by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
Private equity circles the legal profession like a vulture. Even elite law firms are reportedly taking meetings and while none of them appear ready to hand the keys over to private equity yet, the fact that they’re even taking meetings means the idea cleared the first...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
The NCAA has suffered a lot of self-inflicted legal injuries over the years, but the entity decided it couldn’t sustain the revelation that its lawyers from Holland & Knight — man, two Holland & Knight stories in one day! — were privately dissing the judge and...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
New Report Begs Lawyers To Defend Judges — Ask The Florida Bar How That’s Going: A new study wants the profession to step up for a judiciary under siege, a nice idea, if the bar could be bothered. You Want To Do What Now?: There are a lot of arguments for private...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
The post On LawNext: Why Legal AI Pioneer Pablo Arredondo Is Joining Clio To Build Technology For The Courts appeared first on Above the Law.Pablo Arredondo, the Casetext cofounder who helped build some of the earliest and most influential applications of AI in legal...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
In 1859, which chief justice of California’s Supreme Court resigned his seat, challenged a sitting United States senator to a duel over a political grudge, and shot him dead? Hint: Three decades later, that same man was himself gunned down — by a deputy U.S. marshal...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
Usually, the first year after we’ve passed the bar, professional dues are waived, giving time for new admittees to get on their feet, at least a little bit. So, that is the baby lawyer dues stage. Then comes the “toddler stage.” We’ve all been through that: still...
