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Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Who Handled Trump Case Confirmed to Second Circuit
Up until his confirmation, Matthew Schwartz was part of Trump's legal team urging a New York state appellate court to overturn the president's conviction by a Manhattan jury in 2024. Up until his confirmation, Matthew Schwartz was part of Trump's legal team...
The Week in Data July 14: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including Law.com's Top 100 Verdicts and the 2026 Pro Bono Scorecard. Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including Law.com's Top 100 Verdicts and the 2026 Pro Bono...
Delaware Enacts Uniform Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors Act with Minor Modifications
Delaware recently became the sixth state to enact the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Act, with minor modifications (the Delaware Act). This two-part article describes the innovations, certainty and paradigm provided by the Uniform Act and Delaware's revisions to the...
‘Sweeping Expansion of Survival Recovery?’: Appeals Court Upholds $45M Talc Verdict
"The majority's decision will now turn shortened life expectancy damages into a routine component of every survival action paired with a wrongful death claim," one judge said. "The majority's decision will now turn shortened life expectancy damages into a...
Chris Cartrett to Step Down as CEO of Aderant, Departing Legal Tech to Lead Public Safety Software Company; Former CEO Deane Price to Return on Interim Basis
In a major leadership change at one of legal technology’s largest companies, Chris Cartrett will step down as president and CEO of Aderant, effective Aug. 1, the company announced today. He is leaving the legal industry to become chief executive officer of ImageTrend,...
Exclusive: As Its Kaleidoscope Conference Returns for Year Two, 8am Trades Austin’s Cowboy Boots for the Las Vegas Strip — And Books the Savannah Bananas’ Founder As Keynote
Last September, when the company 8am — having successfully pulled off a major rebrand just three weeks earlier — then went on to pull off its first-ever customer conference in Austin, I wrote a review giving it high praise. Although that inaugural event was modest in...
Linklaters Hits Paul Weiss for New York Partner Duo, Gaining FIFA’s Top Counsel
It is a significant boost to the firm's U.S. growth strategy. It is a significant boost to the firm's U.S. growth strategy.
Yale Law Students Advise Their Own University: Knock Off This ‘Obey In Advance’ Nonsense
Yale Law School’s leaders are begging the university to stop playing footsie with fascism. Yale Law students agree. The dean and members of the faculty reportedly made behind-the-scenes overtures to university leaders to stop trying to negotiate with the Department of...
Judge Cites Supreme Court’s Newfound Unitary Executive Theory To Blow Up Trump’s IRS Settlement
The Supreme Court just finished explaining that the President is the executive, wholly and thoroughly (except for the Federal Reserve for… reasons). Every agency, every officer, every cabinet secretary is the President wearing a different lanyard, exercising his...
Judge Cites Supreme Court’s Newfound Unitary Executive Theory To Blow Up Trump’s IRS Settlement
The Supreme Court just finished explaining that the President is the executive, wholly and thoroughly (except for the Federal Reserve for… reasons). Every agency, every officer, every cabinet secretary is the President wearing a different lanyard, exercising his...
Yale Law Students Advise Their Own University: Knock Off This ‘Obey In Advance’ Nonsense
Yale Law School’s leaders are begging the university to stop playing footsie with fascism. Yale Law students agree. The dean and members of the faculty reportedly made behind-the-scenes overtures to university leaders to stop trying to negotiate with the Department of...
‘Trump v. Trump’ Did Not Impress The Judge — See Also
Benchslapped By His Own Petard: Judge nixes Trump v. IRS settlement citing administration’s unitary executive nonsense. Todd Blanche Loses Lindsey Graham: Contentious confirmation hearing set to begin this week will have to go ahead without Lindsey Graham after the...
Biglaw Firm Is Growing Its Sports Law Practice
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm recently launched its sports law practice, hiring Brandon Etheridge, the former general counsel for the Baltimore Ravens? Hint: “What I’ll be able to do is bring that insider...
