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Farah & Farah Secures $1.06 Million Recovery in Stalled I-75 Trucking Accident Case
FT MYERS, FL—Attorney Tyler Dupuy and his team at Farah & Farah’s Fort Myers office secured a $1,064,313.76 settlement for a husband and wife following a severe commercial tractor-trailer collision on Interstate 75 in Southwest Florida. The case came to Dupuy...
Trump DOJ Considers Mission To Exonerate Richard Nixon
According to the Wall Street Journal, a senior Justice Department official invited an 81-year-old Dick Nixon deadender to headquarters to spend two hours walking the Office of Professional Responsibility through a lengthy slidedeck he created called “Watergate As...
Who Owns The Rules For An AI Agent?
A company deploys an AI agent to manage software purchases. Procurement tells it to reduce costs. The business tells it to close quickly. Security requires specific protections. Finance imposes spending limits. Legal prohibits certain contractual terms. Whose...
King & Spalding Strengthens Restructuring Platform With Addition of Ted Dillman in New York
NEW YORK, NY—King & Spalding announced that Ted Dillman has joined the firm as a partner in its Finance & Restructuring practice group. He is based in the firm’s New York office. Dillman advises debtors, creditors, private equity sponsors, investment funds and...
Kelley Drye Announces Expanded Leadership Structure to Support Strategic Growth
NEW YORK, NY—Kelley Drye & Warren LLP today announced an expanded leadership structure to guide the firm’s next phase of growth and support its continued investment in clients, talent, and strategic priorities. Effective January 1, 2027, Michael Lynch will become...
Liskow Expands Maritime Practice, Adds Fisheries Capabilities and Team in New England
NEW ORLEANS, LA—Liskow today announced the expansion of the firm and its maritime practice with the addition of three attorneys: Samuel P. Blatchley, Patrick J. O’Connor, and Michael J. Pluhowski. The addition brings an established fisheries litigation and maritime...
How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘Think Beyond Individual Matters,’ Says Allen Pegg of Hogan Lovells
"To be effective, you need to understand what your group needs, where the market is headed, and how your office, firm, and clients fit into that larger picture. That requires being attuned to people and their development, while also gaining a management perspective on...
Kash Patel Fires ‘Whistleblower’ For MAGA Pod Hits, Gets Sued
Last August, the FBI reinstated agent Stephen Friend, who left the bureau in 2023, and awarded him a lump sum settlement of $61,430, plus “hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay.” In December, FBI Director Kash Patel personally fired him for “unprofessional...
DoD Demo Contract Takes A Step Closer To Beaming Solar Power From Space
The post DoD Demo Contract Takes A Step Closer To Beaming Solar Power From Space appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — Virginia-based startup Overview Energy has been contracted by the Pentagon’s Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) to...
Morning Docket: 10.05.26
* Justice Alito went public with vague plan to retire in the near future, which is surely genuine and not at all an instance of a deeply cynical actor making a last ditch bid to rally Republican midterm hopes. [Law360] * Supreme Court opens its new Term. Here’s a...
How Attorney of the Year Finalist Aliki Sofis Went From ‘My Cousin Vinny’ Fan to Leading Trial Lawyer
"I pretty much always had tunnel vision of being a stand-up lawyer in the courtroom," Aliki Sofis, co-managing partner for Quinn Emmanuel's Boston office, told Law.com. "I pretty much always had tunnel vision of being a stand-up lawyer in the courtroom," Aliki...
Before Your Law Firm Buys Another AI Tool, Ask Why
Before asking which AI tool your firm should adopt next, ask a more fundamental question: What problem are we trying to solve? Michael Maschke, Sharon Nelson and John Simek on figuring out AI's real competitive advantage. The post Before Your Law Firm Buys Another AI...
Missouri’s Terrible Week — See Generally
Three Time Losers: The Supreme Court shut down the third attempt to impose Missouri’s gerrymandered map for this election in direct violation of applicable law. Along the way, the Court directed significant shade toward the Eighth Circuit, noting that the panel’s...
Big Law’s Biggest Nightmare Isn’t Partner Poaching or Mergers. It’s AI
As AI agents slip their guardrails and threaten Big Law's traditional business model, firm leaders face a dual risk: operational chaos in institutions built on confidentiality and trust, and economic upheaval that talent wars and mega-mergers can't fix, writes The...
He Invented Courtroom Theater, Then Took His Act To Star Trek
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What attorney was crowned “the King of Torts” by Life magazine in 1954, this flamboyant San Francisco trial lawyer transformed personal-injury law by wheeling scale models, films, and even a client’s...
A Biglaw Firm’s Precursor To A Milbank Match? — See Also
And You Get $180K! And You Get $180K! Another litigation powerhouse is offering market-leading clerkship bonuses. So What Is White & Case Planning, Exactly? The firm’s new job posting is telling a tale. Schrödinger’s U.S. Attorney: The Trump administration and the...
Vacations Are Not Impossible
I am currently writing this column from Europe, where I am spending some time on vacation. Lawyers deserve to take vacations like everyone else, but business operations may require lawyers to complete tasks while they are away. Attorneys should take a few steps to...
How To Create Evergreen Resource Libraries That Dominate Search
Evergreen content is the foundation of a strong law firm website because it provides information that remains relevant and useful to potential clients over time. The most effective resource libraries are organized around content hubs or pillars that connect related...
Is This A Low-Key Biglaw Match Of The Milbank Compensation Scale?
White & Case has not announced a match to the new Milbank salary scale. That’s been true for lots of firms, as the broader Biglaw world has moved at a glacial pace while litigation boutiques sprint up the compensation scorecard. And yet. A current (at least for...
Lindsay Clancy’s Defense Suffers Setback After Mistrial
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s not new rocket science by any means. It’s the fact that they cannot prove probable cause. — Kevin Reddington, an attorney for Lindsay Clancy, arguing that prosecutors failed to establish that his client...
Federal Judge Sides With Chicago Cub, Bars Venue From Selling Tickets to Watch Games
"Plaintiff has shown that defendants were unjustly enriched by misappropriating plaintiff's right to its product, the live baseball game experience," the court held. "Absent an injunction from using this business model, plaintiff would have to compete with defendants...
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. “Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener;...
Litigation Trends to Watch: AI-Related Fraud, EEOC Enforcement and Roller Coaster Injuries Spark Lawsuits
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing claims regarding AI-powered bots and trading signals. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing claims regarding AI-powered bots and trading signals.
Litigation Powerhouse Rolls Out The $180K Bonus Welcome Mat For Former Clerks
One of the many benefits of having a federal clerkship is the extra bonus you’ll receive if you decide to head to a Biglaw firm post-clerkship. Many elite firms really want people with highly demanding clerkship experience to work for them, and that’s why the high end...
There Are Two Guys In Seattle Calling Themselves US Attorney. Neither Was Confirmed By Senate.
The problem with breaking the same law over and over in different jurisdictions is that lots of judges wind up taking a swing at you. After the first couple of them punch all the obvious holes in your goofy argument, the others start feeling the need to get creative....
Harvey to Open Office in Boston, Echoing Big Law’s Movement Into Bay State
The AI-powered legaltech company Harvey announced its Boston expansion Thursday and intends to hire at least 40 people for the location. The AI-powered legaltech company Harvey announced its Boston expansion Thursday and intends to hire at least 40 people for...
Loyola Law Partners With Mexican University to Expand Migrant Advocacy
LMU Law has expanded its Binational Migrant Advocacy Project through a partnership with ITESO in Guadalajara, providing cross-border legal support for migrants while training students to address immigration challenges spanning the United States and Mexico. LMU...
The Problem With Treating Every Personal Injury Case Like A ‘Settlement Case’
Most personal injury cases settle. That’s not a secret, and it’s not a bad thing. A good settlement can spare an injured person years of litigation, eliminate the uncertainty of a jury verdict, and provide money when it is actually needed. But there’s a mistake...
RMO LLP Welcomes Jennifer Lefton as Senior Attorney in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY, CA—RMO LLP today announced that Jennifer Lefton has joined its Orange County office as a Senior Attorney. Lefton represents trustees, conservators, personal representatives, beneficiaries, and other interested parties in contested trust, probate,...
Otteson Shapiro Welcomes Joel Harder to Financial Services and Corporate Practice
DENVER, CO—Otteson Shapiro announced that Joel Harder has joined the firm as an attorney in its financial services and corporate practice. Harder’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and a broad range of business transactions. He will...
NextGen Bar Exam Tech Snafu: Revenge of the Blue Book?
The NextGen Bar Exam tech snafus in Washington left hundreds of future lawyers stranded. Read why one self-described "cranky, old-school lawyer" believes the classic blue book still reigns supreme. The post NextGen Bar Exam Tech Snafu: Revenge of the Blue Book?...
RelFest’s Judicial Panel: At Last, Some Hallucination Perspective
Another week, another legal tech conference. ‘Tis the season for the next four to six weeks. This week it was Relativity’s turn: its conference, RelFest (formerly known as Relativity Fest), kicked off in Chicago. Relativity is the well-known e-discovery and data...
5 Legal Business Development Clichés That Are Only Half True
There are certain legal business development and marketing clichés that lawyers hear so often that they eventually accept them as fact. Do great work and the business will follow. It is all about who you know. Networking is a numbers game. Give first and the business...
Everything You Don’t Know About The First Woman Judge
Professor Tracy Thomas, the CyberLink Chair of Constitutional Law at the University of Akron and author of The First Woman Judge: The Life and Legacy of Florence Allen, joins me to tell the story of Florence Allen, the first woman on a federal appellate court, a state...
Content Debt: The Marketing Risk Hiding In Plain Sight
Law firms often think of brand messaging as the language on the current website or in the latest pitch deck. Prospective clients, recruits, journalists, search engines and AI systems don't see such neat boundaries. They see what's available. Your newest message is...
Biglaw Firm’s Insurance Partners Decide They Don’t Need The Biglaw Firm
The bulk of Biglaw firm Wiley Rein’s insurance coverage practice has said adieu to Biglaw. On Thursday, 12 partners and nine other lawyers left the Am Law 200 firm to launch Tyka, a Washington, D.C. boutique that will represent insurers and only insurers in their big...
Finding Your Place In The Practice Of Law
When a job does not fit, we tend to assume we are the problem. Everyone else seems comfortable. They understand the partners, enjoy the work, and know how to get through the day. We sit in the same meetings and wonder what we are missing. We worked hard to get here....
How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘It All Happens in a Flow,’ Says Tory Lauterbach of Gibson Dunn
"It all happens in a flow. When you're thinking about how best to serve a client, you're thinking about who to staff on the deal. When you're staffing the deal, you're thinking about which skills you want a member of the team to have the chance to build. And once...
DraftKings ‘Weaponizes AI’ to Encourage Gambling, Proposed Class-Action Claims
The federal suit alleges the Boston-based company uses artificial intelligence to identify and send additional promotions to customers who are more likely to gamble and lose but continue betting. The federal suit alleges the Boston-based company uses artificial...
ABA Accreditation Council Chair Melissa Hart Dies
Melissa Hart, retired associate justice for the Colorado Supreme Court, was the ABA Accreditation Council Chair at the time of her death. Melissa Hart, retired associate justice for the Colorado Supreme Court, was the ABA Accreditation Council Chair at the time...
AMA: PBM Market Concentration Is On The Rise
The post AMA: PBM Market Concentration Is On The Rise appeared first on Above the Law.The top four PBMs controlled 75% of the national PBM market in 2024, up from 70% in 2022, according to a new analysis from the American Medical Association.The analysis is based on...
Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding
Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless “self-regulatory” regimes that exist primarily to pre-empt real government oversight. While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they’re just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that corporate...
New England Distinguished Leaders: Kirsten White, Fox Rothschild
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: Ricky LeBlanc, Sokolove Law
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: William Trach, 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.
New England Distinguished Leaders: John McGivney, Rubin Rudman
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: Matthew Moschella, Sherin and Lodgen
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: Lisa Pirozzolo, Wilmer
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: 10.02.26
* Chief Justice Roberts getting socially ostracized by his Maine vacation home neighbors because of the whole “making a mockery of constitutional law and civil rights” thing. [NY Times] * U.S. Attorney for Seattle reinstalled after illegal firing. [Bloomberg Law News]...
New England Legal Awards 2026: Q&As With Distinguished Leaders Award Winners
Law.com is proud to recognize these winners for our 2026 Distinguished Leaders award. Law.com is proud to recognize these winners for our 2026 Distinguished Leaders award.
Catherine Steege Appointed to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules
CHICAGO, IL—Effective today, October 1, Catherine Steege, Co-Chair of Jenner & Block’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice, begins a three-year term on the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules following her appointment by Chief Justice John...
Snell & Wilmer Welcomes Nathan S. Smith as IP Partner in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY, CA—Snell & Wilmer announced the arrival of Nathan S. Smith as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in Orange County. Smith brings more than two decades of experience advising clients, from startups to large-cap companies, on...
State of New Mexico Asks Judge for $35B Against Meta in Privacy Case: ‘The World Is Watching’
First Judicial District Judge Francis Mathew, in Santa Fe, heard arguments on monetary relief following a jury's Sept. 25 verdict that found Meta's executives made dozens of misstatements about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, including how it managed user data, to...
Expected Resurgence In EEOC Lawsuits Fails to Materialize
For the second consecutive year, the EEOC ended its fiscal year with historically low filing numbers, a stark contrast to prior administrations, when the Commission regularly filed more than 100 merit lawsuits annually and, at times, nearly 300. For the second...
Biglaw Firm Goes From Calling Trump ‘Unfit’ To Turning Him Into A Client — See Also
Bonus Season Is Around The Corner: But will it also be raise season? Let us know your thoughts! Wiley’s Insurance Partners Took The Clients, The Associates, And The Greek Mythology: Welcome to the legal world, Tyka Law. Biglaw Firm That Called Trump ‘Unfit For Office’...
The Next Chapter of Legal Technology: From AI Hype to Business Value
Join Us to explore how legal teams can evaluate technology, vendors and AI solutions based on business value, workflow fit and measurable outcomes Join Us to explore how legal teams can evaluate technology, vendors and AI solutions based on business value,...
The Most Feared Trial Lawyer In America Who Owned Two Pro Sports Teams
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What prominent trial lawyer — the man “a rich man who is scared” called first with a client list that included Senator Joe McCarthy, Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, a Mafia don, a Texas governor, Frank...
Texas AG Opens Investigation Into ABA Accreditation Standards
The investigation is examining “whether accreditation requirements have unlawfully restricted competition or increased the cost of legal education, including through requirements affecting faculty compensation and law school operations, according to the Texas Attorney...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds $250K Cap on Tort Claims Against State
The court struck down arguments that the cap was a violation of the right to a jury trial and remedy, asserting that the cap is within the power of the legislature to enact. The dissent argued the caps are facially unconstitutional. The court struck down...
AI, And Experts, And Hallucinations, Oh My!
If you’ve been paying attention, you know that AI is impacting litigation at a record pace. No stage of court proceedings has been immune from the sometimes careless — and very rapid rate of — AI adoption in our profession. From the initial pleadings to trial and...
Trump Regrets His Supreme Court Picks Because They Keep Voting Against Him
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Yeah. Yeah. What can I do? I put them in. They voted against me too often. I was very — I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often. — President Donald Trump, telling Time that he...
3rd Circ.’s AI Copyright Ruling Signals Traditional Fair Use Rules Still Apply
"Under ROSS's framing, this case appears to concern the future of AI legal technology. But appearances can be deceiving. In truth, this is no more than an ordinary copyright case," said Judge Tamika Montgomery-Reeves for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third...
