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Calm Down, Sane Republicans Say, He’s Only Joking
Sane people on the right say that critics of Donald Trump should calm down. Trump says some crazy stuff, they concede, but he’s just kidding. Look at what he does, not what he says. Here’s my question: How do we know when Trump’s kidding? If a Trump supporter can tell...
LawNext: How AI Is Transforming the Way Law Firms Win Business, with Ikaun President Jason Noble
Law firms sell experience — but for decades, harnessing and operationalizing that experience has been a largely manual, chaotic process. In this episode, recorded live at the Legal Marketing Association annual conference in New Orleans, host Bob Ambrogi sits down...
The Wachtell Insider Trading Co-Conspirator Has Been Identified
Every time we think we have a handle on the scope of the Biglaw insider trading scheme that rocked elite M&A practices last week, it gets a little bigger. First it was Yale Law grad Nicolo Nourafchan and his network of well-placed insiders. Then a cooperating...
How Does Budget Reconciliation Work? Here’s Everything You Need To Know.
The post How Does Budget Reconciliation Work? Here’s Everything You Need To Know. appeared first on Above the Law. As lawmakers debate over how to deliver on the White House’s desired $1.5 trillion defense budget, Breaking Defense’s Valerie Insinna explains the...
Aderant Introduces Agent Center at Momentum Global, Targeting Law Firm Back-Office Operations with AI
Aderant, the Atlanta-based legal business management software company, used its Momentum Global 2026 conference this week to unveil the Aderant Agent Center — a new framework for deploying AI agents across law firm financial and operational workflows. The Agent...
OSHA, States Step Up Scrutiny of Workplace Exposure to Heat Hazards
An OSHA rule proposed under President Joe Biden has stalled, but the agency is using its existing powers to issue more fines. And a growing number of states are jumping into the fray. An OSHA rule proposed under President Joe Biden has stalled, but the agency is...
Morning Docket: 05.12.26
* Supreme Court lifts order barring Alabama from redistricting away Black voting power, three years after rejecting the same proposed redistricting. [Washington Post] * ABA Committee recommends dropping law school diversity rules in order to protect accreditation...
To Merge or Not to Merge: How Leverage Could Be the Deciding Factor
A Law.com analysis of leverage data reveals the firms that have fewer tools at their disposal to increase revenue-per-lawyer and profit margin, and why, for some, a merger might be an economic necessity. A Law.com analysis of leverage data reveals the firms that...
The Real Reasons Your Lawyers Don’t Trust AI – And What to Do About It
Fear of losing their jobs isn't stopping attorneys from using AI. It's reliability. A fear worth taking seriously, says Collen Steffen, but it's being directed at the wrong target. The post The Real Reasons Your Lawyers Don’t Trust AI – And What to Do About It...
‘Shot Across the Bow’: Insider Trading Scheme May Prompt Changes in Big Law
The misappropriation of confidential M&A data from six top law firms may lead to changes in firms' controls over client data, ex-SEC and white-collar defense lawyers said. The misappropriation of confidential M&A data from six top law firms may lead to...
Supreme Court Helps Alabama Revert to Challenged Congressional Map
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday evening lifted a court order requiring Alabama to use a congressional map that included two majority-Black districts, allowing the state to revert to an old one found to discriminate against by Black voters by a federal district...
Temple Snags University of Tennessee Dean as Beasley Law’s Next Leader
Lonnie Brown Jr., the dean of University of Tennessee Winston College of Law since 2022, will become the Kean Family Dean of Temple University Beasley School of Law on Aug. 1. Lonnie Brown Jr., the dean of University of Tennessee Winston College of Law since...
The Biglaw Firm That Lost 8 Percent Of Its Partners Last Year
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which elite Biglaw firm saw its partnership ranks shrink by 8% last year, the most of any top firm? Hint: The firm is now reportedly going out of its way to recognize and promote younger talent in an...
Justice Matt Damon Orders Drinks — See Also
SNL’s Brett Kavanaugh Finds 3rd Term Loophole: Don’t worry, its just a joke. For now. John Quinn Is Stepping Down: What a difference a year can make! We Have Another Name: The Wachtell Insider trading co-conspirator has been named. Did You Buy The Dua Lipa TV?: The...
Trump Administration Rule Removes Conservation as Public Land Use
Conservation leaves land “idle while it should be used for commercial purposes, the U.S. Interior Department stated. Conservation leaves land “idle while it should be used for commercial purposes, the U.S. Interior Department stated.
Dua Lipa Launches Multimillion-Dollar Suit Against Samsung
Lawyers aren’t the only ones who live their lives by a rule-based system. If you live in a major metropolitian area or went through a breakup within the last decade, you’ve probably heard her hit song “New Rules.” And while the song has great rules for engagement (or...
Legal Ethics Roundup: ‘Ethical Error Culture,’ NJ Weighs Ban On Attorney-Client Sex, CA AI Ethics Rules Proposal, Biglaw Insider Trading, Lat On Katyal’s ‘TED-gate’ & 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! Last week I...
Judge Finds Cook County Found Liable for Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale System
"The county did not need to receive an engraved notice to understand that its actions—taking private property without providing just compensation—constituted a 'classic' violation of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause," a federal judge said. "The county did...
Judge Finds Cook County Liable for Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale System
"The county did not need to receive an engraved notice to understand that its actions—taking private property without providing just compensation—constituted a 'classic' violation of the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause," a federal judge said. "The county did...
Trump Taps Ex-Personal Attorneys for Bench, Raising Recusal Questions
“Considering the kind of representation that you've provided President Trump ... I would say that in any case involving President Trump's personal interests, you should recuse yourself, because it is very clear where your loyalties lie, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii,...
Class Counsel in $7.25B Roundup Settlement Ask for $675M in Legal Fees
The fee request, which is 9.3% of the settlement fund, is "quite modest," according to class counsel Eric Holland. The fee request, which is 9.3% of the settlement fund, is "quite modest," according to class counsel Eric Holland.
Why Most Legal AI Tools Make Junior Lawyers Worse, Not Better
Legal AI is often sold as a training accelerator. Give junior lawyers faster answers, cleaner summaries, and clearer issue spotting, and they will ramp more quickly. That theory is tidy. It is also wrong. In practice, many legal AI tools are quietly eroding the very...
John Quinn Stepping Down From Running Quinn Emanuel
Founder-led law firms that stand the test of time must eventually negotiate the transition from personality cult with letterhead. Not all of them make it. It’s usually not for lack of trying, but it’s just that it’s hard to chart a path into the future when the...
DOJ Forum Shops Harassment Campaign Against Trans Kids And Their Doctors
Last week, the ballroom plaintiffs suggested that a federal judge should consider Rule 11 sanctions for the top three lawyers at the Trump Justice Department. After publicly demanding that the National Trust for Historic Preservation withdraw its opposition to Trump’s...
Matt Damon’s Beer-Braised Brett Kavanaugh Finds A Constitutional Loophole For Trump’s Third Term
Few things capture the current state of constitutional discourse quite like Matt Damon’s Saturday Night Live imagining of Brett Kavanaugh, drunk after ordering a “6-3 decision” (i.e., six Bud Lights and three shots of Jamo), solemnly explaining that Donald Trump can...
The CLOC Global Institute: Some Changes And Challenges
It’s an understatement at this point to say that AI will reshape everything in legal, including and perhaps especially, the discipline known as legal operations (legal ops for short). It’s the how that’s the question. The upcoming preeminent legal ops conference will...
SCOTUS Rejects AI Assistance, Embraces Human Error Instead
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The court is not using AI because it would be insecure. So you can trust that our opinions are not AI-generated. — Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in comments given during an appearance at the Crystal Bridges...
Jonathan Turley Defends Virginia Redistricting Opinion By Refusing To Explain It
Last week, a majority of Virginia’s supreme court voted to overturn a statewide election approving new congressional maps. Technically, voters were asked to vote on a constitutional amendment allowing the state legislature to create new maps in response to Donald...
Protect… Prevent… and Invent Again!
Our articles frequently focus on the mechanisms available to protect various forms of intellectual property (IP) and what types of IP can be protected with federal registration or a patent. But how can your client (the IP creator or owner) really prevent the theft of...
