by RG | Aug 28, 2025 | above the law
Last week AmLaw 100 firm Polsinelli filed a federal lawsuit against a former partner Louis Mastriani. At issue is a client contingency fee of $1.5 million that the firm alleges Mastriani wrongly converted. Mastriani joined Polsinelli in 2022, from AMS Trade. That...
by RG | Aug 28, 2025 | above the law
Technology adoption in the legal profession has always been a mixed bag. Historically, lawyers have been receptive to some innovations, like email, word processing, fax machines, and BlackBerrys, but have been slow to accept others, such as cloud computing, online...
by RG | Aug 28, 2025 | above the law
More diversity crackdown news. Intel, known mostly for their chip production, awarded North Carolina Central University law school a $5M grant in 2021 meant to foster diversity in the legal landscape. There was probably hope that Intel would renew the grant after it...
by RG | Aug 28, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which lawyer is representing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez (as well as Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a separate matter) after being “fired” from her role?...
by RG | Aug 28, 2025 | above the law
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by RG | Aug 28, 2025 | above the law
In a previous article I explored how Ethan Mollick’s insights from Co-Intelligence: Living and Working With AI about how the equalization of skills will impact legal. In today’s post I will examine two additional Mollick insights that are equally important to the...