Third Circuit Scraps Longstanding Rule for Evaluating Securities Fraud Claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit scrapped a decades-old rule for identifying what kinds of securities fraud is materially misleading. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit scrapped a decades-old rule for identifying what kinds of...
DOJ Accuses UCLA Law of Racial Discrimination in Admissions
The U.S. Department of Justice has accused a third school of race-based admissions following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA). The U.S. Department of Justice has accused a third school of race-based...
Judge Frees UnitedHealth From Bulk of Securities Fraud Case
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan of the District of Minnesota held that the nation's largest pension fund couldn't sue UnitedHealth over dozens of statements touting its Medicare Advantage business. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan of the District of Minnesota...
How 500+ In-House Leaders Will Build And Defend Their Budgets
Despite bigger budgets, in-house legal departments are being squeezed from every angle — by rising talent costs, ballooning law firm fees, and an AI bill nobody budgeted for — and a workload that’s outrunning all of it. Download the 2027 In-House Legal Budget Report,...
‘The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done’: Noah Waisberg on Why Selling a Business Hurts, and How Zuva Aims to Fix It
Five years ago, Noah Waisberg sold Kira Systems, the pioneering AI contract-analysis company he co-founded, to Litera. Even though the deal itself went well, the experience of going through the sale was hard, Waisberg now says. But that experience provided the fuel...
Bradley’s Scott Burnett Smith Elected to Board of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
HUNTSVILLE, AL—Bradley announced that Scott Burnett Smith, a partner in the firm’s Huntsville office, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (AAAL). He has been a Fellow of the AAAL since 2016. The AAAL’s Board of...
The Billable Hour, Legal Tech, And The ‘AI Efficiency Trap’
Are law firms seeing value from AI adoption? As ILTACON speakers have noted, firms face big challenges in quantifying this metric. “It’s hard to come up with the return on investment for efficiency gains when you’re based on the billable hour. You almost have to go...
Bilzin Sumberg Expands Tax and Private Wealth Practice with Addition of Mauricio D. Rivero and Adriana O. Ortiz
MIAMI, FL—Bilzin Sumberg is expanding its Tax and Private Wealth practice with the addition of Mauricio D. Rivero as a Partner and Adriana O. Ortiz as an Associate. Rivero is a well-respected tax attorney with significant domestic and international experience advising...
Eric Schmitt Drags Harvard And ASSLaw Into Jack Smith Hearing Faceplant
Senator Eric Schmitt spent Tuesday accusing Jack Smith of perjury over a basketball game Smith never attended, in a city he never visited, involving a seat that didn’t exist. By the afternoon, he’d managed to drag Harvard Law School and — predictably — ASSLaw into the...
DLA Piper Is Defending The Paywall On Trump’s Presidency
The administration is trying to sell early access to the president’s thoughts, and DLA Piper is the Biglaw firm defending it. Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept Media sued the president and White House officials last month, saying efforts to charge for...
Greenberg Traurig’s Emily Ladd-Kravitz Presents on WBA Panel, ‘Beyond the Term Sheet: Paths Through Private Capital Law’
BOSTON, MA—Emily Ladd-Kravitz, co-chair of the Venture Capital & Emerging Technology Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, presented on the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA) panel, “Beyond the Term Sheet: Paths Through Private Capital Law,”...
Partridge Snow & Hahn’s Elizabeth O. Manchester Joins Legal Food Hub’s Attorney Council
PROVIDENCE, RI—Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH) announces that partner Elizabeth O. Manchester has joined Legal Food Hub’s Attorney Council, a network of attorneys from across New England who advise the Legal Food Hub and support its work providing pro bono legal...
Blank Rome Welcomes New Business Litigation Associate Randi Kira Brown in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA—Blank Rome LLP announced that Randi Kira Brown has joined the firm’s Philadelphia office as an associate in the Business Litigation group, which recently welcomed partners Tarek F. Abdalla and Daniel S. Mayerfield. Randi joins Blank Rome from Spencer...
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.