AI Platform’s ‘Expert’ Workforce Draws Misclassification Suit
A class action against Mercor.io Corp. claims the AI hiring startup misclassified lawyers, doctors, engineers and other subject-matter experts as independent contractors while exerting employer-like control over their work. The case could test how traditional...
Lit-Funder Burford Capital Asks Supreme Court to Shield It From Discovery
Third-party litigation funder Burford Capital has turned to the high court to prevent document discovery related to its financing of antitrust claims against German truck manufacturers. Third-party litigation funder Burford Capital has turned to the high court...
How I Made Law Firm Leadership: ‘Build Relationships Inside and Outside the Firm,’ Says Charity Schiller of Best Best & Krieger
"Equally important is building relationships inside and outside the firm. If you hope to lead people one day, you need to know them, and they need to know you. Find out what motivates them, what they care about, and what they value, and share what you care about and...
Survey: Legal Teams Lack Visibility Into AI Agents’ Actions, Icertis Research Finds
Nearly half of in-house legal professionals say they would not detect an unauthorized or incorrect action taken by an AI agent until after it had already occurred — sometimes days or weeks later — according to new survey research released today by Icertis, the...
Consolidation, Cost-Cutting in Indy TV Market Offers Peek Into Pain Ahead for Broadcast Newsrooms
The owner of WISH-TV Channel 8 makes no apologies for laying off nearly the entire 60-person news team at WRTV-TV Channel 6 after buying the station in March. The owner of WISH-TV Channel 8 makes no apologies for laying off nearly the entire 60-person news team...
eDiscovery AI Launches CaseBot, a Conversational AI Assistant for Case Data
eDiscovery AI, which was acquired in February by HaystackID, today announced the general availability of CaseBot, a conversational AI assistant that allows legal teams to interrogate case data in natural language and receive answers cited back to source documents. The...
My AI Agent Killed My Annoying Neighbor
AI is an eager summer intern with a puppy-dog disposition, programmed to please. It doesn't know it is not OK to kill your annoying neighbor in its quest to be helpful. AI is an eager summer intern with a puppy-dog disposition, programmed to please. It doesn't...
Sam Alito Put Fake Facts In A Supreme Court Opinion!?!?
In his opinion functionally striking down the Voting Rights Act, Justice Sam Alito included fake data. In any functional justice system, this disqualifying act of judicial irresponsibility would shock the nation’s conscience. Realizing that a majority of the Supreme...
Biglaw’s Inside Job — See Generally
The DOJ’s Insider Trading Case Is Basically A Vault 100 Firm Directory: Sidley, Latham, Goodwin, Weil, DLA Piper, Willkie, Wachtell — this indictment would be for an impressive on-campus interview schedule. Paul Weiss Technically Isn’t Having Layoffs, It’s Just That...
Is Hamburg Big Law’s Weakest Link in Germany?
With Clyde & Co partners spinning off into an independent firm, questions are being raised about whether further exits will follow—and if Hamburg even remains viable for international firms. With Clyde & Co partners spinning off into an independent firm,...
C.R. Bard Wins Defense Verdict in First Bellwether Trial Over PowerPort Device
The trial, which began on April 21, is the first of about 3,000 cases in multidistrict litigation alleging Bard's PowerPort devices are defective, leading to blood infections, thrombosis or fractures. The trial, which began on April 21, is the first of about...
Sure, Biglaw Layoffs Are Trending, But Not Like 2009 Trending
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! While there’s a sudden relevance to Biglaw layoffs, it’s not nearly as dire as the past. How many lawyers were laid off in Biglaw (based on self-reported numbers) in 2009, widely considered the worst...
Biglaw Insider Trading Scheme Gets Even Bigger — See Also
More Biglaw Firm Names Enter The Fold: The former associates weren’t making enough money as it was?! Many Roads To Preventing Fair And Free Elections: Louisiana v. Callais teed up Virginia’s Supreme Court to overturn an election. A Loss And An Explanation: Matt Taibbi...
