by RG | Apr 1, 2026 | above the law
Our ATL Madness bracket — the annual March tradition where we ask readers to vote to decide a pressing legal question that no one else will ask — has reached the Final Four. This year’s question: which Trump administration lawyer most deserves bar discipline? Sixteen...
by RG | Apr 1, 2026 | above the law
I asked a room full of lawyers and legal professionals recently how many of them had come across deepfakes in litigation. Not a single hand went up. Is the deepfake phenomenon a problem that’s really not one? Or is it like the hallucinated case citation problem once...
by RG | Apr 1, 2026 | above the law
* Trump claims he’s attending today’s birthright citizenship arguments. At his New York criminal conviction, he took over closing arguments from his lawyers, believing he could do a better job. Let’s see if we get the sequel! [Politico] * Taylor Swift sued by showgirl...
by RG | Mar 31, 2026 | above the law
Top Biglaw Firm Ups Ante On Hiring Law Clerks: How’s $180K-$200K sound? The Internet Remembers: Kara Westercamp’s Senate Judiciary Committee appearance is marred by her Twitter history. Federal Judges Are Dabbling In AI: While there is some familiarity, they haven’t...
by RG | Mar 31, 2026 | above the law
The 2025 HIPAA Security Rule updates take effect in 2026 and introduce stricter technical safeguard requirements for any entity that handles electronic protected health information (ePHI) — including law firms that receive medical records. This checklist from our...
by RG | Mar 31, 2026 | above the law
The post Survey Finds Majority Of Federal Judges Have Used AI In Their Work, But Daily Use Remains Rare appeared first on Above the Law.A first-of-its-kind random-sample survey of federal judges has found that more than 60% have used generative artificial intelligence...