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Stempel Catterson LoFrumento Carlson & Biondo and Tabat Cohen Blum Yovino & Diesa Join Forces to Expand Long Island Law Practice
GARDEN CITY, NY—Stempel Catterson LoFrumento Carlson & Biondo, LLP (SCL Law Group) announced that the attorneys and staff of Tabat Cohen Blum Yovino & Diesa, P.C. have joined the firm. The firm will now be known as Stempel Catterson LoFrumento Carlson Biondo...
Quarles Announces Election of New Partners
MILWAUKEE, WI—Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that nine people have been elected to the firm’s partnership, effective today. The new partners are Mike Chargo, Shauna Manion, Shamika Mazyck, Nate Oesch, Randy Pflum, Lauren Rosso, Aaron Sagedahl, Sydney VanBerg...
Holtzman Vogel Adds Former DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Peter Torstensen to Appellate and Constitutional Litigation Practice
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC (“Holtzman Vogel”) today announced that Peter M. Torstensen, Jr. has joined the firm as Of Counsel in its Washington, D.C. and New York offices. Torstensen will focus on high-stakes appellate and...
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin Announces Six 2026 Attorney Promotions Across Key Practices
NEW YORK, NY—Tarter Krinsky & Drogin announced the promotion of six attorneys across the firm, effective September 1, 2026. Three attorneys have been elevated from counsel to partner, while three have advanced from associate to counsel, representing six different...
BCLP Appoints Ian Weiskopf as New Office Managing Partner in New York
NEW YORK, NY—International law firm BCLP has appointed Real Estate Partner Ian Weiskopf as the new Office Managing Partner (OMP) of its New York office. Ian succeeds Steve Stimell, who will continue his practice with the firm. Ian joined BCLP in 2005 initially as a...
Kluger Kaplan Invests in Next Generation of Legal Talent as Firm Grows
MIAMI, FL—Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. is continuing its investment in the next generation of legal talent with the selection of Tomas Carmona as the 2026 recipient of the H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship, while welcoming two scholarship...
Exclusive: Taylor Wessing and Stephenson Harwood in Merger Talks
In an internal email seen by Law.com, Taylor Wessing outlined how to handle media “leakage protocol about an 'SH' merger. In an internal email seen by Law.com, Taylor Wessing outlined how to handle media “leakage protocol about an 'SH'...
Taylor Wessing and Stephenson Harwood in Merger Talks
Exclusive: In an internal email seen by Law.com, Taylor Wessing outlined how to handle media “leakage protocol about an 'SH' merger. Exclusive: In an internal email seen by Law.com, Taylor Wessing outlined how to handle media “leakage protocol about an 'SH'...
Dallas. Oct. 7. Masters AI. See You There!
I am thrilled to announce that I will be serving as emcee for the Masters AI conference in Dallas on Oct. 7, as well as for subsequent dates in Philadelphia on Nov. 11 and Miami on Dec. 8. This is an AI conference that is designed to be hands-on. As the organizers...
AI Can Read Between The Redacted Lines
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s the information that you can find if you’re able to read between the lines. What would have taken a human a lot of knowledge and maybe 20 hours of searching can now be done in seconds. — Jonah Perlin, a...
Your Firm’s AI Readiness May Be One of Its Most Valuable Marketing and Sales Assets
The work a law firm does to understand its AI exposure, readiness, and strategic opportunities should not remain an internal exercise. It can — and should — inform how the firm competes, governs and differentiates itself, and plans for the future. As it happens,...
US Withdraws Last Remaining Troops Out Of Iraq
The post US Withdraws Last Remaining Troops Out Of Iraq appeared first on Above the Law. A line of service members and civilian contractors walk to a C-130 aircraft to board their final flight out of Iraq at Ali Air Base on Contingency Operating Base Adder in 2011....
New England Distinguished Leaders: Farah Gerdes, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
New England Distinguished Leaders: Jonathan Bernstein, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
New England Distinguished Leaders: Edward Heath, Robinson+Cole
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
New England Distinguished Leaders: Elizabeth Alquist, Day Pitney
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
New England Distinguished Leaders: Marianne Ajemian, Nutter, McClennen & Fish
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
New England Distinguished Leaders: Mitch Bloom and Kingsley Taft, Goodwin
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
Morning Docket: 10.01.26
* The DOJ filed a misconduct complaint against all but one of the judges in the District of Minnesota. [The New Republic] * National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity rules that it cannot figure out how to rule on whether the ABA should...
How to Work the Room at Networking Events
If you detest networking events, particularly when you don’t know anyone, attending will be a lot less painful if you are prepared. These tips from Sally Schmidt help make them both tolerable and productive. The post How to Work the Room at Networking Events appeared...
Live from RelFest with Aron Ahmadia
Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago. Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago.
How I Made My Mark as a Lateral: Daniel Farris of Foley & Lardner
"I've worked in the data center industry for 30 years, both on the technical side and as a lawyer. With the explosive growth we've all seen in this area over the last few years, driven by the rise of AI, I needed a firm with a certain depth of experience that could...
Live from RelFest with Judge Michelle Rick
Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago. Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago.
275 Catholic Clergy Members Abused 1K+ Children in 3 Mass. Diocese, AG Probe Says
For decades, church officials in the Dioceses of Fall River, Springfield and Worcester knew about the sexual abuse of children "yet did not take effective action to prevent it or to examine the institutional failures of leadership that led to scores of children being...
Live from RelFest with Josh Kreamer
Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago. Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago.
‘Monsanto Did Not Adequately Test’: 1st Roundup Trial Since SCOTUS Ruling Begins in Missouri
In a trial that opened on Tuesday, Greg Dovel, of Dovel & Luner, represents three women, all from Florida, who allege exposure to the herbicide caused them to get non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In a trial that opened on Tuesday, Greg Dovel, of Dovel & Luner,...
Don’t Let Eric Schmitt Throw His Lawyers Under The Bus — See Also
M&A Power Players Start Their Careers At These Law Schools: Check out the top 10 law schools for dealmakers here. Hawkeye Fallout: Graduates of Harvard and ASSLaw both caught up in Senator Eric Schmitt’s embarrassing Jack Smith failure. But let’s still not get...
EEOC’s Suit Demonstrates New Risks for Employers
The EEOC, which has been encouraging the public to report "Anti-American" discrimination, is suing an IT employment agency that allegedly turned down a U.S. citizen job applicant in favor of foreign workers with H1B visas. The EEOC, which has been encouraging...
Nobody In The Room For The White House Super Intelligence Accord Thought To Proofread It
On Tuesday, Donald Trump gathered the leaders of America’s most powerful tech companies for a White House luncheon, and they emerged with the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, “super intelligence” being the president’s stupid preferred nomenclature for...
The Top Law Schools For Future Biglaw Dealmakers (2026)
So, you want to make partner in Biglaw’s high-stakes mergers and acquisitions practice? After years of blockbuster deals, brutal slowdowns, and hopeful rebounds, it’s a career path that isn’t for the faint of heart. But which law schools will give you the best chance...
Every White-Shoe Firm Turned Him Down So He Built A Bigger One
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1948, a Harvard Law graduate from near the top of his class couldn’t land an offer from New York’s white-shoe firms because he was Jewish and took the only job available, as the first associate at a...
New England Legal Awards 2026: Q&As With Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Law.com is proud to recognize these winners for our 2026 Lifetime Achievement award. Law.com is proud to recognize these winners for our 2026 Lifetime Achievement award.
ROI Is Dead. Long Live ROI.
I facilitated a lunch discussion with about 20 law firm leaders at the International Legal Technology Association’s 2026 annual conference to help answer a question the profession still struggles with: How do you measure the return on legal AI? I expected the...
All The Court’s A Stage And Trump Judges Merely Players
The Supreme Court finally put down the dead horse that the Eighth Circuit kept beating, ruling for the third time that Missouri can’t impose an illegal gerrymander in time for this election. But this farce highlights a growing problem as conservative — primarily...
DOJ Offers Up Kristi Noem As ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ But D.C. Circuit Wants To Know Who Else Was In The Room
For a year and a half, the Trump administration’s plan for Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s contempt inquiry has been simple: make sure he never actually gets to inquire. On Tuesday, the full D.C. Circuit sounded ready to let him do it anyway. Quick...
Clio Acquires Learned Hand, Giving Its New Judiciary Business An Existing Product
Clio today announced that it has acquired Learned Hand, a startup that builds AI exclusively for judges and courts, giving the legal tech company’s newly launched judiciary business an existing product already in use in a number of courthouses. Clio did not disclose...
New England Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Mark Smith, Smith Kane
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
Lindsay Clancy: What’s Next for Her Civil Case After Criminal Proceedings Delay
The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office has not yet decided whether Clancy will stand trial for a second time, and both parties declined to set a retrial date at Tuesday's hearing. The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office has not yet decided whether...
Live from RelFest with Matthew Rasmussen
Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago. Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago.
Live from RelFest with Judge William Matthewman
Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago. Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago.
How Many Times Can Trump Pick Rural Republicans’ Pockets Before They Wise Up?
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Last Sunday, I was at a bar off a lonely rural road half-watching my favorite NFL team when a Donald Trump campaign ad flashed onscreen. I’d previously heard of these taxpayer-funded propaganda spots airing on Fox News and Newsmax,...
6 Ways You Can Find Success In Private Practice
Your professional success depends on skills you didn’t learn in law school. Skills like leveraging new technology, navigating organizational politics, or effectively pursuing your long-term goals. For the past year, Goldberg Segalla partner Frank Ramos has been...
Scholastica, Law Reviews, And Gatekeepers Of Academic Prestige
Let us tell the story of a suit against Match.com. In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission sued “Match Group, Inc. (Match), the owner of Match.com, Tinder, OKCupid, PlentyOfFish, and other dating sites, alleging that the company used fake love interest advertisements to...
Cameras Everywhere: What Privacy Do We Have Left?
I visited Boston last weekend. Unfortunately, as I was boarding the plane, I learned that some events I planned to attend in the city have been cancelled due to the storm passing through the East Coast. So while I was thinking about other things to do, I happened to...
Law Firm Marketing Spending Rises, but Accountability Gap Widens
Law firms are entering a period of unusually strong financial performance and unusually aggressive investment at the same time. In the first half of 2026, average revenue at large U.S. law firms rose 12.4%, while expenses increased 9.6%, according to a Wells Fargo...
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Jury Finds Meta Misled About User Data, Robins Kaplan’s Tara Sutton Has Died
A New Mexico jury, in the first trial of its kind, found Meta's executives made dozens of misstatements about how its platforms handled user data. A New Mexico jury, in the first trial of its kind, found Meta's executives made dozens of misstatements about how...
Munsch Hardt Welcomes Nine Attorneys in One of Firm’s Largest Associate Classes
DALLAS, TX—Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt) welcomes nine attorneys: Sydney Curtis (Litigation), Talia Elliott (Litigation), Hannah Goff (Litigation), Taylor Knight (Litigation), Rachel Robinson (Real Estate), Olivia Simpson (Real Estate), Matt...
The Financial Conversation Missing From Your Partnership Offer
Making partner changes your status in an instant and can change your financial picture just as fast. Wealth Advisor Spuds Powell tells us what every associate needs to understand (and nobody warns you about) before becoming an equity partner. The post The Financial...
This Legal Writing Expert Wants Lawyers To Embrace AI
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The closest analogy [for AI] is a U.S. Supreme Court clerk at your elbow: astonishingly well-read, relentlessly available and capable of an extraordinary turnaround. … That’s why the clerk analogy is so apt. A...
Miles for Meso Honored with ADAO’s Tribute of Unity Award
ALTON, IL—National advocacy organization recognizes nearly two decades of bringing people together against asbestos disease Miles for Meso, sponsored by Simmons Hanly Conroy mesothelioma law firm, was honored with the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s (ADAO)...
Lightfoot Welcomes Five New Associates
BIRMINGHAM, AL—Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC has welcomed five new associates to its Birmingham office: G. Davis Boland, Jr., Jackson B. Clancy, Malik D. Howard, Sarah Frances Jackson and Gerald Andrew Weisenfeld, Jr. All five clerked at Lightfoot before joining...
DOJ Seeks to Intervene in Musk, X Corp. Actions Contesting 120M EU Fine
The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that it is pursuing intervention in support of cases filed by billionaire Elon Musk and his technology company X Corp. seeking to overturn a 120 million fine imposed by the EU on social network platform X. The U.S....
Simone K. Lelchuk, Esq., Joins JAMS in New York
NEW YORK, NY—JAMS has joined JAMS as a neutral based in New York. Ms. Lelchuk is a nationally recognized ADR professional and accomplished mediator with extensive experience resolving complex, multi-stakeholder disputes across a broad range of practice areas. Ms....
Norton Rose Fulbright Appoints Luke Maher Partner-in-Charge of St. Louis Office
ST LOUIS, MO—Norton Rose Fulbright today announced the appointment of construction and development lawyer Luke Maher as Partner-in-Charge of its St. Louis office. Luke succeeds Stacey Murphy, who has led the office for seven years. Luke assumes the role as the office...
How I Made Partner: ‘Get to Know People Across the Firm,’ Says Bailey Langner of King & Spalding
"Get to know people across the firm, including lawyers in different offices and practice groups. Making partner usually is not the result of one person's support. I made a point of meeting and working with many different people, and that helped me build a network of...
The Path To CMO
Getty ImagesEd. note: This article first appeared in Strategies & Voices, a publication of the Legal Marketing Association. At the top of the Am Law 200, the chief marketing officer (CMO) seat has become one of the most consequential roles in the building. It is...
House Intel Committee Could Investigate Defense Firm Contributions To White House Ballroom
The post House Intel Committee Could Investigate Defense Firm Contributions To White House Ballroom appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House’s intelligence committee is warning defense contractors about a “likely” investigation into...
Morning Docket: 09.30.26
* Lindsay Clancy lawyer questions if she even killed the kids. [NPR] * The Biglaw model is in disarray and it’s not because of AI. [The Economist] * Trump’s former DOJ antitrust chief lands at White & Case. [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court allows...
Two-Lawyer Firm Wins Tax Case in Australia with Argument Devised by AI
A small Australian law firm used its AI application to devise a winning argument against tax authorities that many tax law specialists had overlooked, the firm's founder says. A small Australian law firm used its AI application to devise a winning argument...
After Court Ruling, Zuckerberg Set to Testify Again About Social Media Addiction
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl rejected Meta's motion to quash subpoenas for Zuckerberg and Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri to testify in another social media addiction trial set for Oct. 28. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl rejected...
Senator Accuses Jack Smith Of Perjury Because Missouri Lawmaker Too Dumb To Know About The Iowa Hawkeyes
First, the Iowa Hawkeyes delivered a demoralizing 20-19 gut punch to the Michigan Wolverines on a last second play. And now the university has indirectly exposed the sitting senator and former state AG of neighboring Missouri as an unserious clown of the highest...
He Left The Top Of The Supreme Court For A Job He Thought Mattered More
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the United States, but he found the job so underwhelming — a Court that heard only a handful of cases, plus miserable circuit-riding duty — that in 1795 he...
The Perjury ‘Gotcha’ Moment That Launched A Thousand Memes — See Also
SDNY Is Now Taking Applications From The Marine Corps, Any Rank Welcome: We used to be a proper Southern District. Senator Schmitt’s Himself On Live TV: Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt thought he’d nailed Jack Smith for perjury. He’d actually just forgotten Iowa exists....
New Rules at Obscure Agency Could Make Firing Federal Employees Easier
Contesting the firing of a federal employee could become more challenging after the Merit Systems Protection Board retired a list of 12 factors used to evaluate employee discipline. Contesting the firing of a federal employee could become more challenging after...
Live from RelFest with David Horrigan
Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago. Legal Speak, recorded live, from RelFest Chicago 2026 in Chicago.
The Rise Of The Legal Engineer: The New Job 40 Years In The Making
Every so often, a new job appears that makes you wonder: Where did that come from? Add this one to the list: Legal Engineer. If you haven’t heard the term before, you’re not alone. Five years ago, relatively few lawyers would have known what one was. Today, legal...
Judge Accidentally Fires Gun While Trying To Pay For Taco Tuesday Meal
Imagine sitting down for tacos and discovering that the evening’s specials include chips, salsa, and glockamole. That’s what recently happened when a Georgia state court judge finished his meal at a local taco joint and accidentally fired his weapon when trying to...
With Covington Lawyers in Tow, Jack Smith Testifies Before Senate
Covington partners Peter Koski and Lanny Breuer were seen seated behind former special counsel Jack Smith during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Covington partners Peter Koski and Lanny Breuer were seen seated behind former...
