The legal industry is rooted in precision, privacy, and risk mitigation, naturally making legal professionals more cautious about adopting rapidly evolving technologies — and creating adoption barriers that other industries don’t face. This whitepaper from our friends at LegalOn Technologies details the roadmap for in-house legal departments to adopt AI that transforms how they work. […]
Since president Donald Trump declared war on the rule of law, the niche world of Biglaw has made the national news. The increased focus on law firms was on display on yesterday’s episode of 60 Minutes. The show (also a target of a vindictive Trump) featured a segment on the Executive Orders targeting Biglaw firms, […]
Biglaw firms may be incredibly busy dodging or capitulating to executive orders from Donald Trump, but they’re still busy thinking about how to enforce their attendance policies amid the constitutional mayhem. Earlier today, White & Case — a firm that brought in $3,316,735,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting it at No. 9 in the most […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: A fight over marijuana ads in Mississippi hits the Supreme Court (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let DOGE View Social Security Data (Adam Liptak, The New York Times) The […]
Perkins Coie Gets A Permanent Injunction Against Trump’s Executive Order: Judge Beryl Howell goes all Shakespearean in slapping back Trump’s Executive Order. Microsoft Gets New Outside Counsel: Swapping Simpson Thacher (a firm that capitulated to Trump) for Jenner & Block (a firm that’s fighting Trump) says quite a bit. Attention Law Students Trying To Pick […]
Contingency fees are a time-honored tradition in the legal profession through which attorneys accept a case in exchange for a portion of a recovery if a favorable outcome is achieved. In many instances, contingency fees allow greater access to the legal system since clients who may not be able to pay for counsel fees might be […]
(Image via CLOC) Next week, I will be covering the CLOC Global Institute at the Aria Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. The conference will span four days (May 5-8) and is the premier event designed by and for legal operations professionals and in-house legal departments. Legal operations (ops) professionals, for those unfamiliar, manage the […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, of the 100 firms on the list, how many increased their profits per equity partner in 2024? Hint: The firm that had the biggest bump in PEP was Milbank, […]
From the moment that Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO 14230) targeting Perkins Coie — one of the first Biglaw firms to be on the receiving end of this type of retaliation but far from the last — legal commentators were pointing out all the ways the EO failed to square with the Constitution. […]
Law Day Becomes Loyalty Day Under Trump: Even the people in suits are protesting. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Is Cutting Staff: 8% in the firm’s UK and US locations. HoLove Hires MAGA Lawyers: That’s one way to avoid the ire of the Trump administration. Benchslapped! Judges generally frown on willful contempt. Ketanji Brown Jackson Isn’t […]
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