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Top Firm Blames AI For Huge Layoff Wave — See Also

Baker McKenzie Plans To Lay Off Hundreds Of People: Little harder to make the “AI won’t take our jobs” argument. When Accuracy Doesn’t Go Far Enough: You’ve gotta check for more than hallucinations when using AI. Adios, Cadwalader!: 5 litigation leaders jump ship...

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Clarence Thomas’s Judicial Legacy

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! How many of Clarence Thomas’s former clerks are on the federal bench? Hint: Thomas has the most former clerks in the federal judiciary. See the answer on the next page. The post Clarence Thomas’s...

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Starbucks Grinds Lawsuit Over Lack Of White Baristas

Starbucks Grinds Lawsuit Over Lack Of White Baristas

Pour one out for Missouri prosecutors! A year ago, the state sued Starbucks for failing to hire enough white, male baristas, forcing consumers “to pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services that could be provided for less had Starbucks employed the most...

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Law Students Help Community Members File Their Taxes

Law Students Help Community Members File Their Taxes

Lawyers have a reputation for being bad at math. What better way to fix that reputation than by helping others crunch numbers? Something scarier than the Amityville House is upon us — tax season. Many of us could use some hand holding to figure out what we owe the...

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The Decision Trap That Slows Every Product Team

Momentum dies when teams treat every decision like it is irreversible. Why Product Lawyers Need a Better Decision LensIn-house product counsel spend a surprising amount of time untangling slow decisions. Not because the legal issues are complex. Not because the team...

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When It Comes to Trademark Searches, AI Misses the Mark

When It Comes to Trademark Searches, AI Misses the Mark

Artificial intelligence tools powered by large language models have become valuable resources in the trademark process. Despite incredible progress in natural-language reasoning, AI tools still face fundamental limitations when it comes to performing even basic...

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Practical Insights for Deploying AI in Firms

Practical Insights for Deploying AI in Firms

Join us to discover how large legal firms are deploying enterprise AI to streamline workflows, maintain trust, and deliver measurable ROI.       Join us to discover how large legal firms are deploying enterprise AI to streamline workflows, maintain trust, and deliver...

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From Tools to Impact: 5 Trends Reshaping Legal Work in 2026

From Tools to Impact: 5 Trends Reshaping Legal Work in 2026

Join us to explore how law firms can overcome fragmented processes and embrace scalable, embedded AI-driven workflows to boost efficiency, reduce manual work, and drive sustainable growth in 2026 and beyond.       Join us to explore how law firms can overcome...

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Going For The Gold

Trial lawyer Rich Ruohonen is in Italy with Team USA, hoping to pad the nation’s medal count this year. What event is Ruohonen participating in? Hint: At 54, Ruohonen is also hoping to become the oldest U.S. Winter Olympian to medal. See the answer on the next page....

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Guilt By Musical Association — See Also

Guilt By Musical Association — See Also

GOP Wants Investigation Of Justice Jackson Because She Attended The Grammys: Attending because she was nominated for best audio book isn’t enough of an excuse for these people. Epstein Victim Was A Biglaw Attorney Turned “Recruiter”: At one point, Epstein gave her...

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Bessent Blames Bondi For Trump Bribe

Bessent Blames Bondi For Trump Bribe

Scott Bessent has to pretend to believe a lot of nonsense, but Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS is really making the Treasury Secretary work for it. Last week, the president dropped his latest trollsuit, this time targeting the government over the leak of his...

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Regional Law School Receives $6M Grant To Stay Afloat

Regional Law School Receives $6M Grant To Stay Afloat

The Appalachian School of Law’s ledger forecasted a troubling financial future. As if low enrollment numbers and the Trump administration’s capping of graduate school funding weren’t enough of a hurdle, the school mathed out that they’d need millions of dollars if...

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Stat(s) Of The Week: Olympic History?

Stat(s) Of The Week: Olympic History?

When the U.S. men’s curling team takes the ice this Wednesday, a Minnesota trial lawyer will have his sights on a record.  At 54, Rich Ruohenon, an alternate on the team, would be the oldest-ever U.S. athlete to compete in the Olympics if he were to enter a match. ...

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Charlie Adelson Pushes For Retrial

Charlie Adelson Pushes For Retrial

By now, you’ve all heard of Charlie Adelson, the man accused of taking part in a conspiracy to kill Florida State law professor Dan Markel. And that could be part of the problem. After being sentenced to life in prison back in 2023, Adelson has attempted to get his...

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Accountability In An Age Of Unaccountability

A flurry of stories hit the legal world all at once last week, with the government responding to another ICE killing in Minnesota by… arresting journalists and dumping Epstein files. And while the Epstein files don’t represent the entire universe — or, perhaps, even...

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Running Your Cases

Running Your Cases

Most young lawyers don’t lose cases because they don’t know the law. They lose cases because they don’t run the case. They don’t drive it. They don’t manage it. They don’t control it. They let it control them. And then one day, they look up and realize discovery...

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The Muppet Show Revival Gets The Lawyers Involved

The Muppet Show Revival Gets The Lawyers Involved

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In the new revival of The Muppet Show, what legal subplot is guest host Sabrina Carpenter involved in? Hint: This comes after Miss Piggy’s “arrest” at the final show of Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour...

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Abstract Idea ≠ Patentable

An abstract idea and a patent attorney walk into a patent bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve abstract ideas.” The attorney replies, “That’s fine—we’ll just reduce it to practice.” Some of you may already get the punchline. If you don’t, read this short...

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Abstract Idea ≠ Patentable

An abstract idea and a patent attorney walk into a patent bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve abstract ideas.” The attorney replies, “That’s fine—we’ll just reduce it to practice.” Some of you may already get the punchline. If you don’t, read this short...

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Takes One To Know One — See Also

Takes One To Know One — See Also

Trump Calls Leonard Leo A Sleazebag: Second time’s the charm! What A Time To Enter: Anthropic enters as legal tech free falls. Jumping Over Failure: The DOJ’s “Emergency Jump Teams” are a drastic attempt to fix poor staffing issues. What Happens When The Plaintiff Is...

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Anthropic Enters Legal Tech, Legal Tech Enters Freefall

It wasn’t 1929 for the legal tech industry, but it wasn’t great either. Thomson Reuters lost around 15 percent of its value. LexisNexis’s parent company dropped about 14 percent. DocuSign fell 11 percent. A lot of the industry isn’t publicly traded, so we didn’t get...

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