at law

[ at law ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

Law.

(of legal proceedings or remedies) under the law, sometimes according to the common law or codified law, rather than to what is fair in a particular case; by law: Compare equity defs 4a, 4b.
The will, now lost, would have benefited the whole community, but at law the next of kin is the sole heir.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of at law¹

First recorded in 1560–70

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Trump took aim at law firms such as Paul Weiss over their previous representation of his political opponents, among other perceived slights, issuing executive orders that would have restricted their ability to work with government agencies and contractors.

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“They can’t sell stock or offer returns,” said Neil Elan, a partner at law firm Stubbs, Alderton and Markiles LLP.

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First and most important, the MAGA-era GOP is not some unstoppable godlike force, despite recent capitulations from craven bootlickers at law firms like Paul Weiss and universities like Columbia.

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Carl Fleming was an advisor to former President Biden's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee and is a partner at law firm McDermott, Will & Emery advising clients in the clean tech and energy space.

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But Charlie Cox’s masked hero hasn’t been around much lately for reasons beyond the series transition from Netflix to Disney+, even if he turned up in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”

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