by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
The DOJ Wants To Appeal Comey And James: Fail, fail, fail again. Bonus News: Haynes Boone, Seward & Kissel. Behind The Scenes Of A Boutique Law Firm: Cohen & Buckmann’s Sandra Cohen gives us a rundown. Happy Holidays! The post Lindsey Halligan Won’t Quit While...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
When Kara Peterson co-founded descrybe.ai, she wasn’t just launching a legal tech startup. She was applying the logic of public health to the legal system. She saw something lawyers often miss: that legal information, like clean water or vaccines, becomes...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I doubt that Cadwalader will be the last firm that needs to find a merger partner to survive. — A Biglaw senior partner, in anonymous comments given to Law.com, concerning Cadwalader’s recently announced merger...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
AI here, AI there, AI everywhere. That seems to be the trend. But are we willing to cede good lawyer skills to a bot? That seems to be a risk according to a white paper from Thomson Reuters. There’s a famous quote attributed to the science fiction writer William...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
Few things brighten up the holiday season like lump sums hitting your bank account. Seward & Kissel is in the giving spirit and announced a round of bonuses and special bonuses for their hardworking employees. Here’s the bonus scale: The firm is taking a special...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
As Biglaw firms jockey to position themselves as compensation leaders — or at least avoid being labeled as laggards — associates across the Am Law 100 continue to refresh their inboxes, hoping for a market match of the Cravath/Milbank scale for year-end and special...
