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Donald Trump Isn’t As Pro-Choice As Folks Thought: Of course Elon had something to do with it.

Think Twice About Protesting: California’s Bar gives a weak answer on how character and fitness will be evaluated.

Development In The Foley Job Revocation Suit: In short, at will means at will.

Bring Out Those Cards!: Send your entries to our 16th Annual Holiday Card Contest!

This Firm Has A Tradition Of Paying Above Market: $200k special bonus!

Other Firms Pay Out Bigly Too!: Here’s to Morgan Lewis!

Climate Activists Come For Biglaw: A&O Shearman did a lot of work for fossil fuel companies over the last few years.

Judge Dies On Hill That Diversity And Merit Are At Odds With Each Other: Reed O’Conner, everybody.

We Do The Enforcing Here!: Gorsuch really doesn’t seem to want the Court to be held accountable.

Today’s Bonus Round-Up: Norton Rose Fulbright, Kramer Levin.

Doors Closed: Paul Weiss shuts their Beijing office.

Watch Out, Perkins Coie: Kash Patel isn’t the biggest fan.

You Aren’t The Only One Wishing PACER Kept The Pace Up: We know who to blame.

Only McConnell Is Allowed To Play The Game: The retirement rescinding has him frustrated.

These Are The Firms That Have Matched: Should yours be on there? Let us know!

Pays To Practice At A Boutique!: Wilkinson Stekloff’s base bonuses are above market!

California Knows How To Litigate: And they’re preparing for Trump.

Networking Can Be Fun!: Read about the Kirkland & Ellis “I Know Her” event for proof.

Biglaw Firm, Biglaw Money!: Check out Seward & Kissel!

They Aren’t The Only Ones Handing Out Cash!: Enjoy those bonuses, Fish & Richardson!

Associates Aren’t The Only Lawyers Looking Like Money!: Brian Steel debuts as Young Thug’s streetwear model.

Signs Nobody In His Circle Gives Meaningful Feedback For $300: Elon Musk’s plan to replace all judges is more half baked than usual.

About That Retirement…: Trump’s win makes judges renege on retiring.

Firms. Bonuses. You Know The Routine: Mayer Brown & Gibson Dunn.

About Those Student Loans: Expect things to be different when Trump is back in office.

Take Your Time: Courts can benefit from some extra time too.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here Are Today’s Matches: Willkie, Akin, A&O Shearman, Katten, Debevoise, Clifford Chance, and Vinson & Elkins.

Meet The Gavel: Drake realizes his only recourse left is to sue Kendrick for being popular.

Odd Way To Spend Campaign Funds: Sean Duffy should have paid more attention to the paper trail.

Litera Moves To Be Headmaster: They’ve recently acquired Office & Dragons.

These Checks Have A Little Extra In Them!: Cadwalader, Proskauer, Schulte Roth & Zabel, Covington, Simpson Thacher, Sidley, and Baker Botts.

No Proper Responses: NPR did a bang-up job of lobbing easy balls at Leonard Leo.

Peer Pressure Does Work!: Georgetown Law finally caves and gives reasonable accommodations to a pregnant student.

Being Wrong Won’t Stop Turley!: Joe responds to law professor’s ad homs with data and clear reasoning.

Lots Of Biglaw Matching To Go Around!: Davis Polk, Weil, White & Case, and Skadden!

Boutique Firms Take Care Of Their Associates Too!: Check out Holwell Shuster & Goldberg!

Unlimited Doesn’t Mean What You Thought It Meant: Apparently it refers to a real number south of 25,000 miles.

We Have A Winner!: Congratulations to the victor of our 15th annual Legally Themed Halloween Contest!

Bonuses Are In At Cleary Gottlieb: Look at the scale!

Bonuses Are In At Paul Weiss: Check out their scale too!

Third Time’s The Charm: Big money being made at Dechert!

More The Merrier!: Bonuses have been announced at O’Melveny and Myers!

Keep The Info Flowing!: Did your firm share some of the extra wealth?

LSAT Alternative Goes To Alternate Hands: What’s next for JD-Next?

Paul Hastings Ponies Up The Money: Bill those hours and get those checks!

Fried Frank Is Matching Milbank: And they’ve got some special bonuses too!

There’s A Lot Of Money To Go Around!: Great time to be an equity partner!

