Lawyer turned writer, speaker, podcaster: Original Jurisdiction, davidlat.substack.com. Columnist, Bloomberg Law. Founding editor, AboveTheLaw/@ATLblog.
New Jersey, USA
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Judges’ Casual Writing Embraces Slang—And Not Everyone’s A Fan
Opinion printers go brrrrrrrr—and traditionalists shudder.
Thoughts, #appellatetwitter?
(Expanded version for Original Jurisdiction of my @BloombergLaw column.)
LINK: bit.ly/4iMMgrE
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1/ The market in Summit is a strong seller’s market, and this house has a great location: it’s a five-minute walk to the train station. I’ll bet this house will be in contract within the next two weeks (so by 10/9/26).
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2/ It’s also bigger than it looks (because it’s deeper than it is wide). Here’s the full listing (217 saves after only 4 days on @zillow; when we were looking, number of saves was a good proxy for interest, number of bidders, etc.).
zillow.com/homedetails/12-Hi…
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Honestly, I’d quit lawyering if I got this order
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I don't think @DavidLat is at the 10th Circuit Bench & Bar conference but @legalwritingpro got his judicial writing & AI session of to a hot start by sharing David's recent piece.
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Judges’ writing styles have gotten more casual recently, and courtwatchers disagree about how to weigh public accessibility of judicial opinions with the view of Justice Scalia and others that “formality bespeaks dignity,” columnist David Lat writes. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-…
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Thanks to @HowAppealing for the link to the latest edition of Judicial Notice—and for the invaluable service it provides to the legal profession!
“Judicial Notice (09.20.26): Problematic Progressive Prosecutors; Benchslaps for a high-profile district attorney, a Supreme smackdown of the Trump administration, and a Gibson Dunn raid on Paul Weiss’s litigation practice.” David Lat has this post at his howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
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Spent 17 years at one of the best litigation shops on earth. Then AI got good enough that I couldn’t stop thinking about what I’d build if I started over. So I started over. For more, check out my conversation with @DavidLat
Opinion: Leading litigator Chris Kercher is leaving Quinn Emanuel, where he represented clients such as Elon Musk and Ken Griffin, to launch his own AI-powered boutique, Exclusive Jurisdiction columnist David Lat writes. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-…
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1/ Halimah DeLaine Prado, general counsel of @Google, greatly valued her clerkship experience (as she discussed on a recent podcast interview with @DavidLat).👇
Google Goes All In On Legal AI: Halimah DeLaine Prado
Google’s general counsel gets granular on Gemini Enterprise for Legal and tackles other timely topics, including the ad-tech antitrust and social-media lawsuits.
LINK: bit.ly/4cEE0WK
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Big news in the world of legal academia: @sherifgirgis is joining the faculty of @Harvard_Law.
Professional update: This spring, I will join @Harvard_Law School’s faculty as a tenured professor, teaching constitutional law, jurisprudence, and related subjects. 1/11
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We closed our 4th round of funding yesterday. Two rounds of venture and two rounds of growth equity.
Great things are happening at BriefCatch! #legaltech is where it's at.
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In "Judicial Notice (09.20.26): Problematic Progressive Prosecutors":
- benchslaps for a high-profile district attorney
- a Supreme smackdown of Trump (on mail-in ballots)
- a Gibson raid on Paul Weiss litigation
LINK: bit.ly/3V5uAgW
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1/ "It's Britney's lawyer, b***h."
The Making Of A Celebrity Litigator: Mathew Rosengart
The lawyer who helped free @BritneySpears reflects on clerking for Justice Souter, serving as a federal prosecutor, and representing A-list celebs and Fortune 500 companies.
LINK: bit.ly/4h3klko
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2/ For folks who aren't familiar with it, the quote above riffs off the famous spoken-word opening to @BritneySpears's 2007 hit song, "Gimme More."
(I don't normally use such language.)
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The Making Of A Celebrity Litigator: Mathew Rosengart
The lawyer who helped free @BritneySpears reflects on clerking for Justice Souter, serving as a federal prosecutor, and representing A-list celebs and Fortune 500 companies.
LINK: bit.ly/4h3klko
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“Judicial Notice (09.13.26): Weak Sauce; Cravath’s largest-ever group hire, a prominent judge’s controversial word choice, and the latest resignation of a Trump loyalist.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. howappealing.abovethelaw.com…
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A Biglaw Firm Bet On Leadership Training—And It’s Paying Off
Associates who have been through this program bill more hours—and make partner at a higher rate—than associates who have not.
(OJ version of my @BLaw column.)
LINK: bit.ly/4xva2vY
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In my weekly legal news roundup, "Judicial Notice (09.13.26): Weak Sauce":
- a Trump loyalist's resignation
- a prominent judge’s controversial word choice
- a $125M judgment, tossed
- @Cravath's largest-ever group hire
LINK: bit.ly/4A4gJHE
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Google Goes All In On Legal AI: Halimah DeLaine Prado
Google’s general counsel gets granular on Gemini Enterprise for Legal and tackles other timely topics, including the ad-tech antitrust and social-media lawsuits.
LINK: bit.ly/4cEE0WK
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A fun piece on New York's best-dressed lawyers. I was struck by how the 9 honorees have very different styles; there's no one way to be "best-dressed."
Meet New York's 9 best-dressed lawyers businessinsider.com/best-dre…
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