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Equity Partners Are Becoming Passé
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, what percentage of partners in the Am Law 100 are of the nonequity variety? Hint: Nonequity partnership is increasingly popular in Biglaw, with just 10 firms in the...
The Legal Tech Giants Powering ICE, Part 1 — How Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis Helped Support America’s Immigration Surveillance Machine
[Note: Since first publishing this post, I have made several edits and updates based on information provided by Thomson Reuters and other sources. In most cases, I have indicated where I have changed or added information.] For the lawyers and other legal professionals...
Firm Leaders ‘Determined’ to Train Attorneys to Avoid Using AI-Produced Mistakes
“Our clients are very eager that [AI] be used and leveraged, and they and we are obviously interested in it being used responsibly, said Robert Hays of King & Spalding. “Our clients are very eager that [AI] be used and leveraged, and they and we are...
Supreme Court Considers Freeing Cisco From Torture Lawsuit by Chinese Religious Minorities
The court appears on the verge of closing the door to new types of claims brought under the 1789 Alien Tort Statute, which adherents of a Chinese minority religion are using to sue Cisco for allegedly aiding China's human rights abuses against them. The court...
Call for Nominations: New Jersey Legal Awards 2026
New Jersey Law Journal seeks nominations for great attorneys deserving of recognition in the state New Jersey Law Journal seeks nominations for great attorneys deserving of recognition in the state
Kirkland & Ellis to Hire Senior Paul Weiss Partner in London
Paul Weiss' head of European M&A is joining the world's largest law firm in the U.K., marking the first major loss for Paul Weiss in recent years and a signal of intent for Kirkland. Paul Weiss' head of European M&A is joining the world's largest law...
‘Remarkable’ but ‘Unsustainable’: Ex-McKinsey CLO Gives Up Government GC Post 6 Months After Confirmation
Pierre Gentin was one of two veteran corporate legal chiefs to take senior roles in Donald Trump's second presidential administration. Pierre Gentin was one of two veteran corporate legal chiefs to take senior roles in Donald Trump's second presidential...
The Future of Lawyering
As lawyers, we are very good at understanding the systems we operate in, and we are good at fixating on risk. But ask lawyers about the future of lawyering, and see if they can outline the principles, purpose, and mission of their organizations and roles. As...
Winston Taylor Merger Date in Doubt as European Split Delayed
The planned May 1 separation of Taylor Wessing's U.K. arm from some of its key continental European offices has been pushed to June as the disentanglement proves more time-consuming than anticipated. The planned May 1 separation of Taylor Wessing's U.K. arm from...
China Stops Meta’s AI Buyout as National Security Reviews Reshape M&A in Asia
Davis Polk & Wardwell, WongPartnership, Ogier, and Maples and Calder advised on the multi-billion-dollar deal. Davis Polk & Wardwell, WongPartnership, Ogier, and Maples and Calder advised on the multi-billion-dollar deal.
Live from the GCC Midwest 2026 with American Negotiation Institute’s Kwame Christian
In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Cedra Mayfield interviews American Negotiation Institute Founder Kwame Christian, live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago. In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Cedra Mayfield interviews American...
These Am Law 100 Law Firms Have Stacked Revenue the Most Since 2000
A Law.com analysis reveals that 20 firms have achieved compound annual growth rates in revenue of greater than 8% since fiscal 2000. Meanwhile, growth multiples range from 6.88x to 22.46x. A Law.com analysis reveals that 20 firms have achieved compound annual...
Sephora Hits Back at Claims That Loyalty Program Discriminates Based on Race, Age
A wave of arbitration claims alleges that personalized recommendations Sephora provides violate a California civil rights law because they're based on customers' skin tones and age ranges. A wave of arbitration claims alleges that personalized recommendations...
Legal Client Service Protocols: Tips to Ensure Things Don’t Slip Through the Cracks
Sally Schmidt | When you do something repetitively, it’s easy to go on autopilot. Establishing client service protocols helps ensure you’re paying proper attention to every client. The post Legal Client Service Protocols: Tips to Ensure Things Don’t Slip Through the...
The Biglaw Attorney Who Billed 3,451 Hours Last Year Deserves A Nap
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which Biglaw firm had the attorney who billed the most hours in 2025? Hint: The attorney record 3,451 hours last year. See the answer on the next page. The post The...
Suspicious Time To Talk About The Ballroom — See Also
No Room For Thoughts And Prayers This Time: Bad White House Correspondents’ Dinner optics fan false flag flames. Did They Forget Other People Would Read This Email?: What’s worse? That a Perkins Coie partner said this or HR’s response time? Inclusion Matters: Vault...
