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Trump Demands SCOTUS Reverse Birthright Red Card
It’s exhausting to have a president who couldn’t pass 7th grade American history — particularly when the mad king’s advisors are too busy glazing him to point out when his latest edict is not a thing. Twice this week, the law-understander demanded an appeal to the...
When Pay Is Equal, Boutique Firms Have The Edge
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It took the salary away as a factor, so I could focus on the other aspects of my career and where I wanted to be. — Emily Clarke, an associate at Wilkinson Stekloff who joined the firm after a federal...
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. “Work on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Divides Sullivan &...
Lawyers Do Not Need An AI Ban. They Need An AI Duty Of Care.
Not long ago, artificial intelligence in the legal profession still felt hypothetical. Lawyers were experimenting with it quietly. Judges were curious but cautious. Most discussions about AI and the law sounded academic. That phase is over. Today, lawyers are using AI...
Litigation Trends to Watch: Lawsuits Center on AI Trainers, Surveillance Pricing and Last-Mile Delivery Drivers
A new wave of litigation is taking shape as workers who train AI models claim they were misclassified as independent contractors. A new wave of litigation is taking shape as workers who train AI models claim they were misclassified as independent...
Sullivan & Cromwell Partners Are Big Mad About The Firm’s Latest Trump Representation
Something’s going down at Sullivan & Cromwell. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the rumors swirling around Biglaw that there’s a civil war brewing at Sullivan & Cromwell over just how far the firm should go for its most famous — and most toxic — client....
On The Other Side Of The 4th
Weather didn’t discriminate this past holiday weekend. Brutal is putting it mildly. Climate change is real and if you don’t believe me, then read Jeff Goodell’s book of several years ago, “The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.” I am not...
Building A Judicial Legacy
Judge Nushin Sayfie traces her path from a fifth-grade classroom where a teacher named her attorney general, to 14 years defending clients who couldn’t afford a lawyer, to the bench of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit. She talks with Kathryn Rubino about what she gave...
How I Made Partner: ‘Build Relationships With Attorneys in Other Practice Areas,’ Says Drew Newman of Moore & Van Allen
"Build relationships with attorneys in other practice areas at your law firm as soon as possible. Looking back on my career, I wish I had started networking with attorneys outside the litigation group sooner. These attorneys become part of your client portfolio and...
Trump Calls Supreme Court ‘Absolutely Insane’ And Then Asks For Birthright Citizenship Do-Over
Donald Trump losing Trump v. Barbara was the least surprising ruling of the term. That said, it was one of the more surprising decisions because while the Fourteenth Amendment is clear and literally no one doubted its meaning until about a year ago, a few of the...
Fifth Circuit Says Gov’t Can Violate Migrants’ Due Process Rights… But Only For 90 Days
Good news!(?) It’s good news of sorts, so we’ll go with a qualified “good news!” here. There’s a little table setting that needs to be done to explain why it’s better now than it was before the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court continued ingratiating itself to...
Morning Docket: 07.10.26
* OpenAI accused of hiding evidence in NY Times copyright case. Reached for comment, ChatGPT said, “I’m sorry, you’re right, I was supposed to produce that.” [Law360] * Lawyer dressed as police officer to spy on ex-girlfriend at Nando’s. [Roll on Friday] * Ninth...
UChicago Law Bans Laptops from 1L Classrooms As Part of Sweeping New AI Strategy for Legal Education
The University of Chicago Law School yesterday released a comprehensive AI Strategy Statement that will reshape how it teaches first-year students, how it assesses upper-level writing, and how it integrates AI tools across its curriculum — including a pilot program...
From Rankings to Responses: AI Is Changing How Law Firms Get Found
In this week's episode, Legal Speak how the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping law firm marketing and public relations. In this week's episode, Legal Speak how the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping law firm marketing and public...
Big Law’s Trump Deals May Face More Lawmaker Pressure After Midterms
Democratic lawmakers are expected to revive congressional investigations into nine law firms that made deals with the Trump administration, if Democrats gain a majority in one or both chambers of Congress. Law firms could be the subject of congressional subpoenas or...
