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‘HA!’: Trade Judge ‘Stunned’ With Feds’ Proposal on IEEPA Duty Refunds
The U.S. Department of Justice's Claudia Burke suggested the trade court waive its filing fees in an attempt to steer the judge away from certifying a class of the thousands of importers that are owed approximately $14 billion in duty refunds—and which, in the...
Biglaw Firm Facing RICO Claims Loses Motion To Compel Arbitration
Reed Smith pointed to the arbitration clause in its engagement letter hoping it could bump the civil RICO suit out of court. It did not. Bankruptcy Judge John P. Mastando III denied the firm’s motion to compel arbitration and its alternative motion to dismiss on...
Adam Schiff Has Had It With Trump’s Election-Denying Judicial Nominees. Same, Honestly.
At Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Adam Schiff tried something different. Instead of asking Trump judicial nominee Gregory Carl Cook directly who won the 2020 election — a question that has produced the same scripted non-answer from every...
The DOJ Has Betrayed Epstein Survivors — New Mexico Is Suing Over The Latest Issue
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the U.S. Department of Justice, demanding access to unredacted Epstein investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding, files New Mexico...
Beyond Generative AI: The Rise of Agentic AI in Corporate Legal
Join this webcast to explore how contract lifecycle management has progressed—from traditional CLM platforms to AI-powered solutions and now to agentic AI. Join this webcast to explore how contract lifecycle management has progressed—from traditional CLM...
How SmartAdvocate™ Manages A Case From First Call To Final Settlement
Most law firms have no shortage of technology these days, but that might be part of the problem. A firm can have one system for prospects, another for documents, and still more tools for scheduling, client communications, reporting and accounting. Stitching them...
Biglaw Is Bigger Than Ever, But Its Associate Classes Are Getting Smaller
Just yesterday, we noted that Biglaw had officially become the single largest employer of new law graduates. That’s still true. But there’s a catch: the biggest firms are hiring fewer of them. New data from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) shows that...
Trump Warms To Ukraine Only Because It’s Winning; He Might Do The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason
The war between Russia and Ukraine is the largest European conflict since World War II. It is also the most morally unambiguous war since WWII. Unless you are a victim of Russia’s extensive propaganda machine, it is absolutely clear that Russia unjustifiably invaded...
Biglaw Is Now The Largest Employer Of New Law Grads
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Today, firms of more than 500 lawyers have firmly established themselves as the single largest employer of new law graduates, accounting for more than one in five employed graduates of the Class of 2025. When...
Former Federal Prosecutors To Senate: Stop Confirming Election Deniers To The Federal Bench
The results of the 2020 election are not just like, your opinion, man. There was a demonstrated winner and loser and the election was one of the most investigated in history and Joe Biden won. That is just a fact. Now 12 former federal prosecutors who worked on J6...
DISCO Moves Beyond E-Discovery With ‘Unified Litigation Solution’ That Combines Case Facts And Case Law
The post DISCO Moves Beyond E-Discovery With ‘Unified Litigation Solution’ That Combines Case Facts And Case Law appeared first on Above the Law.DISCO is moving beyond e-discovery, the technology that has been its bread and butter ever since its founding in 2013, to...
Inside the Strategy 2 Mintz Attorneys Used to Strike a Mass. Rent Control Initiative From November Ballot
Most attorneys who become involved in ballot initiative campaigns join at the outset, often in August of the prior year or earlier, as the measures gain momentum. Few attorneys enter the fray midway through the process. But Mintz attorneys Elissa Flynn-Poppey and...
Inside the Strategy 2 Mintz Attorneys Used to Strike a Mass. Rent Control Initiative From the November Ballot
Most attorneys who become involved in ballot initiative campaigns join at the outset, often in August of the prior year or earlier, as the measures gain momentum. Few attorneys enter the fray midway through the process. But Mintz attorneys Elissa Flynn-Poppey and...
Retailers Are Selling Economic Rights To Their Potential Tariff Refunds
The post Retailers Are Selling Economic Rights To Their Potential Tariff Refunds appeared first on Above the Law.The post Retailers Are Selling Economic Rights To Their Potential Tariff Refunds appeared first on Above the Law.
