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DOJ Civil Rights Attorneys Leaving To Save Their Law Licenses, Whistleblower Tells Congress
The Government Accountability Project forwarded a 25-page whistleblower disclosure to four congressional committees on behalf of former DOJ civil rights attorney Haley Van Erem. It’s a damning indictment of the Department of Justice’s Task Force to Combat...
Taft’s Timely Legacy
Chief Justice Roberts recently wrote a fawning tribute to William Howard Taft that had as much to do with defending his own record than anything else. Roberts noted that Taft actually wrote vanishingly few notable opinions, but one — that Roberts did not mention — was...
Jim Comey Case Proves Words Are Hard For DOJ — See Also
86: DOJ says no one disputes the meaning of term that literally everyone disputes. Get Out While You Can: Meanwhile, DOJ whistleblower disclosure suggests government attorneys are starting to fear losing their licenses when this is all said and done. Better Call Saul...
Harvard to Pay Families $53M After Morgue Manager Sold Donated Body Parts on Black Market
The plaintiffs, relatives of people who donated their bodies to Harvard Medical School Anatomical Gift Program, claimed the university was liable for the mishandling and did not act in good faith. The plaintiffs, relatives of people who donated their bodies to...
IBM’s 2026 Data Breach Report: Houston, We Have A Problem
IBM’s recent Cost of a Data Breach Report ought to be a wake-up call for legal. Not just for the raw numbers but for the conclusion that “frontier AI models have radically shifted the cybersecurity threat landscape.” And that hits home hard for legal even if the legal...
Halfwit Republican Senate Candidate Running In Minnesota Says ‘It’s Embarrassing’ To Be Minnesotan
I’m proudly Minnesotan. Born and raised in Long Prairie, Minnesota, I’m a big fan of the state’s hunting and fishing, neighborly culture, and leadership in progressive politics. However, the Republican candidate for Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate seat doesn’t think I...
Looks Like Another Strong Year For Biglaw
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We anticipate it is going to be a strong year for the industry despite the expense pressures. Early indications suggest demand continues to be strong in the third quarter as well. — Daniel Greenfield, a...
Meet Me At ILTACON: DocStyle, The Cutting Edge Of Advanced Document Tools
It could take years to master the ins and outs of using Microsoft Word for complex legal document drafting, creating a drain on your ability to actually practice law. DocStyle changes this dynamic with a focus on user experience and the ability to automate repetitive...
Alan Dershowitz Continues To Fight Martha’s Vineyard McCarthyites In His Own Mind
For years now, Alan Dershowitz has invited us all to pull up a rocking chair and marvel at the recurring soap opera of his own persecution. He complains about his neighbors hating him, the library, the pierogi stand… everyone is out to get him and it’s always their...
Prominent Lawyer Charged In Penn State Frat Cocaine Ring
Fourteen people were charged this week in connection with what the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office branded, Operation Drugs Unlimited. Thirteen of them were Penn State students at or around the time of the alleged conduct in 2023 and 2024, when prosecutors say...
The DOJ Insists There’s ‘No Serious Dispute’ About A Phrase Everyone Is Disputing
The Justice Department filed its opposition to James Comey’s motions to dismiss the seashell case late Tuesday, you know, the one where federal government is seriously prosecuting the former director of the FBI for sharing a picture of shells arranged into the numbers...
The $40M Ferrari That Could Be A $38.9M Tax Break
The Monterey Car Week auctions concluded a few days ago with sales of some of the world’s most valuable automobiles. The most talked about sale was a one-off of Ferrari’s first-ever electric vehicle, the Luce, code named “Chassis 0.” The Luce, which has an MSRP of...
The Legal Tech-To-English Dictionary (2.0): Working With AI In A Professional Environment
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How I Founded a Law Firm: ‘Sustained Adaptability Makes All the Difference,’ Says Philip Khinda of Khinda Advisory
"To starting your own firm or any great venture: you need patience and resilience of a kind most don't have, and constantly be open to changing circumstances and opportunities. That sustained adaptability, in my opinion, makes all the difference." "To starting...