New England Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: David Shrair, Halloran Sage
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
Sam Alito’s Oil Stocks Finally Get Him Benched From The Big Climate Case
Justice Samuel Alito will not, after all, be deciding the climate change case his stock portfolio has a rooting interest in. On Monday, Supreme Court Clerk Scott Harris sent the parties in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County a one-sentence notice,...
New England Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Minta Kay, Goodwin Procter
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
Retainer, Co-Counsel Fee Agreements Valid in Post-Conviction Efforts, Federal Judge Says
"Gibson's criminal proceedings had long since concluded and he and his attorneys were pursuing post-conviction proceedings, namely the TIRC [Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act] proceedings, which all parties agree—and the Illinois Appellate Court has...
Politics Is Still Fueling The Law School Admissions Frenzy
The law school applicant boom isn’t going anywhere, and the people actually reading the applications say you can thank (or blame) the political climate. According to a new Kaplan survey of admissions officers at 90 of the nation’s 198 ABA-accredited law schools...
DOJ’s Newest Brain Drain Fix Is Borrowing Marines For An Immigration Surge That Might Be Coming To A City Near You
At this point, the Justice Department’s staffing crisis has its own expanding series of soap opera subplots, and the newest one is in uniform. According to Bloomberg Law News, a Marine Corps major on Thursday messaged military lawyers about openings for active and...
3rd Circuit Issues Opinion in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Case, But For Now It Is Sealed
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion in the long-running copyright battle between Thomson Reuters and the now-shuttered AI legal research company ROSS Intelligence, but the opinion is, at least for now, sealed and not viewable by the public....
Podhurst Orseck Continues Selective Expansion With Addition of Two Attorneys
CORAL GABLES, FL—Podhurst Orseck added two new attorneys, Ava M. Gruener and Jon Concepción. Gruener joins Podhurst Orseck as an associate, where she will represent plaintiffs in litigation involving personal injury, wrongful death, aviation, and products liability....
Norton Rose Fulbright Names Laura Perlov Partner-in-Charge of Denver Office
DENVER, CO—Norton Rose Fulbright today announced the appointment of regulation and investigations lawyer Laura Perlov as Partner-in-Charge of its Denver office, succeeding Stacey Murphy. Laura focuses on high-stakes crisis management, particularly where...
Epstein Becker Green Welcomes Former DHCS Counsel to San Francisco Office
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Epstein Becker Green announced today that Denny Jones has joined the firm’s Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in San Francisco. Jones brings nearly a decade of experience as government counsel at California’s Department...
Norton Rose Fulbright Names Denise Webb Glass as US Co-Head of Healthcare in Dallas
DALLAS, TX—Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Dallas partner Denise Webb Glass has been appointed US Co-Head of Healthcare, alongside Susan Feigin Harris. Denise succeeds Stacey Murphy in a planned leadership transition that ensures continuity for one of the...
Chamberlain Hrdlicka Represents The Hancock Firm in Its Transaction to Join Stonefield Economics
HOUSTON, TX—Chamberlain Hrdlicka has been chosen to represent The Hancock Firm, LLC, a Houston-based business valuation, litigation consulting, and transaction advisory firm, in its transaction to join Stonefield Economics, a national economic consulting and dispute...
Reed Smith Strengthens Emerging Technologies and Transactional Capabilities With Addition of Partner Kate Campbell in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL—Reed Smith today announced that Kate Campbell has joined as a partner in Chicago in its Global Corporate Group and Emerging Technologies Group, further strengthening the firm’s capabilities at the intersection of AI, data, cybersecurity, and technology...
Littler Releases 2026 Labor Survey Report
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Littler has released its 2026 Labor Survey Report. The survey reveals the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in labor relations, as well as how business leaders are adapting employee engagement initiatives in the current landscape. The...
Beyond CLM: The Road To An Agentic Future
The post Beyond CLM: The Road To An Agentic Future appeared first on Above the Law.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...
Built for Corporate Restructuring: The Case for Purpose-Built AI
Section 1: Five Realities Reshaping How Corporate Restructuring Gets Done Corporate restructuring operates at the intersection of legal precision and financial complexity, with stakeholder decisions routinely made under exigent circumstances. More data and shortened...
US Appeals Court Upholds ‘Newfangled’ Theory in Classmates.com Privacy Lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit affirmed certification of a roughly 100,000-member class accusing Classmates.com's parent of exploiting digitized yearbook photos and names to market subscriptions, a ruling with potential implications for online people-search and...
