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Is The Supreme Court Putting Money On The Merits? — See Also
SCOTUS Betting On Its Own Cases? It shouldn’t be this hard for Chief Justice Roberts to answer this one. More People Come Out Against Todd Blanche’s nomination for the Attorney General Role: But what the Senate does with that information is up to the Senate. The Trump...
Fastcase And Alexi Head To Court This Week In High-Stakes Fight Over Legal AI, Caselaw Data, And Clio’s $1B vLex Deal
The post Fastcase And Alexi Head To Court This Week In High-Stakes Fight Over Legal AI, Caselaw Data, And Clio’s $1B vLex Deal appeared first on Above the Law.A federal judge in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments this week in a case that could help define the rules...
The Biglaw Firms Where Lawyers Did The Most Pro Bono Work (2025)
Pro bono work has taken on an entirely different hue under the Trump II administration, with some Biglaw firms afraid to take on work that may be frowned upon by the White House, and others pledging hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of pro bono payola to...
The Legal Tech-To-English Dictionary (2.0): The Current State Of AI
Auth. note: Though it was certainly tempting, no artificial intelligence technology was used to create this publication. All appearing em dashes were added by the author — just as nature intended. Welcome to the sequel to the Legal Tech-to-English Dictionary (2022)....
Blank Rome Hit With Two Class Actions After Data Breach Exposes 57,000 Clients
One might say that Blank Rome got hacked. But “hacked” would be doing a lot of heavy lifting in that case. It’s not like anybody cracked the firewall, deployed a zero-day, or spent a month tunneling through the firm’s defenses while taunting the IT team. Someone...
The Talent Arms Race: How Law Firms Compete In A Market Without Rules
Ed. note: Please welcome Howard Rosenberg, head of the Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions practice of Baretz+Brunelle, to the pages of Above the Law. In this new series, he and his colleagues at B+B will share their thoughts on trends they’re seeing across the legal...
Biglaw’s AI Partnership Wars Have Officially Begun
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s the splashiness of the announcement. I’ve heard from people at Kirkland’s peer firms in the private equity area that they feel they need to respond somehow. I think some other firm will feel threatened...
Former DOJ Prosecutors To Senate: Blanche Took The Same Oath We Did But He Didn’t Keep It
Folks are just coming out of the woodwork to oppose Donald Trump’s AG nominee. The latest addition to genre is a letter signed by 1200+ former Department of Justice employees — career prosecutors, FBI officials, and former U.S. Attorneys who served under both...
When Cyberattacks Walk Through the Front Door
For years, law firms have invested heavily in defending against remote cyberattacks. Firewalls, multifactor authentication, endpoint detection, email security, and employee awareness training have become standard components of modern cybersecurity programs. The...
Token Maxxing: This Pricing Movie Is A Remake
There has been a lot of buzz around AI token pricing lately, especially as agents create a multiplier effect, using an unpredictably large number of AI resources known as tokens. Uber burned through its 2026 AI budget as it rolled out Claude Code to their...
Still In The Honeymoon Phase, Taylor Swift Notches Legal Victory From Interesting Source
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! A copyright claim against Taylor Swift was dismissed this week by which Donald Trump-appointed judge? Hint: The case, filed by poet Kimberly Marasco, alleged Swift stole themes from the poet’s...
Defendants Move to Toss Thousands of Plaintiffs in ‘Forever Chemical’ MDL
Tyco, DuPont and other defendants moved to dismiss 8,000 plaintiffs from the multidistrict litigation in South Carolina alleging exposure to the "forever chemical" PFAS in drinking water, citing missing medical records and other factual information. Tyco, DuPont...
Geopolitical Pressures Are Reshaping In-House Legal Work, but Many Companies Still Lack a Playbook
"We're finding so many of our legal departments saying that their companies are being reactive and not proactive when it comes to responding to geopolitical issues," said Jason Brown, president and chief executive officer at the Association of Corporate...
Am Law 200 Law Firms Hit With Surge of Suits, Law.com Radar Shows
More than 50 lawsuits against major law firms surfaced last month, part of a pattern in litigation. More than 50 lawsuits against major law firms surfaced last month, part of a pattern in litigation.
‘Trailblazer’ Rya W. Zobel, First Woman to Serve as Mass. Fed. Judge, Dies at 94
U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel, the first woman to serve as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, died Saturday at the age of 94 in her home in Charlestown, the district court's office of the clerk announced. U.S....
Announcing the New York Legal Awards Shortlist for 2026
Law.com and New York Law Journal editorial staff recognize the winners and finalists for the New York Legal Awards 2026. We'll reveal the winners in categories with finalists during the awards dinner at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Sept. 3 in Manhattan. Law.com and...
As Pro Bono Programs Navigate Choppy Waters, Are Hours Holding Steady?
Law firm pro bono leaders said demand for pro bono work on immigration-related cases was particularly strong in 2025, as a result of the government's stepped-up deportation efforts. Law firm pro bono leaders said demand for pro bono work on immigration-related...
Norm Ai Hits Unicorn Status with $120M Series C at $1.2 Billion Valuation
Norm Ai, the New York-based legal and compliance AI company, today announced a $120 million Series C round at a $1.2 billion valuation, crossing the unicorn threshold and joining a growing but still select club of legal AI companies valued at $1 billion or more....
UNM Law Dean Reappointed to Second Term Amid Community Debate
Opponents had been urging the university to not renew Dean Camille Carey's contract, citing numerous allegations, including a decline in diverse students and faculty. Opponents had been urging the university to not renew Dean Camille Carey's contract, citing...
On LawNext: Inside Claude for Legal — Anthropic’s Mark Pike on AI’s Next Frontier in Law
When Anthropic launched Claude for Legal in May – more than 20 MCP connectors and a dozen practice-area plugins built specifically for legal work – it marked the company’s biggest and most explicit commitment yet to the legal industry. It also reignited a debate...
S&P Global CLO to Retire After a Decade Steering Legal Through Landmark Deals and AI Transformation
S&P Global Chief Legal Officer Steve Kemps will retire at the end of 2026 after a decade leading the company's legal function through transformative deals, including the recent Mobility spinoff, major acquisitions and a period of rapid strategic...
This Circuit Court Loves Being Wrong
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal circuit court was the most overturned by the Supreme Court this Term? Hint: This is the third year in a row this circuit led the nation in being overturned by SCOTUS. They were overturned...
Another Bill Trump Won’t Pay — See Also
Roberta Kaplan Wants Her Client To Get Paid: Trump’s legal goons, on the other hand, are trying more delay tactics. World Cup Of Lawyerball: The United States dragged the soccer world into its national pastime — legal threats. You’d Have To Be High To Buy Elon Musk’s...
Judge Breyer Denies Elon Musk’s Bid To Toss Twitter Fraud Verdict Over Weed Joke Conspiracy Theory
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)“Buyer’s remorse is not an exception to the securities laws.” So begins Judge Charles Breyer’s order denying pretty much all of Elon Musk’s post-trial motions seeking to side step the jury verdict that found the...
AI’s Biggest Win For Lawyers May Be Work-Life Balance
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. First and foremost, it means people spend less time working evenings and weekends. Second is it’s going to allow them to be able to focus more of their time and attention on complex high-risk matters where they...
Marc Kasowitz Allegedly Took A $6.4M Cut Of Columbia Antisemitism Settlement And Jewish Students Are Pissed
Marc Kasowitz made himself the face of the campus antisemitism fight, filing splashy Title VI suits against Columbia, Harvard, Penn, and NYU on behalf of Jewish students. When his firm settled with Columbia earlier this year on behalf of 43 Jewish and Israeli...
A&O Shearman Prepares to Post ‘Material’ Profit Growth Amid Era of ‘Unprecedented’ Partner Mobility
According to U.S. firm head Adam Hakki, the firm is focusing more on “quality of revenue. According to U.S. firm head Adam Hakki, the firm is focusing more on “quality of revenue.
How Google’s Decade-Long Antitrust Fight Came to Reflect a Changing Brussels Legal Market
The changes to Google's legal team tell a story of a Brussels market in flux with new power brokers as “very aggressive, very profitable U.S. law firms move in. The changes to Google's legal team tell a story of a Brussels market in flux with new power brokers...
The Best Law Schools For Environmental Law (2026)
For law students, environmental law isn’t just some niche elective you take to feel virtuous these days. Between regulatory whiplash in Washington, climate litigation, ESG fights, and state-level enforcement, lawyers who understand environmental and administrative law...
Irina Beschieriu On Why AI Is Forcing In-House Lawyers To Rethink Outsourcing Deals
For years, outsourcing contracts were treated like procurement paperwork. Negotiate the pricing. Tighten the SLAs. Allocate the risk. Get the signatures. Then move on. That model no longer works. AI is changing outsourcing relationships faster than most organizations...
Email Newsletters That Survive Apple’s Privacy Changes
Email newsletters are at the core of many law firms’ digital marketing strategies. Like other businesses, especially those that market services to the general public, law firms have in many cases struggled to adjust to the ways that Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection...
America Now Cares Enough About Soccer To Play FIFA’s Game, And Europe Is Mad About It
By now you’ve heard the broad strokes — Donald Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Andrew Giuliani (yes, that Giuliani’s kid, now serving as executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup) recruited lawyers, Commerce Secretary Howard...
Marc Kasowitz Faces Malpractice Suit Over Columbia Antisemitism Settlement
A representative for the Kasowitz firm said the malpractice complaint misrepresents the facts of the situation and downplays the benefits of the Columbia deal. A representative for the Kasowitz firm said the malpractice complaint misrepresents the facts of the...
IBM Spinoff Kyndryl Taps Former Interpublic Group Legal Chief
Andrew Bonzani succeeds Edward Sebold, who departed as Kyndryl's legal chief in February. Andrew Bonzani succeeds Edward Sebold, who departed as Kyndryl's legal chief in February.
Trump’s Howler Monkeys Attack Carroll’s Lawyer
Donald Trump and his lawyers are still trying to drag E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit into overtime — and drag her lawyer Roberta Kaplan down with it. Last week, Judge Lewis Kaplan (no relation) granted Carroll’s motion to expedite briefing on her request to...
How To Slaughter Slaughter
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)I understand: The Supreme Court has decided Trump v. Slaughter, and independent agencies are no longer as independent as they were last week. President Trump is now empowered to fire at will employees of formerly...
Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyers Moonlight To Train AI, Immigration Attorney Scam, Partnership Pain, Ethical Listening Is ‘Secret Superpower’ & More
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Hello First Monday! What...
What Record CEO Turnover Has to Do with Your Managing Partner
The legal industry is going through the same leadership reckoning playing out across the Fortune 1000. The pioneers are already on the far side of the river. The settlers are crossing. And the stragglers are still deciding whether to go. Which camp are you in? And...
Whither The Court Reporters?
A recent Wall Street Journal article by Allison Pohle raised the question: in these days and times where automated voice transcription services can create a written transcript sans humans, do we still need (or want) court reporters? As most know, traditionally, court...
How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘Invest in the Success of Colleagues,’ Says Andrew Kaplan of Baker Donelson
"Attorneys interested in leadership roles should focus on developing strong client relationships, collaborating across practice groups, and investing in the success of colleagues. Effective leadership in a law firm setting requires balancing individual client service...
Morning Docket: 07.06.26
* FIFA Peace Prize recipient Donald Trump sent elite lawyers to get FIFA red card lifted. Finally, an advantage to a lawyer culture that never takes vacations like the rest of the world. [Yahoo Sports] * West Point professor wins injunction against speech restrictions...
Debunked: A Little More Transparency, A Little More Action
The post Debunked: A Little More Transparency, A Little More Action appeared first on Above the Law.The post Debunked: A Little More Transparency, A Little More Action appeared first on Above the Law.
The Week in Data July 6: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including this year's Talent Report. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including this year's Talent Report.
What’s Driving a Wave of Partnerships Between Law Firms and AI Providers
“I have a prediction that some other firms will feel threatened enough that they also need to do a landmark announcement with someone, said one legal tech AI founder. “I have a prediction that some other firms will feel threatened enough that they also need to...
In ‘Klimek v. CentraCare Health System,’ Eighth Circuit Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment for Employer and Sets Groundwork for More Employee ADA Claims Based on Vaccine Refusal
In its recent opinion in Klimek v. CentraCare Health System, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has arguably cleared a path for employees to challenge actions taken under generally applicable vaccine mandates as discriminatory under the Americans with...
Australia’s Legal Market Has Chosen Independence. Can America Change the Equation?
The Ashurst-Perkins Coie and HSF Kramer mergers will test whether Australia's fiercely independent legal market can withstand a new wave of American influence. The Ashurst-Perkins Coie and HSF Kramer mergers will test whether Australia's fiercely independent...
Supreme Court Term Goes Out In Blaze Of Hypocrisy, False Retirements, And Bad Ratings — See Generally
Roberts Writes Two Opinions With One Shrug Emoji: The Chief Justice declared independent federal agencies unconstitutional and then turned around and, without a note of irony, said that OF COURSE the Federal Reseve is a duly ordained independent federal agency...
Video Marketing for Lawyers: Best Practices for Winning New Clients
Of all the digital assets in a modern firm's growth toolkit, video marketing for lawyers remains the most engaging medium available—and the single best way to project baseline professionalism and deep competence to a skeptical audience. The post Video Marketing for...
The Secret Science of Mingling for Lawyers
Networking is terrifying and dumb. Good news: Bull Garlington is here with a list of proven behaviors and tricks he's deployed in the field (or brazenly pilfered from experts) to get you over the hump. The post The Secret Science of Mingling for Lawyers appeared first...
Where Experts Become Expert Witnesses: Inside Round Table Group’s New Expert Witness Club
Where Experts Become Expert Witnesses: Inside Round Table Group’s New Expert Witness Club By Susan Cushing An expert witness can hold a doctorate and 30 years of field experience, and still lose a billion-dollar case by struggling under a single line of...
ABA Silver Gavel Awards Shine a Light on the Best in Legal Media
Need a good read? The ABA Silver Gavel Awards represent the best in legal media — including at least a dozen great books. The post ABA Silver Gavel Awards Shine a Light on the Best in Legal Media appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.Each...
The Work Is Waiting: How To Get Involved And Lead Voluntary Bar Associations
Every lawyer says they want a bigger network until someone asks them to join a committee, show up early, stay late, make calls, raise money, recruit speakers, chase sponsors, and solve problems no one sees. That is the part of bar work most lawyers never hear about....
New Poll Shows Americans — Even Republicans — Think The Supreme Court Needs To Be Reined In
A new poll from Verasight dropped this week, and its findings should be a wake-up call for everyone currently pretending the Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis is a partisan fever dream. Short version: it isn’t. We’ve been tracking the Court’s legitimacy crisis for...
Breyer Pushes Back On Claims That Politics Rules The Supreme Court
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s politics when you’re appointing a new justice; every political group in the world [campaigns for their preferred nominee.] But once the judge is appointed, it’s different. The judge is thinking, what is...
Medicine’s Monopoly Problem
Tahir Amin started out wanting to play professional football in England. He found law instead, and specifically intellectual property law in the early 1990s, when the field was still new enough to feel cutting edge. After a decade of commercial IP practice in the UK...
Solos And Small Law Firms: A Market Ripe For Disruption?
