Analysis: The No Good, Very Bad Year For UnitedHealth
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‘Agentic’ AI Is The Hot Buzzword… But Do Lawyers Actually Want An Agent?
Thomson Reuters just unveiled the next step in the evolution of CoCounsel, and the future is agentic! At least that’s the pitch. Of course it sort of has to be the pitch given the agent conversation dominates the industry zeitgeist and no one can risk being left behind. But while McConaughey cuts commercials about turning […]
Legal Ethics Roundup: Ford Sues Lawyer Billing 57-Hour Day, ‘Biglaw 3, Trump 0,’ ABA & Fed Soc Out on Judges & More
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy First Monday! On the first Monday of each month, you get a longer version of […]
How Filevine Bakes AI Into Every Layer Of Your Case Management
While many of today’s technology users experience AI as a chatbot parked in the corner of the screen, Filevine’s case management system integrates the technology into every aspect of your practice. It’s able to do this in part because of the sheer scope of the data Filevine gathers in its comprehensive system — every case […]
Top 10 Biglaw Firm Is Considering Creating A Nonequity Partnership Tier
Biglaw firms with single partnership tiers are now few and far between, with more big-name firms showing that they’re ready, willing, and able to welcome nonequity partners to their ranks. Cravath was one of the first longtime holdouts to cut bait and create a “salaried partner tier” (i.e., nonequity partners) back in November 2023. That move gave […]
The morning read for Monday, June 2
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Move to Canada? Migrants Face ‘No Good Options’ After Supreme Court Ruling. (Sarah Mervosh and Mark Bonamo, The New York Times) Stakes are high for US democracy as conservative supreme court hears raft […]
Supreme Court declines to hear gun-control challenges
After considering them at 15 consecutive conferences, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to gun-control laws in Maryland and Rhode Island. In each case, three justices indicated that they would have granted the petition for review, leaving the challengers one vote short of the four needed for the court to […]
HSF-Kramer merger goes live
TC seekers, take note: there’s a new name in City law The merger between City giant Herbert Smith Freehills and US law firm Kramer Levin was finalised yesterday, after receiving partner approval earlier this year. The newly merged firm, operating under the name Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer — or simply HSF Kramer — generates $2 […]
Quiet in court: rethinking legal confidence
University of Exeter law student Sajanthiya Siridaran challenges pre-conceptions around the type of students that make great lawyers I used to think I couldn’t be a good lawyer because I was quiet. When people think of lawyers, they often imagine naturally loud, confident, and bold personalities — always ready to argue and often expected to […]
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Law firm clients seek clarity on AI’s potential to cut costs [Financial Times] (£) Attorney-general attacks Badenoch over call to leave European human rights treaty [Financial Times] (£) Lord Hermer is preposterously wrong about international law [The Spectator] (£) Woke barrister Jolyon will […]