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The DOJ’s Might Makes Right Biglaw EO Argument Isn’t Very Persuasive: They’re shaming lower courts for not bowing to presidential authority, legitimate or not. That Did Not Please The Court: Judge shames Lisa Hsiao for “reckless disregard for the duty of candor owed...
Wildfire Victims Petition Oregon Supreme Court in Case Challenging Class Trial Jury Instruction
The petition comes after the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the first of more than $1 billion in verdicts over the 2020 wildfires. "The result leaves Oregon trial courts without a workable framework for instructing class-action juries and threatens verdicts...
Meet LOIS: The AI That Will Change How You Practice Law
The post Meet LOIS: The AI That Will Change How You Practice Law appeared first on Above the Law.The post Meet LOIS: The AI That Will Change How You Practice Law appeared first on Above the Law.
DOJ Gets Nuked By RI Judge For ‘Appalling’ Lack Of Candor
Chat, is it good when a court says “This reckless disregard for the duty of candor owed to a federal court is appalling?” What about if it drops to a footnote that notes that this is “not the first time” the lawyer in question “acted in ways that appear to deviate...
The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Government Jobs (Class Of 2025)
Each year, hundreds upon hundreds of students enroll in law school, many of them in search of a career in government. Maybe they want to seek out justice for children, animals, or the environment. Maybe they want to serve their communities and make them safer for the...
The Trump Administration’s Best Argument For Its Biglaw EOs Is That You Just Have To Trust The President
Oral argument in the consolidated Biglaw executive order cases was today, and if you were hoping the Trump administration had found a more constitutionally defensible position since its previous defense these orders — which has lost, four times, before four different...
D.C. Judge Orders Former Nonprofit Executive Director To Pay Back $1M
There are nonprofits out there doing amazing work. The work that they do is largely kept afloat by donations, which are hard to secure when potential donors are worried that their cash will be used for reasons other than what they were told. When donors sent their...
DOJ Sues D.C. Bar For Holding Trump Lawyers To Ethical Rules
Law licensing authorities provide the only avenue of accountability left for Trump administration lawyers lying to courts, disregarding court orders, or actively plotting coups. Trump will pardon his legal enablers for any crimes involved in, say, packing up innocent...
Ethics Questions Persist After Federal Judge Sentenced To Probation In DUI Case
When we last checked in with Judge Thomas L. Ludington (E.D. Michigan), the federal jurist had entered a no contest plea to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge after having been accused of driving “super drunk” in an October incident that brought about a judicial...
The Law After Tomorrow: A Fictional Look At AI, Legal Work, And The World Between 2026 And 2050
We tend to predict the future in small pieces. We ask what AI will do in the next six months. We ask what law firms will buy next year. We ask whether courts will permit this tool or that exhibit. We ask whether clients will accept AI-assisted work, whether judges...
Biglaw Partners Aren’t Ready To Hand Over The Keys To Private Equity Just Yet
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. In most cases, partners will need to be persuaded not only that PE investment—and giving up a degree of equity and control to outside investors—is in the firm’s best interests, but that it represents the best...
The Biglaw Firm Where The Associates Are Actually Satisfied
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2027 Vault rankings, which firm is the top ranked for associate satisfaction? Hint: The firm continues their reign in the top spot, and is a mainstay in Vault’s quality of life...
FTC Maintains Stance on Noncompetes Whether Under Trump or Biden
The FTC, in the Trump era, is wary of noncompetes it views as extreme, or those targeting lower-wage workers. But it sees a role for noncompetes for executives and others who have access to trade secrets or specialized training. The FTC, in the Trump era, is...
DOJ’s Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Clark Discipline is ‘Fundamental Threat,’ Ethics Lawyer Says
“[The U.S. Justice Department's] core argument—that government lawyers are exempt from ethical oversight when giving internal advice—has no basis in the Rules of Professional Conduct, stated Hilary Gerzhoy, who chairs the D.C. Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review...
Journalists, Podcasters Sue Alphabet, Google for Voiceprints in AI Trained Models
The plaintiffs claim Google extracted their "voiceprints" from publicly available recordings without notice or consent and used these voiceprints to build commercial products that now compete with them in their own profession. The plaintiffs claim Google...
Why ‘Nuclear Verdict’ Narratives Miss the Real Drivers of Jury Decisions
A trial-lawyer perspective on why large verdicts often reflect discovery failures, credibility issues and corporate conduct – not runaway juries. Every time a Georgia jury returns a large verdict, you can almost set your watch by the press release that follows....
The AND Approach to Law Firm Growth
For decades, law firm owners have operated under an unspoken but deeply ingrained assumption: that growth requires sacrifice. You can have quality or volume. You can invest in talent or technology. You can serve existing clients or pursue new ones. You can build a...
EvenUp Extends Beyond Software with Launch of ‘Pre-Litigation-as-a-Service’ Offering For PI Law Firms
EvenUp, the personal injury AI company that reached a $2 billion valuation last fall, is making a significant shift in its business model – one that extends it beyond software vendor to something closer to an outsourced operations partner for PI firms. The San...
Squaring Off Against Law Firms, DOJ Argues Trump Can Revoke Their Security Clearances
While the case was squarely about the EOs against the four law firms, Trump's EO against Paul Weiss, and subsequent deal, was also of interest to the lawyers and panel of judges. While the case was squarely about the EOs against the four law firms, Trump's EO...
eDig365 Aims To Gives Legal Teams Reporting and Visibility within Microsoft Purview E-Discovery
A new legal technology product called eDig365 is making its public debut this week at the CLOC Global Institute in Chicago, offering a reporting and observability layer built on top of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery. The product is designed to address a gap that its...
AI Transparency: Clear Explanations Matter More Than Disclosure
As AI becomes embedded in everyday business and legal operations, organizations are confronting a new expectation: simply disclosing AI use is no longer enough. A critical shift is taking place in the legal industry: transparency is no longer just about disclosure;...
Freshfields Appoints Next UK Managing Partner
Mark Sansom steps down, but assumes the role of global client partner. Mark Sansom steps down, but assumes the role of global client partner.
NetDocuments Unveils Legal Context Graph to Map Legal Knowledge, Alongside A ‘Reimagined’ Platform
NetDocuments today announced what it calls the first legal context graph — a proprietary knowledge infrastructure that the company says continuously maps the relationships among every matter, document, communication and person across a firm’s entire document...
The Week in Data May 14: 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 200 ranking by gross revenue. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the 2026 Am Law 200 ranking by gross revenue.
Show Me the Incentives: Why Law Firm AI Adoption Is Moving Slowly
Jay Harrington | Charlie Munger once said, “Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome.” Perhaps this explains why AI has not yet transformed the delivery of legal services, despite the huge amounts of money, attention and technology flowing into the legal...
No ‘Rubber Stamp’: US Judge Questions Proposal to End Musk Dispute with Twitter Investors
"I am not going to rubber stamp this settlement," U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said regarding a $1.5 million consent judgment that would resolve allegations Musk harmed Twitter investors with his belated disclosure of stock-ownership. "I am not going to...
A Federal Judge Praises Susman Godfrey For Letting A Young Associate Cook
We’ve written a lot about what makes Susman Godfrey unusual in the Biglaw landscape — the equity-only partnership, the top-of-market compensation, the willingness to fight Trump’s executive order rather than capitulate, the radical decision to treat law students like...
Copyright Infringement At Album Release Party Costs Kanye ~$200K
When it comes to musical irreverence, Ye is in a class of his own. It takes a rare iconoclasticism to sample a song of a man singing “This is my song and no one can take it away” and transform it into one of your hugest Graduation hits. But at least Ye knew to get the...
DLA Piper Sued For Discrimination After Firing Palestinian Lawyer
Two years ago, in the immediate aftermath of October 7, Biglaw firms started cutting ties with current and prospective lawyers over reactions to the attacks. Law firms have an interest in disassociating themselves from lawyers endorsing the killing of civilians, but...
George Conway’s Campaign Platform, In Full: Trump Is Hitler In The Bunker And Must Be Impeached Before He Destroys The Country
If you’ve been following George Conway’s long-shot congressional campaign in New York’s 12th district, you know that the former Wachtell litigator and Lincoln Project co-founder has exactly zero fucks to give about whether his rhetoric is considered too much. As we...
They Stole My Identity To Run An Executive Job Scam. Here’s What Every Professional Needs To Know.
This past week, scammers stole my identity. They used my name, my professional credentials, my headshot, my LinkedIn headline, and my branding banner to replicate my signature block and build a fake identity designed to extract thousands of dollars from...
Less Chair, More Chill: John Quinn Set To Discover The Joys Of Not Being In Charge At Quinn Emanuel
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Also, I am spending more time traveling the world, and this will free me to do more of that. I am freer now and am resolved to double down on practice and growth. — John Quinn, founding partner of Quinn...
At 40, I Just Finished My 10th Marathon, So I Challenge JD Vance, 41, To Get Off The Couch And Run His First
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)JD Vance and I have a lot in common. We’re both Leos born only a year apart. Each of us came from humble working-class families and went to law school. We share a concern that Donald Trump might be “America’s Hitler.” Of course,...
CLOC Opening Keynote: What If You Could Automate Everything?
I’ve got so much more to think about. Deadlines and commitments What to leave in and what to leave out Against the Wind – Bob Seger So what if you could automate everything in your life? What would you leave in? What would you leave out? And what does it mean for...
Not Sure In-House Counsel Are Really Up On That Whole ‘Compliance’ Thing
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a recent survey of general counsel and senior legal professionals by Corporate Service Co, what percentage say their companies are fully compliant with regulations across all of their...
Another Firm, Another Nonequity Partner Tier — See Also
Will A&O Shearman Be The Next Big Name To Adopt The Tier?: Sure looks like it! One Hell Of A Campaign: George Conway is running on impeaching Trump. New To The Game And True To It: Judge gives Susman Godfrey and a young associate, Dylan Salzman, respect for...
‘I Can’t Say It Without Gasping’: Calif. Judge Blasts Class Counsel’s $85M Fee Request in Google Settlement
"The pyramids were built in less time than it took to litigate this case," U.S. District Judge James Donato, in the Northern District of California, told class counsel at an April 30 hearing. "The pyramids were built in less time than it took to litigate this...
Christine Dunn: Fighting for Long-Lasting Changes
Attorney at Law Magazine sat down with Christine Dunn of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight to discuss her career and her work in holding the U.S. military liable for incidents of sexual assault. AALM: What experiences and interests led you to pursue a career in the law?...
Breaking: Ex-Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Taken Into Custody in Federal Investigation
Edward Harold King resigned from the bench in February while under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Edward Harold King resigned from the bench in February while under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial...
Ex-Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Taken Into Custody in Federal Investigation
Edward Harold King resigned from the bench in February while under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Edward Harold King resigned from the bench in February while under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial...
How In-House Legal Teams Are Using AI to Cut Costs and Win Budget Approval
Legal operations leaders at CLOC's Global Institute highlighted a growing tension inside legal departments: Firms are buying AI licenses, but many lawyers still are not using the tools regularly. Legal operations leaders at CLOC's Global Institute highlighted a...
How I Made Law Firm Leadership: ‘Talk Less and Listen More,’ Says James Mizgala of Tucker Ellis
"Talk less and listen more—like me, you know less than you think. You learn far more by asking questions and genuinely hearing the answers." "Talk less and listen more—like me, you know less than you think. You learn far more by asking questions and genuinely...
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Virginia Bill Could Allow First-Ever Class Actions in State Courts, Uber’s RICO Suit Accelerates Against Pennsylvania Lawyers
This week: The Virginia governor is weighing whether to allow class actions in the state's courts. A Pennsylvania judge split with a California decision against Ford and greenlighted Uber's RICO case. Find out who stepped in to represent Lululemon in a class action...
The Risk of Expiring NDAs to Trade Secret Status Under the DTSA
At a recent trade secret conference, several speakers highlighted a problem with a common industry practice related to non-disclosure agreements. In particular, NDAs are often drafted such that they (and the confidentiality obligations therein) expire after a set...
Corporate Risk Leaders Flag Mounting Threats Across the Board—And Aren’t Ready for Most of Them
A new AlixPartners survey of 500 legal and compliance executives finds preparedness gaps in nearly every risk category, from AI compliance and cybersecurity to financial crime and sanctions. A new AlixPartners survey of 500 legal and compliance executives finds...
Clio, Once A Feisty Startup, Says It Has Now Surpassed $500M In Annual Recurring Revenue
Amid all the hubbub yesterday around Claude for legal, Clio quietly slipped in a notable story of its own: that it has now surpassed $500 million in annual recurring revenue. Since few legal tech companies are public, it is hard to know where that puts Clio on the...
Each Side Claims the Same Recent Ruling Supports Its Position in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Appeal
The long-running copyright litigation between legal research giant Thomson Reuters and now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence took another interesting turn this week, following the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ order that the parties file...
Each Side Claims the Same Recent Ruling Supports Its Position in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Appeal
The long-running copyright litigation between legal research giant Thomson Reuters and now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence took another interesting turn this week, following the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ order that the parties file...
The Multilingual Lawyer’s Advantage: How to Tap Into the Immigrant Legal Services Market
Navigating the legal system in a second language terrifies people, says Oklahoma attorney Jimmy Lai. A shared language sets your law firm apart. Here are his tips for attracting and keeping immigrant clients. The post The Multilingual Lawyer’s Advantage: How to Tap...
From Pre-Med Burnout to Private Practice: Finding Joy in East Asian Medicine
Dr. Tom Ingegno joins Larry Port to share his journey from the "weed-out" culture of pre-med to a fulfilling private practice in East Asian medicine. The post From Pre-Med Burnout to Private Practice: Finding Joy in East Asian Medicine appeared first on Articles, Tips...
Law Schools Sent Fewer Grads to Government, Public Interest Roles in 2025
Law.com ranked the top 20 schools that are sending the most students into public interest jobs, government work and federal clerkships. Law.com ranked the top 20 schools that are sending the most students into public interest jobs, government work and federal...
The 2026 European Legal Industry’s Women Rising Stars
Scores of top-quality entries from a wide variety of firms featuring women practicing in Continental Europe have been whittled down to the top 25 women under 40 expected to spearhead the next generation of leading partners. Scores of top-quality entries from a...
After Surprise Resignation, John Quinn Is Focusing on Travel, Practice Growth
In a statement to Law.com this week, Quinn explained his departure as “logical, adding that he “didn't really think about what day of the week it was when he decided to make his announcement. In a statement to Law.com this week, Quinn explained his departure as...
You Can See The Strings On These Supreme Court Justices — See Also
Trump Reminds ACB And Gorsuch He’s The Reason They’re On The Bench: Sitting President demands loyalty from the “neutral” branch of the government. Kevin Hart Isn’t The Only One Getting Roasted: James Comey lands sick burn on Todd Blanche. What A Difference A Couple...
The Power Of Community: Why Lawyers Can’t Grow Alone Anymore
I have a complicated relationship with social media. Take Facebook, for example. On most days, it feels like a highlight reel of vacations, meals, and opinions I didn’t ask for. It can be noisy, distracting, and, at times, a complete waste of time. But every once in a...
The Litigation Boutique With All The Rizz
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2027 Vault practice area rankings, which firm is the top ranked litigation specialty shop? Hint: The firm continues their reign in the top spot, with 53% of the votes. See the answer...
Law Schools Are Offering Up Summer Start Programs To Help Students Beat The Clock On Incoming Federal Loan Limits
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We’re doing it as a service to our students. — Dean Benjamin Barros of Stetson University College of Law, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the law school’s new summer start program, which will allow...
TED, Meet Harvey …
When you are in high school, you learn to differentiate between what happens in your “grade,” versus what happens in your “class,” or homeroom. While you share a good bit with those in your grade, you also take it for granted that the intense dramas that play out in...
Good Vibrations: How Vibe Coding Is Infiltrating Legal
In this episode of Adventures in Legal Tech, host Jared Correia sits down with Max Paterson to unpack one of the hottest trends in the industry: vibe coding. Instead of writing code, lawyers can now build apps using natural language — just by describing what they...
Celebrity Keynotes At Legal Tech Conferences: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
I’ve attended lots of recent legal tech conferences where one or more of the keynote presentations are given by celebrities who are decidedly not lawyers or legal professionals. They are instead actors or professional athletes or well-known for-hire speakers. They...
Trump Taps US District Judges to Fill Vacancies on 8th, 10th Circuits
In a pair of Truth Social posts, the president nominated U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Judge Daniel Traynor to the Eighth Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado Judge Daniel Domenico to the Tenth Circuit. In a pair of...
Only 2 States Prohibit Class Actions in State Courts, but a Virginia Bill Would Change That
A bill before Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger would allow class actions to be filed in Virginia's state courts for the first time. A bill before Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger would allow class actions to be filed in Virginia's state courts for the...
‘The Bigger Action Will Be on Appeal’: Importers Battling Trump’s Tariffs Face Tougher Fight in Federal Circuit
Trade experts found this second set of duties to be more similar to the tariffs that came out of the first Trump administration—which have largely withstood legal scrutiny—than to the emergency duties that courts recently rejected. Trade experts found this...
The DOJ Is Coming For Reporters. Todd Blanche Just Said So Out Loud.
Right about now, Todd Blanche is giving off the worst kind of try hard vibes. The former Cadwalader partner who gave up a Biglaw partnership to become Donald Trump’s personal criminal defense attorney is serving as acting attorney general, and he’s been doing...
Exterro Launches Autonomous Subpoena Tool, Unveils Broader AI Governance Vision At CLOC
The post Exterro Launches Autonomous Subpoena Tool, Unveils Broader AI Governance Vision At CLOC appeared first on Above the Law.Timed to coincide with today’s opening of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) Global Institute in Chicago, Exterro is making...
The Law Firms That Are Best For Associate Satisfaction (2026)
What does it take to cultivate job satisfaction at a law firm? In a new report from BTI Consulting Group, associates in law firms of all sizes — ranging from small firms to midsize firms to Biglaw firms — pointed out exactly what they wanted from and valued in their...
John Roberts Thinks Alabama Maps He Decided Were Too Racist Magically Aren’t So Racist Anymore!
Three years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts looked at Alabama’s congressional maps and decided they were too racist. Roberts wouldn’t use those words, of course, but that was the impact. Allen v. Milligan required Alabama to draw a second district where Black voters...
Create An AI Policy Before Your Firm Falls Further Behind
One of the most striking findings from the recently released 8am 2026 Legal Industry Report was that only 11% of firms required mandatory AI training, and only 9% had a written, enforced policy on AI use. Meanwhile, 69% of the 1,300 legal professionals surveyed...
John Oliver Spends More Time Explaining The Shadow Docket Than Supreme Court Does On Its Rulings
After the New York Times published internal memos detailing how Chief Justice John Roberts converted the emergency docket into a blunt political instrument to issue policy decisions, the public has grown more curious about the shadow docket. Why is it exactly that the...
Trusting The Tech: How Filevine Navigates Data Privacy In The Age Of AI
LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System from Filevine, is transforming the practice of law. It’s doing this not by replacing human expertise, but by amplifying it, creating a future where legal professionals can fully focus on delivering justice and serving...
Two Legal Research Providers Launch MCP Integrations with Claude: Thomson Reuters and Free Law Project Connect Their Data to AI
Two legal research providers — one a global publicly traded corporation, the other a relatively scrappy nonprofit — are today both announcing integrations with Anthropic’s Claude that allow the AI assistant to tap directly into their legal databases. While the...
Justice Technology Association Named Access to Justice Partner in Anthropic’s Legal AI Launch
The Justice Technology Association (JTA), a nonprofit trade group representing mission-driven companies focused on the access to justice crisis, announced today that it has joined Anthropic as a launch partner in what Anthropic is calling its first comprehensive legal...
Anthropic Announces Legal Practice Plug-Ins for Claude, Legal Tech Integrations
The plug-ins focus on a range of practice areas for firms, in-house counsel, law students and more. Claude also now integrates with Harvey, Free Law Project and Thomson Reuters, among others. The plug-ins focus on a range of practice areas for firms, in-house...
James Comey Levels Sick Burn On Todd Blanche
Former FBI Director James Comey may be facing the dumbest federal criminal prosecution in American history — claims that he threatened Donald Trump’s life by taking a picture of some sea shells — but at least the ordeal hasn’t 86’d his capacity for unintentional...
Trump To Gorsuch And Barrett: I Made You, I Can Break You
Donald Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend to do what Donald Trump does when things don’t go his way: write an extremely long post that reads like a stream of consciousness from a man who has never heard of the separation of powers and would like a refund. The...
Anthropic Goes All-In on Legal, Releasing More Than 20 Connectors and 12 Practice-Area Plugins for Claude
Anthropic today took its biggest step yet into the legal market, releasing more than 20 new MCP connectors linking Claude to the software that law firms and legal departments run on, along with 12 new plugins tailored to specific legal practice areas. Today’s...
How AI Search Rewards Real Human Expertise
AI is changing search by prioritizing genuine expertise over old-school tactics. Founder and CEO of Service Stories and ex-Google ethicist Joe Toscano explains how professionals can win by being authentic. The post How AI Search Rewards Real Human Expertise appeared...
Calm Down, Sane Republicans Say, He’s Only Joking
Sane people on the right say that critics of Donald Trump should calm down. Trump says some crazy stuff, they concede, but he’s just kidding. Look at what he does, not what he says. Here’s my question: How do we know when Trump’s kidding? If a Trump supporter can tell...
LawNext: How AI Is Transforming the Way Law Firms Win Business, with Ikaun President Jason Noble
Law firms sell experience — but for decades, harnessing and operationalizing that experience has been a largely manual, chaotic process. In this episode, recorded live at the Legal Marketing Association annual conference in New Orleans, host Bob Ambrogi sits down...
The Wachtell Insider Trading Co-Conspirator Has Been Identified
Every time we think we have a handle on the scope of the Biglaw insider trading scheme that rocked elite M&A practices last week, it gets a little bigger. First it was Yale Law grad Nicolo Nourafchan and his network of well-placed insiders. Then a cooperating...
How Does Budget Reconciliation Work? Here’s Everything You Need To Know.
The post How Does Budget Reconciliation Work? Here’s Everything You Need To Know. appeared first on Above the Law. As lawmakers debate over how to deliver on the White House’s desired $1.5 trillion defense budget, Breaking Defense’s Valerie Insinna explains the...
Aderant Introduces Agent Center at Momentum Global, Targeting Law Firm Back-Office Operations with AI
Aderant, the Atlanta-based legal business management software company, used its Momentum Global 2026 conference this week to unveil the Aderant Agent Center — a new framework for deploying AI agents across law firm financial and operational workflows. The Agent...
OSHA, States Step Up Scrutiny of Workplace Exposure to Heat Hazards
An OSHA rule proposed under President Joe Biden has stalled, but the agency is using its existing powers to issue more fines. And a growing number of states are jumping into the fray. An OSHA rule proposed under President Joe Biden has stalled, but the agency is...
Morning Docket: 05.12.26
* Supreme Court lifts order barring Alabama from redistricting away Black voting power, three years after rejecting the same proposed redistricting. [Washington Post] * ABA Committee recommends dropping law school diversity rules in order to protect accreditation...
To Merge or Not to Merge: How Leverage Could Be the Deciding Factor
A Law.com analysis of leverage data reveals the firms that have fewer tools at their disposal to increase revenue-per-lawyer and profit margin, and why, for some, a merger might be an economic necessity. A Law.com analysis of leverage data reveals the firms that...