Can’t Make This Up Folks: Apparent bear attack victims being charged with insurance fraud.

Is Lexis On Your Phone?: It better be! Go download Lexis+ AI!

If It’s Good Enough For Putin, It’s Good Enough For Thomas: Igor V. Babailov has chosen his next portrait subject.

Criticism Is Good, Actually: Attacking valid criticism of the institution isn’t healthy for it.

Like Picks Like: Reality TV star President elect nominates Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary.

Seeking Justice Or A Cash Out?: Unnamed plaintiff accuses Tony Buzbee of using Diddy’s name to extort them.

The Finalists Are In!: Vote to determine the winner of Above the Law’s 15th annual legally themed Halloween costume contest!

Turley Really Wants You To Put Gaetz’s 17 Year Old Thing Aside: Loyalists are loyal to a fault.

Harvard Law Students Avoid Getting Pushed For Studying: You’ll never guess how they skirted punishment!

Law Firms Sitting Ringside: Did you catch these firms during the Paul-Tyson bout?

Biglaw Partner Suspended Over Inappropriate Contact Allegations: He was also ordered to pay £66,000.

You Weren’t Supposed To See That: Poor in-house email security has firm scrambling over what junior associates saw.

Tantrums Aren’t Just For Kids!: Partner demands apologies from associate who took his parking spot.

Fighting For The Future: Climate protestors target “fossil fuel enablers.”

You Might Say You Like Free Markets: Weird that you’re attacking free association.

The Winner Is In!: These are the four words you don’t want to hear as a lawyer!

Highbrowed Laughingstock Really Shouldn’t Be Attorney General: Here’s a bunch of very qualified people sharing that sentiment.

Wonder Who’s Covering The Tab?: Rumor has it Clarence Thomas and Ben Shapiro broke bread.

Welcome To The Partnership!: Cravath announced 7 new partners.

Clock The Money They’re Making: These firms have the highest hourly rates!

No Such Thing As Free Money: Disbarred lawyer defrauded clients of $1.2M.

This Isn’t The Type Of Person You Want Representing Your Firm: The firm is also offering counseling services to their Chicago office.

A Milbank Match Is In!: And there’s a special bonus!

Thinking About Leaving The Country Over The Election Results?: Think about the tax consequences first.

Harvard Bans Prayer In Libraries: Studying is protesting, praying is protesting, what’s next?

New Merger, New Payment Structure!: Troutman is revamping its compensation.

Mergers Make Massive Money!: Hello, HSF Kramer!

Why Do We Enjoy Music? Why Do Assault Rifles Enter Kindergartens?: Judge McGlynn teaches masterclass in poor analogical reasoning.

The Long Game Is Paying Off: Trump wants the sentencing called off because he won.

Will You Be Taking The LSAT?: The test is looking a little more optional than it has in the past.

Quarterly Report Shows The Dollars Are In: Lots of money being made in Legal.

In Jesus’s Name: You thought the 5th Circuit’s decisions up to this point have been wild?

RFK Jr. Makes The Fifth Circuit Look Normal: Meaningful standing doctrine still exists, kinda.

Don’t Mess With Ginsburg: Man gets two years for illegally accessing late justice’s medical records.

Talk To My Admin, Buddy: You don’t need to outsource talking with your friends.

The Final Fours!: Cast your vote on the scariest words for a lawyer to hear!

It Isn’t Getting Any Better For Giuliani: Some things will never change.

Pretty Harsh Language There, Partner: Not a good look for Goodwin Procter.

Now That’s A Smart Investment!: Billionaires dropped millions to get their chosen judges elected in Texas.

You Know We Can Hear You, Right?: Giuliani doesn’t seem too torn up about his defaming.

There’s A Lot Of Phish Out There: Watch out for this phishing scam!

Here’s How To Manage The Career Bumps: Being an in-house lawyer isn’t always easy, but at least there’s help.

How Much Is A Title Worth?: Nonequity partners cover liability without sharing profits.

UK Firm Is Closing Foreign Doors: Eversheds Sutherland is shutting its Beijing office.

No Thanks to DeSantis!: Monique Worrell is back in the big seat.

Utah Is Considering Its Options: A bar exam alternative may be underway!

Last Call!: Send in your final submissions for Above the Law’s 15th annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest!