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Benchslaps for Biglaw, bountiful bonuses at a boutique, a high-profile hire at Airbnb, and other legal news from the week that was.

Nov 26

The Skadden Fellowship program has funded almost 1,000 fellows over the past 35 years.

Nov 22

David Boies goes out on top, Donna Adelson goes to jail, a Sidley Austin associate goes viral (and gets fired), and other legal news from the week that…

Nov 19

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No Accident: An Interview With Karen Dunn Listen now | The star trial lawyer discusses her role in a new HBO documentary, Paul Weiss's lateral hiring spree, presidential-debate coaching, and…

Nov 15

Milbank raises salaries, judges speak out about Israel-Hamas, Fox hires a conservative SCOTUS clerk as CLO, and other legal news from the week that was.

Nov 12

Three are judges, two just put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars, and one is a full-time parent.

Nov 9

Biglaw condemns law-school antisemitism, a judge criticizes a pro-Hamas professor, Stroock votes to dissolve, and other legal news from the week that…

Nov 5

This is a non-paywalled edition of Judicial Notice, the legal news roundup that I send each week to paid subscribers of Original Jurisdiction.

Oct 29

Tech-centric firms took a tumble in the 2024 Vault 100 rankings.

Oct 27

Trump attorneys cut plea deals, Davis Polk rescinds offers, Yale Law hires a conservative, and other legal news from the week that was.

Oct 22

I'm delighted to be a contributor to Bloomberg Law, whose work I have long admired, while continuing to publish Original Jurisdiction.

Oct 19

First-time SCOTUS advocates, an unfortunate judge-clerk romance, Kim Kardashian's counsel, and other legal news from the week that was.

Oct 15

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