How speed and accuracy benchmarks misrepresent the real value of legal AI Welcome to the era of the AI superlative. While the first two years of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) development were an all-out sprint to create new models, establish proof-of-concept solutions, and define optimal use cases, the next phase to deliver increased efficiency and better work […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Mergerlinks’ annual ranking of the top 10 mergers & acquisitions deal leads based on total deal value, which two Biglaw firms had two attorneys on the list? Hint: 2024 was a great year for M&A — deals increased by 10% year-over-year […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. What I just want you to know is she’s so special. [She was] super, super smart. She was so, so selfless. … For 10 years [after getting married], she didn’t go on a honeymoon because all she did was work, work, work, work. She […]
Well, that didn’t take long. Tom Goldstein, revered Supreme Court litigator turned cautionary tale, has officially traded his D.C. home — the one prosecutors say he secured by lying to mortgage lenders — for a spot in the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore. The move comes after authorities arrested the SCOTUSBlog co-founder claiming he posed […]
There’s often plenty in Biglaw to complain about. But one beacon of positivity is the industry compensation standard, which is lockstep based on experience. The salary scale is widely available, and, provided you stay in good standing at the firm, you can expect yearly raises along with your cohort. But one Biglaw firm has decided […]
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Right-wing agitprop has screamed bloody murder ever since Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a temporary restraining order ordering Elon Musk’s merry band of morons to refrain from playing around with Treasury Department data, specifically sensitive personally identifiable information, for SIX DAYS to allow the parties to fully […]
Ed. note: This is the latest in the article series, Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches, by our friends at Sensei Enterprises, a boutique provider of IT, cybersecurity, and digital forensics services. The legal industry has been all over the place regarding adopting artificial intelligence. Some attorneys have been on the AI bandwagon since the early […]
(Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. will soon re-take control of the Panama Canal, making threat after threat, and the Panama Canal Authority has officially lawyered up. As first noted by Reuters, Vinson & Elkins — a firm that brought in $1,003,453,000 gross revenue in 2023, […]
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(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Donald Trump began his second term in office with mass pardons for everyone convicted of January 6th offenses — yes, even the violent ones. The move reeks of naked partisanism, as those who would literally take to the streets in defense of Leader Trump were rewarded for the fealty. But […]
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