by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
“AI as a Teammate” panelists, from left, Jeff Cox of Steno, Damien Riehl of Clio, Daniel Himmel of Legora, and Nick Hafen of BYU Law School.If there’s one overarching takeaway from ILTACON 2026, it’s that legal tech has hit the big time. As Above the Law’s Stephen...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
Earlier this week, NYU Law’s Rule of Law Lab and the Berkeley Judicial Institute released Threats to the Independence of the Federal Judiciary, a report built on interviews with 34 federal judges conducted between October 2025 and July 2026. It arrived alongside a...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [Lawyers continue to] submit materials that have hallucinations or have some other anomaly, and they attribute it to AI, and that simply can’t exist. Our system, our courts, our judiciary has to rely on the...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
In what famous “Trial of the Century” did legendary defense attorney Clarence Darrow give a 12-hour closing argument? Hint: It’s not the Scopes Monkey Trial, if that’s what you’re thinking. Rather, the famed civil libertarian railed against the death penalty at...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
The World Cup has reminded me why I love football. Not American football. The game the rest of the world calls football. After weeks of watching extraordinary players, brilliant coaches, and unforgettable matches, I am already wishing I could watch this level of...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
In my prior column, I wrote about patience. I spent time on the idea that not every situation resolves on your timeline and that pushing too hard or too fast can do more damage than the problem you are trying to solve. I want to build on that idea. There is a...