Law Firm Disrupted: The ‘Ask Jeeves’ Phase of Gen AI Evolution?
While most lawyers are using generative AI, many say inefficiencies reduce its effectiveness, for now. While most lawyers are using generative AI, many say inefficiencies reduce its effectiveness, for now.
Agentic AI For Forensics Investigations Is Fast, Auditable, And About To Bloody Daubert
The banner that greets anyone reading Exterro’s announcement that ARMOUR for FTK, its new agentic AI layer for digital forensics, proclaims is now available within its FTK Central platform: See how the FBI beat the clock on the Trump WHCA Assassination Case with...
The Biglaw Associates Billing The Most
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new report into the Biglaw associate experience published by Chambers, which practice area bills the most hours in a week? Hint: This practice area averages a billable load of 54.4 hours...
Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand The Adage About Catching Flies With Honey — See Also
Discovery Really Is The Best Part Of Litigation: ABA wants the deets on the Trump Biglaw executive orders. The World’s Best Law Schools: Of course the USA features prominently on this ranking. CSI Agentic: Exterro releases an agentic AI tool for forensics. Courts will...
Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal Exits After 6-Year Run Marked by SEC Victory
The former federal judge helped steer the crypto exchange through its public listing and a high-stakes regulatory showdown with securities regulators The former federal judge helped steer the crypto exchange through its public listing and a high-stakes...
Victoria Sigeti: Freshfields’ New UK Leader on Being Loyal to London and Patient on US Private Capital
The U.K. managing partner discusses assuming the top role, Europe and whether the practice area she co-leads, private capital, has a place in the firm's widely-broadcast U.S. ambitions. The U.K. managing partner discusses assuming the top role, Europe and...
Lawyers’ Use Of AI Notetakers And Client Conversations: Ethics Rules, Risks, And Best Practices (2026 Update)
The post Lawyers’ Use Of AI Notetakers And Client Conversations: Ethics Rules, Risks, And Best Practices (2026 Update) appeared first on Above the Law.The post Lawyers’ Use Of AI Notetakers And Client Conversations: Ethics Rules, Risks, And Best Practices (2026...
The ABA Wants The White House’s Receipts On The Biglaw Executive Orders
In 2025, Steve Bannon said the quiet part out loud, on his own podcast, when it came to the Trump administration’s goals when issuing (unconstitutional) executive orders aimed at Biglaw firms. Bannon said of the targeted firms, “What we are trying to do is put you out...
New Study Confirms Your First Law Firm Probably Won’t Be Your Last
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The continued high mobility of recent graduates is one of the report’s most significant findings. Early-career lawyers are changing jobs at unprecedented rates, making the ability to practice in different...
The Leader Is Not The Point: Serving Organizations By Serving Their Members
Most lawyers who step into leadership roles do so for good reasons. They want to help. They want to support a bar association, a firm committee, a nonprofit board, a civic group, or a professional organization that helped them along the way. They want to give back....
As Law Firms Make Blackbox Bonuses, Transparency Clashes Grow
More firms are adding bonus setups, but aren't making those payments known to other partners, even in otherwise transparent comp systems. More firms are adding bonus setups, but aren't making those payments known to other partners, even in otherwise transparent...
The Best Law Schools In The World (2026)
The dog days of summer are now upon us, and we’ve got just what every lawyer and law student wants to see to get them through the rest of the week: a ranking of the best law schools in the world. Move over U.S. News, because we’re about to go global. Before we get to...
Law Firms Are Moving Aggressively Into Secondary Markets, but What Are They Chasing?
The rate at which law firms are opening offices in secondary and even tertiary markets is accelerating significantly since 2024 The rate at which law firms are opening offices in secondary and even tertiary markets is accelerating significantly since...
Patience Is Not Passive
(Image via Getty)Recently, I wrote about chaos being part of the job. I spent time on the idea that people are not predictable and that no amount of legal training fully prepares you for the human side of in-house practice. I have been thinking more about that since....
