by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
For decades, weed has been the excuse legislators, prison companies, and police departments have used to put non-violent citizens to work in prison labor camps. As the “weed will make you an ax murderer” propaganda fell out of fashion, savvy capitalists knew better...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
The Alito retirement watch has some new data points this weekend, and they’re worth parsing carefully, because not all of them are saying quite the same thing. Let’s start with the most substantial: CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, who has deep...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
Legal AI tools are usually sold as if lawyers are interchangeable. Same interface. Same prompts. Same outputs. The assumption is that if the technology works, everyone will benefit equally. That assumption is wrong, and it is one of the main reasons legal AI adoption...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | Law.com
Brian Fitzpatrick, a law professor at Vanderbilt Law School, moderated a panel with Delaware District Court Chief Judge Colm Connolly and SDNY Judges J. Paul Oetken and Arun Subramanian at the NYU Law Review’s “Charting the Future of Litigation...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | Law.com
Average partner rates rose by more than 4% for the fourth straight year, according to LexisNexis. They’d risen by less than 3.5% all of the prior nine years. Average partner rates rose by more than 4% for the fourth straight year, according to LexisNexis....