Judicial Immunity Still Applies Even If The Judge Let AI Decide The Case
To be clear, the judge probably did not let AI decide this case. The plaintiff sued Nevada family court judge Mari Parladé, accusing her of farming out her opinion to AI based on the judge reading from a prepared script, stumbling over a word while reading it, and...
Patient Group Sues AMA, Says The Org Shouldn’t Be Charging For CPT Codes
The post Patient Group Sues AMA, Says The Org Shouldn’t Be Charging For CPT Codes appeared first on Above the Law.PatientRightsAdvocate.org filed a lawsuit against the American Medical Association this week, arguing the group has no right to copyright the current...
Morning Docket: 08.19.26
* Disney goes to war with Trump administration over Kimmel retaliation effort. [NPR] * Morgan & Morgan goes to court over Florida ban on celebrities in lawyer ads. [Florida Phoenix] * Hugh Hefner repeatedly tried to get the FBI to act on Epstein over 20 years ago...
The War For Legal Talent Is Here
In 18 years of working in the legal industry, I cannot remember a time when more law firms were in need of talent than they are right now. That is especially true for small firms and midsize firms who are overwhelmed with work, trying to grow, and then losing a key...
Who’s Acting On The Biggest UK Cases So Far in 2026?
Using data from Solomonic, Law.com delivers a rundown of the top 20 claims of the year so far. Using data from Solomonic, Law.com delivers a rundown of the top 20 claims of the year so far.
Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Meta Begins Addiction Trial Against 29 States, Oregon TCPA Class Actions Face Fraud Claims
Oregon Judge Set to Decide Future of 14 TCPA Class Actions Amid Fraud Accusations
The 14 class actions are all filed by a plaintiff who isn't a suitable class representative, according to the defense firm Watstein Terepka, because of his use of "violent racist rhetoric" on social media, among many other reasons. The 14 class actions are all...
In-House Lawyers: Who You Gonna Call?
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Meet Me At ILTACON: Ajax, An Intelligent Timekeeper That Adapts To Your Existing Workflow
Jack Weinberger, Ajax Co-Founder Lawyers know the feeling well: “I know I’ve worked much more than I billed this week.” Enter Ajax, an AI timekeeping platform built for law firms. It runs in the background, automatically capturing billable work across email, calls,...
In-House Leaders Say Lawyers At These Biglaw Firms Are Client Service ‘All-Stars’ (2026)
Which Biglaw attorneys are most beloved by general counsel for their superior client service? Thanks to a new ranking, we’re about to find out. The BTI Consulting Group set out to find which lawyers handled in-house client service with ease, adding them to...
The Trump Administration Says The Names Of The People Who Wrote The Biglaw Executive Orders Are A Secret
A federal judge asked the Trump administration a simple question: who drafted, reviewed, and approved the executive orders targeting Biglaw firms? You know the kind of basic information that appears on privilege logs every single day. Not the internal communications,...
Biglaw Revenue Jumps Double Digits As Demand Remains Strong
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We anticipate it is going to be a strong year for the industry despite the expense pressures. Early indications suggest demand continues to be strong in the third quarter as well. — Daniel Greenfield, a...
Having Already Launched A Claude Connector, Trellis Extends AI Access To Its Court Data With ChatGPT Plugin And Its Own Chat Tool
The post Having Already Launched A Claude Connector, Trellis Extends AI Access To Its Court Data With ChatGPT Plugin And Its Own Chat Tool appeared first on Above the Law.Trellis, a legal research company that provides state trial court data and insights, has expanded...
The Most Famous Line About Grand Juries Came Back To Bite Its Author
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who is the chief judge of New York’s highest court (and a onetime rising political star some pegged as a future governor) who gave the American legal lexicon one of its most enduring lines: that a...
Expert Has ChatGPT Write Report. That Was A… Poor Decision — See Also
The Defense Calls ChatGPT: An expert used ChatGPT to draft “90 to 85” percent of his report. The plaintiffs’ attorney had a deposition for the ages on that one. The Most Closely Guarded Secret In The Biglaw EO Case Is Who Wrote The Orders: A government proud enough...