Exclusive: Coming Out of Stealth, Paravo Launches What It Calls the First AI ‘Revenue Engine’ for Law Firms
Rarely do law firms lose clients on merit, argues Cesar Tapia. They lose them before intake ever happens – to missed calls, slow follow-up and dead voicemail. Today, Tapia and his cofounder Eslam Odeh are launching their answer to that problem – Paravo, a startup...
11th Circuit Judge Targeted: Florida AG Adds Jurist to His Growing Impeachment List
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier requested Congress launch an impeachment inquiry into Judge Nancy Abudu, claiming her past role at the Southern Poverty Law Center warrants removal from the bench. Abudu is the fourth jurist Uthmeier has called for the...
Morning Docket: 08.06.26
* New Mexico sued the Justice Department, accusing Todd Blanche of facilitating a cover-up of Epstein crimes in the state. [Courthouse News Service] * Trump attempts to block BBC access to his finances as he learns that “discovery” is a thing that happens. [New...
Am Law 200 Law Firms Hit with Hefty Malpractice Claims in July, Law.com Radar Shows
Ex-partner and associate employment suits also hit several Am Law 200 firms last month. Ex-partner and associate employment suits also hit several Am Law 200 firms last month.
Judge With Miami Ties Targeted: Florida AG Adds Jurist to His Growing Impeachment List
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier requested Congress launch an impeachment inquiry into U.S. Circuit Judge Nancy Abudu of the Eleventh Circuit, claiming her past role at the Southern Poverty Law Center warrants removal from the bench. Abudu is the fourth jurist...
Things Must Be Busy At Milbank — See Also
Milbank Offers An Early Start, And Actually Means ‘Optional’: The firm is offering its incoming class a start date three weeks early, and citing ‘exceptionally strong client demand’ to explain why. A History-Making Group Lateral Move: Brown Rudnick just picked off 34...
Radio Ga Ga: Why Podcasting Is the Undiscovered Marketing Goldmine for Lawyers
Jared Correia | Podcasting, for lawyers, isn’t about chasing Joe Rogan numbers; You are broadcasting to your niche, supercharging your current referral networking strategy. Here are three good reasons to bring your marketing into modern marketing world. The post Radio...
Milbank, Citing Client Demand, Offers Early Start Date For New Associates
The firm told its incoming first-year associates that they can start three weeks early on August 24 if they want, citing high demand at the firm. The firm told its incoming first-year associates that they can start three weeks early on August 24 if they want,...
He Left The Bench For The Ballot, Then Came Back For More
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which sitting Supreme Court justice resigned his seat to accept a major party’s presidential nomination? Hint: After losing a nail biter of an election — he reportedly went to bed election night...
Milbank Is So Busy It’s Letting Its Incoming Associates Start Early — Again
Milbank has once again decided its incoming associates shouldn’t have to wait around to get to work, offering the new class the option to start three weeks ahead of schedule, August 24, rather than the September 14 date on the calendar. It’s a nice gesture for those...
AI Doesn’t Need Your Data. It Needs Your Workflow.
For the past few years, much of the conversation around artificial intelligence has centered on data. Organizations have worried whether employees might upload confidential information into public AI tools. Regulators have debated privacy, copyright, and data...
Trump Crackdown on Transnational Crime Makes Business Thornier in Latin America
From Mexico to Brazil, multinational companies are exercising greater caution as they evaluate investments and business relationships in the region. From Mexico to Brazil, multinational companies are exercising greater caution as they evaluate investments and...
5th Circuit Sees Possible Record En Banc Activity in 2026
While various factors may help explain the high level of en banc activity, court watchers cautioned that this year's potential record may be a function of the Fifth Circuit's docket, not necessarily a sign that its judges have become more receptive to rehearing cases...
Todd Blanche Loses Susan Collins’s Vote. Blame His Secret Promises To Anti-Abortion Groups.
Susan Collins has made her decision. The Maine Republican announced Tuesday that she will vote against Todd Blanche’s confirmation as Attorney General, citing a list of concerns that reads like a greatest hits of everything we’ve been covering since the nomination...
