The paralegal with too many tabs open Walk into a busy personal injury firm on any Tuesday and look over a paralegal’s shoulder. Multiple tabs are open: intake, document management, a records portal, e-signature, the calendar, and a settlement spreadsheet. Ask what’s...

Getting off the plane at Nashville International Airport last week — an airport set to be renamed after Dolly Parton by the time I left — I saw 5 legal tech ads before making it to baggage claim. In fact the only ads I saw on the airport’s video boards were two Harvey...

The Financial Times just published an article titled “Wall Street banks push Big Law to cut fees because of AI.” Apparently the investment bankers have decided that paying legal bills doesn’t make sense now that ChatGPT can spit out answers. We’re mere months removed...

Law firms spend enormous amounts of money protecting their networks. They use firewalls, endpoint detection, multifactor authentication, security monitoring, and email filtering. The list of technologies designed to keep attackers out keeps growing. And yet, sometimes...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court once again exercised its shadow docket muscles to stay Judge Richard Leon’s injunction and allow Donald Trump to keep building his ballroom on top of the East Wing’s corpse. The eight-page per curiam went out of its way to explain that it...

The post House Passes Funding Stopgap, Averting Government Shutdown In October appeared first on Above the Law. WASHINGTON — The House has passed a funding stopgap bill that would extend federal funding to Dec. 11, preventing a government shutdown as Congress heads...

* When Scalia died, John Roberts decided to change the rules to keep the justices’ papers locked away for decades after they die. [NY Times] * House Republicans begin inquiry into the Eleventh Circuit’s probe of Judge Eleanor Ross. [Bloomberg Law News] * Lawyer...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1858, which Illinois trial lawyer defended a young man charged with murder and dismantled the prosecution’s case by producing an almanac? The government’s star witness swore he’d watched the fatal...

Dear Law Review editors: Over the weekend — a professor (no, I’m not going to share their name because this isn’t about that) posted something that suggested someone at an R1, T75 law school had submitted something to his school’s law review that was 79% AI generated...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We recognize that parental leave is a significant time in a lawyer’s life, no matter your level of seniority. It’s a big deal to step away from practice, focus on your family, try to get some sleep and do all...

Erin Piacenti, a 2021 graduate of Fordham Law School and a vice president at Bank of America, was killed Monday afternoon in a knife attack in Times Square. She was 32. Piacenti, who lived in Chester, New Jersey, was one of two people stabbed near 42nd Street and...

Ed. note: This is the final article in a three-part series from Litera exploring how law firms can turn AI-driven efficiency into sustainable growth. The first installment made the case for unifying the practice and business of law. The second examined how trusted...

Legal sector office leasing jumped 17% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, climbing to nearly 12.2 million square feet, according to new figures from Cushman & Wakefield reported by Reuters. Law firms accounted for 14% of all office leasing across the 10...

While Biglaw continues to sit on the sidelines, yet another boutique has stepped up to match the Milbank salary scale. At this point, boutiques seem far more eager to pay associates the money they deserve than the country’s biggest and wealthiest firms. Biglaw may...

The post Have We Reached ‘Peak Legal Tech?’ Sure Felt That Way At ILTACON appeared first on Above the Law.“We’ve reached peak legal tech.”That was the takeaway of a veteran legal tech CEO while attending this week’s ILTACON, the annual conference of the International...

For prospective law students, employment outcomes are often the most important consideration when selecting a law school. After all, if you’re going to spend three years of your life and potentially take on six figures of debt to earn a law degree, you’d probably like...

Justice Samuel Alito’s annual financial disclosure was due on May 15. So, obviously, he posted it today. Federal judges can take up to 90 extra days to perform the barest of minimum acts of transparency, and Alito takes advantage of that almost every year. His eight...

The post Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — Dan Driscoll, the 26th secretary of the Army, has submitted his letter of resignation, after serving in his position for less than two years, two Army officials told Breaking...

* Supreme Court decides no one has standing to stop a president who wants to tear down a national monument and build on top of it all without congressional approval. [Balls and Strikes] * HSF Kramer named in billion-dollar malpractice suit. [Bloomberg Law News] * They...

Back in July, a University of Kentucky spokesperson offered a theory of why the school’s investigation of law professor Ramsi Woodcock had dragged on so long: if Woodcock “had spent his time responding to the serious allegations regarding his conduct in a timely...

Alito Is Still Loaded Up On Oil And Gas Stock Ahead Of The Big Climate Case: His long-withheld financials, posted this morning, confirm the holdings watchdogs say should have forced a recusal. Jim Clyburn’s Clarence Thomas Endorsement Has Not Aged Well, And He Knows...

Imagine an AI agent reviewing a supplier agreement. It reads the limitation of liability correctly, compares it with the company’s standard, concludes that the deviation is relatively minor, and accepts the agreement. The analysis may be flawless. The decision may...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court justice survived a 1970 campaign to impeach him, led by a House minority leader who would later become president? Hint: That future president offered a memorably elastic definition...

Trump’s plot to take over state voting systems had a busy week in court. The U.S. Postal Service’s final rule on Ballot Mail for Federal Elections took effect August 21, got formally published August 26, then got blocked by Judge Indira Talwani less than 24 hours...

Rep. James Clyburn went on “Meet the Press” this weekend and did the thing politicians almost never do: he admitted he was wrong. Specifically, wrong about Clarence Thomas. That’s a heavier admission for Clyburn than for most, because in 1991 he wasn’t a bystander to...

I am wondering whether we should ask Judge Whelan to strike their praecipe to discontinue under Rule 229(c). I have never done it before but this feels like the right opportunity. Keeping it live in PA could make this easier for a dumb judge in RI. –Holland &...

The most important decision an AI agent makes may be the decision not to decide. As legal AI moves from answering questions to participating in transactions, we need systems that know when to stop, ask for approval, or hand the matter to a human. That sounds obvious....

Suppose the United States manages to impose an economic stranglehold on Iran. Suppose Iran feels desperate by late September. The regime is beginning to wobble. Do you really think the Iranians would admit defeat and come to the negotiating table with their tale...

The post The Big Defense Spending Priorities Awaiting Congress In September appeared first on Above the Law. While lawmakers wrap up their August recess, Breaking Defense Multimedia Director Daniel Woolfolklays out several key funding measures confronting the House...

The post The Big Defense Spending Priorities Awaiting Congress In September appeared first on Above the Law. While lawmakers wrap up their August recess, Breaking Defense Multimedia Director Daniel Woolfolklays out several key funding measures confronting the House...

* Why are there so many lawyer billboards? [Mental Floss] * California legislature moves to block private equity from investing in law firms. [Law360] * DHS using law about customs violations to spy on journalists without a warrant. [Guardian] * Judge shopping crisis...

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. “Kalshi Takes Hit as Appeals Court Says Sports Bets Aren’t Swaps”: Gillian...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1987, a president reeling from a failed Supreme Court nomination quickly named a replacement — only to watch this one collapse in about a week. Who was the nominee who wasn’t undone by his judicial...

Imagine learning that one of your future Supreme Court colleagues didn’t befriend you in law school because he found you terrifying. Justice Clarence Thomas recently sat down for a rare interview with Senator Ted Cruz on his “Verdict” podcast, where the conversation...

Kara Maciel always knew she wanted to be a lawyer, and a high school trip to Washington, DC sealed the deal. What she didn’t plan for was building her own firm. In this episode, the Conn, Maciel & Carey co-founder talks about the years she spent paying off law...

Remember earlier this week, when the Supreme Court’s shadow docket handed Trump his mail-in ballot wish by deciding the blue states had sued too early — that they’d have to wait for the Postal Service to actually finalize its rule before anyone could complain about...

Last year, Law Firm 2.0, or the reimagined law firm, was a big topic at the TLTF Summit. Now, even AI-native law firms are part of the vernacular, designed from scratch around AI technology. Venture capital is flowing into firms built from the ground up, and existing...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think it’ll be fun. I like tax, so I think it’s going to be like a little vacation. — Jimmy Chilimigras, who recently graduated from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law at the age of 18, in comments...

Donald Trump has amended his defamation trollsuit against the New York Times. Now instead of being 40 pages of incoherent gobbledygook, it’s 62 pages of incoherent gobbledygook. But don’t worry, he’s still seeking just $15 billion in damages. No extra charge for the...

If your law firm is not using client intake calls as a source of data to generate marketing insights, you are missing out on one of the best ways to collect the information you and your marketing team need to refine your law firm growth strategy. Intake calls tell you...

I used to vacation with my family and friends at a swanky resort in a foreign country. The resort had several grand pools and overlooked the Pacific. It also had a very strict towel policy. To get a towel, you had to sign in with an attendant who recorded your room...

Family law programs play a crucial role in law school, giving students the knowledge and practical skills they need to guide clients through some of the most high-stakes issues they’ll ever face — marriage, divorce, family planning, custody, personal safety, and...

The post Harvey And PacerPro Announce Partnership To Connect Docket Data With AI Litigation Workflows appeared first on Above the Law.The legal AI company Harvey and the court data company PacerPro have announced an integration partnership that gives litigation teams...

Matthew Cali did what Biglaw associates are told to do: kept his head down, billed the hours, stayed on the partner track. Then his heart stopped. And his firm, he alleges, treated that as reason to push him off the track entirely. Cali, a litigation associate in...

The post AI Is Coming To Litigation. Get Up To Speed With Bellwether AI Litigator Early Bird Special. appeared first on Above the Law.The post AI Is Coming To Litigation. Get Up To Speed With Bellwether AI Litigator Early Bird Special. appeared first on Above the Law.

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This really is supply and demand. If the demand is there, then we’re going to continue seeing the signing bonuses. And then when the market cools off and associates have fewer options, firms won’t have to offer...

Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group is out with its six-month 2026 survey, and by the top-line numbers, Biglaw is having one of its best years on record. Revenue across the Am Law 200 climbed 12.4 percent through June, ahead of last year’s 11.2 percent pace and among...

If you are old enough to remember the movie Risky Business, you probably remember the famous scene where Tom Cruise slides smoothly across a wooden floor in his socks while Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” blasts in the background. Now imagine that same scene,...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who are the only grandfather-grandson pair ever to serve on the Supreme Court with a shared named borrowed from a legendary early justice? Hint: The elder became famous as a lone voice of conscience;...