Podcast Episodes

You Catch More Judges With 'Honey' Than With Vinegar

Season 1 Episode 420

And the Supreme Court has a wild one.

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Except those judges aren't going to like it when you catch them. Like the poor lawyer here who called a judge "honey" during oral argument and entered a sp…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Jerkstore Called, They're Not Running Out Of Lawyers

Season 1 Episode 419

Also, the role of bar associations in 2025.

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According to a new survey, lawyers think their law firms are really tolerant of jerks. Are they right about that, or just overly sensitive? The DC Ba…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

So Long And Thanks For All The Bonuses

Season 1 Episode 418

Caving law firms experience exodus.

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Paul Weiss fancied itself clever when it offered Trump pro bono payola in exchange for dropping an illegal executive order. Instead it keeps hemorrhaging sen…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Sex Asteroids, Sleazebags, And Meme Police

Season 1 Episode 417

Quite the combination of words.

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Lawsuit against former Texas SG alleges bizarre cosmic sex fetish. The administration made two significant changes to the judicial nomination process, firing the…

Published on 3 months ago

Supreme Court Just Making It Up As It Goes Along

Season 1 Episode 416

From the administrative state to voting rights, they're just sort of winging it trying to reverse engineer results.

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As Supreme Court season hits fever pitch, we're joined by Professor Leah Lit…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Are Those Seashells In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Threatening An Assassination?

Season 1 Episode 415

Seashellgate meets Surrendergate.

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Since we're cursed to act as keepers of the flame to remind the legal community that several large law firms really did willingly sell out to the Trump adminis…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bold Strategy Biglaw, Let's See If It Pays Off

Season 1 Episode 414

What if we just act like nothing happened?

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Biglaw firms who gave in to Trump suffered a scathing 60 Minutes piece and key talent defections, so they've decided upon a new tactic: pretending the…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Biglaw Firms Fighting Trump Keep Winning, Capitulators Keep Losing

Season 1 Episode 413

It was a bad week to compromise your values.

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Perkins Coie secured a permanent injunction against the Trump administration's retaliatory executive order. Meanwhile, firms that balked at putting …

Published on 4 months ago

Even Judges Aren't Safe In Trump's America

Season 1 Episode 412

The arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is straight outta dystopian fiction. But at least retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer still has faith in the system, which makes one of us. Speakin…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Biglaw Brings In Big Bucks

Season 1 Episode 411

And the world continues to melt.

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We've got key financial data from the top law firms and the takeaway is that it's good to be a big firm. The Am Law 100 this year revealed that more and more firm…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago