by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Getty ImagesSomething is different about Ryan Walker’s law firm. General Legal doesn’t bill by the hour. They don’t send back contracts bleeding red lines. They jump into your Slack channel. They have a perfect net promoter score, reflecting a strong customer...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Former Hogan Lovells partner turned White House special counsel (in the Trump I regime) Ty Cobb is back on the cable news circuit to make some biting comments about his former boss. Cobb left the hallowed halls of Biglaw to join the first Trump administration, but he...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Which Biglaw firms have clients who can’t stop singing their praises? That’s what the BTI Consulting Group set out to answer with its latest ranking, the Client Service A-Team. This isn’t a list of the biggest firms or the ones with the flashiest profits-per-partner...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Norton Rose Fulbright has matched the new Milbank salary scale, effective July 1, 2026. The firm — one of the largest in the world by headcount — is raising associate base compensation across the scale, with first-years going to $235,000 and the most senior associates...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Last week, I presented Part 1 of my written interview with law student turned litigation funding conference host, Charles Zuo. That column presented his answer to the first of my three questions and focused on his efforts to ensure that his conference had a diverse...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
The pilot and the autopilot are not enemies. Neither are lawyers and AI. The question is figuring out who does what. Teo Doremus, CEO and co-founder of Advocacy, has a simple answer for any lawyer thinking about building an AI-native practice: do it now, not later....
