On The Merits
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Why Big Law Layoffs Aren't a Return to the Dark Days
17 mins; November 15, 2022
Lawyers Give More Time, Less Cash This Election Cycle
15 mins; November 08, 2022
Musk Gravitates To Lawyers Who Share His Personality
16 mins; November 01, 2022
No Address, No HQ: Feds Weigh How to Serve Crypto Group
14 mins; October 25, 2022
Is Judge's Yale Boycott A Sign of 'Supreme' Ambitions?
19 mins; October 18, 2022
How Jones Day Became Trump's Favorite Law Firm
22 mins; October 04, 2022
GCs: Pay Transparency Laws Are Coming, Ready or Not
16 mins; September 27, 2022
Big Law Gender Gap: Re-imagining the Legal Workforce
30 mins; September 21, 2022
New ATF Chief on Fighting Gun Violence With Big Data
9 mins; September 13, 2022
Dr. Fauci on What's Next After 54-Year Stint at NIH
11 mins; September 06, 2022
What Happens to Forgiven Loans if Biden Loses in Court?
13 mins; August 30, 2022
Why Can't Tesla Keep Its Top Lawyer?
14 mins; August 23, 2022
Documentary Directors Talk Dewey & LeBoeuf's Implosion
21 mins; August 02, 2022
Has SEC Tips Program Stopped Next Madoff? No One Knows
22 mins; July 26, 2022
Musk's Twitter Drama May Not Be the Last Disputed Deal
16 mins; July 19, 2022
SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Roils Corporations and Big Law
18 mins; July 12, 2022
Clement Defection Raises Questions on Client Loyalty
14 mins; June 28, 2022
Seth Green’s Stolen ‘Bored Ape’ NFT Saga Ends Without Case Law
11 mins; June 14, 2022
John Quinn On Why Big Law Should 'Work From Anywhere'
19 mins; June 07, 2022
Alex Ruoff reads his story on the right-to-try fight over psychedelics
7 mins; June 04, 2022
Can Prosecutors Indict Trump Over 2020 Election Claims?
12 mins; May 24, 2022
Crypto's Crashing, But Big Law Still Loves Its Clients
13 mins; May 17, 2022
Fauci Heads to Capitol Hill For More Covid Funding
11 mins; May 10, 2022
Supreme Court Leak May Start a New Era for Justices
14 mins; May 03, 2022
Pandora, Spotify Face Comics' Costly Copyright Suits
14 mins; April 26, 2022
On Abortion, Red States Not Waiting for Supreme Court
17 mins; April 19, 2022
Women Struggle to Bring Equal Pay Suits to Court
22 mins; April 12, 2022
ESG Investors Get Big Win With New SEC Climate Rule
17 mins; March 29, 2022
Apple Litigation Is Very Lucrative for Some Firms
18 mins; March 28, 2022
Jackson Defends Her Defense Work in Senate Hearings
9 mins; March 22, 2022
War in Ukraine and Life-or-Death Choices for Big Law
16 mins; March 08, 2022
Bloomberg Law's Story on Women and the Partner Track [Narrated Article]
7 mins; March 05, 2022
Trump's Multidimensional Legal Peril Drags Into 2022
20 mins; March 01, 2022
Bloomberg Law's Profile of Kirkland & Ellis
17 mins; February 19, 2022
EV Charger Locations Might Make 'Filling Up' Tricky
11 mins; February 15, 2022
NFL's Flores Suit Illuminates Limits of Rooney Rule
19 mins; February 08, 2022
NYC's Broken Property Tax System Causing Real Pain
17 mins; February 01, 2022
Breyer's Clerks Recall 'Happy Warrior'
9 mins; January 27, 2022
Diversity & Disability: A Live Legal Discussion
20 mins; January 25, 2022
Cravath, Kirkland, Other Titans Have Another Huge Year
12 mins; January 11, 2022
Covid Disability Claims Get Some Clarity, But Not Much
16 mins; January 04, 2022
Competing Climate Rules Worry Federal Contractors
14 mins; December 21, 2021
Amazon Is Front of Mind for New Teamsters President
25 mins; December 15, 2021
Legal Business Gatekeepers Cling to Their Bar Exam
17 mins; December 07, 2021
Abortion Debate Reaches Crescendo at Supreme Court
17 mins; November 30, 2021
GE Breakup Presents Tons of Logistical, Legal Issues
17 mins; November 16, 2021
Reexamining the Bar Exam
17 mins; November 09, 2021
Beveridge's Ben Wilson Speaks From Giants' Shoulders
12 mins; November 03, 2021
Can Convicted 'Varsity Blues' Parents Win on Appeal?