SurePoint’s New CEO Jeff Steinberg on His Mandate for Change
SurePoint Technologies, a company that provides practice-management, finance and growth technology products for mid-sized law firms, named Jeff Steinberg its chief executive officer on July 23, elevating Eric Thurston, who had led the company since 2023, to executive...
OpenAI to Pay $3.2 Million Over Alleged Preference for Foreign Workers
The case was based on five allegations of citizenship status discrimination against OpenAI and one against Statsig between 2023 and 2025, according to the settlement agreement. The case was based on five allegations of citizenship status discrimination against...
From ‘Vendor’ To ‘Partner’: How LexisNexis Is Deepening Law Firm Relationships
Attend any business of law event in 2026, and you’ll hear about the increasing importance of “soft skills,” like managing interpersonal relationships or strategically thinking through ambiguity. For large law firms, this emphasis is part of adapting to technology’s...
Will We Never Learn Our Lesson About The Bar Exam?
The profession yet again forced law school graduates to take a closed-book doctrinal memory test to earn the right to perform a job where answering questions from memory constitutes malpractice. And, yet again, the ritual came with a series of catastrophes and a fully...
Will We Never Learn Our Lesson About The Bar Exam?
The profession yet again forced law school graduates to take a closed-book doctrinal memory test to earn the right to perform a job where answering questions from memory constitutes malpractice. And, yet again, the ritual came with a series of catastrophes and a fully...
Biglaw Firm Goes Even Bigger With Largest Group Hire In Firm History
If there was any doubt that group lateral moves are still having a moment, Brown Rudnick has put that to rest. The Biglaw firm announced today that it landed the largest group hire in its history, bringing aboard a 34-lawyer intellectual property litigation team from...
Honor Courts, Boards, And Academic Dishonesty
Many law schools have a disciplinary body of students, faculty, or a combination of the two, that determine violations of the law school’s “honor code.” These “honor courts” or “honor boards” are quasi-adjudicatory creatures. The purpose of these boards is a bit of...
Will Trump’s Tariffs Be Reversed After He Leaves Office?
(Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)A number of people are wondering whether to hold off on any major purchases until Trump leaves office. While most will accept a tariff on a cheap good, they may contemplate delaying big-ticket items such as a computer, a...
From ‘Vendor’ To ‘Partner’: How LexisNexis Is Deepening Law Firm Relationships
Attend any business of law event in 2026, and you’ll hear about the increasing importance of “soft skills,” like managing interpersonal relationships or strategically thinking through ambiguity. For large law firms, this emphasis is part of adapting to technology’s...
How We Made Partner: ‘Never Stop Asking Questions,’ Say Alex and Zach Nemtzow of Wilmer
"Never stop asking questions. Even the best lawyers don't know all the answers. Whether you're asking a senior attorney why they made a strategic decision, asking a mentor for career advice, or asking a client what's important to them or their business—those questions...
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Ellen Bardash: Gilead Wins Liability Ruling Over Past HIV Drug Alternative, Algorithmic Pricing Suit Against Hotel Casinos Revived by Third Circuit
This week: The California Supreme Court weighed in on whether pharmaceutical companies can be liable for negligence if they delay bringing a drug to market. The Third Circuit is allowing guests at Atlantic City hotels to move forward with claims related to...
Why An Extra $2 Million Isn’t Enough To Poach Biglaw’s Top Partners
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If you’re a partner making $15 million a year, another firm paying you $17 million a year doesn’t necessarily move the dial for you. Firms understand that. The pay packages are very reflective right now of what...
What In-House Counsel Actually Need From Outside Employment Advisers
Outside employment advisers who invest in understanding business context, communicate in the client's language, balance risk management with creative problem-solving, think about operational consequences, and build trust through demonstrated empathy will differentiate...
LexisNexis Bets On Build-A-Bear Model For Legal AI
This morning, LexisNexis announced its Customer Innovation Lab to rebuild “how legal AI gets shipped.” Lawyers from firms, corporate legal departments, the judiciary, and academia can walk into LexisNexis’s physical space with their specific pain points, and...
Morning Docket: 08.05.26
* Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office self-reports wrongdoing to DOJ watchdog… where almost certainly nothing will end up happening. [Chicago Tribune] * ABA House of Delegates refuses to junk diversity standard for accreditation. [JD Journal] * Anti-law enforcement license...
HHS Is Reviving Its 340B Rebate Push — And Providers Are None Too Pleased
The post HHS Is Reviving Its 340B Rebate Push — And Providers Are None Too Pleased appeared first on Above the Law.HHS unveiled a plan to reintroduce a rebate program for 340B drug discounts last week. The department, through the Health Resources and Services...
AI for Your Documents Without the Confidentiality Problem: What ‘On-Device’ Actually Means
Every piece of software on your devices is growing an “AI” button. Some send client materials to a server; some never leave your machine — and the buttons look identical. Here's how to tell the difference, and why it matters. The post AI for Your Documents Without the...
The Firms Leading on Female Equity Partners as UK Representation Inches Up
Law.com's latest research tracking the number of women at the largest law firms in the U.K. has found a gradual rise at senior levels despite the industry-wide DEI pullback. Law.com's latest research tracking the number of women at the largest law firms in the...
Bar Exam Test-Taker Sues Over Medical Response, as ‘Stop the Clock’ Effort Continues
A Fordham Law School graduate is suing Hofstra University, alleging delayed medical services after she suffered cardiac arrest during the July 2025 New York bar exam caused permanent injuries. A Fordham Law School graduate is suing Hofstra University, alleging...
‘Just a Lawyer Again’: Judge Brian Rickman’s Return to Client Advocacy
Former Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Brian M. Rickman is now handling wrongful death, medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, and appellate litigation at Cathey & Strain in Cornelia. Former Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Brian...
Anthropic Hires Former CA Supreme Court Justice Tino Cuéllar in Global Policy Role
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar will become a global executive with the AI company as it navigates national and international scrutiny and heads toward a possible IPO this year. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar will become a global executive with the AI company as it...
New Site From Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman Catalogs AI Policies At 128 Law Schools
The post New Site From Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman Catalogs AI Policies At 128 Law Schools appeared first on Above the Law.When law school AI policies have made news, it has usually been because they were controversial. UC Berkeley School of Law’s restrictive...
Todd Blanche Will Probably Be Confirmed Even Though Some Republican Senators Are Performatively On The Fence
Todd Blanche cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, which means the only thing standing between him and confirmation as the permanent Attorney General of the United States is a full Senate floor vote. Though it seems likely that step is but a formality, a...
Sidley Wastes No Time Raiding Hogan Lovells Cadwalader In Big Group Lateral Move
Law firm mergers are supposed to create momentum. Sometimes they create recruiting opportunities for the competition instead. Barely a month after Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader officially combined, Sidley Austin has poached an 11-lawyer New York fund finance team from...
Lawyer Laterals: Free Agents With No Comp Caps
The big news last week was that Bob Savitt, co-chair and veteran litigator with Wachtell, left that firm for Gibson Dunn and took six others with him. (It was supposed to be seven, but that’s a whole other story.) Lots of speculation why, and most of it centered on...
LinkedIn Is The Golden Goose For Introverted Lawyers: 5 Ways To Get Comfortable With Discomfort In Legal Business Development
People often think of me as an extrovert, and they are not wrong. Put me in a room with people, and I will tell stories, ask questions, make connections, and probably enjoy having a little attention thrown my way. But as I have gotten older, I have also become a bit...
The Legal Legend That Answered No To A Secretary’s Desk
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! She graduated near the top of her Stanford Law class of 1952, made law review and the Order of the Coif… but upon graduation, the only job offer she got in California was as a legal secretary. Who was...
Romantic Scandal Ends In Multimillion-Dollar Payout — See Also
It Looks Like The Jackson Walker/Federal Judge Scandal Is Officially Over: Some ~$20 million later… First Lateral Raid Just One Month After Mega-Merger: Sorry, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, but Sidley really needed that fund finance team. Todd Blanche Is About To Be AG:...
