliot Berke. According to...
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...