Why ‘Safe’ General Counsel Hires Are Leaving So Quickly
More chief legal officers are leaving within just a few years of being hired, prompting questions about whether companies are selecting the wrong candidates—or preparing them for the wrong job. Legal leaders say the modern GC role requires far more than an impressive...
Morning Docket: 07.09.26
* Trump asks Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case, in case the English language has changed since last week. [CNBC] * Judge Ross denies recusal request in civil case based on the claim that she barely supervised clerks on her civil docket. Or maybe her...
Elevance Sues CMS Over Star Ratings, Seeks Same Recalculation Applied To Clover
The post Elevance Sues CMS Over Star Ratings, Seeks Same Recalculation Applied To Clover appeared first on Above the Law.The post Elevance Sues CMS Over Star Ratings, Seeks Same Recalculation Applied To Clover appeared first on Above the Law.
Fractional General Counsel: A Win-Win Proposition For Certain Clients, And Certain Lawyers
When I was a mid-level partner, it dawned on me that there were a lot of small businesses and sophisticated individuals who occasionally had legal issues but did not have full-time in-house counsel to help. This was mainly due to their needs: their legal problems were...
Norm Ai Hits Unicorn Status With $120M Series C At $1.2 Billion Valuation
The post Norm Ai Hits Unicorn Status With $120M Series C At $1.2 Billion Valuation appeared first on Above the Law.Norm Ai, the New York-based legal and compliance AI company, today announced a $120 million Series C round at a $1.2 billion valuation, crossing the...
Job Of The Month: Senior Title Insurance Underwriting Counsel
A national, Fortune 500 company, and leader in financial, title insurance and escrow services, is seeking experienced Senior Title Underwriting Counsel for in-house, hybrid roles in Stamford, Connecticut, and Tarrytown, New York. These roles advise on complex real...
Reports Emerge of Layoffs at Litigation Technology Company Darrow
The layoffs reportedly impacted roughly one-third of the company's employees, including workers in both Israel and the U.S. The layoffs reportedly impacted roughly one-third of the company's employees, including workers in both Israel and the...
Boston Joins Social Media Addiction MDL as Mass. Doubles Down on Challenging Big Tech
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's decision to join the multidistrict litigation over social media addiction follows the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's April ruling preventing Meta from avoiding liability in a consumer protection suit from the state's attorney...
The Home MRI Paradox
The future value of lawyers will come less from generating first drafts and more from knowing how to choose, feed, test and deploy professional systems in a way that serves the client's strategy. The future value of lawyers will come less from generating first...
Law.com’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2025
The nation's highest-ranking verdicts were compiled by Law.com analyst team VerdictSearch. The nation's highest-ranking verdicts were compiled by Law.com analyst team VerdictSearch.
Two Years After Launching Its AI Assistant Archie, Smokeball Rolls Out the ‘Next Generation’ Built on Agentic AI, and Embedded in Word and Outlook
Two years ago, the law practice management company Smokeball gave me an exclusive preview of its plans for an AI ecosystem spanning the full client lifecycle, anchored by an AI matter assistant called Archie, which it formally launched in July 2024. Now the company...
The Week in Data July 8: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including why India's M&A market is entering a new phase. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including why India's M&A market is entering a new...
Legal AI Is Not a Singular Category and Cannot Be Governed As One Solution
Before asking whether AI use is permissible, defensible or reliable, practitioners have to identify what function the system is supporting in the legal workflow. Treating all legal AI as a single category obscures the actual source of professional risk: not the...
DC Court Accepts SEC’s Deal With Elon Musk, Despite ‘Significant Misgivings’
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said she had "significant misgivings" about the settlement, but that the deal didn't meet the high threshold to be rejected. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said she had "significant misgivings" about the settlement,...
The Law Schools With The Lowest Acceptance Rates
How can you measure a law school’s worth, aside from the employment statistics of its graduates? Another telling sign of its success may be its selectivity, that is, a school’s acceptance rate. But which law schools had the lowest acceptance rates? There’s a ranking...