Florida Bar Sued by Morgan & Morgan
Morgan & Morgan's lawsuit alleges that The Florida Bar's rule barring any non-client celebrity's image or voice in firm marketing is the most restrictive in the nation. Morgan & Morgan's lawsuit alleges that The Florida Bar's rule barring any non-client...
Be a Powerful Post-it Note Professional
Analog Attorney | We all know Post-its. But what about all the other sticky notes? You have to drill deep before you find options that belong in a law firm. Here are five that’ll stick with you. (This pun will never die.) The post Be a Powerful Post-it Note...
Northwestern Law, PLI Collaborate to Create Training Resource Targeting AI Skills, Ethics
Northwestern Law and the Practising Law Institute launched a free, 12-module course open to all law students and legal professionals to teach about AI uses, best practices and risks. Northwestern Law and the Practising Law Institute launched a free, 12-module...
Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis: The FTC Targets ‘Suppression of Accuracy’ In AI Systems, Catching Companies in a Classical Conundrum for the Modern Age
Can a servant serve two masters? If the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gets its way, when it comes to AI outputs, increasingly not. Can a servant serve two masters? If the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gets its way, when it comes to AI outputs, increasingly...
Meta Sued Over Assertions That AI Designs Serve ‘National Interest’
A manager at Meta alleges that the company fired him after he refused to sign off on a statement for an immigration petition that appeared to misstate his role in the company, The plaintiff alleges that Meta used immigration support as an employment-related benefit...
Clio Docket Is Now In Clio Work, Combining An AI Workspace with Access to More Than 1 Billion Court Filings
When Clio acquired vLex in 2025, a key asset it gained was Docket Alarm, one of the world’s largest litigation databases containing more than 1 billion filings from federal and state courts. At the ClioCon user conference last year, Clio relaunched it as Clio Docket....
Eighth Circuit: Remote Worker Could Not Bring Claims Under Minnesota Whistleblower Act or the Whistleblower Act of the State Where They Worked
The Eighth Circuit ruled that a remote worker in Hawaii could not bring whistleblower claims under either Minnesota's or Hawaii's whistleblower protection acts—finding he lacked sufficient physical presence in Minnesota to qualify as an employee under that state's...
AI-Assisted Patent Drafting: Validity Concerns and Practical Guidance
This is the second installment in a two-part series examining the implications of using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications. In this part, we address the potential impact of drafting a patent application with...
Build Now, Accommodate Later Doesn’t Work: Eighth Circuit Rejects ADA Defense to Zoning Violation
A Minnesota county lawfully denied an after-the-fact permit for an unpermitted concrete boat ramp where the landowners raised ADA accommodation only after violating zoning requirements, as Title II's duty to accommodate attaches when the entity learns of the need...
‘Make the First and Last Client of the Day Yourself’: London’s Top Partners on Tackling Stress in Big Law
Partners share the activities they do to manage stress and anxiety, and lift the lid on the institutional barriers to healthy work cultures. Partners share the activities they do to manage stress and anxiety, and lift the lid on the institutional barriers to...
AI Is Changing Client Acquisition: Lawyers Must Go Where the Questions Are
Wayne Hassay | Currently, much of the legal profession’s AI focus concerns what happens after the work reaches the lawyer. Something that merits more attention is how AI is poised to change client acquisition. The post AI Is Changing Client Acquisition: Lawyers Must...
Lawyer Disbarred After Suggesting Colleague Be Sent To ‘Mental Asylum’
A barrister just earned the professional boot, and based on the findings, thinking a colleague should be committed is one of the least problematic allegations. The Independent shared a report on Mariam El-Sobky, until recently a Lincoln’s Inn barrister, who made...
Karmic Turnaround For Disbarred Lawyer — See Also
Mental Health Quip Ends With Mental Health Eval: After mocking a former colleague’s mental health, disciplinary authorities say disbarred lawyer needs a psych review. Sigal Chattah’s Federal Prosecutor Cosplay Doesn’t Survive Appeal Either: A unanimous Ninth Circuit...
The Justice’s Name Came Off The Door, But The Biglaw Firm Is Still A Powerhouse.