18 mins; October 26, 2021
Big Law's Addiction to 'Prestige' Numbed by Pandemic
17 mins; October 19, 2021
Bonus Weekend Episode: Future of Wages for Disabled Workers
13 mins; October 16, 2021
Can Employers Ask Candidates About Vaccination Status?
12 mins; October 05, 2021
Supreme Court's Texas Abortion Ruling Spurs Lawsuits
16 mins; September 28, 2021
Alan Albright, the Go-To Judge for Patent Cases, Speaks
16 mins; September 21, 2021
How Mandates, Covid-19 Testing, and Surcharges Work
16 mins; September 14, 2021
Avoiding a Britney Spears' Conservatorship Situation
10 mins; August 31, 2021
California's Lawsuit Against Activision Blizzard
17 mins; August 24, 2021
Lydia Wheeler reads her story about long-covid victims struggles with insurance
10 mins; August 24, 2021
Bar Exam Has Got to Go, Law School Dean Says
19 mins; August 03, 2021
The Morgan Stanley Memo: What A Law Firm Client Wants
15 mins; July 27, 2021
Voter Fraud Prosecution Data Undermines Claims
16 mins; July 20, 2021
Rudy Giuliani's Law License Suspension, Explained
13 mins; July 13, 2021
Amy Chua's Side of the Story: The Yale Law Prof Speaks
16 mins; July 07, 2021
Big Law Sees Risks, Rewards in Police Monitor Roles
16 mins; June 29, 2021
Judge's Anger Can Only Be Expressed Via Emojis
6 mins; June 26, 2021
Associates Raking in the Big Bucks But at What Cost?
14 mins; June 22, 2021
Trump’s Top Lawyers Are Slow to Land in Private Sector
13 mins; June 15, 2021
Bobby Magill Reads His Story on Mining and Trump's Waters Rule
8 mins; June 12, 2021
Some Employers Mandate Covid-19 Vaccine and Get Sued
12 mins; June 08, 2021
Eric Holder on Diversifying the Judiciary
21 mins; June 01, 2021
Taylor Swift, 'Lion King' Cited in Judge's Opinions
8 mins; May 29, 2021
Behind the Music: Lawyers, Hip Hop Artists & IP Rights
10 mins; May 25, 2021
Holly Barker Reads Her Story on Aging Lawyers and Dementia
18 mins; May 22, 2021
Aging Lawyers and Dementia: A Looming Problem
15 mins; May 18, 2021
Readers Reply to Column Critical of 'Old White Men'
7 mins; May 15, 2021
'Long Covid' Exposes Mental Health Care Frustrations
14 mins; May 04, 2021
Children of H-1B Visa Holders Hope for Legislation
12 mins; April 27, 2021
Do Employees Have a Right to Work From Home?
19 mins; April 20, 2021
Judge Wallach Pulls No Punches in Exit Interview
21 mins; April 13, 2021
Gig Economy's Future Looks Less Rosy in California
22 mins; April 06, 2021
Warren Buffett's Company Runs Without In-House Lawyers
19 mins; March 30, 2021
Kirkland & Ellis Dominated Bankruptcy in 2020
19 mins; March 23, 2021
Bar Exams Facing Existential Crises After Pandemic
20 mins; March 16, 2021
Tipped Workers Face Long Odds in Minimum Wage Fight
18 mins; March 09, 2021
Covid Vaccine & Personal Data: Does HIPAA Still Matter?
20 mins; March 02, 2021
Introducing: On The Merits from Bloomberg Law
1 min; February 22, 2021
Sally Yates: Live from Bloomberg Law's In-House Forum
29 mins; November 23, 2018
Richard Nixon's Big Law Years in NYC
35 mins; August 23, 2018
Making ‘RBG,’ the Documentary About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
35 mins; May 04, 2018
Jad Abumrad on Making Supreme Court Cases Dance
27 mins; February 28, 2018
Live from Big Law Business Summit-West
28 mins; November 30, 2017
Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firms (Episode 2 of 2)
22 mins; September 18, 2017
Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firms (Episode 1 of 2)
29 mins; September 18, 2017
Big Law Banker ‘Pleasantly Surprised’ By Law Firm Financials
20 mins; September 01, 2017
Judge Scheindlin on ‘Gender Disparity’ and Imbalance in Big Law
33 mins; August 17, 2017
How Marc Kasowitz’s Law Firm Does Business
26 mins; July 14, 2017
Not All Law Firms ‘Are Going to Make it’ Says Morgan Stanley’s Top Lawyer
43 mins; May 31, 2017
Judge Rakoff: “Fierce” Competition Has Changed Law Firms For The Worse
49 mins; May 03, 2017
Hogan Lovells’ CEO & Akin Gump’s Chair Interview Each Other
79 hours 50 mins; April 28, 2017
Inside Jones Day: Cleveland, 1893 to Donald Trump
32 mins; March 17, 2017