The DMS, Reimagined: Why Your Firm’s Memory Is Now Its AI Foundation
iManage CEO Neil AraujoWhile advances (and mishaps) involving generative AI create nonstop legal industry headlines, the infrastructure powering how legal professionals find, use, and govern their knowledge is having a moment. That’s because a knowledge work platform...
Supreme Court Narrowly Passes Reading Comprehension Section
The Fourteenth Amendment lays out birthright citizenship in clear terms. Every subsequent legal challenge and all the scholarly work on the subject — until about a year ago — agreed on how to read it. Yet, the Supreme Court still managed to split on the question, with...
This Biglaw Firm Is ‘Dangerous’ — And The Deal Flow Backs It Up
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. That combination of product specialization on the IPO and public company side, geographic proximity to the clients and industry knowledge—that’s what we think makes us dangerous. — Ryan Maierson, a capital...
Judge Emil Bove Set Trump Assassination Photo As His Phone’s Lock Screen, Like A Proper Henchman
Your background photo selection is more of a window into your inner life than anything else. It’s the image greeting you eighty times a day when you check the time, answer emails, or check how many concessions the US gave to Iran while you were away. Which is why most...
The End Of Physical PlayStation Games: Ownership, Licenses, And The Digital Backlash
Recently, Sony announced that, starting in 2028, all PlayStation 5 games will be released only in digital formats. Users can purchase games either at the PlayStation store or at a third-party store. But games purchased from the latter will not include a physical disc...
50 Years In, Index Fund Investing Risks Include Meme Stocks, The AI Bubble, And Presidential Market Manipulation
On August 31, 1976, John C. Bogle of Vanguard launched the first index fund available to individual investors. From that point, the benefits of spreading investments across a broad swathe of stocks to both limit risk and maximize gains (at a bare minimum of expense)...
Yale Law School Begging Yale University To Find Its Spine Against Donald Trump
The dean of Yale Law School and a good chunk of its faculty are quietly trying to stop Yale University from cutting a deal with the Trump administration. A wild turn of events for a law school once called a “model of complicity.” Too bad it seems as though their...
Former Law School Dean Takes The ‘W’ In Primary
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The former dean of which law school is running for Governor? Hint: He’s currently the state attorney general, and defeated the incumbent in the Democratic primary last week. See the answer on the next...
A Merger-Sized Wrinkle In Time — See Also
Doesn’t Reviewing 6 Months Of Time Entries Sound Fun?!?! Pour some out for legacy Cadwalader attorneys. Ken Paxton Heal Thyself: Or at least get your voter registration issues in order before going after others. You, Sir, Have The Boorish Manners Of A Yalie!: Yale Law...
White House Internal Communications Shed Light on Trump’s Law Firm Deals
The communications released by the DOJ in late June, in the form of redacted emails, ultimately relate to three elements of Trump's 2025 war on Big Law. The communications released by the DOJ in late June, in the form of redacted emails, ultimately relate to...
‘The Most Whack-a-Mole of All of My Cases’: Miami Judge Grapples With Ballooning Smartmatic Docket
U.K.-based elections technology company Smartmatic says the government's decision to drop its prosecution against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, in part because the case was primarily foreign, warrants the dismissal of its case. But prosecutors said Wednesday "Adani...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Could Testify in 2nd Social Media Addiction Trial
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, at a Wednesday hearing, told lawyers she tentatively planned to allow the testimony of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, as well as Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel, at the July 27 trial. Los...
Legal AI, Legal MSOs and Legal’s Excel Moment
Every time someone proclaims that AI is going to “wipe out the legal profession”, I think about accountants in the early days of Microsoft Excel. The predictions were strikingly similar. Accounting was supposedly finished. Software would replace professionals. Entire...
Amid Pressure to Make a Deal With the DOJ, Yale Law Community Urges University Leadership to ‘Defend Its Autonomy’
Members of the Yale University and Law School community, including current students and alumni, are urging the university not to make a deal with the government. Members of the Yale University and Law School community, including current students and alumni, are...
Landing Legal Speaking Gigs and Build Domain Authority | MCLE New England
Host Jared Correia partners with MCLE New England and an expert panel to break down how lawyers can land high-visibility speaking gigs. The post Landing Legal Speaking Gigs and Build Domain Authority | MCLE New England appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law...
