Podcast Episodes

Judge Gets Testy... Becomes Former Judge

Season 1 Episode 243

As the year winds down, folks seem a little extra agitated. A judge called her colleagues names and got booted from the bench. A partner bailed on hi…

4 years, 4 months ago

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Incredibly Insecure Biglaw Firms

Season 1 Episode 242

Last week, a handful of Biglaw firms contacted Above the Law trying to rewrite their whole firm image. International firms still headquartered overse…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Biglaw Bonus Barrier Breached Bigly

Season 1 Episode 241

After more than a week of wondering when firms would start playing follow the leader with Biglaw bonuses, Davis Polk finally set a standard that the …

4 years, 5 months ago

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Bonus Season Stumbles Off The Line

Season 1 Episode 240

We thought we entered Biglaw bonus season last week, but after Cravath rolled out a higher bonus schedule, the majority of firms responded with silen…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Watering Down The Rule Of Law

Season 1 Episode 239

Joe and Chris discuss the Rittenhouse verdict and the limits of self-defense standards. Specifically, at what point can stripping a case of all its c…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Shake (Intellectual Property Considerations) Off

Season 1 Episode 238

Is there a significant crossover between this podcast's audience and Taylor Swift? I guess we'll find out this week as we discuss her latest re-relea…

4 years, 6 months ago

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Let's Go Branded

Season 1 Episode 237

Sidley is offering associates firm branded AirPods and jackets as a token of appreciation after bringing lawyers back to the office. Putting aside wh…

4 years, 6 months ago

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Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Some Geniuses

Season 1 Episode 236

The Supreme Court heard from the braintrust behind SB8 in Texas and unleashed some withering contempt for the novel effort to craft a statute that av…

4 years, 6 months ago

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What Will Yale Do Next Week?

Season 1 Episode 235

Yale just can't keep out of the legal news. Over the last several months we've had high-profile fights with professors, a student club behaving badly…

4 years, 6 months ago

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This Is Not A First Amendment Thing, Man

Season 1 Episode 234

A lot of folks would plead the First Amendment last week, and it was all nonsense. Yale Law School's Federalist Society advertised an event by throwi…

4 years, 7 months ago

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