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Before Abe Fortas became the only Supreme Court justice ever driven from the bench by scandal (and years after he argued the landmark right-to-counsel case Gideon v. Wainwright), he co-founded which...
Justice Clarence Thomas Says He’s Not Welcome At Stanford Law, But The School Says Otherwise
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We would be honored to host Justice Thomas at Stanford Law School. The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, directed by professor Michael McConnell, former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth...
Even Trump’s Own Judges Agree: Sigal Chattah Isn’t A Real U.S. Attorney
There are questions in American law that divide judges along ideological lines. Whether Sigal Chattah gets to keep playing dress-up as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada is, it turns out, not one of them. Today, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit...
Dharshi Harindra Is Right: AI Doesn’t Replace Judgment. It Exposes It.
If you’ve spent any time on LinkedIn over the past year, you’ve almost certainly seen the slogan: “AI won’t replace lawyers. Lawyers who use AI will.” It’s become the legal profession’s favorite reassurance because it sounds optimistic, practical, and actionable. The...
The Catering Caper: A Loaf On The Move
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)President Donald Trump left the NATO summit last month in an unusual way: He did not board the new Qatari Air Force One, instead publicly boarded an old version of Air Force One, and then snuck off that plane on a catering delivery...
Mass. Mayor Charged With Pandemic Loan Fraud, Money Laundering
Federal prosecutors allege the Lawrence mayor used over $1.5 million in pandemic loan assistance for professional and personal use, including over $40,000 for his mayoral campaign and more than $880,000 of the funds to pay off debts to hard money...
Growing Skepticism of Schedule A Practices in Northern Illinois District Court, Experts Say
In light of the recent Kangol ruling that shook up Schedule A litigation, courts are beginning to wrestle with what actions fulfill the reasonable diligence requirement in determining a Chinese defendant's mailing address before electronic service can be...
A Tribute, Or A Tactic? The Lindsay Clancy Prosecutor’s Hair Bows Could Backfire
The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of strangling her three children, has gripped the nation. Social media has been filled with true crime sleuths at home finding alternate theories of the case and postpartum advocates pointing out the ways the system failed...
Why Britney Spears, FKA Twigs, And Selena Gomez All Trust The Same Biglaw Lawyer
Britney Spears. FKA twigs. Selena Gomez. These are three extraordinarily powerful women who could hire virtually any lawyer in the country, yet when faced with deeply personal legal battles unfolding under intense public scrutiny, they have all turned to the same...
ILTACON Preview: What These Tech Leaders Expect To See
With technology continuing to drive massive disruption in the legal industry, anticipation for ILTACON 2026 is higher than ever. Here’s what a few attendees are expecting in advance of the massive legal tech conference, set for the week of Aug. 23 in Nashville. How...
Supreme Court Kills Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Rehearing Request
The Supreme Court isn’t in the business of granting rehearings and it’s very much not in the business of changing its decisions upon rehearings. But Donald Trump has made a practice of refusing to take no for an answer and, in that spirit, he asked the Supreme Court...
Troutman Hires New Partner of Bankruptcy, Restructuring Practice Group in Boston
Massachusetts native Sean Higgins joined the firm's Boston office at the beginning of August as it expands its bankruptcy and restructuring platform. Massachusetts native Sean Higgins joined the firm's Boston office at the beginning of August as it expands its...
Lawyers Should Think Twice Before CCing Bosses To An Email
Email is one of the most important ways lawyers communicate with colleagues, adversaries, clients, and pretty much everyone else involved in the legal profession. Most lawyers probably send dozens, if not hundreds, of emails during a typical workday. Because email is...
The Temptation And Corruption Of Andrew Boutros
Another day, another wild story about corruption at the US Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois. The New York Times’ Glenn Thrush reports that prosecutors at the formerly august institution spent the past year harassing the family of a state judge in...
Beyond Recall And Precision: Strategic Oversight Of AI Managed Review
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way legal teams approach document review. With the ability to analyze enormous volumes of information at speeds that traditional review methods simply cannot match, AI has created significant opportunities to reduce costs,...
