by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
When the Pentagon announced that they’d kneecaped themselves by refusing to give money to law students accepted to the country’s most prestigious and highly ranked law schools, it became a lot less obvious where they’d do their recruiting from. Before the last few...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Law firm technology spending surged 9.7% in 2025 — the fastest growth the industry has likely ever seen, according to the Thomson Reuters State of the Legal Market report. Knowledge management budgets climbed even faster at 10.5%. Westlaw and LexisNexis are pushing...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Hello First Monday! I’m...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | Law.com
As a judicial watchdog agency contends the resignation of a judge during a pending ethics case “should not result in the matter being dismissed as moot,” respondent counsel for a former Atlanta judge challenge the notion. As a judicial watchdog...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Anytime there’s a merger or a new entrant into the market, that volatility creates movement among lawyers. The reason is that the merged firm may not be the best place for all of the lawyers who were at each of...
