* Is Apple Music an antitrust violation, a second-rate streaming music provider, or both. Probably both. [Dorf on Law] * Former Goldman employee Sergey Aleynikov acquitted... again. Who would have thought Cyrus Vance's trumped up show trial would fail so thoroughly? [Dealbreaker] * Landmark cases…

Are law school deans responsible for preventing the next Abraham Lincoln from discovering his or her true potential? The suggestion comes from a soon-to-be dean, Vikram Amar, in an announcement naming him the next head of University of Illinois College of Law.

If fireworks were illegal, these people would be alive and uninjured today.

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

Patents may soon be joining state-law trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as an effective way to protect cannabis intellectual property.

Would you want this policy to be implemented at your law firm?

There's been a shake-up at LSU Law, but can anyone get to the bottom of why?

Law is a service profession with a special obligation to the public and to justice -- but lawyers can and should still have fun, according to columnist John Balestriere.

Before you conjure up stereotypes about crystal rubbing, sage burning, tree hugging, or whatever your idea of mindfulness is, do yourself a favor and learn something about it.

The Supreme Court shines light on the justices' finances in the most opaque manner possible.

[Ed. Note: Please welcome guest blogger, Keith Lipman, President at Prosperoware. Keith is a long-time friend of the Geeks, and well-known leader in the information management field of the legal industry. This post originally appeared on June 24th on LinkedIn. - GL] What’s in a word? Lack of…

The Supreme Court adjourned for the summer this week, after issuing decisions on employment discrimination, civil rights and the environment. The justices delivered a landmark ruling recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage and passed up a number of opportunities to upend existing…

The world's largest law firm got a little bigger Wednesday after completing its acquisition of Atlanta-based McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. The deal, announced in April, gives Dentons an extra 370 lawyers, lobbyists and other professionals, the firm said.

A debate over whether websites that conduct commerce should be allowed to shield their backers is creating some odd alliances.

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

The most lucrative practice area in Hong Kong / China nowadays, profit per lawyer, at top US law firms is FCPA / Government Enforcement / Corporate Investigations. Firms with boots on the ground in Asia in this practice area are extremely busy and most are hiring. However, there are not nearly…

Everything seems to be unraveling for this law school.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan has determined that a lower court wrongly decided that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated labor laws by not paying production interns.

Phone interviews present unique issues that many candidates fail to recognize, so here are some helpful tips and tricks.

The U.S. government hasn’t given up its multiyear fight to hang on to 10 rare gold coins that a federal appeals court recently ruled should be given back to the heirs of a Philadelphia coin dealer who obtained them decades ago under mysterious circumstances.

The Supreme Court showdown over the Affordable Care Act may be over, but the legal offensive against the law isn't. Lawyers representing the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Obama administration took their best shots at each other's arguments this week in their battle over…

The $53 billion dollar oil spill.

A big decision creates a simple map.

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

Everyone talks about how rich Floyd Mayweather is, but boxing has a history of hiding its real numbers from the public.

By developing your own personal skills, you will in turn make the firm’s services more valuable to clients.

Cloud computing software can be great but you need to plan carefully if you want to use it, as technology columnist Nicole Black explains.

Cultural critic Harry Graff dives headfirst into the new season of Suits -- does he like it any better now?

Which firm could possibly be so generous?

Ed. note: Above the Law will have a reduced publishing schedule today and we're off on Friday, July 3, in observance of whipping those English wankers a couple centuries ago. * After the German robot ran amok and killed a worker in a VW plant, prosecutors are struggling to figure out whom to charge…

BP PLC agreed Thursday to pay $18.7 billion to settle federal and state claims over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The penalty includes the biggest pollution fine in U.S. history. Here's what you should know:

This is definitely a welcome vision from the halcyon Biglaw days of yore.

As the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP trial plods into its sixth week, e-mails continue to play a key role. This week, an attorney for one of Dewey's former leaders took a witness down memory lane to relive some off-the-cuff e-mails he sent.

* Justice Kennedy's writing style... maybe it's a little over the top. [PrawfsBlawg] * If you're looking for representation at the Supreme Court, go small. [Law360 (sub. req.)] * Marriage equality is only one more step for activists. Next up, fair housing and overall equality. Perhaps on the housing…

If you could look beneath the blindfold worn by Lady Justice, would her eyes be closed? One of the nation's most influential judges suggests she would be giving a wink to prosecutors seated across from the defendant.

The judge who found that Apple Inc. illegally conspired with e-book publishers made the right call, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Technology columnist Jeff Bennion walks through the different social-media platforms... and expresses skepticism.

Is it time to pursue global warming prevention in the courts?

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

A columnist argues that Robert Bork wouldn't have changed history. If this sounds crazy, that's because it is.