I was born in Far Rockaway, New York, to immigrants from the Philippines. Although my parents have been U.S. citizens for decades now, they did not have
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Last July, in my analysis of the 2025 Am Law 200 rankings, I pointed out something unusual: the firms that The American Lawyer refers to as the “Second Hundred,” the nation’s #101 to #200 firms…
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Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.com. This is a reader-supported publication; you…
Portions of this article originally appeared on Bloomberg Law, part of Bloomberg Industry Group, Inc. (800-372-1033), and are reproduced here with permission. The footnotes—which contain material that didn’t appear in my Bloomberg Law column, including…