by RG | Jun 6, 2025 | above the law
Two months ago, Above the Law launched the Biglaw Spine Index to track what Am Law 200 firms are doing in response to the Trump administration’s attacks on Biglaw and the legal system. We thought it might be worth taking a look at where things currently stand. (Note...
by RG | Jun 6, 2025 | above the law
The “AI Can’t Replace X!” gambit is a key component of assessing how effective AI is at any given time. AI can’t replace artists quickly progressed from recreations that look like stroke symptoms to Balenciaga Pope Francis and seemingly self-aware Voe 3 short films in...
by RG | Jun 6, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw firms continue to shutter their offices in China. Today, we have news on the sixth large law firm to close the doors of a Chinese office in 2025. As noted by the American Lawyer, Seyfarth Shaw — a firm that brought in $931,927,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting...
by RG | Jun 6, 2025 | above the law
On May 23, US District Judge Allison Burroughs granted a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from kicking Harvard University out of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) that allows it to sponsor foreign student visas. The government...
by RG | Jun 6, 2025 | above the law
Many law firms have pro bono programs since they want to perform good work with the skills they obtained through the practice of law. Indeed, some law firms take the saying “to those much is given, much is expected” and try to pay it forward by performing pro bono...
by RG | Jun 6, 2025 | above the law
How are legal professionals and law firm managers adapting to rapid advances in artificial intelligence? Justin Cary of Drummond Woodsum in Portland, Maine, joined host Jared Correia in this recent episode of “Adventures in Legal Tech” to explore AI upskilling in the...
