by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
Linklaters has spent years talking about its international growth strategy. This year, the numbers suggest it’s paying off. The Magic Circle firm reported revenue of £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) for fiscal 2026, a 6.8% increase over the previous year. Pre-tax profit...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
It’s 11 p.m. Sunday night. You are a young lawyer trying your first case that starts tomorrow. You have prepared and carefully thought through how to present your case. Then it hits you. You have to get a complex set of documents introduced into evidence. Your case...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
When a law firm evaluates a legal AI tool, the questions are almost always about the things you can see in a demo. How fast is it? Do the citations look right? Can it draft something usable in under a minute? These are fair questions but not what I would lead with. I...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [It was] pretty, pretty, pretty good. The obvious highlight was getting to see firsthand how true experts in their field approach comedy and storytelling. Quite frankly, I thought I was simply going to be an...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that every major technology shift eventually develops its own recognizable contract. It doesn’t happen overnight. In the early days, every agreement feels different because vendors are still figuring out how to describe...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
There is a version of the Biglaw capitulation story where the nine firms that bent a knee to Donald Trump did some pro bono work on behalf of veterans, ate a news cycle, and moved on. That is the version the firms have been selling since jump, but the reality is quite...
