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‘Family Quarrel,’ Not Corporate Mismanagement: NY Judge Rejects Sisters’ Claims Over Real Estate Empire
New York County Supreme Court Judge Anar R. Patel's 33-page decision followed a 12-day bench trial over the Tekiner family's ownership and management of Brement House Inc. and German New Co. New York County Supreme Court Judge Anar R. Patel's 33-page decision...
Why Have Trump, Biden Quickly Promoted Their Own Judges?
Judicial elevations are nothing new, but the pace of them seems to be getting faster. Court watchers explain what's driving the trend. Judicial elevations are nothing new, but the pace of them seems to be getting faster. Court watchers explain what's driving the...
Ill. Federal Judge Awards $350K in Fees in Copyright Noninfringement Claim
"Farris essentially copied the formatting of Robin's spreadsheet to make the prototype. Farris's argument that he was the sole author of the product since its inception was an objectively flawed theory. Arguing that he was the sole author because he registered the...
Who Is Your Go-To Law Firm?
We are compiling our annual list of the top outside counsel and need your input. As always, to build our Outside Counsel Rankings, we turn to those whose perspectives matter most to law firms — the clients who hire them. If you are an in-house attorney, we want to...
Biglaw Firm Takes A Bite Out Of The Big Apple With Latest Merger
Start spreading the news: Michael Best has made its way to New York, and it brought a merger announcement along for the ride. The Am Law 200 firm has completed a combination with Kane Kessler, a Manhattan firm with approximately 40 attorneys that’s been in business...
One Plus One Equals More Than Two: Clio Lands McCormack To Join Arredondo In Judiciary Expansion
The post One Plus One Equals More Than Two: Clio Lands McCormack To Join Arredondo In Judiciary Expansion appeared first on Above the Law.The mystery of Bridget M. McCormack’s destination has been solved.Last week, I reported that McCormack, current president and CEO...
Of Course The Texas Senate Race Is Being Litigated On Joe Rogan
The president is a reality TV star (so’s the transportation secretary), so of course in the year of our lord 2026 the sharpest commentary on the Texas Senate race came from a comedian on a podcast. This week, Ron White, the scotch-in-hand veteran of the Blue Collar...
Trump’s DOJ Hired A ‘Demolition Crew’ For Civil Rights Enforcement
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The staffing really matches the mission [to] dismantle civil rights enforcement as we’ve known it for 60 years. This is the demolition crew that they’ve hired. — Regan Rush, a longtime career lawyer in the...
I’m Going To AI-Proof My Writing By Becoming Increasingly Unhinged In A Way No Machine Would Ever Replicate
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Another day, another round of tech company CEOs proclaiming we have a greater than 10% chance of artificial intelligence causing the extinction of humanity. Though that dire of an outlook seems a little alarmist to me, it’s hard to...
Lindsey Halligan’s Comeback Tour Hits A Skeptical Fourth Circuit Panel
Nearly a year after a federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan was never lawfully the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and threw out the political prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James along...
New Bill Might Finally Put A Stop To Judge Pauline Newman’s Stealth Impeachment
The Federal Circuit issued a one-year suspension barring Judge Pauline Newman from hearing cases back in 2023. That order was renewed in 2024…. and again in 2025. The window for a fourth renewal is open right now. How can federal judges functionally strip a colleague...
Iran War Costs: $38 Billion, Plus $2 Billion-$3 Billion Per Month Going Forward
The post Iran War Costs: $38 Billion, Plus $2 Billion-$3 Billion Per Month Going Forward appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — According to a Congressional Budget Office report published today, combat operations in Iran have cost the Defense Department around...
Morning Docket: 09.17.26
* How law firms became complicit actors in Epstein’s web. [Bloomberg] * Supreme Court maintains order barring states from banning telehealth mifepristone after Louisiana attempted to defy the last Supreme Court order. [ABC News] * Second Amendment scholar previews the...
How the Deal Got Done: Foley and Lee Jeans/Authentic Brands
Foley & Lardner recently served as the legal adviser to Kontoor Brands Inc. (NYSE: KTB) in its sale of the Lee® business to Authentic Brands Group for total cash consideration of up to $1 billion. Partner Bryan Schultz offers this perspective on "How the Deal Got...
How to Explain a Thing
Complex topic? Even if you think your audience understands the Thing you need to explain, it’s good to include some basics. This outline from Teddy Snyder works for legal documents, text and speeches. The post How to Explain a Thing appeared first on Articles, Tips...
Live from WIPL with Law.com’s Vanessa Blum and Alaina Lancaster
Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville. Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville.
Hong Kong Targets Larger Role in Global Disputes Market
Hong Kong is betting on mediation and institutional reforms to strengthen its position as a disputes centre for international and mainland Chinese businesses. Hong Kong is betting on mediation and institutional reforms to strengthen its position as a disputes...
2026 Jacksonville Board Certified Attorneys
Home Special Issue 2026 Jacksonville Board Certified Attorneys By Attorney at Law Magazine September 17, 2026 Table of Contents We sat down with some of the board certified lawyers here in Jacksonville to discuss their aspirations and inspirations. Edward M. Booth...
Report: Vehicle Warranty Cases Drive Surge in Products Liability Filings
There were 5,692 products liability filings in 2025, up 31% from 2024 and 63% higher than in 2016, according to Lex Machina's 2026 Products Liability Litigation Report, which tracks federal cases. There were 5,692 products liability filings in 2025, up 31% from...
DOJ Promises Lindsey Halligan Wasn’t A Fake U.S. Attorney — See Also
You Miss 100 Percent Of The Shots You Don’t Take: Trump administration argues that insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan really was a legally appointed U.S. Attorney despite all the facts and law. Fixing The Court: New law might finally end the Judge Newman stealth...
Creativity In The Age Of AI: A Lost Art?
Practicing law. Mention legal work to most normal people, and they picture some poor bastard sitting under fluorescent lights at 11:30 at night, surrounded by banker’s boxes, reading footnotes about indemnification clauses until his soul leaves his body. But the truth...
Beyond CLM: The Road To An Agentic Future
CLE Webinar (Register below)September 30, 2026 10 a.m. ET Facing increasing demands to do more with less, corporate law departments are exploring the promise of agentic AI. With good reason: Even the most helpful tools for tasks like document review or clause...
Law Firm Passive Aggressiveness On Parade
Weil labels Cravath a “smaller platform” following partner departure, vaulting to the top of the leaderboard as the most passive aggressive statement a law firm has made this year. Which is saying a lot. Meanwhile, Missouri Republicans spent the week putting on a...
New Hampshire Chief Justice Resigns After Admitting Ethics Violations Over $50,000 Payout To Longtime Ally
New Hampshire’s top judge is out, and he’s taking an ethics confession with him on the way out the door. On Tuesday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office released a one-paragraph resignation letter from Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald, effective immediately. The letter says, “I...
Man Accused Of Sending Horrifying Death Threats To Federal Judge Will Face Trial
Threats against federal judges have become an increasingly grim feature of the Trump II era, with jurists facing everything from swatting attempts to death threats for the apparent offense of doing their jobs. Now, one man accused of threatening to murder a federal...
The Supreme Court Justice That Ran A Treason Trial
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1807, a former vice president stood trial for treason, accused of plotting to carve his own empire out of the western frontier, with the sitting president driving the prosecution and openly...
Schedule A Defendant Succeeds in Vacating Default Under Major 7th Circuit Ruling
"No authoritative case holds that being unable to verify a defendant's address on three search engines—despite the address being verifiable on other popular platforms—constitutes reasonable diligence," wrote U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, of the Northern District of...
Dormant License Plate Reader Law Fuels Surge in Privacy Suits in 1 Major State
There is no current federal law regulating the technology, but Washington, D.C., and two dozen states have laws on the books pertaining to the cameras, according to the New York University Law School's Policing Project. There is no current federal law regulating...
Why Law Firms Don’t Buy Technology, They Buy Trust
The strongest, longest-lasting partnerships were never built because one platform had more features than another. They were built because there was trust. And every relationship I've seen fall apart, even when the technology was solid, came down to that trust breaking...
On LawNext: Alex Su, Newly Named President of Latitude Legal, On Why AI Is Driving Demand for Flex Talent
Call it Alex Su, redux. We do not usually have the same guest on LawNext twice in the same year, but there is good reason to have Alex back, as he has just been named president of Latitude Legal, the flexible legal staffing company. Last February, Alex and I recorded...
How I Made Partner: ‘Being a Good Person and a Good Colleague Goes a Long Way,’ Says Jeff Jay of Freshfields
"Being a good person and a good colleague goes a long way. You're going to need to have people vouching for you who have seen you in action, who know you as a friend, who know that you're there for them and that you'll help them out without expecting anything in...
The Motherhood Penalty, the Daddy Track, and What the Legal Profession Gets Wrong About Parents
Jamie Spannhake | We already knew about the motherhood penalty for lawyers, but what about the daddy track? The ABA's parenthood study offers a roadmap for fixing a faulty structure (and it's not just about childcare). Listen up, law firm leaders! The post The...
RelativityOne Gets A New Name To Reflect Its Increasing Capabilities Around AI and Data
Perhaps it is only fitting that a product launched in the cloud should be renamed for the atmosphere it occupies. The e-discovery company Relativity announced today that it has renamed RelativityOne, its cloud-based platform, as Relativity aiR, giving it the name that...
Live from WIPL with Crystal Wright
Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville. Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville.
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Lawyers Line Up to Object to Roundup Settlement, Texas AG Wins Child Safety Ruling Against TikTok
Attorneys who defended the settlement insisted that it would benefit Roundup plaintiffs with little hope for jury verdicts, particularly after the U.S. Supreme Court's June 25 ruling in a Roundup case gutted their strongest claim. Attorneys who defended the...
New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Resigns After Paying Former Staffer $50K
"I believe this is in the best interests of the New Hampshire Judicial Branch," MacDonald said in his resignation letter to Gov. Kelly Ayotte. "I accept responsibility and accountability for my conduct." "I believe this is in the best interests of the New...
The Apple Watch ‘Always-Listening’ Features Should Worry Every Lawyer, Expert Says
Apple Watch's new "Siri Recap" feature could create serious legal risks, said an eData attorney. Its AI-generated conversation summaries, despite deleting raw audio, could become discoverable evidence, raise wiretap and privacy questions, and complicate...
‘More Than One Cause’ in Ford Transmission Action Sinks Class Certification, Fed. Judge Rules
A federal judge in Chicago looked in part to a divided 2025 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which solidified stringent requirements for class certification in an automotive defect case. A federal judge in Chicago looked in part to...
Former Managing Partner Accused Of Paying For Disney Trips On The Firm’s Dime
Law firm partners are supposed to share profits, not treat the firm’s operating account like a personal piggy bank. Unfortunately, one former managing partner in Illinois is accused of having missed that particular lesson in law firm management. According to a...
The Remote Work Conundrum Redux
The big remote debate. It’s mostly over, right? Most big firms think they have solved the conundrum by summoning lawyers back to the office three, four, or even five days a week. End of discussion. But small-to-midsize firms still struggle with the issue of whether to...
Amy Wax Adds Disbarred Coup Lawyer John Eastman For That ‘Accountability Is Persecution’ Energy
Amy Wax and John Eastman are teaming up! It’s the buddy comedy you never knew you didn’t need at all. Wax continues her fight against the University of Pennsylvania for imposing the barest of minimum sanctions against the professor after years of embarrassing the...
Job Of The Month: Elite Litigation Boutique Partner Opportunity
A Texas-based commercial litigation boutique law firm is seeking a talented litigation Partner with 8-10 years of sophisticated litigation experience to join its nationally recognized Houston office. This role will be a “hands-on” role, with depositions, motion...
The Ninth Circuit Confirms What Should Have Been Self-Evident: A Wager Is A Wager
In late August, the Ninth Circuit issued what should be an obvious ruling: A sports bet remains a sports bet, regardless of what the platform calls it. The fact that this proposition required resolution by a federal appellate court says a great deal about how far...
Biglaw’s $20 Million Partner Paydays Are Getting Out Of Control
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The rules are just flying out the window. — Naomi Kaplan, a Los Angeles-based recruiter, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the eye-popping compensation packages Biglaw firms are using to lure star...
The AI Indemnity Arms Race Is Distracting Us From The Bigger Story
Every few weeks another AI company announces expanded indemnification. One vendor broadens its copyright protections, another updates its enterprise terms, and a third promises to stand behind customers facing intellectual property claims. The headlines practically...
Trump’s Own Justices Are ‘A Shell Of Their Original Selves’ For Not Handing Him The Midterm Election
Donald Trump’s white whale got away again Monday night. In U.S. Postal Service v. California, the Supreme Court denied the administration’s application to stay Judge Indira Talwani’s injunction — the one blocking the USPS rule that would have routed every mail-in...
The Oldest Law Firm In The World
Cadwalader was the oldest American Biglaw firm before merging with Hogan Lovells, but its 1792 founding doesn’t hold a candle to the oldest continuously operating law firm in the world. According to Guinness, what is the oldest firm around, founded in England in 1570?...
Even A Stacked Supreme Court Couldn’t Save Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rule — See Also
Tweedle Dee, Meet Tweedle Dumb: Disbarred John Eastman joining Professor Amy Wax’s legal team as she fights to get out of the sanctions she earned from the University of Pennsylvania. Third Time’s Not The Charm. SCOTUS Won’t Let Trump Seize The Mail-In Vote: When the...
Why Parker Poe Hosted an AI Workshop for General Counsel and Corporate Leaders
The firm paired its own attorneys with in-house heads and other executives to see where AI may change the outside counsel relationship. The firm paired its own attorneys with in-house heads and other executives to see where AI may change the outside counsel...
Plaintiffs Change Approach After Collective Actions Fail in FedEx Overtime Dispute
Will the latest attempt to collect overtime for delivery drivers be a success? Will the latest attempt to collect overtime for delivery drivers be a success?
Clients Don’t Care About Your Law Firm Org Chart
Dave Slovin | Clients experience one firm, and no matter how your business operates behind the scenes, they shouldn’t feel the gaps or seams. The post Clients Don’t Care About Your Law Firm Org Chart appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
The Lethal Trifecta: Why AI Tools That Make Outbound Calls Should Worry Every Law Firm
Some AI features are exciting to build and easy to market, but the fact that a feature is technically possible does not mean it is currently safe to deploy at scale, particularly when client confidentiality and firm liability are on the line. Some AI features...
The Global 200: The Top Firms Keep Getting Bigger, Richer, and Harder to Catch
The industry's leaders speak about why the top firms are pulling away from the rest. The industry's leaders speak about why the top firms are pulling away from the rest.
Sustaining Status: These Firms Make Up Big Law’s ‘Global Elite’
If part of being counted among the "global elite" equates to staying power, then these Global 200 firms have provided ample proof that they belong. If part of being counted among the "global elite" equates to staying power, then these Global 200 firms have...
The 2026 Global 200 Ranked by Revenue
The largest 200 law firms in the world had another strong period during the last financial year, driven largely by the top U.S.-based institutions. The largest 200 law firms in the world had another strong period during the last financial year, driven largely by...
Live from WIPL with Alex Davenport
Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville. Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville.
Weil Isn’t Even Pretending To Be Sad About Losing Its Most Powerful Partner — See Also
Weil Insiders To Mike Aiello: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! AI Is Now Making Up Witness Testimony: It’s not just fake cites anymore, but fake humans, too! Watch your filings, lest you face a benchslap like this lawyer. A Federal Judge Just Hit Pause On...
