Above the Law

The Midyear Career And Brand Audit You Should Be Doing Right Now

Your network is not something you occasionally dust off only when you need it.

Saks Exits Bankruptcy

This is just one of the stories making headlines in fashion.

Morning Docket: 06.30.26

* Hogan Lovells Cadwalader makes its premiere tomorrow, with plans for growth on the horizon. [Bloomberg Law News]

* A little lost in the Supreme Court shell game yesterday, the Court quietly snuffed out Trump’s bid to get out of the E. Jean Carroll case. [NY Times]

* More NBA players indicted over gambling scheme. [ESPN]

* Man detained for playing Darth Vader’s march at National Guard troops occupying Washington secures settlement after ACLU steps in. [Washington Post]

* White-collar defense attorney: “It is general knowledge in our practice that for $2 million, you can have a pardon.” [The Atlantic]

* Justice Sotomayor discloses that Bad Bunny gave her tickets to his show, which is sort of like accepting free luxury vacations from parties with direct interests before the Court and then trying to conceal it, except in the way that it’s not like that at all. [CNN]

* Texas Supreme Court halts Houston area program providing legal services to low income individuals accused of immigration violations, claiming it’s unconstitutional to give public funds to anyone without a “legitimate public end.” Texas does, in fact, have a lottery. [ABC13]

The NRA Sees A Lot Of Targets — See Also

Stop Hitting Your (Former) Self: The NRA will be suing the 1791 Foundation in three courts!

John Roberts Is Not As Clever As He Thinks He Is: Releasing two contradictory opinions at the same time is what happens when hubris meets madness meets being a shameless hack.

SCOTUS Justices Take Shots At A Free Press: Guess who? Hint — it isn’t Sotomayor or Jackson.

An Ounce Of Prevention…: The NY Bar calls for clearer emergency protocol.

Hope You’re Ready For The PACER Shakedown: Your favorite court records site is bumping up the costs.

Legal AI Is Getting Better: Unfortunately, the progress is a little difficult to put into words.

Bringing Out The A-Team!: These firms are at the top of client service.

An Entirely Innocent Question About Artificial Intelligence

Are the systems the U.S. government uses to protect its classified documents so inferior to the systems used by other countries that Mythos can crack our systems, but not theirs?

The Side Hustle Myth Lawyers Need To Stop Believing

Most people are improvising. Some are simply more honest about it.

Building A Judicial Legacy

Plus a look at the realities of running for the bench.

After The World Cup Ends, The Cameras Will Still Be Here

History shows that temporary security measures have a tendency to become permanent.

Two Justices Just Signaled — Again — That They Want To Destroy Press Freedom

Using Dershowitz's failed CNN defamation suit as their vehicle, the justices once again called for overturning New York Times v. Sullivan.

PACER Fees Rising 20 Percent Because Screw You, That’s Why

Courts say they need the extra money for a three-quarter billion-dollar security patch.

The Client Service A-Team: Ranking The Biglaw Superheroes Of Client Service (2026)

Which firms are among the best of the best?

The NRA Is Suing Itself In All The Courts At Once

Is it bad form to post the let-them-fight gif when both sides are heavily armed?

Legal Ethics Roundup: Legal Ethics In Berlin, 101 Judges Seek Blanche NY Bar Investigation, Activists’ Legal Fees Paid By Feds, Bolton Pleads Guilty, Law Deans Drive Innovation & More 

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

Legal AI And The ‘New And Improved Detergent’ Problem

Thomson Reuters made significant advances to CoCounsel... but it's hard to explain.

New Bill Led By Democrats Aims To Cap Medicare Out-Of-Pocket Costs

The Medicare Cost Cap Act seeks to create a $5,000 cap on out-of-pocket costs for traditional Medicare beneficiaries.