Illinois District Court Swats Down Novel Email Service Argument After 7th Circuit’s Ban
"For years, the majority approach to Schedule A cases among courts in this District has been to allow service of process by email on Chinese defendant," the judge said. "Kangol, of course, held otherwise, which has required district courts to change...
Your Google Business Profile: Turn It into the Hub of Your Local Digital Presence
A Houston family law attorney I worked with was sitting at 22nd place in local search results. They might as well have been invisible. Like many lawyers, they had set up their Google Business Profile (GBP), filled in their address, added a phone number, uploaded a few...
Thomson Reuters Says Its Homegrown AI Model Now Rivals the Frontier Labs – I Take A Closer Look At the Benchmarks
Thomson Reuters says the large language model it has been quietly building in-house now performs competitively with the best general-purpose AI models in the world, and it has released its first benchmarking results to back up the claim. In a July 31 post on the...
Universal Migrator helps closing startups offboard customers and reduce legal risk
A poorly managed shutdown can create significant risk. Customers may claim that they lost access to data, were not given a reasonable opportunity to retrieve it, or received exports that were incomplete or unusable. While no technology can eliminate legal risk, a...
Free Mediation Services Offered in Mass. to Address Backlogs in State’s Busiest Trial Court
The Massachusetts organizations will provide free mediation services to specific civil cases to address case backlogs in the Suffolk County Superior Court. The Massachusetts organizations will provide free mediation services to specific civil cases to address...
LexisNexis Opens Customer Innovation Lab in New York to Bring Customers, Engineers and AI Companies Together to Build Legal AI in Real Time
LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced the opening of its Customer Innovation Lab in New York City, a physical space where legal professionals, LexisNexis engineers, and AI technology partners including OpenAI and Amazon Web Services work side by side to...
The Private Equity Buzz: Will the MSO Trend Actually Gain Traction?
As private equity targets more law firms, Roy S. Ginsburg breaks down what the latest buzz means for small law firm owners. The post The Private Equity Buzz: Will the MSO Trend Actually Gain Traction? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
ABA Law School Diversity Standard Survives—For Now
The American Bar Association House of Delegates voted Tuesday to send the proposed repeal of Standard 206 back to council. The American Bar Association House of Delegates voted Tuesday to send the proposed repeal of Standard 206 back to...
Before He Wrote Opinions, He Broke Tackles
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which future Supreme Court justice was, briefly, the best running back in professional football — a first-round draft pick who led the NFL in rushing as a rookie, did it again two years later, and was...
The Explosive Look Inside Paul, Weiss — See Also
The Man Now Running Paul, Weiss Reportedly Didn’t Want A Trans Partner Working On His Clients: Before Scott Barshay took the corner office, he allegedly decided Lex Korberg was bad for business. Upon Further Reflection…: Jeanine Pirro declined to further imperil her...
The Trump Slush Fund Is Dead. Long Live The Trump Slush Fund.
Late Sunday night, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche posted a signed order to X rescinding the Anti-Weaponization Fund. The death of the Trump slush fund, that is, the fund personally created by Blanche earlier this year as part of a deal to drop Trump’s $10...
Some Law Grads Were Actually Able To Take The Washington Bar Exam — And They Deserve Diploma Privilege Too
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. There were absolutely no test-takers at the July 2026 Washington bar exam that were not impacted. Emergency diploma privilege is the only remedy for all impacted. Some test-takers have voluntarily shared their...
How To Avoid Hallucinations: A Legal Research AI That Works Like A Junior Lawyer
Better AI will not solve the hallucination problem. Today’s AI models are less prone to hallucinate than earlier models, and today’s well-known legal providers’ “grounding” of their AI responses has definitely cut down on obvious hallucinations. Don’t make the mistake...
Paul, Weiss’s Multimillion-Dollar Secret Deal To Get Its First Openly Trans Partner Out Of The Firm
We’ve spent well over a year now documenting Paul, Weiss’s descent from Biglaw’s self-appointed conscience to its most instructive cautionary tale — the craven deal with Trump, the litigation talent that bolted in response, the Epstein emails that ended Brad Karp’s...
