by RG | Sep 2, 2026 | above the law
The Supreme Court’s shadow-docket blessing of Donald Trump’s ballroom was always going to draw reviews. And y’all — Ty Cobb has THOUGHTS. The former Hogan & Lovells partner, who left Biglaw to serve as special counsel in the first Trump White House, has since made...
by RG | Sep 2, 2026 | above the law
The paralegal with too many tabs open Walk into a busy personal injury firm on any Tuesday and look over a paralegal’s shoulder. Multiple tabs are open: intake, document management, a records portal, e-signature, the calendar, and a settlement spreadsheet. Ask what’s...
by RG | Sep 2, 2026 | above the law
Getting off the plane at Nashville International Airport last week — an airport set to be renamed after Dolly Parton by the time I left — I saw 5 legal tech ads before making it to baggage claim. In fact the only ads I saw on the airport’s video boards were two Harvey...
by RG | Sep 2, 2026 | above the law
The Financial Times just published an article titled “Wall Street banks push Big Law to cut fees because of AI.” Apparently the investment bankers have decided that paying legal bills doesn’t make sense now that ChatGPT can spit out answers. We’re mere months removed...
by RG | Sep 2, 2026 | above the law
Law firms spend enormous amounts of money protecting their networks. They use firewalls, endpoint detection, multifactor authentication, security monitoring, and email filtering. The list of technologies designed to keep attackers out keeps growing. And yet, sometimes...
by RG | Sep 2, 2026 | above the law
Yesterday, the Supreme Court once again exercised its shadow docket muscles to stay Judge Richard Leon’s injunction and allow Donald Trump to keep building his ballroom on top of the East Wing’s corpse. The eight-page per curiam went out of its way to explain that it...