Home Daily News 2 lawyers are disbarred for conspiring to… Criminal Justice 2 lawyers are disbarred for conspiring to throw Molotov cocktail at empty police car By Debra Cassens Weiss November 16, 2022, 12:37 pm CST New York lawyers Colinford Mattis (left) and Urooj Rahman in their May 2020 booking photos. Photos from the U.S. … Read more
(Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) Brown Rudnick Back Off Of A Client Relationship With Kanye West: What with the antisemitism and all. Cadwalader Too! The Biglaw firm *also* ditches Ye as a client. Attack On Diversity Program: At Pfizer. RBG On A Stamp: The legal legend to be commemorated by the Postal Service. Source … Read more
New Jersey law firm Grungo Colarulo’s metaverse office. The metaverse is all the rage these days. Users can enter a virtual world where they can interact with people from all parts of the physical world, play games, engage in commerce and do a lot of other things. Think Ready Player One, or for older folks, … Read more
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need The Rule Of Law: Aileen Cannon isn’t done rewriting the rule book to protect her precious, precious Donald Trump. Bad News: We’ve got deferrals… are stealth layoffs far behind? Sorry Nose, I’m Mad At My Face: Judge Ho is organizing a boycott of Yale Law clerks. Because clerks come … Read more
Home Daily News Jury finds millionaire litigant guilty in… Criminal Justice Jury finds millionaire litigant guilty in lawyer’s murder By Debra Cassens Weiss September 23, 2022, 2:29 pm CDT David Jungerman. Image from the Jackson County Detention Center inmate search website. A Missouri man has been found guilty of murdering a Kansas City, Missouri, lawyer … Read more
A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course: Trump tried to pay his legal bills with a horse. From Horses To ASSes: A deep dive into the money behind ASSLaw. A Literal Dick Move: Judge threatens Biglaw partner with sanctions for asking for paternity leave. Not saying that the judicial system is fully squared … Read more
Home Daily News Cravath is entitled to nearly $75M as a contingency… Law Firms Cravath is entitled to nearly $75M as a contingency fee in failed-merger litigation, judge rules By Debra Cassens Weiss August 29, 2022, 12:53 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A Delaware judge has ruled that Cravath, Swaine & Moore is entitled to … Read more
Thug Life: Donald Trump looks to the rap world for legal counsel. Night Of 1000 Laughs: Trump’s various lawyers had a comical evening. Taking Judicial Notice: Florida is the upside down from Stranger Things. It’s official now. Driverless Legal Counsel: Does Tesla even have an acting GC anymore? Hot Hot Hot: The Miami market that … Read more
Home Daily News Second mistrial in murder case declared after… Criminal Justice Second mistrial in murder case declared after prosecutor mistakenly texts judge By Amanda Robert August 19, 2022, 2:31 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A mistrial has been declared in a case involving a man charged with killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son—after a prosecutor … Read more
Most attorneys in private practice aren’t at firms with hundreds of lawyers; they work in firms with fewer than 25. Yet reliable, detailed information on compensation for this majority of the profession is hard to come by. In order to fill the gap, Above the Law has regularly surveyed solo practitioners and small firm attorneys … Read more