How I Made Law Firm Leadership: ‘Lead the Whole Firm, Not Just the Lawyers,’ Says Tom Krider of Smith Currie Oles
"When you get to a leadership role, you have to be able to lead the whole firm, not just the lawyers, and the only way to do that is to have built some real fluency in how the business actually runs." "When you get to a leadership role, you have to be able to...
AEIOU: A Framework for Business Plans That Attorneys Will Actually Use
Most attorney business plans fail before they're written. They fail in the design of the exercise and nine months later, the plan is a forgotten file on a shared drive, and marketing is drafting the same template for next year's cycle. AEIOU (Audit, Embed Experience,...
Biglaw’s NDA Problem Is Heading To Prestige TV
Paramount+ has handed out a straight-to-series order for Discretion, an eight-episode legal thriller from A24 with Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning starring and executive producing. Kidman plays Sharon, the commanding senior partner. Fanning plays Lenny, the summer...
After a Funding Round: Refocusing Your Patent Strategy
A funding event changes expectations instantly. The company that pitched a bold vision is now expected to execute, scale, and defend itself under heightened investor and market scrutiny. A post-round reassessment helps ensure the patents protecting your technology and...
PTC Therapeutics’ $211M Bid Wins Bankruptcy Auction For Sangamo Gene Therapy
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Work Done In Harvey Now Creates Time Entries In Aderant’s iTimekeep, Thanks To New Integration
Perform legal work in Harvey, get a draft time entry created automatically in Aderant’s iTimekeep. That is the upshot of a integration announced today by the two companies. With the integration, law firms that are customers of both Harvey and iTimekeep can connect the...
Morning Docket: 08.17.26
* Trump’s legal team at S&C just keeps shrinking. [Politico] * Armed men claiming to be ICE agents try to bust into immigration law firm. [Sacramento Bee] * Already facing ethical questions, the Chicago US Attorney’s Office now revealed to have been running...
DWF is First Global 200 Firm to Shutter Riyadh After Saudi Relaxes Rules for Foreign Ownership
The U.K. firm is the first to shut its Riyadh office since Saudi Arabia opened its legal sector to foreign firms in 2023. The U.K. firm is the first to shut its Riyadh office since Saudi Arabia opened its legal sector to foreign firms in 2023.
Do You Have to Pay In to the Fund? Grammar Rules Govern Two More Opinions (Supposedly)
Teddy Snyder | In the latest examples of grammar rules governing court opinions, a verb becomes an adjective, and a preposition is at issue. Get to the Point! The post Do You Have to Pay In to the Fund? Grammar Rules Govern Two More Opinions (Supposedly) appeared...
Don’t Put Secret AI Instructions In Court Filings! But Also… Why Are We Worried About This?
A court employee in Connecticut noticed an unusual stretch of white space in a filing. Upon closer inspection, the “nothing” turned out to be 3-point, white-on-white text. It would be invisible to any human casually reading reading the page, but perfectly legible to...
Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty To Stalking, Admits To Murder Anyway, Argues This Makes Trial Double Jeopardy
Luigi Mangione walked into a Manhattan federal courtroom earlier today to plead guilty to interstate stalking charges. In the process, he admitted that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, stating “on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in...
Vances Learn That If You’re Not In A Side Chat, The Side Chat Is About You — See Generally
Yale Law Cool Kids’ Chat: JD and Usha Vance’s law school classmates have kept a private Signal chat running for years to gossip about the couple’s improbable turn from Yale liberals to MAGA royalty. Mangione Tries For Double Jeopardy Where The Scores Can Really...
Uber’s Lawyers Face Hate Mail, Violent Graphics: ‘My Colleagues Are Getting Death Threats’
Uber attorney Allison Brown told U.S. District Judge Charles on Friday that her colleagues had received threatening emails after The New York Times published an Aug. 4 article called, “Uber's Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: What Were You...
Biglaw Partner Dishes On Her Unique Path To Partnership
Gloria Park always wanted to be a storyteller. She just didn’t expect to find that career in litigation. In this episode, the Susman Godfrey partner talks about growing up in a first-generation immigrant family, choosing law school because it let her “tell stories for...
