We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: The Supreme Court now has a chance to have the […]
£110k and £105k Eversheds Sutherland and Pinsent Masons are the latest law firms to announce pay rises for their newly qualified associates. Eversheds has upped salaries for its London-based NQs to £110,000 — a 10% rise from the current £100,000. Meanwhile, Pinsents has increased its London NQ salaries from £97,000 to £105,000, representing an 8% […]
Intellectual labour at risk of replacement says Geoffrey Hinton The computer scientist dubbed ‘the Godfather of AI’ has identified legal assistants and paralegals as among the roles most at risk of replacement by AI. Geoffrey Hinton, famous for his work on artificial neural networks and winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for his […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the most recent Supreme Court financial disclosures, which justice raked in the most money from book sales? Hint: Three justices reported income from royalties, the most being $2 million. See the answer on the next page. The post The Justice Making […]
Your Firm Needs To Step Up Their Pitches: Less time assembling proposals, more time improving how you propose. Bribery?! In This Economy?!: American bribery gets a blessing. Bribing to another nation’s benefit? Not so much. NYC Comptroller Gets Arrested For Asking ICE Agent For Judicial Warrant: Since when is asking procedural questions a criminal offense? […]
Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. YOU BET I WENT to the “No Kings” protest. Despite all the sage advice on how to stay below the radar, I’m outing myself. I’m telling you I was there in Bryant Park, right smack […]
The Unbearable Lightness of TikTok has been an annoying ongoing saga. I’d prefer a hard yes or no to a waffling will they/won’t they prospect of an incoming ban, but I’m ultimately not the one who calls the shots — I just report them. We are currently two DOJ directives to not ban the app […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a talented Biglaw litigator has decided to depart their firm, one that capitulated to Donald Trump and struck a deal with the administration that will provide millions in pro bono payola to be used to advance conservative clients and causes, and is heading to a firm that […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I have a high degree of confidence there will be other moves that are not yet public. That said, the notice period is probably only part of why details are not yet public … laterals and groups commonly shop themselves to multiple firms … […]
Getty Images “Future-proofing” is a phrase that gets tossed around a lot in boardrooms, planning decks, and LinkedIn rants, but let’s be honest, most of us are still catching up to present-proofing. The truth is, modern legal departments are navigating a perfect storm: rising expectations, constrained resources, tech disruption, and a business demanding more for less. […]
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