Crypto Push Won’t Last Without Congress, SEC’s Atkins Says
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the SEC can be nimble to provide the crypto industry market clarity but that "nothing future-proofs things like a statute." U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the SEC can...
Biglaw Harassment Account Includes Maybe The Most Insane Email A Biglaw Partner Has Ever Sent An Associate
As Perkins Coie and Ashurst advance toward their upcoming merger, it provides both firms an opportunity to reflect on their own calcified practices and embrace change where needed. Like, for example, how the new firm might handle a hypothetical situation where a...
Todd Blanche Sued Over Epstein Files Cover Up
Todd Blanche wants to talk about the White House ballroom. Or the Southern Poverty Law Center. Or how to transfer taxpayer dollars into Donald Trump’s personal account. But he definitely does NOT want to talk about the Epstein files, a subject of inquiry that he’s...
The First Draft Is the Power Move Law Firms Keep Ignoring
Law firms still believe strategy happens in markup. That belief is increasingly wrong. In modern litigation, the most consequential strategic move often happens before outside counsel ever opens a document. It happens when the first draft is written. And more often...
Vault Ranks The Best Law Firms For Inclusion (2027)
Over the course of the past month, Vault has rolled out a variety of law firm rankings — from the firms that are the most prestigious to the firms that offer the best quality of life to the firms with the top-ranked practice areas in their region — and there’s yet...
Targets Too Hot To Troll
(Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Donald Trump has met his match. Twice. First, Trump has probably learned that one should not pick online fights with the Vicar of Christ. Those fights are hard to win — maybe because the Pope’s got a...
Biglaw’s Prime Directive: Don’t Dilute Equity, But Avoid Making It Seem Like A ‘Caste System’
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It opens more doors and more opportunities when you have that [income] tier. Firms, I believe, are also looking to protect their equity partnership and ensure it’s healthy and economically viable. So, finding a...
As AI Blunders Pile Up, Firms Address Ethics Implications of New Technology
“The rules haven't really changed, but we're just having trouble following them when the output of some AI is so seductively good, said Adams & Reese legal ethics expert Lucian Pera. “And it's hard. It's hard to convince people to do it. “The rules...
As AI Blunders Pile Up, Law Firms Address Ethics Implications of New Technology
“The rules haven't really changed, but we're just having trouble following them when the output of some AI is so seductively good, said Adams & Reese legal ethics expert Lucian Pera. “And it's hard. It's hard to convince people to do it. “The rules...
Judges And Former Clerks Encourage SCOTUS To Hear Judge Pauline Newman’s Case
It is easy to think about Judge Pauline Newman’s ongoing shadow impeachment as a one-off event. In many ways it is — thankfully, there is no long string of courts fabricating heart attacks and diminished brain capacity claims to boot a colleague off the court — but if...
Good Job DOJ, Now The Conspiracy Theorists Have A Point
You almost have to admire the speed. Less than 24 hours after a gunman was tackled outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Department of Justice had already drafted a letter addressed to Greg Craig of Foley Hoag...
Good Job DOJ, Now The Conspiracy Theorists Have A Point
You almost have to admire the speed. Less than 24 hours after a gunman was tackled outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Department of Justice had already drafted a letter addressed to Greg Craig of Foley Hoag...
Section 2 Antitrust Claims Used to Be Sure Losers. Why Are They Suddenly Winning?
Three big wins for antitrust enforcers—the Live Nation suit and the Google search and ad-tech suits—all relied on the rarely used Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Three big wins for antitrust enforcers—the Live Nation suit and the Google search and...
Court Side-Eyes Trump’s Plan To Sue Himself And Loot The Treasury
Trump’s plan to fleece American taxpayers ran into a tiny speed bump on Friday thanks to Judge Kathleen Williams of the Southern District of Florida. Williams is saddled with Trump’s preposterous trollsuit against the IRS for the wrongful disclosure of his tax returns...
A Lawyer’s Guide To Artificial Intelligence
For lawyers, understanding AI is not just about the latest technology; it’s about remaining relevant in a rapidly evolving legal landscape. Legal professionals need to be aware of the ethical ramifications of AI, so they can confidently leverage AI tools to improve...