Amid Rise in Healthcare Discrimination Claims, Salvation Army Fends Off Challenge to Opioid Ban in Rehab Facilities
The complaint against the Salvation Army continues a trend of individuals bringing disability claims against rehabilitation and treatment centers, data from Law.com Radar shows. The complaint against the Salvation Army continues a trend of individuals bringing...
When ‘Good Enough’ Investigation Becomes a Liability
Most litigators believe they are skilled investigators, and many are right. Depositions, document requests, and cross-examination are investigative tools, and good trial lawyers use them well. But the confidence that comes from being good inside a case has a blind...
IP and AI Deepfakes: Can you really “Trademark Yourself?” Should You?
Artificial Intelligence can use online content from creators to produce various “new works” online, whether those original content creators are globally famous, locally famous, or anonymous. These new works might be “deepfakes,” parodies, funny memes, or...
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Novel Suit Over Ultra-Processed Foods Falls Flat, Judge Suggests Videotaping Testimony of Social Media Execs
This week: A federal judge in Pennsylvania refused to allow plaintiffs to amend a first-of-its-kind suit against manufacturers of ultra-processed foods, such as Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz. Lawyers for Meta and Snapchat will respond in court today about videotaping...
How I Made Partner: ‘Spend Less Time Second-Guessing,’ Says Cameron Jordan of Skadden
"I would spend less time second-guessing whether I belonged and more time focusing on development, judgment and relationships. That confidence comes with time, but it does not need to take as long as it often does." "I would spend less time second-guessing...
Your Firm’s Reputation Now Exists In Two Places: What AI Means for Legal Marketing
AI-assisted discovery isn't displacing relationships, referrals or reputation. What it is doing is becoming the context in which all of those things get their first airing. Increasingly, the question a prospective client asks an AI tool is the question your reputation...
For Legal Talent, Remote Flexibility Carries Compensation-Level Value
Return-to-office requirements are still prompting lawyers to reject job offers, according to recruiters, even as employers regain leverage and seek more in-person work. Return-to-office requirements are still prompting lawyers to reject job offers, according to...
Centari Launches External Views, Enabling Firms to Share Deal Intelligence Dashboards Directly with Clients
Centari, an AI platform for managing complex transactions, today launched External Views, a capability that allows law firms to create white-labeled dashboards and share them directly with clients. The feature builds on Centari’s Views capability, introduced earlier...
Charles Russell Speechlys Breaks Into the US with 2 Offices and Major Team Hire From Withers
The London-based private wealth firm is entering the U.S. with offices in New York and Connecticut, anchored by the hire of seven senior partners and one senior counsel from rival Withers. The London-based private wealth firm is entering the U.S. with offices in...
Paul Schlader: From Finding a Passion to Building a Coffee Brand
Birch Coffee co-founder Paul Schlader joins Larry Port to unpack the brutal financial realities, operational pivots, and core service systems of running a retail coffee empire. The post Paul Schlader: From Finding a Passion to Building a Coffee Brand appeared first on...
ABA Fires Back Against DOJ in Battle Over Epshteyn Subpoena
The DOJ alleges that the ABA's requests for production raise separation of powers concerns, that it would be premature for the government to conclude that the requests implicate the presidential communications privilege, and that the ABA's requests are...
Is The Supreme Court Putting Money On The Merits? — See Also
SCOTUS Betting On Its Own Cases? It shouldn’t be this hard for Chief Justice Roberts to answer this one. More People Come Out Against Todd Blanche’s nomination for the Attorney General Role: But what the Senate does with that information is up to the Senate. The Trump...
EEOC Scraps Affirmative Action Guidance, Raising Litigation Risk for Employers, Lawyers Say
Any employers that want to have an affirmative action plan are "going to have to be very careful," said Clark Hill member Vanessa Kelly. Any employers that want to have an affirmative action plan are "going to have to be very careful," said Clark Hill member...