Cravath And Weil Are Just Trading Partners At This Point
Peter Feist, the head of Cravath’s private equity practice, is going back to Weil, where he spent nearly 20 years before leaving for Cravath in 2023. He’ll be US co-head of private equity. This lateral merry-go-round is getting dizzying. Three weeks ago, corporate...
In A Marriage Of Two ALSPs, Repario Acquires UnitedLex To Strengthen Its AI Offerings
The post In A Marriage Of Two ALSPs, Repario Acquires UnitedLex To Strengthen Its AI Offerings appeared first on Above the Law.In a marriage of two alternative legal services providers, Repario, a company with a focus on e-discovery and managed review, has acquired...
New England Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: John Chory, Latham & Watkins
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
DC Circuit Panel Upholds Pentagon’s Ban On Anthropic – So What Comes Next?
The post DC Circuit Panel Upholds Pentagon’s Ban On Anthropic – So What Comes Next? appeared first on Above the Law.The post DC Circuit Panel Upholds Pentagon’s Ban On Anthropic – So What Comes Next? appeared first on Above the Law.
Morning Docket: 09.29.26
* Alito finally recuses from the climate case where we always knew he had a conflict. [Law360] * Sullivan & Cromwell partnership with OpenAI develops contract analyzer. [Bloomberg Law News] * Touching: Father and son both get disbarred. [ABA Journal] * Probe into...
What the Savannah Bananas Can Teach You About Building a Successful Small Law Firm
I’ll confess: When I heard that Jesse Cole, the founder of the Savannah Bananas baseball team, was to be the keynote speaker at 8am’s Kaleidoscope conference, I found myself scratching my head. After all, what could the founder of a baseball team known for dancing...
How We Clinched Our Biggest Win of the Year So Far: A Skadden Team’s Win for the Fund Industry
"At the Supreme Court, we benefited from significant experience presenting arguments about a complicated statutory scheme to the Justices, who are generalists. We situated the case in the Court's effort over recent decades to curtail the doctrine of implied private...
George Washington’s Guide to Communication and Civility for Lawyers
Teddy Snyder | George Washington's Rules of Civility say a lot about how individuals should communicate. Here are the most relevant rules for lawyers. The post George Washington’s Guide to Communication and Civility for Lawyers appeared first on Articles, Tips and...
Europe’s Top Private Equity Firms: The Law Firms Behind Their Biggest Deals
Law.com spent weeks speaking with more than 20 leading private equity partners and analysing data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Mergermarket to produce an in-depth examination of the relationships between the world's largest private equity firms and their...
Law School Applicant Boom Expected to Continue
The 2026-27 admissions cycle is expected to remain highly competitive, largely driven by the political climate. The 2026-27 admissions cycle is expected to remain highly competitive, largely driven by the political climate.
Short Shrift? Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Mostly Skips This Appeals Court
Since its creation in 1982, the Federal Circuit has sent just one of its former clerks on to the Supreme Court. It took an extraordinary resume and years of effort to break the mold. A personal connection to the justice didn't hurt either. Since its creation in...
Trump Is Rerunning His 2024 Campaign Ad And Sending Taxpayers The Bill — See Also
Trump’s Newest ‘Public Service Announcement’ Is Just His 2024 Campaign Ad, Now Paid For By You: Ethics lawyers from both parties say that’s the whole problem. Weil Poaches Cravath’s Private Equity Chief Three Weeks After Cravath Poached Its Corporate Chair: Peter...
New England Unsung Hero: C. Scott Schwefel, Shipman Shaiken Schwefel
The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8. The New England Legal Awards is set to honor attorneys and legal professionals at a Boston awards ceremony Oct. 8.
Florida Judge Deals Blow to BBC in Donald Trump’s $10B Defamation Suit
President Donald Trump appointed the Fort Lauderdale-based judge to the federal bench in April. President Donald Trump appointed the Fort Lauderdale-based judge to the federal bench in April.
AI Will Expose How Little Legal Judgment Companies Have Made Explicit
Ask a company what contract terms it accepts, and you may receive a playbook. Ask why it accepts those terms, when it makes exceptions, how different provisions interact, and what would change the decision, and the answers often become less precise. Much of an...