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How Mark Lanier Used AI in the Social Media Addiction Trial
“We were able to take a collaborative AI model that cross-pollinates across all the different large language models and infuse it with my brain, said W. Mark Lanier of his work with BoodleBox on the blockbuster trial. “We were able to take a collaborative AI...
Sullivan & Cromwell Files Emergency ‘Please Don’t Sanction Us For All These AI Hallucinations’ Letter
There is a certain dark comedy in watching the law firm that advises OpenAI on its “safe and ethical deployment” of artificial intelligence rush to the federal bankruptcy docket seeking leniency after realizing they’ve filed a lengthy brief riddled with AI...
You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For — See Also
Multibillion-Dollar Firm Caught Up On AI Hallucinations: Sullivan & Cromwell needs to up their editing process. Who Exactly Wrote Kash’s Complaint?: The $250M lawsuit looks like it has AI ink all over it. Racing To Employment: Law school shifts academic program to...
Did Kash Patel’s Lawyers Have ChatGPT File A $250 Million Lawsuit?
Kash Patel’s massive lawsuit against The Atlantic asserts dubious defamation claims, but could it also be… AI slop? The $250 million complaint filed in D.C. federal court — a necessity to avoid the anti-SLAPP laws that would almost certainly make this a financial...
Ranking The Best Law School Buildings In America (2026)
From entering students’ LSAT scores and graduates’ employment statistics right down to the number of books housed in their libraries, just about everything having to do with law school is ranked, so it’s high time that we rank law school buildings. An impressive law...
Marketing Roundup: Wading Into Politically Charged Waters, Culture Differentiation, And The Push And Pull Of AI
As part of the Legal Marketing Association’s (LMA’s) partnership with Above the Law, we round up insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, LMA’s official online publication dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. This edition provides a closer look at how...
A Public Service Announcement: Legal Tech Companies, Here Are Your Celebrity Endorsers
The post A Public Service Announcement: Legal Tech Companies, Here Are Your Celebrity Endorsers appeared first on Above the Law.It started with Harvey, the legal AI company that signed Gabriel Macht – the actor who played Harvey Specter on Suits – as a brand...
Headed To Mississippi Law? Prepare To Get Used To AI
Quick, name the canon introductory courses for law students. Constitutional Law, Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Property, and Legal Writing. Did you get them all? Great! Unless you’re planning to start your legal career at Mississippi College School...
The Supreme Court’s Side Hustle Is Here, And Your Kids Are Gonna Love It
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This Supreme Court is deeply divided on issues, and the public is more familiar with each justice than ever before because of social media. Publishers understand that audiences are invested. — Kathleen...
Why Your Story, Engagement, And Empathy Matter More Than Ever
In this session, I sit down with Megan Hargroder, founder of Legends Legal Marketing, to unpack what truly builds trust in today’s legal marketplace. In an era where clients research lawyers long before making contact, credibility is no longer built in the first...
Meet The New Prosecutor On The Brennan Case. He Already Called The Defendant A ‘Real Traitor.’
Let’s talk about a pattern, because at this point it’s too clear to ignore. You’re a career federal prosecutor. You’ve been handed a politically charged case — one the president of the United States has loudly demanded result in criminal charges against a high-profile...
2 Biglaw Firms Tumble Down The Ranking
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which two firms tied for the largest decrease in their Am Law 100 ranking? Hint: Both firms fell 12 places, one from 62 to 74 in the ranking the other from 85 to 97....
Born in a Vanished Empire: How U.S. Legal Precedent Matter of B-R- Creates Impossible Hurdles for Asylum Seekers
A quirk of history and a rigid legal precedent are creating an impossible dilemma for some asylum seekers in the United States. For individuals born in countries that no longer exist, like the Soviet Union, a 2013 legal decision known as Matter of B-R- can turn the...
Stellantis Must Pay $18M to Man Injured by Faulty Jeep Gear Shift
Jurors determined on April 17 that while Jeffrey Wu's negligence was 70% responsible for his injuries, Stellantis, which owns Jeep, was liable for the remainder due to a gearshifter design defect that led drivers to believe their vehicle was in park when it was...