The Real Reasons Your Lawyers Don’t Trust AI – And What to Do About It
Fear of losing their jobs isn't stopping attorneys from using AI. It's reliability. A fear worth taking seriously, says Collen Steffen, but it's being directed at the wrong target. The post The Real Reasons Your Lawyers Don’t Trust AI – And What to Do About It...
‘Shot Across the Bow’: Insider Trading Scheme May Prompt Changes in Big Law
The misappropriation of confidential M&A data from six top law firms may lead to changes in firms' controls over client data, ex-SEC and white-collar defense lawyers said. The misappropriation of confidential M&A data from six top law firms may lead to...
Supreme Court Helps Alabama Revert to Challenged Congressional Map
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday evening lifted a court order requiring Alabama to use a congressional map that included two majority-Black districts, allowing the state to revert to an old one found to discriminate against by Black voters by a federal district...
Temple Snags University of Tennessee Dean as Beasley Law’s Next Leader
Lonnie Brown Jr., the dean of University of Tennessee Winston College of Law since 2022, will become the Kean Family Dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law on Aug. 1. Lonnie Brown Jr., the dean of University of Tennessee Winston College of Law since...
The Biglaw Firm That Lost 8 Percent Of Its Partners Last Year
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which elite Biglaw firm saw its partnership ranks shrink by 8% last year, the most of any top firm? Hint: The firm is now reportedly going out of its way to recognize and promote younger talent in an...
Justice Matt Damon Orders Drinks — See Also
SNL’s Brett Kavanaugh Finds 3rd Term Loophole: Don’t worry, its just a joke. For now. John Quinn Is Stepping Down: What a difference a year can make! We Have Another Name: The Wachtell Insider trading co-conspirator has been named. Did You Buy The Dua Lipa TV?: The...
Trump Administration Rule Removes Conservation as Public Land Use
Conservation leaves land “idle while it should be used for commercial purposes, the U.S. Interior Department stated. Conservation leaves land “idle while it should be used for commercial purposes, the U.S. Interior Department stated.
Dua Lipa Launches Multimillion-Dollar Suit Against Samsung
Lawyers aren’t the only ones who live their lives by a rule-based system. If you live in a major metropolitian area or went through a breakup within the last decade, you’ve probably heard her hit song “New Rules.” And while the song has great rules for engagement (or...
Legal Ethics Roundup: ‘Ethical Error Culture,’ NJ Weighs Ban On Attorney-Client Sex, CA AI Ethics Rules Proposal, Biglaw Insider Trading, Lat On Katyal’s ‘TED-gate’ & 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...
Judge Finds Cook County Found Liable for Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale System
"The county did not need to receive an engraved notice to understand that its actions—taking private property without providing just compensation—constituted a 'classic' violation of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause," a federal judge said. "The county did...
Judge Finds Cook County Liable for Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale System
"The county did not need to receive an engraved notice to understand that its actions—taking private property without providing just compensation—constituted a 'classic' violation of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause," a federal judge said. "The county did...
Trump Taps Ex-Personal Attorneys for Bench, Raising Recusal Questions
“Considering the kind of representation that you've provided President Trump ... I would say that in any case involving President Trump's personal interests, you should recuse yourself, because it is very clear where your loyalties lie, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii,...
Class Counsel in $7.25B Roundup Settlement Ask for $675M in Legal Fees
The fee request, which is 9.3% of the settlement fund, is "quite modest," according to class counsel Eric Holland. The fee request, which is 9.3% of the settlement fund, is "quite modest," according to class counsel Eric Holland.
Why Most Legal AI Tools Make Junior Lawyers Worse, Not Better
Legal AI is often sold as a training accelerator. Give junior lawyers faster answers, cleaner summaries, and clearer issue spotting, and they will ramp more quickly. That theory is tidy. It is also wrong. In practice, many legal AI tools are quietly eroding the very...
John Quinn Stepping Down From Running Quinn Emanuel
Founder-led law firms that stand the test of time must eventually negotiate the transition from personality cult with letterhead. Not all of them make it. It’s usually not for lack of trying, but it’s just that it’s hard to chart a path into the future when the...