How I Made Partner: ‘The Right Environment Is the Most Important Factor,’ Says Eric Wisotsky of Pryor Cashman
"Finding the right environment is, in my view, the most important factor in making partner. I would tell an associate to focus on three things: fit, work ethic, and attitude." "Finding the right environment is, in my view, the most important factor in making...
How Legal Chiefs Can Bust Their Budgets Without Losing Face
In-house leaders say the starting point for efficient budget management is identifying which matters are routine and which are so high-stakes that penny pinching would be reckless. In-house leaders say the starting point for efficient budget management is...
Legal Ethics Roundup: Ethics Of Attorney-Journalists, The ‘Hyperlink Rule,’ OH Allows Judges’ Political Endorsements, SPLC Indictment & 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. Happy Monday! Last week I...
Live from the GC Midwest 2026 with Harshita Ganesh
In this episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews Harshita Ganesh, associate at CMBG3 Law, live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago. In this episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews Harshita Ganesh, associate at CMBG3 Law, live from the...
The Fashion Brands Most Vulnerable To Counterfeiting In 2026
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Morning Docket: 04.27.26
* Public confidence in the Supreme Court falls, which is significant because it didn’t seem like it could go lower. [ABA Journal] * Losing key appellate lawyers unlikely to impact firm profits. [American Lawyer] * DOJ asks plaintiffs to drop the ballroom construction...
Questel Launches QaECTER, a New AI Model Claiming State-of-the-Art Performance in Patent Search
Questel, an intellectual property software and services company headquartered in Paris, has released QaECTER, a new AI model designed specifically for semantic patent retrieval. The company says the model outperforms competing systems, including those that are...
Gavel Launches Web-Based AI Contract Platform, Expanding ‘Gavel Exec’ Beyond Its Word Add-In
Gavel, the Los Angeles-based legal AI company, today announced the launch of Gavel Exec for Web, a browser-based expansion of its AI contract review and drafting product that until now has lived primarily as an add-in inside Microsoft Word. “With Gavel Exec for Web,...
The Week in Data April 27: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including who took home honors at this year's WIPL Awards. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including who took home honors at this year's WIPL Awards.
Law Firms Are Going Further to Protect Their Equity Tiers
"A more concentrated equity structure gives firms more room to compensate star partners or attract major rainmakers, sometimes at the $20-plus million range," said one legal recruiter. "In this fiercely competitive market, flexibility at the top matters...
The Law Firm Productivity Myth That’s Burning Lawyers Out
If you ask most lawyers what productivity looks like, the answer is predictable, says Karen Skinner. More hours. Faster turnaround. More, more, more. But what if better productivity means doing less, not more? The post The Law Firm Productivity Myth That’s Burning...
Why LinkedIn Content Fails (and How to Fix It)
Most lawyers don’t have a content problem—they have an intention problem. Learn how to fix your LinkedIn presence using the power of data storytelling and psychology. The post Why LinkedIn Content Fails (and How to Fix It) appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for...
Announcing the Finalists for the 2026 California Legal Awards
The awards celebrate the achievements of lawyers and companies based in the Golden State leading technology, innovation and the profession as a whole. The awards celebrate the achievements of lawyers and companies based in the Golden State leading technology,...
Justice Department’s SPLC Indictment Just Got Dumber, Which Seemed Impossible
There’s a lot of nuance to the practice of criminal law, but all those fuzzy, creative, ingenious aspects rest atop a straightforward foundation. A lot goes down over the course of a prosecution, but from jump, the government takes the elements of a crime and engages...
The DOJ’s Week Of Disaster — See Generally
The Streisand Effect Finds Its Spirit Animal: The Atlantic published an article based on multiple insider accounts of Kash Patel’s drinking prompting the FBI Director to promise swift legal retaliation. He made good on that pledge with a flimsy $250 million defamation...
Canadian M&A Activity Remains Brisk in the Face of US Pressures, Global Uncertainty
Energy, mining and utilities led the way in Q1, with investors drawn by Canada's image of stability, lawyers say. Energy, mining and utilities led the way in Q1, with investors drawn by Canada's image of stability, lawyers say.
Prominent Appellate Partner Joins Paul, Weiss Litigation Exodus For Davis Polk
Well, readers, the Paul, Weiss litigation exodus just claimed a major name. Kannon Shanmugam — one of the most prominent Supreme Court litigators in private practice, a man who has argued 39 cases before the High Court — is leaving Paul, Weiss for Davis Polk &...
Pirro Taps Out On Powell
On Wednesday, Jeanine Pirro defiantly insisted that her investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was ongoing. “This investigation continues,” the US Attorney for DC huffed at a press conference. “I am in the legal lane. There are others who are in the...
