by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
Lindsey Halligan is an insurance lawyer cosplaying as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Because she is famously *not* the actual U.S. Attorney for the district. Though the Trump administration attempted to install her in the job, Judge Cameron...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. A woman has a fundamental right to make her own health care decisions, including the decision to have an abortion. The state did not meet its burden of demonstrating the abortion laws further the compelling...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
As we complete the rollout of our 2025 Outside Counsel Rankings, we focus this week on the law firms rated highest by in-house counsel at specific types of organizations. As a reminder, our survey asked more than 500 in-house attorneys to tell us which firms their...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
As law firms look ahead to 2026, the legal sector’s outlook is one of continued opportunity — but the abrupt closure of a firm in the first week of the new year is a stark reminder that some instability in the market remains. McGlinchey Stafford — a Louisiana-based...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
Conventional thinking is that agentic AI is thrown around enough to be a cliché. We aren’t sure what it means. We aren’t sure what it does. Whatever it is and does really doesn’t mean much for legal, right? I’ve heard all sorts of tech concepts thrown...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
We begin the year by peering into our crystal balls and issuing some predictions for 2026. Who will be fired? What’s going to happen with law schools? Is a big change on the horizon for Biglaw? Our predictions will inevitably be wrong, but we’ll offer them with a lot...
