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News, commentary, and opinion on lawyers and the legal profession. Covering the legal industry from law school to the Supreme Court.

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Biglaw Is Still Trying To Figure Out How Weil Gotshal Fell So Fast — See Also abovethelaw.com/2026/10/bigl…
Biglaw Is Still Trying To Figure Out How Weil Gotshal Fell So Fast - See Also - Above the Law

Biglaw Is Still Trying To Figure Out How Weil Gotshal Fell So Fast - See Also - Above the Law

'We’re All In Shock' -- Biglaw Searches For The Thing Weil Did Wrong: But there isn't one and that's the problem. It’s Been A Weil. The Firm Is Closing, But Its Brand Is Still Working The Room: A...

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The First Biglaw Giant To Fall In The Great Recession abovethelaw.com/2026/10/the-…
The First Biglaw Giant To Fall In The Great Recession - Above the Law

The First Biglaw Giant To Fall In The Great Recession - Above the Law

A rival poached 15 partners in one stroke, and a 118-year-old firm was finished within weeks.

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Judges Should Be More Reasonable About Service Requirements abovethelaw.com/2026/10/judg…
Judges Should Be More Reasonable About Service Requirements - Above the Law

Judges Should Be More Reasonable About Service Requirements - Above the Law

Additional procedural requirements do not always provide additional protection.

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How Appealing Weekly Roundup abovethelaw.com/2026/10/how-…
How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law

How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law

The week in appellate news.

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Weil’s Collapse Is Biglaw’s Halloween Nightmare abovethelaw.com/2026/10/weil…
Weil’s Collapse Is Biglaw's Halloween Nightmare - Above the Law

Weil’s Collapse Is Biglaw's Halloween Nightmare - Above the Law

A wave of departures helped turn a profitable law firm into a cautionary house of horrors.

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DLA Piper Matches Milbank, Then Piles On Even More Bonus Cash! abovethelaw.com/2026/10/dla-…
DLA Piper Matches Milbank, Then Piles On Even More Bonus Cash! - Above the Law

DLA Piper Matches Milbank, Then Piles On Even More Bonus Cash! - Above the Law

DLA Piper associates get a full-size candy bar compensation haul!

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What Killed Weil? Rainmakers Who Left In Packs abovethelaw.com/2026/10/what…
What Killed Weil? Rainmakers Who Left In Packs - Above the Law

What Killed Weil? Rainmakers Who Left In Packs - Above the Law

There’s no smoking gun at Weil, and that might be the scariest thing of all.

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Associates, Help Us Take The Market’s Temperature On Bonuses And Raises abovethelaw.com/2026/10/call…
Calling All Associates: Will Your Firm Show You The Money This Bonus Season? - Above the Law

Calling All Associates: Will Your Firm Show You The Money This Bonus Season? - Above the Law

Make your predictions and share your thoughts in our annual bonus season survey.

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Clio Shows Off Clean, Intuitive Design Reminiscent Of An Apple Product Launch abovethelaw.com/2026/10/clio…
Clio Shows Off Clean, Intuitive Design Reminiscent Of An Apple Product Launch - Above the Law

Clio Shows Off Clean, Intuitive Design Reminiscent Of An Apple Product Launch - Above the Law

But as the company looks more like Apple, do its partners have reason to worry?

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The 4 Scariest Words For Lawyers: The Finalists (2026) abovethelaw.com/2026/10/the-…
The 4 Scariest Words For Lawyers: The Finalists (2026) - Above the Law

The 4 Scariest Words For Lawyers: The Finalists (2026) - Above the Law

Which four words do you think will scare a lawyer the most?

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Just How Bad Can It Get On Election Day? abovethelaw.com/2026/10/just…
Just How Bad Can It Get On Election Day? - Above the Law

Just How Bad Can It Get On Election Day? - Above the Law

The author of Stealing Elections, American Style breaks it down.

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Seeking Submissions: ATL’s 17th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest abovethelaw.com/2026/10/atls…
ATL’s 17th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest - Above the Law

ATL’s 17th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest - Above the Law

Have you got what it takes to top the winners of years past?

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Weil Gotshal’s Afterlife: The Soon-To-Be Former Firm’s Branding Lives On abovethelaw.com/2026/10/weil…
Weil Gotshal’s Afterlife: The Soon-To-Be Former Firm's Branding Lives On - Above the Law

Weil Gotshal’s Afterlife: The Soon-To-Be Former Firm's Branding Lives On - Above the Law

Get 'em Weil supplies last.

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Court Tosses Trump’s Clumsy Attempt To Scuttle Musk Memphis Data Center Pollution Lawsuit abovethelaw.com/2026/10/cour…
Court Tosses Trump’s Clumsy Attempt To Scuttle Musk Memphis Data Center Pollution Lawsuit - Above...

Court Tosses Trump’s Clumsy Attempt To Scuttle Musk Memphis Data Center Pollution Lawsuit - Above...

From the we're-from-the-government-and-we're-here-to-help dept

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Morning Docket: 10.30.26 abovethelaw.com/2026/10/morn…
Morning Docket: 10.30.26 - Above the Law

Morning Docket: 10.30.26 - Above the Law

* Weil Gotshal's collapse matters -- even to those outside of Biglaw. [Bloomberg] * Oopsie! Government cops to error in SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein's criminal appeal. [ABA Journal] * The top...

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Weil Gotshal Is Dying, But The Billable Hour Is Immortal — See Also abovethelaw.com/2026/10/weil…
Weil Gotshal Is Dying, But The Billable Hour Is Immortal - See Also - Above the Law

Weil Gotshal Is Dying, But The Billable Hour Is Immortal - See Also - Above the Law

Weil Promises To Help Associates Find New Jobs… Right After They Finish Billing: Consider this your reminder that clients still expect “exceptional legal service.” The LSAT Won’t Get Harder In 2027,...

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The 55-Year-Old Litigation Giant That Was Undone By Its Own Billing Bet abovethelaw.com/2026/10/the-…
The 55-Year-Old Litigation Giant That Was Undone By Its Own Billing Bet - Above the Law

The 55-Year-Old Litigation Giant That Was Undone By Its Own Billing Bet - Above the Law

Wonder why failed Biglaw firms are on the brain...

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Passing The Torch abovethelaw.com/2026/10/pass…
Passing The Torch - Above the Law

Passing The Torch - Above the Law

We dinosaurs may think that we are still in charge, but if we are, it’s not for much longer.

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Agents In Action myshingle.com/2026/10/agents…
Agents in Action:

Agents in Action:

Dispatch 1 from ClioCon 2026 For the past year, the legal tech conversation has been full of big, abstract promises. Armies of agents. Autonomous

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ClioCon 2026: A Quick Wrap-Up Of Everything Clio Announced On Opening Day (And It’s A Lot) lawnext.com/2026/10/cliocon-…
ClioCon 2026: A Quick Wrap-Up of Everything Clio Announced Today (And It’s A Lot)

ClioCon 2026: A Quick Wrap-Up of Everything Clio Announced Today (And It’s A Lot)

Clio rolled out a ton of news today, as founder and CEO Jack Newton delivered the opening keynote at the annual ClioCon conference in Boston — from major new products and features, to a new acquisi...

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