Fastcase And Alexi Head To Court This Week In High-Stakes Fight Over Legal AI, Caselaw Data, And Clio’s $1B vLex Deal
The post Fastcase And Alexi Head To Court This Week In High-Stakes Fight Over Legal AI, Caselaw Data, And Clio’s $1B vLex Deal appeared first on Above the Law.A federal judge in Washington, D.C., will hear arguments this week in a case that could help define the rules...
The Biglaw Firms Where Lawyers Did The Most Pro Bono Work (2025)
Pro bono work has taken on an entirely different hue under the Trump II administration, with some Biglaw firms afraid to take on work that may be frowned upon by the White House, and others pledging hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of pro bono payola to...
The Legal Tech-To-English Dictionary (2.0): The Current State Of AI
Auth. note: Though it was certainly tempting, no artificial intelligence technology was used to create this publication. All appearing em dashes were added by the author — just as nature intended. Welcome to the sequel to the Legal Tech-to-English Dictionary (2022)....
Blank Rome Hit With Two Class Actions After Data Breach Exposes 57,000 Clients
One might say that Blank Rome got hacked. But “hacked” would be doing a lot of heavy lifting in that case. It’s not like anybody cracked the firewall, deployed a zero-day, or spent a month tunneling through the firm’s defenses while taunting the IT team. Someone...
The Talent Arms Race: How Law Firms Compete In A Market Without Rules
Ed. note: Please welcome Howard Rosenberg, head of the Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions practice of Baretz+Brunelle, to the pages of Above the Law. In this new series, he and his colleagues at B+B will share their thoughts on trends they’re seeing across the legal...
Biglaw’s AI Partnership Wars Have Officially Begun
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s the splashiness of the announcement. I’ve heard from people at Kirkland’s peer firms in the private equity area that they feel they need to respond somehow. I think some other firm will feel threatened...
Former DOJ Prosecutors To Senate: Blanche Took The Same Oath We Did But He Didn’t Keep It
Folks are just coming out of the woodwork to oppose Donald Trump’s AG nominee. The latest addition to genre is a letter signed by 1200+ former Department of Justice employees — career prosecutors, FBI officials, and former U.S. Attorneys who served under both...
When Cyberattacks Walk Through the Front Door
For years, law firms have invested heavily in defending against remote cyberattacks. Firewalls, multifactor authentication, endpoint detection, email security, and employee awareness training have become standard components of modern cybersecurity programs. The...
Token Maxxing: This Pricing Movie Is A Remake
There has been a lot of buzz around AI token pricing lately, especially as agents create a multiplier effect, using an unpredictably large number of AI resources known as tokens. Uber burned through its 2026 AI budget as it rolled out Claude Code to their...
Still In The Honeymoon Phase, Taylor Swift Notches Legal Victory From Interesting Source
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! A copyright claim against Taylor Swift was dismissed this week by which Donald Trump-appointed judge? Hint: The case, filed by poet Kimberly Marasco, alleged Swift stole themes from the poet’s...
Defendants Move to Toss Thousands of Plaintiffs in ‘Forever Chemical’ MDL
Tyco, DuPont and other defendants moved to dismiss 8,000 plaintiffs from the multidistrict litigation in South Carolina alleging exposure to the "forever chemical" PFAS in drinking water, citing missing medical records and other factual information. Tyco, DuPont...
The Black, White, and Gray of AI: Ethics, Risks, and Regulation with Guest Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
Former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, legal ethics, and public safety. Discover how algorithmic bias and regulatory frameworks are reshaping the legal landscape. The post The Black, White, and Gray of AI: Ethics,...
Geopolitical Pressures Are Reshaping In-House Legal Work, but Many Companies Still Lack a Playbook
"We're finding so many of our legal departments saying that their companies are being reactive and not proactive when it comes to responding to geopolitical issues," said Jason Brown, president and chief executive officer at the Association of Corporate...
Am Law 200 Law Firms Hit With Surge of Suits, Law.com Radar Shows
More than 50 lawsuits against major law firms surfaced last month, part of a pattern in litigation. More than 50 lawsuits against major law firms surfaced last month, part of a pattern in litigation.