Fed Chair Nominee Vows Independence as Trump Pressure Looms
“President Trump expresses it quite publicly without surrogates or subterfuge—but presidents want lower rates, Kevin Warsh said. “But Fed independence is up to the Fed. Fed leadership has to make a decision about what's the right thing to do. “President Trump...
Supreme Court Questions FCC’s ‘Retreat’ Over Power to Fine
The Federal Communications Commission insisted to the Supreme Court on Tuesday that its roughly $100 million in fines against Verizon and AT&T were "nonbinding" and therefore did not violate the companies' Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The Federal...
The Week in Data April 21: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, the top lateral moves across the U.S. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, the top lateral moves across the U.S.
‘An Inflection Point’: 13 Lawyers Apply to Lead Talc MDL’s Next Phase
The applications by lawyers including W. Mark Lanier, Mikal Watts and Christopher Placitella come after a federal magistrate judge disqualified Beasley Allen, whose principal, Leigh O'Dell, had served as co-lead counsel for 10 years. The applications by lawyers...
Live from the GCC Midwest 2026 with Elizabeth Barton
In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews Chicago Board of Education's acting general counsel Elizabeth Barton live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago. In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews...
Sneak Peek at the 2026 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 1-10
Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200 firms. Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200...
BYU Law Expands Law Academies, Moves Future Programming to Fall Due to Early Big Law Recruiting
BYU, which has been holding Law Skills Academies for 1Ls since 2018, will move the program from April to October in the next academic year in light of Big Law's accelerated recruiting practices. BYU, which has been holding Law Skills Academies for 1Ls since...
American Airlines Paid Up Big to Lure Latham Star Aboard
Anthony "Tony" Richmond had been with the law firm for 29 years and had amassed an all-star lineup of clients, from Airbnb to Broadcom. Anthony "Tony" Richmond had been with the law firm for 29 years and had amassed an all-star lineup of clients, from Airbnb to...
LexisNexis and Luminance Announce Partnership to Embed Protégé Inside Luminance’s Contract Platform
LexisNexis and Luminance today announced a partnership that will let mutual in-house legal customers access LexisNexis’s Protégé AI assistant from inside Luminance’s contract negotiation platform, with a pathway to move into Lexis+ with Protégé for more involved legal...
How Using AI Skills for Law Firm Workflows Can Turbocharge Your SOPs
AI skills are more than a productivity trick, says Ernie Svenson. They are the modern replacement for how we store and apply process knowledge. Here's how custom skills reinvent SOPs for your law firm's daily workflows. The post How Using AI Skills for Law Firm...
Kirkland Lays Groundwork for Middle East Expansion in Abu Dhabi
Kirkland & Ellis's registration with the Abu Dhabi Global Market comes as private equity firms bet on the financial hub, even as geopolitical tensions escalate across the region. Kirkland & Ellis's registration with the Abu Dhabi Global Market comes as...
It’s Really Challenging To Crack The Equity Tier Of Partnership At This Biglaw Firm
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 highest percentage of nonequity partners (92.4%)? Hint: Across the Am Law 100, the percentage of nonequity partners is 52.1% See the...
Patel Wants Kash From The Atlantic — See Also
Kash Sues Atlantic For $250M: I’d say that’s a long shot, but he’s more prone to chugging beers. The Numbers Seem Off: Does working 69 hours in a day seem weird to you too? Training Matters: These are the best schools for practical training! 10 Years Of 4/20?: We...
Jury Awards $5K Verdict in Second Uber Sexual Assault Bellwether Trial
A North Carolina federal jury awarded the verdict in a second bellwether trial in the sexual assault multidistrict litigation against Uber. A North Carolina federal jury awarded the verdict in a second bellwether trial in the sexual assault multidistrict...
