Criminal Defense Attorneys Facing Work Without Pay Because Of Poor Budgeting
Gideon v. Wainwright secured the right to an attorney for defendants facing felony charges, even if they couldn’t afford the representation. Would have been nice if it went just a little bit further and ensured that the representing attorneys would be duly compensated...
Welcome To Biglaw: Brand New Megafirm HSF Kramer Officially Makes Its Debut
It’s June 2, and for the Biglaw community, that means that a new competitor just entered the marketplace. Today marks Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer’s second day of existence, and the brand new firm — formed from the union of Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin —...
Biglaw’s Best Now Viewed As ‘Craven Fools’ Thanks To Deals With Trump
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It is easy to forget that when Paul Weiss and the other law firms that capitulated to Trump cut their deals, they thought they would be viewed as savvy dealmakers. Now they look like craven fools and gutless...
‘Agentic’ AI Is The Hot Buzzword… But Do Lawyers Actually Want An Agent?
Thomson Reuters just unveiled the next step in the evolution of CoCounsel, and the future is agentic! At least that’s the pitch. Of course it sort of has to be the pitch given the agent conversation dominates the industry zeitgeist and no one can risk being left...
How Filevine Bakes AI Into Every Layer Of Your Case Management
While many of today’s technology users experience AI as a chatbot parked in the corner of the screen, Filevine’s case management system integrates the technology into every aspect of your practice. It’s able to do this in part because of the sheer scope of the data...
