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Businesses must make websites accessible to all people. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) establishes accessibility guidelines. The guidelines apply to all types of businesses and organizations in various settings and refer to ease of access at physical and online locations. To be competitive, law firms must have a professional online presence, including ADA website compliance. When you have questions about the ADA, our digital marketing expert has the answers. Continue reading to learn more about the ADA and your law firm’s website.

ADA Compliance
ADA compliance is legally required but may also boost business because it promotes the following:

• Inclusion – Compliant website provides all users, including users with disabilities, with a positive user experience. In today’s digital world, important tasks are completed online. All users need the ability to locate information online and navigate a company’s website with ease. Accessibility creates an inclusive space and ensures everyone has

When laypeople hear “OMM,” they probably think about Buddhist meditation and detachment. When we at Above the Law hear it, we think about money — and for good reason! O’Melveny & Myers, a top 100 law firm that took home $911,450,000 gross revenue in 2021, just dropped some great financial news on their employees.

Here’s the bonus breakdown:

• Class of 2021: $20,000
• Class of 2020: $30,000
• Class of 2019: $57,500
• Class of 2018: $75,000
• Class of 2017: $90,000
• Class of 2016: $105,000
• Class of 2015+: $115,000

Kudos to the associates! I’m sure spirits are high, as this update comes with the notice that bonuses will be paid out on Feb. 28th. In addition, it is nice to know that the associates should expect an update on the bonus process soon. Upward adjustments will be made to recognize high hours and business origination. Woop!

We like hearing about bonuses almost as

Last night, US District Judge Carl J. Nichols did former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows a solid and punted on his lawsuit to block the January 6 Select Committee subpoenaing his phone records and making him testify. Instead of reaching the pertinent issues, the court instead dismissed the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, holding that the entire claim is barred by the Speech or Debate Clause.

It’s an odd position for the court, since neither of the parties raised legislative immunity. And yet Judge Nichols asserted it sua sponte, tut-tutting at the Congressional defendants’ failure to assert their rights, hinting that they were attempting to have their cake and eat it, too, keeping Speech or Debate defenses in their back pocket to assert on appeal in case of an adverse holding by the District judge.

“The Congressional Defendants surely hope for a ruling in their favor on

Every Donald Trump LOLsuit is like a 1L CivPro issue spotter, but his lawsuit in Florida state court against New York Attorney General Letitia James to stop her filing an enforcement action against him in New York state court is a wonder to behold. Yesterday’s idiotic filing against the Pulitzer Prize Board, whom Trump is suing in Florida state court for defamatory failure to revoke a prize, is a close second. But Trump v. James implicates sovereign immunity, so it takes top honors.

This is the lawsuit seeking to enjoin the AG from asking New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron to order Trump to hand over copies of his revocable Trust. Trump’s competent lawyer Chris Kise, the former Florida solicitor general who got shunted off the Mar-a-Lago documents case to the Trump Organization fight in New York, begged Trump not to file this suit, which was a pointless middle

This morning sentient shitpost Alex Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Houston, citing the $1.5 billion in jury awards to families harmed by his lies about Sandy Hook as his biggest debts. The move marks the third time this year that the rightwing media figure sought the protection of the bankruptcy court, making him a well known quantity to US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, who had the misfortune of landing all three of these cases.

In the first episode of this drama, Jones placed three worthless shell companies in bankruptcy on the eve of his trials in Connecticut and Texas, successfully postponing the day of reckoning, albeit only for a period of weeks. The move was widely seen as a bad faith abuse of the court to gain litigation advantage, as Jones sought to buy off the roughly two dozen tort plaintiffs with a paltry $10 million. After