FedSoc Event Meant To Sanewash DHS Abducting People Made Harder By Protesters Making A Big Fuss About Racial Profiling
Politeness is a one-way street. You can openly mock some of the most prominent jurists in the nation if you’re on the right team, but playing for the other side opens you up to all sorts of nitpicking about the proper way to do things. It is a nonsense rule that...
The Biglaw EO Cases Head To The D.C. Circuit With A Hall-Of-Fame Advocate — And One Very Thirsty Judge
The Biglaw executive order saga has a new twist, and it’s a good one, or at least as good as things can get when you’re heading into an appellate court knowing one of three judges is going to vote against you no matter what argument you make, because she has a Supreme...
The Most Prestigious Biglaw Firms In Boston (2027)
Boston is brimming with business opportunities, which is just one of the reasons that Biglaw firms are flocking there to throw open their doors. If you’re a lawyer who runs on Dunkin’, Beantown is the place to be. But which firm is right for you? Thanks to Vault’s...
Attorneys Often Clog eFiling Systems With Unnecessary Filings
I am old enough to remember when many courts did not have electronic systems to accept documents for filing. During this time, filing motion papers, pleadings, and other documents was an arduous process that either involved going to court or using a service to file...
‘Glassdoor for Judges’ Celebrates Its Second Birthday
So, you want to clerk? How will you avoid judges who harass their clerks? For two years, I posed this question at dozens of The Legal Accountability Project’s (LAP) law school events across the country. Then, in April 2024 — two years ago this month — that answer...
The Biglaw Firm Rising Through The Rankings
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which firm had the largest increase in its Am Law 100 ranking? Hint: The firm rose 13 places, from 75 to 62. See the answer on the next page. The post The Biglaw...
Big Names Polking Around — See Also
Kannon Shanmugam Is Headed To Davis Polk & Wardwell: Best of luck to the firm’s new Supreme Court and appellate practice! Wave Goodbye To The ICE/IRS Firewall: One small step toward losing billions in taxable income at a time. The Government’s Poor Case Against...
Merck Wins First Trial Over Cosmetic Talc Products Dr. Scholl’s, Lotrimin
An Illinois jury in Cook County Circuit Court handed Merck a defense verdict on April 17 after fewer than two hours of deliberations. An Illinois jury in Cook County Circuit Court handed Merck a defense verdict on April 17 after fewer than two hours of...
Litigation Trends to Watch: FTC Unleashes Wave of Consumer and Antitrust Actions. Plus, Pacific Trial Attorneys Advocates for Consumers in Los Angeles
FTC targets anti-competitive activity and 'Made in the USA' marketing. FTC targets anti-competitive activity and 'Made in the USA' marketing.
Law School Applicants Continued to Skyrocket in 2025, Driving Admission Rates to New Lows
At the same time, the total number of J.D. degrees awarded in 2025 decreased by nearly 2,500 from the year before. At the same time, the total number of J.D. degrees awarded in 2025 decreased by nearly 2,500 from the year before.
New Rule Would Clarify Who’s in Charge Under ‘Joint Employer’ Status
It's hard to tell how judges would receive the new rule, which would govern disputes that are becoming more common with the rise in outsourcing, staffing agencies and franchises. It's hard to tell how judges would receive the new rule, which would govern...
Appellate Exits at Paul Weiss, Sullivan & Cromwell May Dent Firms’ Prestige, but Not Bottom Lines
Observers expect both firms to work to fill the vacancies with big names, but Sullivan & Cromwell is likely to be first with an announcement. Observers expect both firms to work to fill the vacancies with big names, but Sullivan & Cromwell is likely to...
Palantir Pushes CLO’s Pay to $28M, but He Has to Stay Until 2033 to Get It All
The company says it attached strings to most of Ryan Taylor's pay to keep him "appropriately motivated." The company says it attached strings to most of Ryan Taylor's pay to keep him "appropriately motivated."
Beyond AI Policy: What to Tell Your Clients After Heppner
Eric Magnuson | A written prohibition on the use of consumer AI tools is a sticky note on an unlocked door. It does not prevent entry. Contracts, technical controls, training and enforcement must reinforce the policy. The post Beyond AI Policy: What to Tell Your...
The Week in Data April 24: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the 2026 Am Law 100 report. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the 2026 Am Law 100 report.
