by HolAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If the collection lag persists or deepens, then I think we will see firms getting anxious. A delay in collections that became significant enough to result in lower 2025 performance relative to budget would mean...
by HolAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | American Legal News
Turns out Kim Davis’s 15 minutes of fame aren’t over yet. You probably thought the Kentucky clerk who refused to follow the law and wouldn’t provide same-sex couples with marriage licenses in the wake of the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, was,...
by HolAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | American Legal News
Some Above the Law stories require a certain level of objectivity, balance, and finesse to be done well. This is not one of them. Drake’s goofy ass is still trying to make fetch happen by converting his Superbowl-publicized hip-hop loss into a courtroom victory. The...
by HolAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | American Legal News
One of the key things I learned from a number of mentors in the mass tort defense league was the importance of front-end loading cases. By that I mean getting a grasp early on of the exposure and the “oh shit” documents and then immediately formulating the appropriate...
by HolAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | American Legal News
Milbank delighted with special summer bonuses, ranging from $6-25 thousand, for associates. And that’s great for them! But where are all the matches? We have a theory on when associates at other firms will be able to cash in. There was some fishiness (now resolved)...
by HolAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | American Legal News
Another day, another ranking for lawyers to ogle in a search for meaning as they attempt to get through the day’s billables. Such is the life of a Biglaw attorney, always on the hunt for confirmation that their firm is the best firm, the one that’s hitting all of its...