{"id":166835,"date":"2026-11-05T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/05\/are-law-firms-whistling-past-the-graveyard-video\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T16:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:55:48","slug":"are-law-firms-whistling-past-the-graveyard-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/11\/05\/are-law-firms-whistling-past-the-graveyard-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Law Firms Whistling Past The Graveyard? [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/GettyImages-1183100506-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1194596\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weil Gotshal &amp; Manges <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/weils-wind-down-message-to-associates-good-luck-out-there-and-dont-forget-your-timesheets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended its 95-year run<\/a> last week, a frightful development for Biglaw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding to the seasonal scaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/who-will-control-the-ai-relationship-in-house-or-outside-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">our correspondent Stephen Embry has suggested<\/a> some law firm business practices may amount to \u201cwhistling past the graveyard\u201d as technology disrupts the industry. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the first in a series of videos, we\u2019ve taken the liberty of dramatizing Stephen\u2019s post below with the help of AI. For more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AboveTheLawOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">subscribe to our Youtube channel here.<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/who-will-control-the-ai-relationship-in-house-or-outside-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Who Will Control The AI Relationship: In-House Or Outside Counsel? [ATL]<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/11\/are-law-firms-whistling-past-the-graveyard-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Are Law Firms Whistling Past The Graveyard? [Video]<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/GettyImages-1183100506-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1194596\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weil Gotshal &amp; Manges <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/weils-wind-down-message-to-associates-good-luck-out-there-and-dont-forget-your-timesheets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended its 95-year run<\/a> last week, a frightful development for Biglaw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding to the seasonal scaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/who-will-control-the-ai-relationship-in-house-or-outside-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">our correspondent Stephen Embry has suggested<\/a> some law firm business practices may amount to \u201cwhistling past the graveyard\u201d as technology disrupts the industry. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the first in a series of videos, we\u2019ve taken the liberty of dramatizing Stephen\u2019s post below with the help of AI. For more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AboveTheLawOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">subscribe to our Youtube channel here.<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/who-will-control-the-ai-relationship-in-house-or-outside-counsel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Who Will Control The AI Relationship: In-House Or Outside Counsel? [ATL]<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/11\/are-law-firms-whistling-past-the-graveyard-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Are Law Firms Whistling Past The Graveyard? [Video]<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images Weil Gotshal &amp; Manges ended its 95-year run last week, a frightful development for Biglaw. Adding to the seasonal scaries, our correspondent Stephen Embry has suggested some law firm business practices may amount to \u201cwhistling past the graveyard\u201d as technology disrupts the industry. \u00a0 As the first in a series of videos, we\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":166836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}