ABA Plans Major Restructuring Amid Financial Struggles
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. That’s a big undertaking because we haven’t looked at renovating how we are structured for 40 or 50 years. We need to move into the 21st century. — Barbara Howard, president of the American Bar Association, in...
Dark Social For Lawyers: How To Track What You Can’t See
“Dark social” can easily conjure images of sinister figures holding clandestine meetings by dead of night. As dramatic as the term sounds, the reality is far more mundane. Dark social is a catchall term for the many digital communication tools that are intended for...
Congress Threw This Judge Off The Bench. The Voters Sent Him Right Back To Congress.
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which federal judge, impeached by the House and removed by the Senate for his role in a bribery scheme, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives three years later (the very chamber that had...
Trump DOJ Uses Luigi Mangione Case To Spite Manhattan DA — See Also
Double Jeopardy Mushroom: The DOJ works out interstate stalking plea deal with Luigi Mangione so his lawyers can claim New York murder charges amount to double jeopardy. Nicole Kidman Is About To Play The Biglaw NDA Machine: A new Kidman-Fanning legal thriller...
Litigation Trends to Watch: Claims Surge Over Tariff Refunds, Weight Loss Drugs and Texas Property Appraisals
Amazon received $600 million in tariff refunds—now customers are suing to get their share. Amazon received $600 million in tariff refunds—now customers are suing to get their share.
From Big Law to Horse Law: Building a Niche Practice at Holland & Knight
In this week's episode, Holland & Knight partner Kayla Pragid discusses the business of building a niche practice within an Am Law 100 firm. In this week's episode, Holland & Knight partner Kayla Pragid discusses the business of building a niche practice...
Mass. Parole Board Nominee Permitted Despite Backlash, New Judges Unanimously Approved
The Massachusetts Governor's Council unanimously approved two judges to its courts Wednesday, but a parole board nominee faced backlash for her previous work as a prosecutor. The Massachusetts Governor's Council unanimously approved two judges to its courts...
What Might Trigger EEOC Action? Regulator’s Suit Claims DEI Training Segregated Employees
The EEOC sued Washington University after it fired a Black woman employee who was terminated after raising objections to the administration about a DEI training session where white and nonwhite employees were separated. The EEOC sued Washington University after...
How I Made Partner: ‘Relationship-Building, Visibility and Sound Judgment,’ Says Mitch Schuster of Meister Seelig & Schuster
"One of the most common mistakes attorneys make is focusing exclusively on the work directly in front of them without thinking strategically about their long-term career. Strong legal skills are essential, but advancement inside a law firm also requires...
Your Digital First Impression: What Every Law Firm Should Get Right
A modern, high-performing website, targeted search ads, and review automation work together to build trust and turn online interest into new law firm clients. The post Your Digital First Impression: What Every Law Firm Should Get Right appeared first on Articles, Tips...
Create Interactive Dashboards With Microsoft Copilot
Tech Tips: Ben Schorr explains how legal teams can use Microsoft 365 Copilot to find the story inside lists spreadsheets, and document libraries. The post Create Interactive Dashboards With Microsoft Copilot appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
Allens and Ashurst Deny They “Provided Cover” For KPMG Ethical Failures
Allens and Ashurst partners reject allegations they gave KPMG cover for misconduct, as Australian senators question the narrow scope of their legal reviews and the firms' handling of the audit scandal. Allens and Ashurst partners reject allegations they gave...
Law Firm Disrupted: Closing the ‘Human Skill’ Gap in the Era of AI
The "human skill" gap that incoming lawyers face after graduation isn't new, but AI is exacerbating it. Educators and employers have an opportunity to address it. The "human skill" gap that incoming lawyers face after graduation isn't new, but AI is exacerbating...
The Best Law Schools For Technology Law (2026)
For law students, technology law isn’t just about keeping up with the latest gadgets and apps anymore. Between the explosion of artificial intelligence, rapidly evolving privacy rules, cybersecurity threats, cryptocurrency, and seemingly endless questions about who...