A recent survey and report from Thomson Reuters painted a rather bleak picture for midsize law firms. A similar survey, this time from the practice management platform, Clio, provides an even more dire picture facing solo and small law firms. But where there are...
Legal Research For Everyone: Inside The CourtListener-Claude Partnership
The post Legal Research For Everyone: Inside The CourtListener-Claude Partnership appeared first on Above the Law.Last month, when Anthropic, developer of the popular AI assistant Claude, announced a major push into legal, much of the coverage in the media and the...
Legal Marketing And Business Development: What Lawyers Need To Know To Grow A Practice
Lawyers tend to be precise with language. You argue over words in contracts, emails, motions, settlement agreements, and client communications. One word can change the meaning of an entire sentence. Yet when it comes to growing a law practice, many attorneys still use...
Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech Can Benchmark Attorneys, Shouldn’t Attorneys Be Able To Ethically Benchmark Back?
The post Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech Can Benchmark Attorneys, Shouldn’t Attorneys Be Able To Ethically Benchmark Back? appeared first on Above the Law.The post Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech Can Benchmark Attorneys, Shouldn’t ...
Plotting Biglaw’s Growth Pattern
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Bloomberg Law’s Leading Law Firms survey, which sector tops the list of areas firms said they were targeting for growth? Hint: This is a shift from growth areas over the last few years,...
Fireworks, Firm Raises, And Fantasy Vacations — See Also
The Supreme Court’s Politics Are Becoming A Big Problem: And Americans are catching on. Compensation Decisions Don’t Wait Around For Biglaw: Boutiques are taking over when it comes to paying their people. Imagine What America’s Semiquincentennial Could Have Been:...
More Than Compliance: Why AI Is Pushing Legal to the Center of Business Strategy
For in-house lawyers, the U.S. government's temporary suspension—and subsequent restoration—of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 highlights how legal teams are being called on earlier to help businesses evaluate, deploy and govern AI across the enterprise. For in-house...
Mead Johnson Wins Defense Verdict in Latest NEC-Related Infant Formula Trial
Thursday's verdict, in the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court in St. Louis, Missouri, comes less than three weeks after Mead Johnson won reversal of a $60 million formula verdict, the first in the nation involving NEC, or necrotizing enterocolitis. Thursday's verdict,...
UNM Law Professors, Leaders Rally Behind Dean Amid Community Backlash
Following community leaders, alumni and students asking University of New Mexico to not renew the law dean's contract, law school leaders are speaking up about why Dean Camille Carey should be retained. Following community leaders, alumni and students asking...
A ‘Mixed Bag’ For Trump: Looking Back On The Supreme Court Term With Ilya Somin
On this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, George Mason law professor and Cato scholar Ilya Somin discusses his big takeaways of the high court's 2025-2026 term. On this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, George Mason law professor and Cato scholar...
Universal Migrator Now Supports Migrations From More Than 170 Applications
Universal Migrator has expanded its migration library to support more than 170 legal and business applications, giving legal technology consultants access to one of the industry’s broadest collections of reusable migration scripts. The expanded library enables...
Texas Legal Ed Leaders Embrace AI Upskilling While Navigating Challenges of the Evolving Tech
"The lawyers most likely to flourish in the years ahead are those who both are adept at making wise use of AI capabilities and possess the same expert judgment and perspective that have always been the hallmarks of the best lawyers," one Texas law dean recently wrote...
Serving China Just Got Harder: The Hague Ruling Shaking Up Schedule A Cases
In this week's episode, Legal Speak examines a recent federal appeals court decision that could reshape how intellectual property lawsuits are served on defendants in China. In this week's episode, Legal Speak examines a recent federal appeals court decision...
Frontline Justice and Josef Partner on Multi-State Rollout of AI to Protect Access to SNAP Benefits
The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a critical benefit that helps to alleviate food insecurity for vulnerable populations, supporting over 40 million low-income individuals, nearly three quarters of whom live at or below the federal...