Descrybe Open-Sources Its Legal Research Plumbing
Buried in the setup instructions of Anthropic’s claude-for-legal repository is the most important line about Claude’s threat (or OpenAI’s for that matter) to take over the legal industry: “Connect a research tool first.” Everything else in the suite — 12 practice-area...
Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A Biglaw Firm’s Court-Required Ethics Training, ‘Bending The Knee’ To Trump & 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! Today marks...
The Best Law Schools For Moot Court (2026)
Moot court may not get the same attention as law review, but for students who actually want to litigate, it’s one of the closest things to the real job that they’ll experience in law school. It forces students to think on their feet, respond to relentless questioning,...
Matthew Thomas Is Right: Good Legal Judgment Can’t Be Automated
For years, legal departments hired for expertise. They still do, of course. But expertise is no longer the differentiator it once was. Today, AI can summarize a contract in seconds. It can draft a clause, compare agreements, identify missing provisions, and even...
Counting Trump’s Many Victories
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Conservative commentators howled about the specter of Dr. Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself more than 100 times during his Congressional testimony last Wednesday. Disgraceful! And then I...
Donald Trump Likely To Fire Jeanine Pirro For Having One Foot In Reality
For 14 months, it didn’t seem as though there was a case too ridiculous for Jeanine Pirro to bring. Grand juries no-billed her office dozens of times. D.C. juries have acquitted her defendants at the drop of a sandwich. At one point, her office’s lack of faith in...
Did Paul, Weiss Partners Seriously Debate Running The Firm’s Business Past Stephen Miller?
Since the day it became the first Biglaw firm to cut a deal with Donald Trump, Paul, Weiss has leaned on one talking point above all others: the deal changed nothing. Brad Karp assured the firm that the deal would have “no effect on our work.” Paul, Weiss has spent...
Texas Lawyer Announces the 2026 Texas Legal Awards Shortlist
Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and winners of the 2026 Texas Legal Awards. Congratulations, and good luck to the finalists at the September 30 awards dinner in Dallas Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and...
Texas Legal Awards Shortlist Announced
Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and winners of the 2026 Texas Legal Awards. Congratulations, and good luck to the finalists at the September 30 awards dinner in Dallas Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and...
Bidding War in Big Law Accelerates as Law Firms Lean on More Comp Incentives
The scale and scope of incentives offered to lateral candidates have ballooned, while other incentives are becoming more common amid the talent war, sources say. The scale and scope of incentives offered to lateral candidates have ballooned, while other...
Illinois Bill Targeting Private Equity in Law Could Have Much Broader Impacts, Critics Warn
Supporters say the bill places needed safeguards on private equity. Critics question its effectiveness and constitutionality. Supporters say the bill places needed safeguards on private equity. Critics question its effectiveness and...
Litigating Institutional Betrayal: Military Medical Sexual Abuse, the Federal Tort Claims Act, and the Fight for Accountability
Military sexual trauma and sexual abuse within military medical systems expose one of the most difficult accountability gaps in American law. When the alleged abuse occurs inside a military hospital, under the authority of a uniformed physician, survivors are forced...
When One Case Can Change Thousands of Lives: The Changing Role of Class Actions and Mass Torts in Pursuing Justice
Most legal cases are measured by what they mean to one client or one family. Class actions and mass torts are different. While every plaintiff has an individual story, these cases often reveal a much larger pattern, one that affects hundreds, thousands, or even...
As AI Legal Research Tools Race to Give Answers, This New Product Gives Only Cases — And That’s the Point
At a time when virtually every major AI legal research product is moving toward delivering a single, synthesized answer to your research question, a new product launching today is based on the premise that many litigators want something that sounds almost old school –...
As AI Legal Research Tools Race to Give Answers, This New Product Gives Only Cases — And That’s the Point
At a time when virtually every major AI legal research product is moving toward delivering a single, synthesized answer to your research question, a new product launching today is based on the premise that many litigators want something that sounds almost old school –...
How I Made Partner: ‘Initiative, Independence and the Ability to Bring in Business,’ Says James D’Elicio of Chemtob Moss
"I am of the belief that there is no one-size-fits-all advice for an associate who wants to make partner—it depends entirely on the firm. At a smaller matrimonial firm like mine, what moves the needle is initiative, independence, and the ability to bring in...