Relativity Announces claiR, A Conversational AI For Lawyers, But You’ll Have To Wait Awhile To Chat With It
The post Relativity Announces claiR, A Conversational AI For Lawyers, But You’ll Have To Wait Awhile To Chat With It appeared first on Above the Law.Relativity today announced Relativity claiR, a conversational AI interface that lets lawyers ask plain-language...
Who Is Justice Barrett?
Justice Amy Coney Barrett ended the Supreme Court’s 2023 term with two dissents that complicate the usual descriptions of her jurisprudence. In Ohio v. EPA, decided on June 27, 2024, Barrett joined the Court’s three liberal justices in opposing emergency relief from a...
There’s A Secret Yale Law Group Chat About The Vances Because Of Course There Is
Somewhere out there is a Signal group full of Yale Law graduates, and they are still talking about law school -- or at least some of their classmates. That's the detail that launched a thousand social media posts from Kate Andersen Brower's new Vanity Fair profile of...
Todd Blanche Would Like The DOJ To Know He Will Lead With Integrity
Todd Blanche was sworn in as Attorney General of the United States earlier this week — by Emil Bove, because of course — and today he addressed the DOJ workforce with a message that can be summarized as: ignore everything you have seen with your own eyes for the last...
At This Elite Litigation Boutique, It’s ‘Eat What You Kill’ — And Associates Are Feasting
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We have no debt and we have the philosophy of when we have excess capital we pay everyone, from the barista to the receptionist to the IT guy to the paralegals to the associates to the non-equity partners to...
John Roberts Uses William Howard Taft To Defend His Own Record, Fails
Every year, Chief Justice John Roberts sits down and pens a little newsletter to the nation about the big issues facing the judiciary and manages to blow it every single time. Whether he’s rambling about typewriter history or spinning Thomas Paine fan-fiction, the...
Your Most Important Summer Reading Isn’t On Your Syllabus
If you’re starting law school this fall, you’ve probably already been told what to read. Casebooks. Maybe a primer on contracts. Something to get your head around how lawyers think before your first cold call. That advice isn’t wrong. It’s just incomplete. Because...
The Only Attorney General To Go To Prison (So Far)
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Of all the people who have served as attorney general of the United States, the nation’s top law enforcement officer, who is the only one who went on to serve time in federal prison? Hint: Before he...
XOXO, Gossip Girl: The Yale Law Whisper Network Dishes On Usha Vance — See Also
Everything You Need To Know About Usha Vance, You Can Learn At Yale Law: Her classmates gossip about her on Signal. The clerkship culture that shaped her politics is the part they don’t put in the group chat. Daft For Taft: John Roberts pens essay celebrating William...
Kirkland & Ellis Helps Eli Lilly Sue to Shut Down Alleged Black Market for GLP 1
Eli Lilly has filed six lawsuits, including five in Texas, against companies it says are illegally selling unapproved versions of its experimental weight-loss drug retatrutide amid growing concern over a global black market for counterfeit and compounded obesity...
Who Is Eligible—and Who Isn’t—for the Depo-Provera Settlement?
At a July 27 hearing, Pfizer Inc. attorney Joseph Petrocinelli said about 20% of the more than 6,200 cases filed in the Depo-Provera multidistrict litigation are ineligible for the settlement, the terms of which are confidential. At a July 27 hearing, Pfizer...
Amid Downturn in Electric Car Sales, Business Disputes Are Heading to Court
As electric car manufacturers are coping with sluggish sales, some are facing a variety of litigation. Things have been getting ugly for the electric car industry since the elimination of federal tax credits for EVs. As electric car manufacturers are coping with...
It’s ‘Follow the PE Leader’ in Big Law
Big Law has been avoiding it for as long as possible, but the hum of private equity investment in law firms, through managed service organization (MSO) structures, is growing louder. Big Law has been avoiding it for as long as possible, but the hum of private...
Boston Fed. Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against Harvard Alleging Antisemitism
"Without diminishing any concern arising from these occurrences, the court finds them, singly and collectively, to be too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day,"...
Industry Awards Finalists Announced
Join us in congratulating these honorees, who will be honored at The American Lawyer's annual gala on Nov. 12 in New York. Join us in congratulating these honorees, who will be honored at The American Lawyer's annual gala on Nov. 12 in New...