Above The Law

Above the Law calls itself a legal tabloid. Its focus is legal gossip.

Author: Elie Ying Mystal was named editor in August 2008 after winning a "reality blogging" competition. David Lat, the blog's founder, is now managing editor for ATL's parent company, Breaking Media, but he continues to contribute posts to both ATL and Underneath Their Robes.

Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Layoffs • Law Firms • Law Practice Management • Blawg 100

Recent Posts from Above the Law

This Week in Layoffs: 11.07.09
Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks, which has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.It was pretty hard to miss…
Non-Sequiturs: 11.06.09Including Maryland bar exam results.
* Congratulations to Marc Randazza, ATL's counsel in Jones v. Minkin, on another successful representation. [The Legal Satyricon] * Speaking of free speech, is a college acting unconstitutionally by banning so-called "empty-holster protests"? [Courthouse News…
Pepsi Breathes a Billion-Dollar Sigh of Relief
Associates at Cleary Gottlieb may not be starting their weekends on a happy note. But for legal secretary Kathy Henry, the weekend is off to a very good start. Judge vacates $1.26B ruling against PepsiCo[Associated…
Breaking: Cleary Matches Cravath BonusesIs it all over? Reader poll after the jump.
Ed. note: This post was originally published at 4:27 p.m. today. We have changed the timestamp to place it at the top of the page, but we will eventually return it to its original place.…
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A Mayer Brown Associate's Supreme Court Debut:A Post-Argument Recap
As we mentioned earlier this week, Steve Sanders -- a fourth-year associate at Mayer Brown, no relation to the 90210 character -- argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. When we emailed him on…
An Ill-Advised Way To Make $300
Damian Bonazzoli is a senior staff attorney for the Massachusetts Appeals Court. According to the ABA Journal, he likely makes a five-figure salary. Apparently that wasn't enough money for him. His entrepreneurial side business got…
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 11.1: The Beard
As expected, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner easily won our October Couple of the Month poll. You can read all about Ivanka's newlywed bliss here, here, and here (she's already "gadding about the city ringless.")…
Southern New England School of Law Prepares to Fight
We have reported on the proposed merger of Southern New England School of Law with the University of Massachusetts, which would bring the first public law school to the state. At the time, I wrote:…
Lawyer of the Day: I'm Not As Think As You Drunk I Am
The Houston Press has written an exposé on the kind of lawyer that makes drunk Texans proud. DWI specialist Tyler Flood is revealed in all his glory as the Press discusses why he is so…