Defamation Claims Cleared to Proceed Against Google’s AI Overviews, Federal Judge Rules
"By pointing out that the statements in the AI Overviews are objectively verifiable, Google concedes the very point it is arguing against—the statements are facts," U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin said. "By pointing out that the statements in the AI Overviews...
Mass. Debt Collector Accused of Seizing Cars to Coerce Payment Agrees to AG’s $52M Consumer Relief Settlement
The debt collection and debt buying companies Judgment Acquisitions Unlimited, Champion Funding Inc. and their owner Andrew Metcalf entered into the consent judgment with the office following a February 2024 complaint filed in the Suffolk Superior Court. The...
‘This Settlement Is the Scariest’: Monsanto’s $7.25B Roundup Deal Bombarded by Objectors
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Timothy Boyer in St. Louis Monday heard from objectors to a $7.25 billion class-action settlement over Monsanto's Roundup pesticide. Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Timothy Boyer in St. Louis Monday heard...
For Most Of Its History, The Supreme Court Was Just A Tenant
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The Supreme Court met in borrowed rooms inside the Capitol, in a private house, and on occasion even in a tavern before the construction of One First Street. In what year did the Supreme Court finally...
Trump’s DOJ Lawyers Leap In To Save Trump’s Personal Lawyers
Eight months after Donald Trump “sued” the IRS and four months after the case was officially dismissed, the agency has finally sauntered into court in Florida to register its objection. Sort of. The only remaining legal question is whether to sanction Trump’s personal...
The AI Workplace Gender Gap In The Legal Profession
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Jeanine Donohue back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. I live and work in...
Legal Ethics Roundup: Welcome Back! Headlines, Ethics Reforms, Reading Recommendations, Trivia, Events, Jobs & 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 back! I hope August gave you some time to step away, look up, and enjoy the remains of summer. One of my favorite moments...
People I Never Care To Hear About Again
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Think about Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer. As far as I can tell, Cohen was an incompetent, a thug, and a criminal who mindlessly supported Trump. Cohen then had a change of heart. He became an incompetent, a thug, and a...
Live from WIPL with Lakeshia Ekeigwe
Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville. Legal Speak, recorded live, from the 2026 Women, Influence and Power in Law Conference in Nashville.
Lawyers Are Even More Miserable Than We Knew
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It shows that the issues were worse than we thought. The levels of distress were higher than we knew. — Patrick Krill, co-author of a new national study on lawyer wellness, in comments given to Reuters,...
States Sue to Block New Federal ‘Public Charge’ Rule
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia argue the DHS rule, set to take effect Sept, 18, unlawfully expands immigration officers' authority to deny green cards and conflicts with longstanding...
Jailhouse (Mis)informants: Paul Shechtman Reviews ‘Catch the Devil’
In what Shechtman calls an "engrossing" new book, author Pamela Colloff examines the historical failures of using jailhouse informants as a prosecutorial tool. In what Shechtman calls an "engrossing" new book, author Pamela Colloff examines the historical...
‘Counsel, Do You Watch The News?’: Lawyer Gets Benchslapped Over AI Hallucinations In Murder Appeal
We’ve officially moved beyond the “ChatGPT made up a few cases” stage of the artificial intelligence ethics crisis. Now, the robots are apparently inventing witnesses and police testimony in murder appeals. Progress! New Mexico attorney Stephen Aarons was held in...
Trump’s Civil Service Loyalty Test Just Hit A Constitutional Road Bump
Donald Trump’s project to remake the federal civil service into something that screens for loyalty just hit a road bump in Massachusetts. On Friday, U.S. District Judge George O’Toole granted three federal-employee unions a stay under Section 705 of the Administrative...
The Cravath Shade Wasn’t A One-Off: Weil Insiders Line Up To Say Good Riddance
When Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced that corporate chair Michael Aiello was leaving for what it pointedly called “a smaller platform” (the platform in question being Cravath), it was tempting to read the line as a single flash of pique from a firm caught on the...