Before You Contact a Lawyer: How to Evaluate Lawsuit Information Online in the AI Era
When people think they may have a legal claim, they usually do not start by calling a lawyer. They start by searching online. They look up symptoms after an exposure. They search for product recalls. They try to understand terms like mass tort, class action,...
Your Investments Are Ready. The Question Is Whether You Are — For Retirement
Forty years of billing hours prepares an attorney for a lot of things. Monday morning with nowhere to be isn’t one of them. The accounts look good. The projections hold up. By every measure that’s visible, retirement should feel within reach. And yet the office is...
Sometimes Lawyers Should Wait To Send Invoices To Clients
Many law firms try to get invoices out to clients as soon as possible since they believe that the sooner a client gets an invoice, the sooner the client will remit payment. Indeed, many law firms have deadlines for attorneys to submit time entries so that...
Why Spirit Airlines Failed — And Why You Might Miss It
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Spirit Airlines was the poster child for customer frustration — an airline that charged passengers for everything except oxygen. Social media and mainstream outlets were filled with jokes and cringeworthy videos about the airline,...
Stat(s) Of The Week: The Fastest Judge
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined nearly 800 runners in the annual Capital Challenge three-mile road race in Washington on Wednesday, placing sixth among federal judges and 277th overall. Top judicial honors went to U.S. Tax Court Judge Jeffrey Arbeit...
ASU Law Alum Gives Back to Support Struggling Students
Jordan Greenman graduated with his J.D. from ASU Law in 2021 with less than stellar grades, so he wants to support other students to show grades aren't everything. Jordan Greenman graduated with his J.D. from ASU Law in 2021 with less than stellar grades, so he...
NYU Law School Dean Stepping Down, Opening Up Plum Leadership Position
Troy McKenzie, dean of NYU School of Law since 2022, announced yesterday that he’ll step down in 2027. In a letter to the NYU Law community, McKenzie explained that “[t]he classroom has always been my first love, and it is where I will return.” Though not before...
Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Election Because Redistricting Isn’t Legal Unless It Disenfranchises Black Voters
Mere days after the United States Supreme Court declared that the Voting Rights Act cannot be invoked to bar racially discriminatory gerrymandering as long as state legislators make a halfway plausible claim that the new districts were drawn for purely political...
Trump DOJ Courts Rule 11 Sanctions In Ballroom Case
There comes a time in every high-profile DOJ case when you know something absolutely batshit is about to go down. It starts with the entry of appearance by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. After a crazed gunman tried to shoot up the White House...
‘No Shame’ In The Layoffs Game: Industry Insider Says Next Wave Of Biglaw Cuts May Already Be Teed Up
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I don’t think there’s going to be a huge amount of more culling unless there’s serious financial issues. I just think you’re going to see this at other firms. Paul Weiss is a very strong firm, McDermott is a...
Apple Quashed ‘Watch Room’ Competition, NJ Suit Alleges as Global Litigation Mounts
Rave also sued Apple in Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands and Russia over its product's removal from the App Store. Rave also sued Apple in Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands and Russia over its product's removal from the App Store.
Law Firm Disrupted: Are Associate Ranks Headed for a ‘Course Correction’?
Some corporate clients only want to use a law firm when it's partner-level work, noted one New York recruiter. How will that shape the future of associate legal work? Some corporate clients only want to use a law firm when it's partner-level work, noted one New...
Suits in 5 Nations Allege Apple Quashed “Watch Room” Competition
Apple said it removed Rave from its App Store based on allegations that it hosted pornographic and pirated content and users complained about child sexual abuse materials. Rave replied that those allegations were baseless and extraordinary and that it has zero...
Litigation Trends to Watch: Cases Center on Multilevel Marketing, Supplement Serving Sizes and OnlyFans Disputes
Vitamin and supplement companies are accused of manipulating serving sizes. Vitamin and supplement companies are accused of manipulating serving sizes.
Law Revue Video Contest 2026: The Winner!
Voting has closed for our seventeenth annual Law Revue Video Contest, and we’re happy to announce that we have a winner. Which law school is the best of the best? Which law school deserves Law Revue fame? Before we get to the honors, let’s review the winners of years...