Perkins Coie’s HR Department Became Gatekeepers for Partner Conduct Complaints, Current and Former Employees Say
A Law.com investigation into Perkins Coie's human resources department—sparked by one firm lawyer's public airing of frustrations with its procedures—highlights several instances of attorneys and staff bringing complaints to HR's attention about alleged partner...
Domestic Firms Reclaim Top Spots in UK M&A Rankings for First Half of 2026
Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields led the rankings as U.K. deal value climbed 111% year-on-year to $332.4 billion, driven by several large-cap transactions and a rebound in cross-border activity. Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May,...
Sell Yourself One Hour of Your Time Every Day
Jay Harrington | A goal without action is merely a dream. Use these simple tools to set a big ambitious goal, then sell yourself an hour each day to work toward achieving it. The post Sell Yourself One Hour of Your Time Every Day appeared first on Articles, Tips and...
4th Circuit Blocks Firing of Intelligence Officers Assigned to DEI Programs
In its 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said the 19 career officers in the Central Intelligence Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence were fired as part of reductions in force and were therefore owed constitutional...
Two Federal Judges Block Trump’s Admin’s Attempt to Reshape Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Federal judges in Massachusetts and Washington D.C. issued separate rulings Tuesday blocking the Trump administration's attempt to impose additional conditions for eligibility in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Federal judges in Massachusetts and...
‘Truly One of a Kind’: Mass Tort Titan Paul Napoli Has Died
Paul Napoli, founder of New York-based plaintiffs' firm Napoli Shkolnik, who was serving as co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the PFAS litigation involving firefighting foam, died on Tuesday at age 58. Paul Napoli, founder of New York-based plaintiffs' firm Napoli...
Mass Tort Titan Paul Napoli, Who Sued for 9/11 Firefighters, Has Died. ‘Truly One of a Kind.’
Paul Napoli, founder of New York-based plaintiffs' firm Napoli Shkolnik, who was serving as co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the PFAS litigation involving firefighting foam, died on Tuesday at age 58. Paul Napoli, founder of New York-based plaintiffs' firm Napoli...
Justice Gorsuch’s Birthright Citizenship Dissent… Will Not Make Donald Trump Happy
On the one hand, the birthright citizenship ruling allowed Chief Justice Roberts to put a bow on the Supreme Court’s Term, delivering a blow to Donald Trump that Roberts will milk for every “the Supreme Court really is independent!” op-ed that the Washington Post is...
‘Adventures In Legal Tech’: Why You Need Structured Intelligence Before Artificial Intelligence
Legal professionals are drowning in complexity. Yet, the tools used to manage this complexity — PowerPoint, spreadsheets, static diagrams — haven’t meaningfully evolved in decades. That’s where the concept of structural intelligence comes in. In this episode of...
Lawyers Were Trained To Find Answers. Businesses Need Decisions.
One of the biggest surprises of my in-house career is realizing how rarely anyone actually wants “the legal answer.” At least not in the way lawyers are trained to think about it. Early in my career, I think the best lawyers are the people who can analyze the issue...
Attorney Turned ‘Traitor’
(Photo by: Eugene Gologursky/Bravo via Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Attorney turned reality TV star (Real Housewives, Married To Medicine, The Traitors) Phaedra Parks got her Juris Doctor at what top law school?...
Neil Gorsuch’s Sly Dissent– See Also
In-House Counsel May Love Your Law Firm: But is it one of the “Best of the Best”? Find out here. Neil Gorsuch: Agent Of Chaos: The justice’s dissent in the birthright citizenship case managed to undermine the Trump administration’s whole strategy. Norton Rose Raises...
After ‘Slaughter’ Ruling, Agencies Face a New Constitutional Order
"I think we're going to see a lot of these agencies becoming much more political and easier to control in their actions," said Columbia University constitutional law professor Gillian Metzger. "I think we're going to see a lot of these agencies becoming much...
