{"podcast":{"title":"Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer","slug":"above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228","podcast_index_feed_id":872228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LTN9584319601","website_url":"http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/thinking-like-a-lawyer/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b5f86bd4-cfa9-11eb-b18a-6f29b86adca3/image/Thinking-Like-A-Lawyer-Final.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Legal Talk Network","episode_count":464,"summary":"Thinking Like A Lawyer is a podcast featuring Above the Law's Joe Patrice, Kathryn Rubino, and Chris Williams. Each episode, the hosts will take a topic experienced and enjoyed by regular people, and shine it through the prism of a legal framework. This will either reveal an awesome rainbow of thought, or a disorienting kaleidoscope of issues. Either way, it should be fun.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228"},"episode":{"title":"Closing Out The Year With Mergers And Attacks On The Rule Of Law","slug":"closing-out-the-year-with-mergers-and-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law","published_at":"2025-12-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/closing-out-the-year-with-mergers-and-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228","url":"https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/thinking-like-a-lawyer/2025/12/closing-out-the-year-with-mergers-and-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LTN5488409744.mp3?updated=1766521796","summary":"Ho ho ho...gan Lovells merging. ----- A critical analysis of the best variety of Coca-Cola product gives way to a conversation about law this week. Cadwalader ends its tumultuous year -- involving a Trump administration capitulation and a series of defections -- with a big quasi-transatlantic merger announcement with cross-Pond Hogan Lovells. Christmas came early -- to the extent anyone thinks of U.S. News law school rankings as \"Christmas\" -- with a prediction about the new law school pecking order. And it looks like garbage at a time when those rankings may be more important than ever. Also, ICE appears to be publishing an enemies list? That doesn't seem great. All that and some thoughts on Alan Dershowitz writing a new book suggesting Trump might be able to get a third term despite the clear text of the Constitution.","meta_description":"Ho ho ho...gan Lovells merging. ----- A critical analysis of the best variety of Coca-Cola product gives way to a conversation about law this week. Cadwal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1981,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/episodes/closing-out-the-year-with-mergers-and-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/above-the-law-thinking-like-a-lawyer-872228/closing-out-the-year-with-mergers-and-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}