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Reed Smith Opens A New Office And Grabs Talent From Other Firms: Yoink! Yoink! VanDyke Supporters Are Cracking Out Philosophy To Defend Him: Much easier to call the guy dumb and move on. Read […]

It *does* come up quite often. The post Are We Actually Going To Require Law Schools To Teach AI? appeared first on Above the Law.

Partners admit the quiet part out loud: fewer hires and a whole lot of tech-driven efficiency. The post Biglaw’s AI Reckoning May Be Coming For Lawyer Headcount appeared first on Above the Law.

Whether your deal timeline is 60 days or 30, strategic discipline is the key to turning speed into a long-term advantage.

Taking helicopter parenting to new heights. The post Judge Tells SBF’s Mom To Please Stop Filing Motions Demanding To Speak With A Manager appeared first on Above the Law.

The former senior counsel at the University of Florida brings 15 years of in-house legal experience to help institutions with crisis, regulatory and brand management.

Ultimately, the blockchain serves as an unparalleled evidentiary ledger. The operational mandate moving forward is to ensure that domestic and international legal frameworks are adequately modernized.

Days later, after agents executed a search warrant on his cell phone, he admitted he targeted the sign because it belonged to a Christian church and stated he was motivated by his involvement in […]

When the brain drain gets bad enough, apparently the solution is… hiring people straight outta law school. The post Pam Bondi’s DOJ Lowers Hiring Standards After Driving Away Lawyers With Actual […]

When you understand how these components fit together, you can better assess what remedies may be available and what deadlines apply to your case.

Lake City crashes can be harder to resolve because they often combine rural road conditions, commercial traffic, no-fault insurance rules, and comparative negligence disputes.

Last week, Law.com Legalweek pulled off something genuinely impressive: It moved. The post Legalweek Has Left The Building – And Successfully Landed In A New One appeared first on Above the Law.

RealityCheck provides a reality check for lawyers using AI. The post New Tool Catches AI Hallucinations In Legal Briefs appeared first on Above the Law.

Being a performance artist does not make you a good judge. The post You Can’t Salvage A Bad Judge By Calling Them Postmodern appeared first on Above the Law.

[Sponsored] Exploring law firm data in an era of rapid transformation. The post Introducing Clio’s Legal Trends Report appeared first on Above the Law.

Sometimes scholarship isn’t scholarship. The post Pigs Can Fly!: The Sins Of Legal Scholars appeared first on Above the Law.

Missouri lawmakers consider extending legal deadlines for childhood abuse survivors.

This isn’t a soft launch — it’s a full-on talent grab. Welcome to Boston! The post Top Biglaw Firm Goes On Lateral Shopping Spree For Splashy Boston Launch appeared first on Above the Law.

Good show. Lots of positives. Yes, a few negatives. But that’s the story for most Legalweeks. The post It’s Not Legalweek Unless It Snows: Here’s My 2026 Recap appeared first on Above the Law.

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. For our debut column, we covered The post The […]

GuardDog Telehealth admitted it misrepresented its services to access patients’ health information, marking the first major concession in Epic’s lawsuit against Health Gorilla and other […]

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision […]

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law giving the president the power to regulate commerce during national emergencies created by foreign […]

* DOJ announces that it will start hiring prosecutors straight out of law school. At this point, replacing a whole US Attorney’s Office with ChatGPT wouldn’t be a huge dropoff. [Bloomberg Law News] […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We recommend celebrating by reading about Supreme Court justices of Irish descent. The post SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, March 17 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

There is no single blueprint for career progression in Big Law, and female attorneys often face additional challenges. Having practiced at Am Law 100 firms throughout our legal careers, we […]

A nationally respected consumer attorney, Dan Bryson has spent decades giving individuals a real voice against corporate America. Now, his newly established firm, Bryson Harris Suciu DeMay, is using […]

Baker McKenzie Scales Back Even Further: Restructuring has its consequences. Jeanine Pirro Does It Live!: Catch up on her meltdown here. Judge Newman Petitions The Supreme Court: Will they […]

You will need to pass the bar if you actually want to practice law. The post Law School Has A Hard Time Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.

Tools may look impressive but fail quietly in practice. The post Why Legal AI Needs Mentors, Not Models appeared first on Above the Law.

“I spend most of my day just talking with clients, listening to what their goal is in their case, giving them my thoughts, building a strategy,” said Matthew Bissette, a partner at Raleigh-based […]

When Woody Guthrie sang, “This land was made for you and me,” he could not have imagined the legal labyrinth to the American Dream for immigrants. Most of my clients are immigrants who have never […]

Phelps Dunbar business attorney Ralph DiLeone is a lifelong fan of the Cleveland Guardians (formerly the Indians) and the Cleveland Browns … so patience is a virtue. It’s also a virtue when […]

Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) receives approximately 300,000 calls a year, and until recently, only a third of those callers reached a live person. That changed in January when LANC launched […]

“A little chaos is good in life,” laughed Poyner Spruill health care attorney Mysty Blagg. She knows of what she speaks, having started law school at age 42 while holding down a full-time job and […]

The American Cancer Society reports that approximately one in eight women in the US will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. I never imagined those odds would catch up with me. I had no […]

Forensic economics combines economic analysis with the law, and it’s important for practitioners to stay in their lane. No one wants an economist who speaks or acts like a lawyer. But that […]

Emergency funds are the bedrock upon which a good financial plan is built. Without this foundation, every emergency from the loss of employment to disability or death is a catastrophe which degrades […]

Maybe Trump will have to negotiate after all. The post 2 Problems With Calling Off The War In Iran appeared first on Above the Law.

Trump heads to Truth Social to launch meandering attack on the rule of law. The post Donald Trump Has Totally Not Dementia-Addled Thousand-Word Meltdown About Supreme Court appeared first on Above […]

Say hello to the ability to tap into a bigger profit pool. The post More And More Biglaw Firms Are Saying Bye-Bye To The Verein appeared first on Above the Law.

The Supreme Court announced on Monday afternoon that it will hear oral argument on whether the Trump administration can end a program that allows several thousand Syrians and approximately 350,000 […]

Trump attorney gets roasted for his take on Pam Bondi’s DOJ. The post The Rule Of Law Joins America’s Dead Pets On The Rainbow Bridge appeared first on Above the Law.

Never go full crazy eyes! The post Jeanine Pirro Crashes Out appeared first on Above the Law.

But the figurative one is still wait-and-see. The post Legalweek 2026: The AI Bubble Literally Pops appeared first on Above the Law.

Holding negligent trucking companies accountable not only provides resources you need for recovery but also promotes safer roads by demonstrating that corporate negligence carries real consequences.

Birth injuries devastate families, but pursuing legal accountability serves multiple crucial purposes.

Grounded in citable authority, Lexis+ with Protégé delivers the most integrated and intuitive legal AI platform to support complex legal work, custom workflow design, and broader AI tasks.

Could really use the clarity here! The post Pauline Newman Petitions Supreme Court To Hear Her Case appeared first on Above the Law.

After reports of hundreds of potential business services layoffs tied to AI, the Biglaw giant is closing another piece of its infrastructure. The post Top 10 Biglaw Firm Shuts Down Back-Office […]