The Top 150 Under 150: Vault Ranks The Best Small, Boutique, And Midsize Firms (2027)
It used to be the case that if you left Biglaw for a small, boutique, or midsize firm, you had to expect a pay cut. It might not have been a huge pay cut, maybe $10K or $20K below the standard Biglaw scale, but given the opportunities offered by smaller firms,...
Mock Trial Companies (Top 7 Ranked)
Home Legal Vendors Jury Research Mock Trial Companies (Top 7 Ranked) By Attorney at Law Magazine May 8, 2026 Table of Contents Would you like to speak to a representative from First Court to find out more details about a Mock Trial or Legal Focus Group? Call...
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. “Did This Appeals Court Go Rogue on Abortion Pills? The Fifth Circuit,...
EPA’s New Focus on Microplastics Could Be Start of Long Regulatory Road
Companies may want to ask themselves: “Do we have a dog in the fight? Do we make plastic? Do we have something to do with plastic?" said James Aidala, a former EPA official who's now a consultant. Companies may want to ask themselves: “Do we have a dog in the...
Big Law’s Next Competitive Edge: Building the Internal Culture Engine
The growth firms are enjoying right now has expanded the cost base — talent, technology, real estate — faster than the operating model has adapted to support it. That gap is not closed by another lease, another mandate, another lateral, or another tool. It is closed...
How I Made Partner: ‘Be Someone Who Clients and Colleagues Trust,’ Says Peter Salzler of Braverman Greenspun
"Be someone who clients and colleagues trust. Being responsive, anticipating issues and needs, and thinking creatively to improve both work product and firm practices is of great value to both clients and your firm." "Be someone who clients and colleagues trust....
Vault Rankings: Top Midsize Law Firms By Regional Prestige (2027)
Vault recently published the 2026 edition of all manner of its closely watched rankings for the country’s law firms, including prestige rankings and quality of life rankings. We recently discovered which midsize law firms are the best to work for, but which midsize...
When You Know It’s Time To Go
In dinosaur days, if a lawyer or a judge had any publicity, it was frowned upon. The best lawyers were always behind the scenes, doing what they did best, without any fanfare or flacks (they are called publicists today). There were stunning verdicts, trial lawyers at...
The Biglaw Insider Trading Scheme: Now With More Biglaw!
When we first covered the sweeping 30-person insider trading indictment targeting attorneys at the nation’s premier law firms, we noted that the unnamed co-conspirators still lurking in the indictment meant the story wasn’t fully told yet. We were right. When the DOJ...
Today on Legaltech Week: MikeOSS, Legaltech Giants Supporting ICE, ILTA Evolve, Rethinking Lawyer Training, AI Mansplaining, and More!
Our Friday Legaltech Week panel has been off for a couple weeks, due to travel and other conflicts. But we’re back — live today at 3 p.m. ET — to discuss the latest news in legal tech and innovation. It’s all free, and you can sign up here to attend. Register once and...
Law School Graduation Gifts: Attorney at Work’s 2026 Gift Guide
If it's spring that means the hunt is on for the best law school graduation gifts. Here's Attorney at Work's guide, updated for 2026. The post Law School Graduation Gifts: Attorney at Work’s 2026 Gift Guide appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and...
DOJ Investigates Northern Virginia Prosecutor Over Alleged Preferential Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants
"This investigation will uncover whether this prosecutor is putting the community at risk in offering sweetheart deals to illegal immigrants charged with serious crimes," the Trump administration's top civil rights enforcer said of Commonwealth's attorney Steve...
Matt Taibbi Loses His Vexatious SLAPP Suit As Judge Explains What A ‘Metaphor’ Means
Perhaps Matt Taibbi’s most famous bit of writing ever was his takedown of Goldman Sachs in Rolling Stone (and then in a book that followed) that opened with the highly evocative metaphor: The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped...
Morning Docket: 05.08.26
* The grand jury that investigated Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 election heard from more than 60 witnesses. The transcripts are now available. [Lawfare] * A dive into how John Roberts growing up in a whites-only neighborhood brought us to Callais. [Slate]...
