by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
I’ve attended lots of recent legal tech conferences where one or more of the keynote presentations are given by celebrities who are decidedly not lawyers or legal professionals. They are instead actors or professional athletes or well-known for-hire speakers. They...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
Right about now, Todd Blanche is giving off the worst kind of try hard vibes. The former Cadwalader partner who gave up a Biglaw partnership to become Donald Trump’s personal criminal defense attorney is serving as acting attorney general, and he’s been doing...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
The post Exterro Launches Autonomous Subpoena Tool, Unveils Broader AI Governance Vision At CLOC appeared first on Above the Law.Timed to coincide with today’s opening of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) Global Institute in Chicago, Exterro is making...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
What does it take to cultivate job satisfaction at a law firm? In a new report from BTI Consulting Group, associates in law firms of all sizes — ranging from small firms to midsize firms to Biglaw firms — pointed out exactly what they wanted from and valued in their...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
Three years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts looked at Alabama’s congressional maps and decided they were too racist. Roberts wouldn’t use those words, of course, but that was the impact. Allen v. Milligan required Alabama to draw a second district where Black voters...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
One of the most striking findings from the recently released 8am 2026 Legal Industry Report was that only 11% of firms required mandatory AI training, and only 9% had a written, enforced policy on AI use. Meanwhile, 69% of the 1,300 legal professionals surveyed...