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Taps Venable Partner, Former SEC Enforcement Lawyer as General Counsel
George Kostolampros brings more than 25 years of regulatory, governance and enforcement experience to the board that oversees auditors of public companies and broker-dealers. George Kostolampros brings more than 25 years of regulatory, governance and enforcement...
A Pivotal Moment for the Fortune 500 CLO
The modern CLO is expected to understand technology shifts in legal, be a change champion, a transformation driver, and a strategic business partner. In many organizations, the CLO is no longer viewed solely as the senior legal advisor to the business, but as the...
Relationships Over Sales: How Real Connections Build A Legal Practice
Getty ImagesIn a recent conversation with Jason Stiehl, a partner at Crowell & Moring focused on class action defense, we explored what it actually takes to move from overworked service partner to trusted rainmaker, without it ever feeling like selling. What Jason...
This Biglaw Leader Thinks AI May Trigger Layoffs, But Not At His Firm
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. When AI reduces the hours a matter requires, a profit model built on associate volume is more exposed. Our profitability comes from specialized expertise where clients are paying for judgment on hard problems,...
Goldman Sachs Names Acting Legal Chief Upon Ruemmler’s Epstein-Inspired Exit
Michael Bosworth joined Goldman Sachs in 2022 as a partner and deputy general counsel. Michael Bosworth joined Goldman Sachs in 2022 as a partner and deputy general counsel.
The AI-Native Law Firm: Flat Fees, Embedded Lawyers, And A 100% Net Promoter Score
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...
Former Biglaw Partner Says Trump’s Billion-Dollar Crypto Haul Is ‘The Greatest Onslaught Of Corruption In The History Of Mankind’
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...
Corporate Counsel Have Spoken: These Are The Law Firms They Love
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...
Biglaw Firm Gets On Board With New Associate Salary Scale
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...
3 Questions For A Law Student Turned Conference Host (Part II)
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...
‘Adventures In Legal Tech’: An Apt Analogy For Lawyer AI Use
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....
Alito’s Outburst And Tough Times For Partners
Supreme Court action gets spicy as Sam Alito threw a fit from the bench. After Justice Sotomayor took the opportunity to systematically dismantle his reasoning in the asylum case, Alito spoke up out of turn to explain that he’d have brought better arguments if he’d...
How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘Leadership Must Be Earned,’ Says Siegmund Gutman of Mintz
"Ultimately, I believe leadership must be earned. It's not enough to simply want to be a leader. People need to want to follow you. So, aspiring leaders must earn respect. This requires hard work. You must show why you can lead." "Ultimately, I believe...
Halfway To 250, America’s Republican President Fought Big Business, Won The Real Peace Prize, And Loved Nature
Like many of my fellow Americans, I have zero interest in any of the tacky, self-aggrandizing events President Donald Trump has planned for the nation’s 250th birthday. None of that is about us or our real history. Rather, Trump’s semiquincentennial celebrations are...
House GOP Defectors Tank Procedural Vote To Bring NDAA To Floor
The post House GOP Defectors Tank Procedural Vote To Bring NDAA To Floor appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — A gambit by House GOP leaders to tie the annual National Defense Authorization Act to a controversial voter restriction bill turned into a political...
‘How is it Not a Conflict?’ Debate Surrounds Kirkland’s Billion-Dollar Investment Fund
A Law.com investigation reveals a growing divide over whether U.S. law firms' in-house investment funds create alignment with private equity clients—or unresolvable conflicts that risk undermining lawyers' independence. A Law.com investigation reveals a growing...
Those ‘WL’ Citations Are An Open Invitation To AI Hallucinations
Lawyers continue to file hallucinated cases, which is, frankly, kind of an accomplishment at this point. Legal tools exist that guard against such hallucinations and even more tools exist to double check to make sure no hallucinations slipped in there. And then, of...
Supreme Court Justice’s Unusual Place In History
(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court Justice shook hands with both John Quincy Adams (6th president of the United States) and also John F. Kennedy (the 35th)? Hint: With more than 29 years on the...