by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
When Kara Peterson co-founded descrybe.ai, she wasn’t just launching a legal tech startup. She was applying the logic of public health to the legal system. She saw something lawyers often miss: that legal information, like clean water or vaccines, becomes...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I doubt that Cadwalader will be the last firm that needs to find a merger partner to survive. — A Biglaw senior partner, in anonymous comments given to Law.com, concerning Cadwalader’s recently announced merger...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
AI here, AI there, AI everywhere. That seems to be the trend. But are we willing to cede good lawyer skills to a bot? That seems to be a risk according to a white paper from Thomson Reuters. There’s a famous quote attributed to the science fiction writer William...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
Few things brighten up the holiday season like lump sums hitting your bank account. Seward & Kissel is in the giving spirit and announced a round of bonuses and special bonuses for their hardworking employees. Here’s the bonus scale: The firm is taking a special...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
As Biglaw firms jockey to position themselves as compensation leaders — or at least avoid being labeled as laggards — associates across the Am Law 100 continue to refresh their inboxes, hoping for a market match of the Cravath/Milbank scale for year-end and special...
by RG | Dec 22, 2025 | above the law
On Friday, the Justice Department noticed its intent to appeal in US v. Comey and US v. James. The government will attempt to resuscitate the charges against Trump’s enemies — despite the many, obvious defects in both cases! — by arguing that it can, too let Lindsey...
