by RG | Apr 15, 2026 | above the law
There are now over 1,000 AI hallucination cases and counting around the world, according to one researcher. Covering hallucinations has become its own subgenre of legal journalism at this point, a growth industry rivaling the artificial intelligence industry itself....
by RG | Apr 15, 2026 | above the law
A vendor email landed in my inbox the other day. Normally I delete these without a second thought. This one stopped me. It read, “Legal teams often get blamed for slowing things down — even when the real issue is unclear contract ownership.” I read that line three...
by RG | Apr 15, 2026 | above the law
It’s that time of year where publications look deep into the souls of complex, nuanced legal institutions and assign them a fixed ranking. U.S. News and World Report issued its latest law school rankings and for the first time ever, Yale has lost its death grip on...
by RG | Apr 15, 2026 | above the law
Last week, Vault released the 2027 edition of its closely watched law firm rankings, proving that prestige has its limits. While money — in the form of Cravath’s perennially competitive pay scale — can help maintain a firm’s place near the top, defending the rule of...
by RG | Apr 15, 2026 | above the law
Money talks. And apparently, when Kirkland & Ellis is doing the talking, even the fortress of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz can’t hold. The Financial Times is reporting that Kirkland & Ellis has landed themselves quite the lateral bounty: Joshua Feltman,...
by RG | Apr 15, 2026 | above the law
If you’ve been paying any attention to Biglaw over the past few years, the headline from the 2026 Am Law 100 rankings won’t shock you: the industry is doing extremely well, thank you very much, and the firms at the top have absolutely no intention of sharing the view....