Beating Burnout: For Attorneys and Those Who Work with Them
Burnout in the legal profession is not a passing phase or a buzzword — it is a measurable, widespread occupational hazard. It is not just a personal struggle. In law firms, corporate legal departments, courts, and public agencies, burnout affects productivity, morale,...
Regulators Poised to Lighten Disclosure Requirements for $26 Trillion Private Fund Industry
A nonprofit championing tighter financial regulation criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal, saying, "They should not be increasing the odds of market mayhem and investor losses.” A nonprofit...
How I Made Partner: ‘Take the Opportunities That Come Your Way,’ Says Elizabeth Arko of Tucker Ellis
"Find people who support you and want you to succeed, and when you do find them, work hard. Put your head down and take the opportunities that come your way. Sometimes it is exhausting but taking on opportunities as they come and then working hard to do well with...
Stop Hoping Your Law Firm Partners Become Rainmakers: Why Firms Need BD Infrastructure, Not Encouragement
If you want sustainable revenue growth, you cannot treat rainmaking as a personality trait. You must treat it as a professional discipline — one that is intentionally developed through structured partner development based on a proven framework. If you want...
Facing Leaks, Supreme Court Moves Forward With Arguments And New Cases
In this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover discusses the latest leak of confidential memos from the Supreme Court, a major new blockbuster First Amendment case, and this week's hearing about the SEC's power to order disgorgement. In this...
Live from the GCC Midwest 2026 with Farrah Pepper
In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews Harvey legal innovation partner Farrah Pepper live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago. In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews Harvey legal innovation...
Lender Awarded $2.26M in Financing Dispute Against Electric Car, Golf Cart Companies
"As to the additional fees defendants argue fall 'outside the scope of the receivership,' it is clear that defendants seek to relitigate the initial appointment of the receivership, which the court determined was definitively necessary," the U.S. District Court for...
‘Grave Threat’: Ex-Clerks, Judges Urge Supreme Court to Review Newman’s Suspension
The retired judges argued the D.C. Circuit relied on faulty precedent to dismiss Federal Circuit Judge Newman's challenge to her suspension. The retired judges argued the D.C. Circuit relied on faulty precedent to dismiss Federal Circuit Judge Newman's challenge...
DLA Piper Unifies Leadership and Will Consult Partners on Aligning Separate Pay Models
The firm says it has voted to dissolve its current verein structure as it creates a new global LLP, but will maintain its separate profit pools. The firm says it has voted to dissolve its current verein structure as it creates a new global LLP, but will maintain...
Ten Commandments In Schools Law Upheld, As Fifth Circuit Declares ‘Thou Shalt Not Confuse Us With Facts’
Texas passed a law mandating that schools must display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Because nothing says, “we’re not establishing a religion” like forcing students to learn under the watchful eye of a legislature’s preferred scripture. The law inspired a swift...
Joe Exotic’s Lawyer Runs Afoul Of AI Hallucinations
An incarcerated murder-for-hire convict in a federal lawsuit over whether an animal sanctuary can neuter a white Bengal tiger named Elvis that the plaintiff used to own is already hallucinatory enough without the case citations being fake. Joseph Maldonado — better...
No Facts, No Problem! — See Also
Fifth Circuit’s Stuart Kyle Duncan Shows You Can Go Far Without Doing The Reading: Also, the Establishment Clause doesn’t matter anymore. Keeping It Real About Real Estate Law: These schools should be at the top of your list! Exercise Judgment: AI can help you, but...
Clio Work, Clio’s AI Workspace, Is Now Available To Solo And Smaller Law Firms As A Standalone Product
The post Clio Work, Clio’s AI Workspace, Is Now Available To Solo And Smaller Law Firms As A Standalone Product appeared first on Above the Law.Clio has made Clio Work — the AI workspace for legal research, analysis and strategy it launched last October — available as...
Biglaw Partnership Isn’t Always The Financial Windfall You May Think It Is
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which Am Law 100 firm has the lowest average compensation for all partners? Hint: On average, partners make $380,000 at the firm, less than senior associates at...
Davis Polk Poaches Paul Weiss Litigation Co-Chair, Launches Supreme Court and Appellate Group
Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are joining Davis Polk to launch a new practice for the firm. Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are joining Davis Polk to launch a new practice for the firm.
Law Firm Disrupted: PE Eyes Another Sector of the Legal Industry
Two figures from the investment world make the case for why the personal injury world is an ideal destination for outside investment. Two figures from the investment world make the case for why the personal injury world is an ideal destination for outside...