Ken Crutchfield: When Open Source Meets Legal — How MikeOSS Signals the End of Legal’s Secret Sauce
Last week, Will Chen released MikeOSS, an open-source project on GitHub that claims to be feature-equivalent to Harvey and Legora. Among other things, MikeOSS has an assistant, a tabular review function, and reusable workflows. While it’s too early to tell how strong...
Outside Counsel Takes Legal Reins of Six Flags as Merger Fallout Mounts
Christopher Bennett will serve as chief legal and compliance officer, part of a new management team trying to turn around the company after an $8 billion merger went off the rails. Christopher Bennett will serve as chief legal and compliance officer, part of a...
How Six Big Law Firms Lost Confidential M&A Data to a Global Insider Trading Scheme
Alleged perpetrators in some cases accessed material non-public information on deals in which they weren't staffed, charging documents show. Alleged perpetrators in some cases accessed material non-public information on deals in which they weren't staffed,...
Norton Rose Fulbright Appoints New Australia Head
Marshall Bromwich will replace incumbent Alison Deitz. Marshall Bromwich will replace incumbent Alison Deitz.
Decades-Spanning Web Of Insider Trading — See Also
Yale Law Grad Accused Of Facilitating Insider Trading Scheme: Some of the largest M&A practices were taken advantage of. Taking A Break With The Kardashians: Kim plans to break from bar prepping until 2027. Calling It What It Is Is The Real Problem: Chief Justice...
The Atlantic Responds To Kash Patel’s $250 Million Lawsuit By Reporting He Travels With Personalized Bourbon
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! After reporting on the alleged drinking habits of the FBI Director led to a $250 million defamation lawsuit, Sarah Fitzpatrick at The Atlantic responded with a follow-up story about a personalized...
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s 10% Global Duties, Rejecting ‘Expansive’ View of Executive Power to Impose Tariffs
The trade court ruled 2-1 that Trump had unlawfully used Section 122 of the Trade Act to enact a new blanket duty on products entering the United States, finding that Trump failed to identify a "balance-of-payments deficit" that would allow him to wield the trade...
DC Circuit Questions Pentagon’s Push to Punish Mark Kelly After ‘Illegal Orders’ Video
At least two D.C. Circuit judges seemed to be skeptical of arguments from the Justice Department. At least two D.C. Circuit judges seemed to be skeptical of arguments from the Justice Department.
Retired Judges Urge US Appeals Court to Reject Trump’s ‘Unprecedented Suit’ Against Maryland’s Federal Bench
The retired judges told the Fourth Circuit that the lawsuit is an “extraordinary, unprecedented broadside" against the judiciary's authority. The retired judges told the Fourth Circuit that the lawsuit is an “extraordinary, unprecedented broadside" against the...
DHS Content Farms Federal Judge Tricked Into Releasing Immigrant, Attorney Faces Sanctions
Once you summon enough cynicism to look past the weight of constantly being at crisis, the bumblings of this administration scream humor at every turn. The specter of hantavirus haunts us and worm for brains who walks in airplane bathrooms barefoot and is the head of...
Finally, Something For Small Law Firms
While attending the recent ABA spring conference of the General Practice/Solo, Young Lawyers, and Law Practice Divisions, I popped into a presentation by Karoline Buck and Emma Raimi-Zlatic of Thomson Reuters and Smokeball, respectively. As many know, Thomson Reuters...
AI Chatlogs Promise Discovery Risk, Windfall
In the last several months, judges have started to parse the discoverability of AI chat logs. In the last several months, judges have started to parse the discoverability of AI chat logs.
Plaintiff Lawyers Are Winning ERISA Cases, Causing Litigation to Soar
"Of all the areas where the plaintiff's bar is filing class actions, they're having the most success in the ERISA space," said Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of Duane Morris in Chicago, chair of the firm's class action defense team. "Of all the areas where the...
Troy McKenzie, NYU’s First Black Law Dean, to Step Down From Leadership Role
Troy McKenzie, a 2000 alum, became NYU Law's first Black dean when he took the position nearly four years ago. Troy McKenzie, a 2000 alum, became NYU Law's first Black dean when he took the position nearly four years ago.
When The Door Starts Closing
Most associates do not get fired in one conversation. They get fired in stages. The work slows down. The feedback changes. The invitations stop. The partner who once walked into their office now sends short emails. The firm may not say the words yet, but the message...
