by RG | Jul 27, 2026 | above the law
Guess who’s back? Back again? It’s Milbank — and this time, the firm is handing out buckets of cash for associates in the form of special bonuses! This is on top of the firm’s round of salary raises announced back in June, that the bulk of Biglaw has yet to match. It...
by RG | Jul 27, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! The past few...
by RG | Jul 27, 2026 | above the law
Every lawyer says they know their client. I’m increasingly convinced that many of us don’t. Not because we don’t care. Not because we aren’t paying attention. Because we rarely stop long enough to understand how clients actually experience legal. That became the...
by RG | Jul 27, 2026 | above the law
Most law firms are adopting artificial intelligence more quickly than they’re documenting its benefits, creating a “strategic blind spot” that could bedevil COOs in the future, according to a new report. Roughly two-thirds of the respondents in the 2026 Law Firm COO...
by RG | Jul 27, 2026 | above the law
Elena Kagan belongs in the hall of fame of calling out bullshit. Not only can she identify the cynical, shoddy reasoning her conservative colleagues try to pass off as divinely inspired, but she excels at writing brutally incisive takedowns that manage to slam the...
by RG | Jul 27, 2026 | above the law
The post FCC Approves Satellite Spectrum License Streamlining appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON ― The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today approved a sweeping overhaul of its licensing process for spectrum usage by satellites — a move that will cut...
