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Judicial Notice (12.21.25): Taking The Heat
Yale Law’s new dean, a judge’s felony conviction, the biggest Biglaw merger, and Sidley’s latest exciting hire.
 • David Lat
Biglaw’s Accelerated Recruiting Is A Lose-Lose-Lose Situation
Recruiting 1Ls in their first semester is bad for law students, law schools, and law firms—but figuring out a solution to this collective-action problem…
 • David Lat
New Skadden Fellows, First After Trump Deal, Remain Progressive
The Skadden Fellowship program has actually grown in the wake of the firm’s settlement with the Trump administration.
 • David Lat
Judicial Notice (12.14.25): Not Dead Yet
Alina Habba’s bye-bye, Emil Bove’s boo-boo, Jack Smith’s second act, Becca Slaughter’s day of reckoning, and a 30-person hire by Cooley.
 • David Lat
AI Data Center Dealmaking: Steven Messina
Data centers take up millions of square feet, cost billions of dollars, and raise interesting legal issues for corporate lawyers, as Steve Messina…
 • David Lat
43:52
Judicial Notice (12.07.25): Ain’t Misbehavin’
Misconduct allegations against a prominent plaintiff’s lawyer, dismissal of three judicial ethics complaints, and a slew of new hires by Paul Weiss—on…
 • David Lat
Turning In-House Legal Departments Into Revenue Generators
Inside the growing movement of in-house lawyers transforming litigation from a cost center into a source of profit.
 • David Lat
Serving On A State High Court: Justice David Wecht
Recently reelected to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Justice Wecht discusses judicial elections, state constitutions, and the importance of community…
 • David Lat
43:22
Judicial Notice (11.30.25): Dismissed
Dismissals for Trump, Jim Comey, and Tish James; two new SCOTUS opinions; rethinking the Biglaw summer program; and the latest in Latham v. Kirkland.
 • David Lat

November 2025

Judicial Notice (11.23.25): Benchslaps And Bonuses
A wild ride of a dissent, the start of Biglaw bonus season, a problem for the prosecution in the Comey case, and a major transatlantic merger.
 • David Lat
Congratulations To The 2026 Bristow Fellows
Harvard and Stanford Law continue to excel at sending their graduates into these prestigious fellowships at the Office of the Solicitor General.
 • David Lat
Davis Polk Hires A Proskauer Sports Star As The Field Heats Up
Are the days of the ‘sports bar’—a small group of firms with specialized sports-law expertise—numbered?
 • David Lat
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