by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that every major technology shift eventually develops its own recognizable contract. It doesn’t happen overnight. In the early days, every agreement feels different because vendors are still figuring out how to describe...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
There is a version of the Biglaw capitulation story where the nine firms that bent a knee to Donald Trump did some pro bono work on behalf of veterans, ate a news cycle, and moved on. That is the version the firms have been selling since jump, but the reality is quite...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a recent report, JD-Next’s 1L Reality Check published by Aspen Publishing, what percentage of 1Ls who reported they exercise multiple times a week say their grades are better than...
by RG | Jul 20, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We all need to collectively move on in our thinking to get alternative fee arrangements working in the right way. — Sunny Mann, global chair of Baker McKenzie, in comments given during a recent appearance on...
by RG | Jul 20, 2026 | above the law
The Justice Department has decided that the problem with the ABA’s lawsuit over the Biglaw executive orders is the lawyers bringing it. The ABA sued the administration over the Trump administration’s campaign of executive orders — stripping disfavored firms of...
by RG | Jul 20, 2026 | above the law
The Supreme Court just took a new case to explore the nature of cruel and unusual punishment. Don’t worry, it’s not about halting a state’s plan to execute a scientifically exonerated man by dunking him in a chamber of sharks — which is presumably in the planning...