Does Alan Dershowitz Realize He Doesn’t Have To Keep Standing Up For Pedophiles?
A lawyer has to zealously advocate for their client. But after the case is done and the client has, you know, died… attorneys don’t have an obligation to keep defending them. Just because an attorney shouldn’t bad mouth a former client, doesn’t mean they have to keep...
Kim Kardashian, Esq. Delayed (Till At Least 2027)
We’ve been following Kim Kardashian’s quest to become a lawyer (without going to a traditional law school) since she first announced her apprenticeship back in 2019 (actually before that), and if there’s one thing this journey has taught us, it’s that the California...
California Bar Proposes Rule Requiring Lawyers To Verify Every AI Output — And Five Other AI-Focused Ethics Changes
The post California Bar Proposes Rule Requiring Lawyers To Verify Every AI Output — And Five Other AI-Focused Ethics Changes appeared first on Above the Law.When using any technology — including AI — a lawyer “must independently review, verify, and exercise...
NJ Midsize Firm Accused of Botched Estate Planning, Losing and Misallocating Trust Assets
The complaint, filed this week in Burlington County Superior Court, alleges misconduct by Capehart & Scatchard, claiming the firm's estate planning advice and related transactions reshaped—and depleted—the couple's assets to the detriment of multiple family...
John Roberts Dismayed Public Sees Supreme Court As ‘Political Actors’ Just Because They’re Political Actors
If there’s one thing that Chief Justice John Roberts loves more than stripping Black people of meaningful voting rights, it’s playing the disappointed dad act with the public. Over the last several years, Roberts has fed the media manicured sound bites as a reluctant...
Interstellar, Inversion, and International Tax: A Deep Dive with Jamie Zug
Jamie Zug and Jared Correia explore a cutting-edge approach to AI data privacy and how Dispatch Tailor supports neurodivergent legal professionals. The post Interstellar, Inversion, and International Tax: A Deep Dive with Jamie Zug appeared first on Articles, Tips and...
More Post-Merger Layoffs Come To A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman, a firm that completed a major merger just a few short years ago to become one of the largest firms in the world, is continuing its push to streamline operations, and in this case, that means staff members will be losing their jobs. According to a...
Presence Over Pressure: How To Navigate Maycember With Clarity And Connection
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Katie Wiley back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. The billable...
How AI Shapes the Way IBM’s Legal Chief Approaches Almost Everything
"It comes down to building trust and enabling adoption for customers. Trust leads to adoption and adoption leads to stickiness," said Anne Robinson, who became Big Blue's legal chief in July 2024. "It comes down to building trust and enabling adoption for...
Former Biglaw Attorney Allegedly Turned His Résumé Into A Decade-Long Insider Trading Operation
Well. This is not great for the legal profession. The DOJ announced an indictment yesterday against 30 corporate attorneys and financial professionals in connection with a sweeping insider trading scheme that prosecutors say targeted some of the country’s most...
Billionaire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Insults The Stupid Working Class For Playing The Lottery
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is a totally relatable guy. He went to Yale and then made hundreds of millions of dollars running hedge funds. Just another working class stiff trying to get through the week, am I right? While speaking to The...
Output vs. Process: When Attorneys Should — and Shouldn’t — Use AI
Clients have pushed back on what they are willing to pay for since long before anyone heard of a large language model. AI is the latest chapter in a long story about legal fees. But it introduces a wrinkle that prior tools did not. Clients have pushed back on...
When Your Spirit Airlines Ticket Disappears: What World Cup 2026 Travelers Need To Know Now
If you were planning to get to the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Spirit Airlines, your travel plans didn’t just hit turbulence. They vanished. The airline’s abrupt shutdown on May 2 has stranded millions of passengers and, more importantly, collapsed a piece of the travel...
Am Law 200 Law Firms Hit With Discrimination Suits, Law.com Radar Shows
Big Law firms faced allegations of race, gender and pregnancy bias in April. Plus, cyber negligence claims smacked two firms. Big Law firms faced allegations of race, gender and pregnancy bias in April. Plus, cyber negligence claims smacked two...