by RG | Sep 12, 2026 | above the law
First Circuit Senior Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson is 75 years old, but you wouldn’t know it from this opinion. Channeling her inner Gen Z, Judge Thompson put out a lengthy bankruptcy opinion that took a sledgehammer to the air of formality that’s surrounded legal...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
The One Thing Nobody Has Ever Called Cravath… ‘A Smaller Platform’: Until Weil, which just lost its corporate chair to the firm, gave it a shot. Hear Me Out: Should we really care that a federal court opinion reads like Gen Z slang? We Sure Could Use More Human Rights...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who was the first woman in the United States to graduate from law school, earning her degree with honors from the institution we now know as Northwestern in 1870? Hint: When she tried to put it to use,...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
Joe diGenova never understood the assignment. The octogenarian former federal prosecutor thought he was being recruited to run the mother of all conspiracy cases and take out every dirty, stinkin’ Democrat at once. He and his wife Victoria Toensing laid it all out in...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
Getty ImagesOne of the most surprising things about AI adoption is how differently similar organizations perform. Two legal departments can deploy the same AI platform, invest similar amounts of money, and give people access to the same capabilities, yet their...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
Lawyers are creatures of habit, and the legal profession is not exactly known for embracing change. Indeed, many practices that were commonplace decades ago are still followed by some lawyers even though technological advances have made them unnecessary. In some...