Boston Defeats Restaurants’ Retaliation, Due Process Claims Over Outdoor Dining Rollback
The lawsuit challenged Boston's phased rollback of pandemic-era outdoor dining in the North End, where officials cited congestion, traffic and neighborhood rules to justify stricter rules than those imposed elsewhere. The lawsuit challenged Boston's phased...
A Bit Terrified of AI? Safe, Simple and Productive AI Projects for Small Firm Lawyers
Feeling a bit terrified of using AI in your firm? Jim Calloway has two easy AI project ideas for small firm lawyers that will help speed non-billable tasks, without compromising your ethics. The post A Bit Terrified of AI? Safe, Simple and Productive AI Projects for...
Big Law May Be Training AI Better Than Its Associates
From Australia to the U.S., firms are pouring money into AI while hiring fewer entry-level lawyers. The bigger risk isn't automation—it's failing to develop the judgment, strategy and client skills future partners will need. From Australia to the U.S., firms are...
Bar Exam Meltdown And Summer Bonuses — See Generally
Yakima, We Have A Problem: Washington scrapped its entire July NextGen administration after a convention center hardware failure left roughly 645 applicants unable to log in, offering them a tentative September makeup date, a transfer to February 2027, or a refund....
Supreme Court Has Reined in Agencies. Could Congress Be Next?
Having vastly curtailed the power and autonomy of federal agencies, reining in Congress could emerge as a key area of focus for the U.S. Supreme Court, experts say. Having vastly curtailed the power and autonomy of federal agencies, reining in Congress could...
The Biglaw Love Shack — See Also
If The Office Is A Rockin’: It seems as though everyone at Wachtell was hooking up. Anti-DEI Group Is Coming For The Biglaw Pipeline: They’ve filed suit against Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and 14 Biglaw firms. Broken Clocks: Elon Musk brings a valid challenge...
What a Border Market Teaches You About Running a Law Practice
I founded my personal injury practice in El Paso, Texas in 1999. El Paso sits in the far western corner of Texas, closer to three other state capitals than to Austin, pressed against both the New Mexico state line and the international border with Mexico. It is a...
How To Gain Visibility Through Featured Snippets
If you use Google regularly (yes, 90% of those searching for an answer still use Google!), you are probably familiar with featured snippets. These short excerpts from linked websites have become the ultimate golden ring in search engine marketing because not only are...
The Ultimate Clerkship Flex
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who is the only Supreme Court justce to see two of his former SCOTUS clerks become justices? Hint: The future justices even clerked at One First Street during the same Term — they attended the same...
The Blickstein Group Law Firm COO Survey: The More Things Change, The More Some Things Stay The Same
The 2026 Blickstein Group law firm COO survey recently came out, and it has some startling, interesting, and downright disheartening results. The survey, in its fifth year, was of 213 chief operating officers (COOs) or those with similar roles at North American law...
Bill Would Give Judiciary Management Control of Federal Courthouses
“The introduction of this bipartisan bill takes a big step toward addressing the chronic problems that have afflicted federal courthouses and other mission critical facilities of the Judicial Branch, said former U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad Jr., who directs the...
Litigation Trends to Watch: Lawsuits Center on Silenced No More Act, Sports Betting Apps and Ernst & Young Cyberattack
Employers are accused of imposing overbroad non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements. Employers are accused of imposing overbroad non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements.
Senior Partners Should Sometimes Take Advice From Junior Associates
One of the biggest misconceptions in the legal profession is that wisdom flows in only one direction. Some believe that associates learn from partners, and junior lawyers absorb the judgment and experience of those who have spent decades practicing law. That dynamic...
The Worst Person You Know Just Filed A Good First Amendment Lawsuit Against A Very Badly Drafted Nudify App Ban
There’s been a bunch of news this week regarding Minnesota’s new law that purports to prohibit “nudification” technology, and the fact that xAI has sued to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. A few things need to be said upfront, because it’s very, very easy to...