by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Corporate Counsel and ALM Intelligence’s 2025 General Counsel Compensation Report of Fortune 1000 companies, what is the median compensation for legal chiefs? Hint: Compensation is up —...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
Last week, employees at Debevoise & Plimpton’s New York office had a terrifying experience that is far too common in this country. An emergency notification went out through the building, informing of an active shooter in the area. Fortunately, the alert, which...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. President Trump lol. — An anonymous Am Law 100 associate’s response to a question found in the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey about what they consider the biggest threat to their current role in the...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
Possibly the dumbest news cycle of the year involved former FBI Director James Comey being branded as a political terrorist for taking an Instagram shot of some goddamned seashells by the seashore. In May, the longtime Republican had arranged the shells into “8647,”...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
If I had to wager a guess, I’d say Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner Mark Krotoski is still smarting over the benchslap he got from Judge Cristina D. Silva of the District of Nevada on September 3rd. Because Silva absolutely *slammed* Krotoski over behavior...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
If an attorney chooses to publicly air controversial opinions, they can expect to get fired. Law firms are a business first, and if their public-facing professionals make statements that alienate clients or create the whiff of a hostile work environment, the firm can...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
BigHand, a legal tech software provider, recently released a Survey and Report entitled Navigating the Million Dollar Problem, Resource management for Profitability, Client and Talent Retention. The report is based on responses from over 800 law firm leaders and...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | 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. Happy Monday! Hello from California! This week I’m in the Bay Area participating in a leadership conference organized by Women...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | American Legal News
We may no longer be on the cusp of civil war because the main Charlie Kirk shooting suspect was “demographically uncooperative,” but his shooting has manifested a widespread sensitivity to the language talking heads use, for fear that their words may either be “too...
by HolAdmin | Sep 16, 2025 | African Golf News
Victor Matfield believes lock RG Snyman should spend more time on the field for the Springboks. Snyman was thrust into action in the ninth minute of the Rugby Championship match in Wellington on Saturday when Lood de Jager went off injured, and made a major impact....