UChicago Law’s New AI Policy Emphasizes Building ‘Essential Human Skills’ Alongside Effective Tech Use
The focus will be on “essential human skills, like critical thinking, oral presentations and learning material by being able to answer questions without using technology, but “then also incorporating technology explicitly into the curriculum in other places, Dean Adam...
Overstock Loon Patrick Byrne Loses To Himself In Court, Must Pay Hunter Biden
On Friday, a federal judge ordered MAGA weirdo Patrick Byrne to pay Hunter Biden $1.7 million in punitive damages, ending a deranged carnival of chaotic lawyering that lasted almost three years. The defamatory statement was relatively tame, at least when compared to...
Larry David Casts His Biglaw Lawyer In New Show
In 2022, Larry David broke a decades-long refusal to do ads and starred in an FTX Super Bowl spot as a time-traveling grouch who sneers at every advance in human history — the wheel, the fork, the toilet, democracy — before landing on a pitch for Sam Bankman-Fried’s...
A ‘Projection’ Of The 2027 U.S. News Law School Rankings
Prospective law students, current law students, and law school alumni have seen the historic 2026 edition of the U.S. News Law School Rankings, and they’re wondering what could possibly happen next. As a quick recap, Yale was kicked out of the top spot for the first...
Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ For Not Using AI, Cameras At SCOTUS, Law School Laptop Ban & 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! Law...
Well, This Doesn’t Help Todd Blanche
Todd Blanche’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing was already shaping up to be a genuine fight. Now that there’s a Lindsey Graham-sized hole on the Judiciary Committee, well, that math’s gotten tighter. Lindsey Graham died Saturday, removing from the...
Rebecca Slaughter Has A Message For Yale: Grow A Spine
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I have personal experience of challenging actions of the administration to accrue power for themselves at the expense of Congress, of the people, and I have experienced challenging that all the way up to the...
Arguments That Embarrass Only The Advocate
I often see arguments that advocates think are persuasive. In fact, the arguments convince me only to doubt everything the advocate says. For example: “We had a terrible blizzard last week. See? I told you that global warming is a hoax!” The speaker believes that he...
Carolyn Herzog On Why Legal Leaders Need Optimism, Not Certainty
Most lawyers are trained to spot what could go wrong. That skill matters. It always will. But in a world shaped by AI disruption, geopolitical instability, nonstop regulatory shifts, and businesses demanding faster decisions, Carolyn Herzog believes something else...
Law Dean Turnover Slows for First Half of 2026
A total of 32 deans began new deanships between July 1, 2025, and June 30, down from 38 for the previous year and 45 in the previous 12-month period. A total of 32 deans began new deanships between July 1, 2025, and June 30, down from 38 for the previous year...
Percipient Launches Certera.AI, A Blind Head-to-Head Testing Ground for Legal AI, with a Lawyer-Voted Leaderboard On the Way
Which AI models are actually best at legal work? A new platform launched in beta by the alternative legal services provider Percipient aims to answer that question by letting legal professionals put the models to the test themselves, in blind, head-to-head...
Mitchell Atiles
Home Expert Witness Digital Forensics Mitchell Atiles StonePath Investigations, LLCNew York, NY646-518-1039stonepathinvestigations.com Meet the Expert StonePath Investigations, LLC is a New York State licensed private investigative firm focused on cryptocurrency...
Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients
Mark C. Palmer answers a lawyer's question about leaving their law firm on a positive (and ethical) note. Ask the Experts at 2CivilityOrg. The post Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
New Proposal Signals Big Changes Ahead for Embattled Drug Discount Program
“The breadth of the proposal suggests that many organizations will need to reassess existing policies, contractual relationships, and compliance programs if these reforms advance, Daphne Kackloudis, a partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, wrote in a recent client...
Lands’ End Legal Chief Abruptly Sets Sail Ahead of New CEO’s Arrival
No reason was given for the resignation last week of general counsel and licensing chief Peter Gray No reason was given for the resignation last week of general counsel and licensing chief Peter Gray
The AI Productivity Inflection: How the Agentic PDLC Accelerated Delivery and Drove AI Adoption
R&D & AI INNOVATION The AI Productivity Inflection How the Agentic PDLC Accelerated Delivery and Drove AI Adoption R&D performance, Q1 FY2025 through Q2 FY2026 By Greg Ingino, Chief Technology Officer, Litera Eighteen months ago, I walked out of an Hg...
7th Circuit Eyewear Ruling Raises Questions of Healthcare Exceptions Under BIPA
The federal district court in Illinois had initially dismissed the suit. The federal district court in Illinois had initially dismissed the suit.
How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘Do Right by the Practice and by the Firm,’ Says Shannon Reaney of Morrison Foerster
"I also approach every day by trying to do right by the practice and by the firm. When faced with making decisions for the Patent practice, I lean into all of my experiences: from my doctoral work in chemistry to being a patent agent, to my current chairship, to the...
What It Takes to Build a Transformative Legal Career and Life: Lessons from Aiko Bethea’s Anchored, Aligned, and Accountable
Self-leadership is a daily practice, an ongoing commitment to remain anchored, aligned and accountable in a world that constantly pushes us to be otherwise, writes Marcie Dickson, a board member with the Institute for Well-Being in Law. Self-leadership is a...
If At First You Fail Miserbly At The Supreme Court, Try, Try Again — See Generally
Insanity Is Doing The Same Thing Twice And Expecting…: Trump wants the same Supreme Court that just rejected his birthright citizenship order to rehear the whole thing “immediately.” And he decided to insult them in the process. Grievance Studies: A conservative...
Sullivan & Cromwell Has A Civil War On Its Hands — See Also
The Red Line Bob Giuffra Drew For Himself Didn’t Last: Sullivan & Cromwell said it would never touch the Carroll cases… Sullivan & Cromwell is now touching the Carroll cases. Law School Laptop Ban: Chicago wants to get ahead of AI and decided banning laptops...
Some Practice Areas Are More Stressful Than Others
Most people believe that the legal profession is a stressful vocation due to the conflict and tight deadlines that are typically part of legal work. However, some practice areas are definitely more stressful than others because the consequences are much more...
Stat(s) Of The Week: ‘Soft Skills’ Are All The Rage
As AI tools continue to make inroads in the law, so-called soft skills like emotional intelligence and collaboration are increasingly critical to career success, according to a new survey. But roughly half of the law students and associates in the study use “fair” or...
Biglaw Summer Associateships Are Hugely Important To Your Legal Career
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, what percentage of Biglaw summer associates start at that firm as first-year associates post-graduation? Hint: The...
Small Law Firms Billing More Hours Per Case — The Opposite Of What AI Promised — But At Least They’re Getting Paid!
AI promised lawyers efficiency. For small law firms, it’s not clear whether or not it’s delivering. Back in March, 8am released its 2026 Legal Industry Report, which surveyed more than 1,300 legal professionals and found a healthy chunk of them saving six to 10 hours...
University Of Chicago Law School Takes Away Laptops And Doubles Down On Socrates
Just in time for Christopher Nolan’s take on The Odyssey, Chicago Law has decided its 1L classrooms need to look a lot more like they did back then. In a new AI strategy document released this week, Chicago Law laid out its plan to train lawyers in a world where...
‘Adventures In Legal Tech’: You, Too, Can Tame Your ESI. Here’s How.
If your firm has ever handed over a pile of files for discovery and just hoped for the best, you’re not alone. Warren Parrino of the ALSP Trustpoint.One has spent years helping solo practitioners and small firms get a handle on their electronically stored...
The Death Of Organic Reach On Social: What Lawyers Can Do
If you have been watching your social media reach and engagements fall into the gravity well of an algorithmic black hole, you are not alone. 2025 was the year that finally nailed shut the coffin on organic reach for many businesses, including law firms. While some...
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...
Associate Compensation Scorecard: Are Biglaw Firms On Vacation When It Comes To Paying Associates?
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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
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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...