AI For New Jersey Public Defenders: Solving The A2J Problem One Bite At A Time
Want to make a dent in the access-to-justice problem? Stop preaching and wringing your hands over how bad it is and start looking for a solution, even if it’s just a start. Which is exactly what the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) recently did in...
Which AI Product Is Most Popular Among Law Firms? Findings of ILTA’s Tech Survey May Surprise You
At the recent conference of the International Legal Technology Association, the big legal AI vendors CoCounsel, Harvey and Legora had outsized presences, with ginormous booths in the exhibit hall, major-name performers at their parties, and advertising so ubiquitous...
How I Made Law Firm Leadership: ‘Focus on Your People Skills,’ Says Jacqueline Newman of Berkman Bottger
"It is about being creative. It is about having the right team surrounding you and supporting you. The advice I would give to law firm leaders is to focus on your people skills, figure out what is important to each person at your firm, considering the impact (not...
Attorney’s Legal Mal Suit Against NLJ 500 Firms Reinstated by Ill. Appellate Court
The appellate panel said the doctrine of unclean hands does not bar the attorney's malpractice suit because the alleged wrongdoing in an underlying case "had nothing to do with defendants' legal work." The appellate panel said the doctrine of unclean hands does...
Legal AI Needs An Escalation Layer
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....
With Reconciliation Uncertain, Pentagon Eyeing Plan To Retool FY27 Priorities With Congress
The post With Reconciliation Uncertain, Pentagon Eyeing Plan To Retool FY27 Priorities With Congress appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — If Congress does not pass the full $350 billion reconciliation funding requested by the Pentagon, the department is...
Quantum Computing and the Rise of the “Breachless Data Breach
Quantum computing has the potential to crack today's encryption standards, which means that companies that rely on the encryption of stolen data cannot assume that the data will remain impervious to decryption. Quantum computing has the potential to crack...
This Is How You Build a Book of Business
Jay Harrington | Building a practice is a serious job. Start early, get narrow, experiment, refine, repeat. The post This Is How You Build a Book of Business appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.Newly minted lawyers are starting their...
Morning Docket: 09.14.26
* Looks imminent? Anyone want odds? [Law360] * Deep dive into how the federalist society got us here. [The Atlantic] * How Legora aims to take on legal industry giants. [Business Insider] * ACC going after another in house counsel group accusing them of training on...
‘Have I Captured I Biometric Identifier?’: Privacy Litigators Wait for Answers on Court’s Split
Litigators are watching to see if one case pending in the federal court in Chicago could be the driver in answering whether a biometric identifier must identify a specific person for an individual to have a valid claim under the state's heavily litigated Biometric...
‘Have I Captured a Biometric Identifier?’: Privacy Litigators Wait for Answers on Court’s Split
Litigators are watching to see if one case pending in the federal court in Chicago could be the driver in answering whether a biometric identifier must identify a specific person for an individual to have a valid claim under the state's heavily litigated Biometric...
Missouri Keeps Beating Dead Horse Of A Map — See Generally
If At First The Supreme Court Tells You To Stop: Missouri Republicans keep unsuccessfully sending its gerrymander to the Supreme Court. Try, Try Again: And the Supreme Court keeps telling them to pound sand. Fifty-One Shades Of ‘Rigged’: DOJ and Education Department...
Is This Federal Appellate Opinion Too Informal?
First Circuit Senior Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson is 75 years old, but you wouldn’t know it from this opinion. Channeling her inner Gen Z, Judge Thompson put out a lengthy bankruptcy opinion that took a sledgehammer to the air of formality that’s surrounded legal...
That’s Some Epic Biglaw Shade — See Also
The One Thing Nobody Has Ever Called Cravath… ‘A Smaller Platform’: Until Weil, which just lost its corporate chair to the firm, gave it a shot. Hear Me Out: Should we really care that a federal court opinion reads like Gen Z slang? We Sure Could Use More Human Rights...