‘Trailblazer’ Rya W. Zobel, First Woman to Serve as Mass. Fed. Judge, Dies at 94
U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel, the first woman to serve as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, died Saturday at the age of 94 in her home in Charlestown, the district court's office of the clerk announced. U.S....
Announcing the New York Legal Awards Shortlist for 2026
Law.com and New York Law Journal editorial staff recognize the winners and finalists for the New York Legal Awards 2026. We'll reveal the winners in categories with finalists during the awards dinner at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Sept. 3 in Manhattan. Law.com and...
As Pro Bono Programs Navigate Choppy Waters, Are Hours Holding Steady?
Law firm pro bono leaders said demand for pro bono work on immigration-related cases was particularly strong in 2025, as a result of the government's stepped-up deportation efforts. Law firm pro bono leaders said demand for pro bono work on immigration-related...
UNM Law Dean Reappointed to Second Term Amid Community Debate
Opponents had been urging the university to not renew Dean Camille Carey's contract, citing numerous allegations, including a decline in diverse students and faculty. Opponents had been urging the university to not renew Dean Camille Carey's contract, citing...
On LawNext: Inside Claude for Legal — Anthropic’s Mark Pike on AI’s Next Frontier in Law
When Anthropic launched Claude for Legal in May – more than 20 MCP connectors and a dozen practice-area plugins built specifically for legal work – it marked the company’s biggest and most explicit commitment yet to the legal industry. It also reignited a debate...
S&P Global CLO to Retire After a Decade Steering Legal Through Landmark Deals and AI Transformation
S&P Global Chief Legal Officer Steve Kemps will retire at the end of 2026 after a decade leading the company's legal function through transformative deals, including the recent Mobility spinoff, major acquisitions and a period of rapid strategic...
This Circuit Court Loves Being Wrong
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal circuit court was the most overturned by the Supreme Court this Term? Hint: This is the third year in a row this circuit led the nation in being overturned by SCOTUS. They were overturned...
Another Bill Trump Won’t Pay — See Also
Roberta Kaplan Wants Her Client To Get Paid: Trump’s legal goons, on the other hand, are trying more delay tactics. World Cup Of Lawyerball: The United States dragged the soccer world into its national pastime — legal threats. You’d Have To Be High To Buy Elon Musk’s...
Judge Breyer Denies Elon Musk’s Bid To Toss Twitter Fraud Verdict Over Weed Joke Conspiracy Theory
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)“Buyer’s remorse is not an exception to the securities laws.” So begins Judge Charles Breyer’s order denying pretty much all of Elon Musk’s post-trial motions seeking to side step the jury verdict that found the...
AI’s Biggest Win For Lawyers May Be Work-Life Balance
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. First and foremost, it means people spend less time working evenings and weekends. Second is it’s going to allow them to be able to focus more of their time and attention on complex high-risk matters where they...
Marc Kasowitz Allegedly Took A $6.4M Cut Of Columbia Antisemitism Settlement And Jewish Students Are Pissed
Marc Kasowitz made himself the face of the campus antisemitism fight, filing splashy Title VI suits against Columbia, Harvard, Penn, and NYU on behalf of Jewish students. When his firm settled with Columbia earlier this year on behalf of 43 Jewish and Israeli...
A&O Shearman Prepares to Post ‘Material’ Profit Growth Amid Era of ‘Unprecedented’ Partner Mobility
According to U.S. firm head Adam Hakki, the firm is focusing more on “quality of revenue. According to U.S. firm head Adam Hakki, the firm is focusing more on “quality of revenue.
How Google’s Decade-Long Antitrust Fight Came to Reflect a Changing Brussels Legal Market
The changes to Google's legal team tell a story of a Brussels market in flux with new power brokers as “very aggressive, very profitable U.S. law firms move in. The changes to Google's legal team tell a story of a Brussels market in flux with new power brokers...
The Best Law Schools For Environmental Law (2026)
For law students, environmental law isn’t just some niche elective you take to feel virtuous these days. Between regulatory whiplash in Washington, climate litigation, ESG fights, and state-level enforcement, lawyers who understand environmental and administrative law...