by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It shows that the issues were worse than we thought. The levels of distress were higher than we knew. — Patrick Krill, co-author of a new national study on lawyer wellness, in comments given to Reuters,...
by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
We’ve officially moved beyond the “ChatGPT made up a few cases” stage of the artificial intelligence ethics crisis. Now, the robots are apparently inventing witnesses and police testimony in murder appeals. Progress! New Mexico attorney Stephen Aarons was held in...
by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
Donald Trump’s project to remake the federal civil service into something that screens for loyalty just hit a road bump in Massachusetts. On Friday, U.S. District Judge George O’Toole granted three federal-employee unions a stay under Section 705 of the Administrative...
by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
When Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced that corporate chair Michael Aiello was leaving for what it pointedly called “a smaller platform” (the platform in question being Cravath), it was tempting to read the line as a single flash of pique from a firm caught on the...
by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
Want to make a dent in the access-to-justice problem? Stop preaching and wringing your hands over how bad it is and start looking for a solution, even if it’s just a start. Which is exactly what the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) recently did in...
by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
The most important decision an AI agent makes may be the decision not to decide. As legal AI moves from answering questions to participating in transactions, we need systems that know when to stop, ask for approval, or hand the matter to a human. That sounds obvious....