‘It Sets a Very Bad Precedent’: Roundup Settlement’s Critics Ask Federal Judge to Intervene
Two co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the Roundup multidistrict litigation filed an injunction motion earlier this month before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in California's Northern District, to intervene in a $7.25 billion class action settlement preliminarily...
Founded on AI, Newcomers Look to Transform the Legal Services Market
New legal technology startups, hybrid law firms and “AI-native law firms are sprouting up to challenge the legal industry's existing order, convinced there is a better way to delivery legal services in the AI era. New legal technology startups, hybrid law firms...
Law Student Finds Himself In The Best Jeopardy Possible
Most law students have to make it to a Biglaw firm before their smarts net them their six-figure checks. But there are many ways to put thinking like a lawyer to good use. One lawyerly talent — recalling strange bits of trivia at a moment’s notice — has put a Seton...
Companies Are Quietly Killing Their Law Firm Diversity Mandates
Remember when general counsel were the cavalry? When the corporate legal world was going to save Biglaw from itself by threatening to yank business from firms that couldn’t put a diverse team on the field? For a hot minute there, it actually seemed to be working....
Elite Biglaw Firm Learns The Real Cost Of AI Hallucinations: The Firm’s Reputation
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The reputational concern is that it tells the court you didn’t read the case and you didn’t cite check your brief. Firms are now getting sanctioned for it so there is an economic concern as well. I think most...
The Best Law Schools For Real Estate Law (2026)
Real estate law sits at the intersection of contracts, finance, tax, and regulatory compliance, making it one of the most practical and quietly influential areas of practice. Whether you end up in Biglaw, a boutique shop, or hanging your own shingle, understanding how...
Virginia Poised for Major Expansion of Employee Protections
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The Line We Cannot Cross: Where AI In Law Is Headed And Why Judgment Still Must Lead
AI is not waiting for the legal profession to get comfortable. It is moving fast, getting better, and reaching deeper into the work lawyers do every day. It now helps with drafting, summarizing, contract review, research support, document analysis, workflow...
Sex, Drugs, And Social Media Addiction
We are all addicts of one kind or another. Whether it’s addiction to work, alcohol, drugs, sex, or something or someone, we don’t seem to be able to relinquish whatever or whoever it is that has us in its grasp. Social media has already done that. Stories are replete...
AI For Lawyer Moms
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In-House Lawyers Staying Put, Despite Underwhelming Pay Raises
“High-caliber general counsel and senior legal leaders are rarely raising a hand in the current market, said Mary Rombaut of the recruiting firm BarkerGilmore. error code: 502
Abstract Brings AI-Powered Legislative Intelligence to Law Firms and Corporate Legal Teams
A New York-based legal tech startup called Abstract is making a push into the market for legislative and regulatory monitoring, offering law firms and corporate legal departments what it describes as a fundamentally different approach to keeping clients and businesses...
States Moving to Open Liability Against ICE Agents Face Major Legal Hurdles
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How The DOJ Is Tackling Fraud In The ACA Marketplace
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Flash Justice Aims to Take Small-Claims Plaintiffs Not Just to the Form, But All the Way through Filing
In the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Israeli entrepreneur Erez Vega-Kadoch kept receiving what he considered to be inappropriate text messages from an Israeli company. Never having consented to the messages, he decided to fight back and file a...
Morning Docket: 04.23.26
* Republican county judge blocks Virginia’s redistricting effort. The same judge already tried to block it before and keeps getting swatted down by the state supreme court. [Reuters] * SBF says he wrote his own brief… with help from his parents. Which must thrill the...
The Seven Pillars of Legal MSO Deals
Frederick Shelton and Ayven Dodd: 'The Legal MSO industry is still in its early stages. That means firms are getting the best deals they will ever get — at least the firms that aren't distracted shiny objects while the MSO is taking control over autonomy, culture and...
Japan Blocks MBK’s $1.7B Makino Acquisition Citing National Security Concerns
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Why Trust is the Strategy & How to End a Friendship with AI
Megan Hargroder returns to discuss scaling a legal marketing agency and why AI-driven search (AEO) requires a shift to trust-based storytelling. The post Why Trust is the Strategy & How to End a Friendship with AI appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law...
Hogan Lovells CEO Miguel Zaldivar on Orchestrating a $4 Billion Big Law Merger
Miguel Zaldivar, the CEO of the soon-to-be Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, speaks with Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith about the genesis of the deal, the process he and the firm went through to secure the partnership vote, and what comes next. error code: 502