She Earned The First Law Degree Ever Given To An American Woman And She Wasn’t Allowed To Use It
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who was the first woman in the United States to graduate from law school, earning her degree with honors from the institution we now know as Northwestern in 1870? Hint: When she tried to put it to use,...
Trump Ally Stomps Off After Discovering ‘Grand’ Conspiracy Is Actually Mid At Best
Joe diGenova never understood the assignment. The octogenarian former federal prosecutor thought he was being recruited to run the mother of all conspiracy cases and take out every dirty, stinkin’ Democrat at once. He and his wife Victoria Toensing laid it all out in...
The Future Of Legal AI Isn’t About AI
Getty ImagesOne of the most surprising things about AI adoption is how differently similar organizations perform. Two legal departments can deploy the same AI platform, invest similar amounts of money, and give people access to the same capabilities, yet their...
Lawyers Should Abandon Some Outdated Practices
Lawyers are creatures of habit, and the legal profession is not exactly known for embracing change. Indeed, many practices that were commonplace decades ago are still followed by some lawyers even though technological advances have made them unnecessary. In some...
How To Create Authority Pages That Beat Competitors On Google And ChatGPT
Creating authority pages is an essential step for any law firm website. These portions of your website serve as a framework on which to build a digital reputation. They give search engines and AI answer tools the technical cues they need to recognize your content as...
Litigation Trends to Watch: Eli Lilly Comes Out Swinging in Weight Loss Cases. Plus, POWR Act Invoked
Job applicants balk at credit report checks, and consumers not amused by Kennywood fees. Job applicants balk at credit report checks, and consumers not amused by Kennywood fees.
The Best Law Schools For Human Rights Law (2026)
At a time when hard-won discrimination protections in the U.S. are being steadily eroded, we’ve never needed the passion and commitment of young lawyers aspiring to build careers in human rights more than we do today. The National Jurist’s preLaw magazine recently...
Weil’s Corporate Chair Decamps For Cravath, Which Weil Would Like You To Know Is ‘A Smaller Platform’
Michael Aiello, chair of Weil, Gotshal & Manges’s roughly 600-lawyer corporate department, member of its management committee, and a powerhouse in the indistry, is leaving for Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is not going alone — Aiello is bringing a team of...
9/11 After 25 Years: How the Terrorist Attacks Impacted the Legal Profession
Personal recollections, lasting institutional changes, landmark legal responses and the continuing pursuit of justice reveal how Sept. 11 continues to shape lawyers, law firms and courts a quarter-century later. Personal recollections, lasting institutional...
Biglaw’s First-Year Associate Hiring Plunge May Be Just The Beginning
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The pattern is showing the majority of large firms will have smaller first- and second-year associate populations. The further out I look, the greater the level of uncertainty about what their needs are going...
Judge Accused of Helping Immigrant Escape ICE Custody Reprimanded by Mass. Top Court
The state's top court agreed Judge Shelley Joseph did not know or authorize the defendant's escape from the Newton courthouse in 2018 but said her actions "inadvertently created the appearance of impropriety." The state's top court agreed Judge Shelley Joseph...
Law Firm Disrupted: The Client’s Voice Has More Value Than Ever
Marketing professionals are playing an increasingly vital role in translating it into firm strategy. Marketing professionals are playing an increasingly vital role in translating it into firm strategy.
This Law Professor’s Mission Is Giving Voice To The Voiceless
In this episode, I sit down with Amos Guiora, law professor at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law and director of the Bystander Initiative, to talk about his new book, Enablers: Normalizing the Unimaginable. The conversation traces his path from an...
Kirkland Plots Brussels Competition Push With Eye on Elite Rivals
Kirkland & Ellis is investing heavily in Brussels to build a leading EU antitrust practice that can compete with such practices at Cleary Gottlieb, Freshfields, Latham & Watkins and other top firms. Kirkland & Ellis is investing heavily in Brussels...