Chicago Paid Lawyers Billing 69 Hours In One Day
There are 24 hours in a day. Unless it happens to be one of the rare days when the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service applies an intercalary second, in which case there are 24 hours and one second in a day. But in no event is a day 69 hours...
Legal Ethics Roundup: Eastman Disbarred, Sotomayor Apologizes, Ethics Of Cameras In Courtrooms & 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! Greetings...
The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2026)
A common complaint practicing lawyers have is that while law schools cost a fortune, they simply don’t teach the most essential skill needed for professional competency. What skill might that be? “How to be a lawyer,” of course. Some law schools, however, are trying...
The Tart Of The Deal
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Many people think that Donald Trump’s threats and bluster are all a negotiating strategy. Threaten to destroy a country’s civilization; the country’s leaders’ knees will tremble; the country will surrender. I’m not sure that works so...
In Biglaw, AI Adoption Is No Longer Optional
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I remember not so long ago that clients would say to me ‘Please tell me you’re not using AI.’ And now they’re saying to me ‘Please tell me you are using AI.’ — Stacy Ackermann, global managing partner of...
The Shadow Docket Memos Are Damning. So Naturally, The Right Is Talking About The Leak.
The New York Times dropped a bombshell on Saturday. Reporters Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak obtained 16 pages of leaked internal memos from six Supreme Court justices, showing — in their own words, (mostly) on their own letterhead — exactly how Chief Justice John...
Kash Patel’s $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Looks Better With Beer Goggles
The complaint is finally here, and it’s more or less exactly as loony as we expected. FBI Director Kashyap Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick over the April 17 article alleging excessive drinking and...
What Happened After A Decade Of Legal Weed In California?
For decades, weed has been the excuse legislators, prison companies, and police departments have used to put non-violent citizens to work in prison labor camps. As the “weed will make you an ax murderer” propaganda fell out of fashion, savvy capitalists knew better...
The Alito Retirement Denial Has Been Upgraded
The Alito retirement watch has some new data points this weekend, and they’re worth parsing carefully, because not all of them are saying quite the same thing. Let’s start with the most substantial: CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, who has deep...
The Seniority Problem No One Solves In Legal AI
Legal AI tools are usually sold as if lawyers are interchangeable. Same interface. Same prompts. Same outputs. The assumption is that if the technology works, everyone will benefit equally. That assumption is wrong, and it is one of the main reasons legal AI adoption...
Federal Judges Discuss the Future of Third-Party Litigation Funding in Their Courtrooms
Brian Fitzpatrick, a law professor at Vanderbilt Law School, moderated a panel with Delaware District Court Chief Judge Colm Connolly and SDNY Judges J. Paul Oetken and Arun Subramanian at the NYU Law Review's "Charting the Future of Litigation Finance"...
GCs’ Preference for Big Firms Undercutting Efforts to Rein in Outside Counsel Costs
Average partner rates rose by more than 4% for the fourth straight year, according to LexisNexis. They'd risen by less than 3.5% all of the prior nine years. Average partner rates rose by more than 4% for the fourth straight year, according to LexisNexis. They'd...
How I Made Partner: ‘Stay Flexible, Stay Curious and Welcome Challenges,’ Says Lance Taubin of Alston & Bird
"Be patient. Stay flexible, stay curious, and welcome challenges—because the curveballs often end up being the opportunities that shape you the most." "Be patient. Stay flexible, stay curious, and welcome challenges—because the curveballs often end up being the...
‘It’s Going to Happen’: Harvey CEO Details Why AI Is Here to Stay in the Legal Industry
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg joined Maria Glover, a professor at Georgetown Law, and Tobey Scharding, a professor at Rutgers Business School, for a keynote conversation Friday at NYU Law's "Charting the Future of Litigation Finance" event in lower...
Supreme Court Will Hear Religious Challenge to Anti-Bias Rules for Pre-K Program
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider lowering the threshold for proving a law burdens religious exercise in a case over Colorado's universal preschool program, which bars discrimination against LGBTQ parents and students. The U.S. Supreme...
‘A Victory for Independent Artists’: Precious Jacobs-Perry of Jenner & Block Breaks Down Landmark Entertainment Verdict
Law.com caught up with Jacobs-Perry to discuss the firm's trial strategy and the broader implications of the verdict—which Jenner & Block called "the first litigated ruling of its kind on the enforceability of oral post-termination provisions in artist/manager...
How Lessons Learned as a Fresh-Faced Prosecutor Helped Carry Rich Baer to 5 Legal Chief Posts
"It's always about, what is the truth? There are so many lawyers who focus on the law, but they don't apply that same rigor to the facts," said Baer, who stepped down in February as general counsel of Sirius XM. "It's always about, what is the truth? There are...
Sneak Peek at the 2026 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 11-20
Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200 firms. Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200...
$1B Benchmark: US Firms’ Quest for UK Growth Marches On Year-on-Year
In the month that U.S. behemoth Latham & Watkins announced $1 billion in London revenues, Law.com charts the continuing rise of U.S. firms in the U.K. In the month that U.S. behemoth Latham & Watkins announced $1 billion in London revenues, Law.com...
Live from the GCC Midwest 2026 with Latitude Legal’s Justin Johnson
In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Cedra Mayfield interviews Latitude Legal President Justin Johnson, live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago. In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Cedra Mayfield interviews Latitude Legal President...
Some Law Firms Got Paid, Others Still Waiting By The Mailbox– See Generally
We Ran The Numbers So You Can Feel Worse: The annual taxonomy of which law firms successfully converted billable hours into generational wealth confirms that yes, some firms are very, very rich. That Trump Check Is NOT In The Mail: Trump owes over a million in unpaid...
They Had Relations: Five Tips for Better Client Communications
Do your clients know, like and trust you? If you’re wavering on the answer, Jared Correia has some suggestions for you respecting your client communications. Busy? Listen on Attorney at Work Today. The post They Had Relations: Five Tips for Better Client...
Is This A Legal Argument Or A Sermon? — See Also
Lawyer Tells Attorneys They Will Burn In Hell: Don’t remember covering that in law school. A Lesson In Transferable Skills: Former adult movie actress passes the bar. Trump Allegiance And Owing Money Go Hand In Hand: Time for this Trump PAC to pay up! Do You Know The...
Online Troll Johnny Somali Sentenced To 6 Months And 20 Days In South Korean Jail For Being A Sex Offender Nuisance
For people who don’t watch online videos designed to enrage people, you may not have heard of Johnny Somali. Somali is infamous for his rage bait or nuisance livestream videos in other countries. But Somali learned that South Korea does not play around. On April 15,...
2025 Was Hella Profitable For Biglaw
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, how many firms in the Am Law 100 increased their profits per equity partner (PEP) in 2025? Hint: Across the Am Law 100, the average PEP in 2025 was $3,588,162. See...
Second Sexual Assault Trial Opens Against Uber in North Carolina Federal Court
The trial, which began on April 15, kicked off as Uber lodged a sanctions motion against a lead plaintiffs' attorney, David Grimes of Levin Simes, who called one of its lawyers a "pedophile" and a "rapist" at a meeting. The trial, which began on April 15, kicked...
Law Professors Argue Abandoning The Diversity Rule Will Hurt The ABA’s Reputation
The American Bar Association represents itself as an organization committed to setting the legal and ethical foundation for the American nation. They aspire to do this by promoting a quality legal education to people who want to pursue it. It isn’t a perfect system —...
Attorneys Should Often Avoid Texting Clients And Counsel
When I started my first job in the legal industry, I was extremely excited to order business cards. Even though I worked at a Biglaw shop, attorneys were given some leeway with the information they wished to include on the business cards. I remember including my...
Stat(s) Of The Week: 1040 Blues
If you feel like “America’s Insane Tax-Filing Process” is a drain on both your time and your wallet, you’re not alone. Even the government recognizes the effort that tax compliance places on Americans, publishing an estimated total annual cost burden for U.S....
Belmont Law Names First Female Dean
Professor Deborah R. Farringer, currently associate dean of academic affairs and director of health law studies at Belmont Law, will become dean on Aug. 1. Professor Deborah R. Farringer, currently associate dean of academic affairs and director of health law...
Lawyer Tells Attorneys For Missing Child That They’re ‘Gonna Burn In Hell’
A lawyer for the owners of Camp Mystic, the Texas camp hit by a flash flood that tragically led to the deaths of 27 people including 25 children, closed out a a long day of hearings by telling the lawyers for the family of a dead child whose body has never been...
John Eastman Is The Most Persecuted Man Since Jesus — Just Ask Him, He’ll Tell You!
John Eastman is in his martyr era. Two years ago, California Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland recommended he be disbarred for his role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election. Eastman’s adult children responded with a hilariously over-the-top screed in Glenn Beck’s The...
California Law School Leaders Join Call for ABA to ‘Retain and Strengthen’ Diversity Accreditation Standard
Stanford Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford wrote that repeal of the standard "would signal a craven capitulation to the lawlessness of the Trump administration when the nation desperately needs the legal profession to stand up for the rule of law." Stanford...
Former Adult Film Star Passes The Bar Exam
What do porn stars and lawyers have in common? They both get paid by the hour to screw someone. Crass? Sure. But in light of a famous retired adult film star recently passing the Texas bar exam, maybe it’s a little too on the nose. Asia Carrera, a former pornography...
Biglaw Associate Donates Kidney To Partner In Remarkable Act Of Generosity
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Our hope with sharing our story is not to promote or glorify ourselves. Our intention is to inspire others to generosity. [Post-surgery,] it felt like we had pulled of the biggest project of our careers. I had...
Trump PAC Deep In Debt… And Owes Lawyers Over A Million
Arrested Development birthed an always relevant meme when Tobias and Lindsay agreed to try an open marriage. After Lindsay asked if an open marriage ever works to solve marital difficulties, Tobias — always the psychoanalyst manqué (an “Analrapist” as he described his...
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Two Magicians Warn the Supreme Court About Junk Science; Penn &...
Former Biglaw Partner Warns There Are No ‘Guardrails’ Left Around Trump — And Someone Is Taking Advantage
Ty Cobb — the former Hogan & Lovells partner who left the hallowed halls of Biglaw to serve as special counsel in the first Trump White House, and has since made it his apparent life’s mission to say out loud what everyone else is merely thinking — was back on...
Law Firm Disrupted: The Vanishing-and-Reappearing Act of ‘Not Big Law’
Even during Am Law 100 launch week, it's been an eventful time for those that are decidedly not large. Even during Am Law 100 launch week, it's been an eventful time for those that are decidedly not large.
Litigation Trends to Watch: Suits Target Fertilizer Prices, Gambling Apps and Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Users claims that sports betting platforms intentionally designed their mobile apps to be addictive. Users claims that sports betting platforms intentionally designed their mobile apps to be addictive.
Lawsuits Accuse Trio of Am Law 200 Firms of Running Afoul of Conflict Rules
“Clients are much more offended by conflicts of interest than law firms and judges give them credit for, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz partner Ronald Minkoff said. “Clients are much more offended by conflicts of interest than law firms and judges give them...
Ranking The Wealth Of Biglaw’s Best: Is Your Law Firm ‘Super Rich’? (2026)
After the whirlwind that the legal profession experienced in 2025 — a year where large law firms really had the urge to merge and nonequity partnership ranks continued to expand — your Biglaw firm may be doing quite well financially… but is it among the Am Law 100’s...
The True Intent of Personal Injury Claims
Imagine you are sitting at a red light on your way home from work. It’s an ordinary day. Then another car slams into you from behind, and in a few seconds, your normal routine is replaced by doctor visits, missed work, and a stack of bills you never asked for. For a...
Supreme Court Says Chevron Can Move Louisiana Environmental Suit to Federal Court
The Supreme Court held that Chevron's crude oil refining activities, which allegedly damaged Louisiana's coastline, were related to World War II military contracts and could therefore be defended in federal court. The Supreme Court held that Chevron's crude oil...
Judge Leon To Trump: For Real This Time — A Fancy Ballroom Is Not A ‘National Security Necessity’
You know what they say about giving an inch. The Trump administration apparently took Judge Richard Leon’s thoughtful national-security carve-out in his preliminary injunction order — the one that let construction continue only for genuine safety measures — and...
Has Legal Industry Upheaval Changed Your Career Goals?
The post Has Legal Industry Upheaval Changed Your Career Goals? appeared first on Above the Law.As AI and other factors drive uncertainty for law firms, we’re looking to our readers to weigh in on their own career goals. Does the risk of “cognitive offloading” alter...
How I Made Law Firm Leadership: ‘Take Initiative, Come With Solutions,’ Says Marissa Ronk of Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
"Take initiative! Just as clients don't want you simply to issue spot, but to come with solutions, so too does firm leadership. The earlier you start proposing and owning solutions, the earlier you'll find yourself at the table." "Take initiative! Just as...
Unintentional AI Adoption Is Already Inside Your Company. The Only Question Is Whether You Know It.
Most in-house lawyers talk about AI as if it is a future event that will arrive with a contract, a vendor, and a clean implementation plan. The truth is far less organized. AI is already inside your company. It arrived through your employees’ browsers, their phones,...
Maximizing Privilege and Work Product Protection in the Age of Generative AI
To remain protected, legal teams must move away from ad hoc usage and toward a structured, tiered strategy that elevates AI-assisted work to ensure the widest privilege protection possible. To remain protected, legal teams must move away from ad hoc usage and...
438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.
In early March, 438 security and privacy researchers from 32 countries signed a massive open letter warning that age verification mandates for the internet are technically impossible to get right, easy to circumvent, a serious threat to privacy and security, and...
Sneak Peek at the 2026 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 21-30
Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200 firms. Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200...
Morning Docket: 04.17.26
* Private equity looking to put its money into law firms. [Law.com International] * Judges embrace paralegal’s suggestion for modernizing briefs. [Law360] * Legal academics plead with ABA to maintain law school diversity standard. [Law.com] * Ghislaine Maxwell’s...
The Response Time Reality Destroying Law Firm Growth
Nick Werker and Tony Prieto reveal how delayed follow-ups are costing your law firm clients and how to fix your intake system for rapid growth. The post The Response Time Reality Destroying Law Firm Growth appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
Own Up: Proposed Rule to Help Judges Catch Conflicts Inches Forward
“If finally approved, the amendment should significantly benefit judges in making decisions about whether their financial interests require recusal, said U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance. Related Stories5th Circuit Judge Ho, Once Again, Tops List of Most Prolific...
Tech Meets Torts: A Lawyer Tests Waymo
Georgia product liability litigator Rebekah Cooper sits down with Legal Speak podcast co-host Cedra Mayfield to discuss potential liability claims and defenses after the pair shared a self-driving ride share experience in Atlanta. Georgia product liability...
Five Ways to Use Gratitude to Improve Your Legal Practice and Well-Being
Jamie Spannhake | As spring arrives, there’s a natural pull toward resetting and thinking about what we want to add or improve. But it’s equally important to consider what we have and what's working. Here are five ways to build gratitude into your busy schedule. The...
We Have to Stop Meeting Like This! How to Run an Effective Meeting In Law Practice
Effective meetings are not incidental to law practice, they are integral to it. Structured meetings produce clear decisions, defined accountability, efficient client service, and alignment with professional responsibility. Effective meetings are not incidental...
Biglaw’s Awkward Reckoning With Eric Swalwell
Let’s talk about the Eric Swalwell situation, because it is, as they say in the legal profession, a whole thing. For the unfamiliar: Swalwell — a California congressman, former presidential candidate, fellow attorney, and cable news fixture who made a cottage industry...
Justice For Grandmother Arrested Over ‘No Dick Tator’ Penis Costume At Trump Protest!
It is, officially, not a crime to wear an inflatable penis costume to a protest in Alabama. We should not have needed a trial for this, and yet here we are. As Techdirt explained last week, Renea Gamble — a 62-year-old grandmother — was arrested last October at a “No...
Data Breach, Consumer Protection Claims Fuel 10-Year High for Class Action Filings, Report Says
A new report by legal analytics platform Lex Machina has found that class actions nationwide surged to a 10-year high in 2025 "after nearly a decade of stability," driven by a dramatic spike in consumer protection claims—particularly those involving data...
The T14 Is Not Dead. It Is Undying, And That’s Okay
Once upon a time, asking how many schools were in the T14 landed the same as asking for the number to 911. But once strict textualism died and U.S. News ranked 17 schools in the top 14, it became harder to not ask yourself if utility or inertia was the thing keeping...
The Salary Trap: The Move That Looks Better On Paper
Make a move that looks like a win on paper, and you may quietly lose ground where it matters most. Lawyers do this all the time. They take the call from a recruiter, hear a bigger number, see a better title, and convince themselves it is progress. Sometimes it is....
Kirkland’s Money Machine Has Biglaw Scrambling To Keep Up
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. There is some very strategic and intentional thinking that has been part of a much more serious growth effort at some firms. They are recognizing that their relative size and profitability compared to rivals is...
Why MSOs Are A No Go For Solo And Small Law Firms
The post Why MSOs Are A No Go For Solo And Small Law Firms appeared first on Above the Law.The post Why MSOs Are A No Go For Solo And Small Law Firms appeared first on Above the Law.
Partners At This Biglaw Firm Got Quite The Raise
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which firm’s compensation for all partners increased the most in 2025? Hint: Compensation for all partners increased over 68% at this firm last year. See the answer...
For Some Reason Sotomayor Is The Only One Apologizing — See Also
Justice Says Sorry For Accurately Describing Kavanaugh’s Pro-Racial-Profiling Opinion: He’s yet to apologize for penning the damned thing. You Can’t Just Call Renovations A “National Security Necessity”: The administration’s ballroom plan has two left feet. Looking...
Canada’s Largest Law Firms Look to Benefit from Warming Relations with China
Dentons, Fasken and McMillan say demand for legal services has already increased, just months after China and Canada announced a "new strategic partnership." Dentons, Fasken and McMillan say demand for legal services has already increased, just months after...
Judge Wants to End Florida Bar Support for Lawyers in Crisis
Rather than make what he called an "aesthetic change" to the language, Justice Adam Tanenbaum said he wants to see the Florida Supreme Court “consider scrapping" the rules that require The Florida Bar fund programs supporting attorneys, judges and law students who...
Law School Professors, Deans Urge ABA to ‘Retain and Strengthen’ Diversity Accreditation Standard
The vast majority of commenters opposed the repeal of a DEI standard required for law school accreditation. Only two supported the repeal. The vast majority of commenters opposed the repeal of a DEI standard required for law school accreditation. Only two...
Fed. Judge Finds No Deception in Similac Labeling Despite Heavy Metals Claims
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a proposed class action this week alleging Abbott Laboratories hid heavy metals in its Similac infant formula after determining the product's label was not deceptive for the average consumer. A federal judge in Chicago...
7th Circuit Rejects Bid to Broaden Anonymity Standard in Title IX Lawsuits
The federal appellate court affirmed a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana requiring an adult plaintiff accused of sexual misconduct in a university Title IX proceeding to litigate under his real name rather than a...
Winston & Strawn Presses Forward with Hunter Biden Suit, Arguing for Communications with Democratic Donors
The law firm alleges Hunter Biden went to Democratic Party donors to get his outstanding legal fees with the firm paid off, but now is refusing to turn over those communications during discovery. The law firm alleges Hunter Biden went to Democratic Party donors...