Lost amidst the discussion of the Supreme Court's Callais decision is its treatment of partisan gerrymandering as a legitimate objective. The post The Supreme Court’s Striking Regression on Partisan Gerrymandering appeared first on Just Security.
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Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR President Trump said yesterday that there was “a good chance” that the new round of diplomacy with Iran could yield a breakthrough, but
Last year the Trump administration announced it would ban Chinese-made drones from the U.S. As I noted at the time, the plan had several problems, not least of which being the Trump administration is a racist, corrupt, dysfunctional mess filled with weirdos and lazy incompetents, primarily intereste
California is leading on kids’ data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally.
LegalOn, the contract review specialists, have rolled out a library of 100-plus AI workflows, all available within its platform and aimed at inhouse lawyers. The ...
At National Claims, enquiries involving cuts to the hands and fingers are a reminder that there is no such thing as a "minor" workplace accident if it results from inadequate health and safety measures. The post Small injury, serious liability: Why minor workplace cuts are triggering bigger employer
The post This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. appeared first on ProPublica.
The post Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct appeared first on ProPublica.
The law firm at the centre of private equity-backed Adeptio Law Group has made its second acquisition of the year. The post Second acquisition in five months for PE-backed group appeared first on Legal Futures.
NewMod law firm Crosby is to provide ‘professional liability insurance for [their] agents, so that they can do autonomous legal work’, in what is an ...
Artificial Lawyer spoke to LexisNexis CEO, Sean Fitzpatrick, about a range of Big Picture topics: from company growth despite the Claude Crash, how token costs ...
Persuasion plays a key role in society. Whether it is political or financial decisions, workplace or family choices, or simply reading a book or article (like this one), often someone is trying to persuade someone else to agree with them, possibly by changing their mind. This raises an interesting q
This conversation began with my training principal, who admitted something many senior lawyers quietly feel: “I struggle to understand what motivates Gen Z lawyers.” The post Gen Z lawyers vs identity, sacrifice and success appeared first on Legal Futures.
Legal regulators missed opportunities over the years to “clarify and address” the issues that came to a head in the Mazur case, the Legal Services Board said yesterday. The post LSB catalogues missed opportunities to avoid Mazur appeared first on Legal Futures.
The law firm at the centre of private equity-backed Adeptio Law Group has made its second acquisition of the year. The post Second acquisiton in five months for PE-backed group appeared first on Legal Futures.
A prospective trainee solicitor who forged a client’s signature on a document sent to the Home Office and faked an email to mislead her firm has been barred from the profession. The post Ban for prospective trainee who faked client’s signature appeared first on Legal Futures.
More Milbank Money: Up to $25K in special bonuses for associates and counsel. Is any firm willing to match without Cravath's permission? What's Your Sign? This lawyer zodiac breakdown will leave you laughing. Teaching Professional Responsibility As Cautionary Example: FIU has a new interim dean
The FCA has launched a new £2m advertising campaign urging motor finance customers to be “claim confident” and not use a professional representative to make a compensation claim. The post FCA spends £2m to steer car finance claimants away from lawyers appeared first on Legal Futures.
Worried about the bar exam this week? Well, it could be worse! Just ask the class of 2014. The post A Bar Exam Disaster For The Ages appeared first on Above the Law.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries. To decide what to fund, staffers with de
Beware of gifts-bearing Greeks. The post A Jaunt Through ‘The Odyssey’ appeared first on Above the Law.
Weirdly, no questions about Blanche... The post A Blanche Confirmation Hearing Witness Is Getting Death Threats. Thanks, Sens. Hawley And Schmitt! appeared first on Above the Law.
If you aren’t going to study the day before the exam, what are you going to do? Read this. The post The Bar Exam Pep Talk Every Student Needs To Read appeared first on Above the Law.
The U.N.'s periodic review of its counterterrorism strategy again leaves human rights protections weak and its sprawling system unchecked. The post After a Failed U.N. Counterterrorism Strategy Review, What Other Paths to Structural Reform? appeared first on Just Security.
Research shows that, more than military strikes or sanctions, authoritarians fear support for independent media, anti-censorship tech, and civil society. The post Authoritarians Keep Telling Us What They Fear. We Should Listen. appeared first on Just Security.
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: IRAN WAR President Trump directed the U.S. military not to conduct new strikes in Iran on Friday, breaking a nearly two-week streak in daily attacks, two sour
Former Kirkland partner David Fox believes AI-powered firms could reshape the entire legal industry. The post The Lawyer Who Helped Build Kirkland Thinks AI Will Build Its Successor appeared first on Above the Law.
The firm that once assigned associates to translate memes for the partners has become a meme. The post Makeout Video Elevates Wachtell To The Internet’s Main Character appeared first on Above the Law.
We all know this administration is more than willing to reward “red” states and punish “blue” states. There will always be an administration official on hand to claim the incredibly transparent vindictiveness of this administration is actually just regular government business devoid of animus. No on
Prestige works as a recruiting tool right up until the label becomes a liability. The post The DOJ (Dis)Honors Program Is Having Trouble Finding Takers appeared first on Above the Law.
<div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>EFF’s first <a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/effecting-change">EFFecting Change livestream</a> was all the way back in July of 2024. Maybe you've caught
FIU continues to have an Epstein problem. The post FIU Installs Sanctioned Trump Attorney As Interim Law Dean, Overruling Its Own Search Committee appeared first on Above the Law.
Back in December we called out Google for filing a DMCA 1201 lawsuit over companies scraping Google’s results. Almost everything about the lawsuit seemed problematic, not the least of which is that Google’s entire business was built on scraping the web. To sue another company for scraping Google jus
You can thank the stars for the legal profession's newest personality test. The post This Viral Lawyer Zodiac Breakdown Is Painfully Accurate appeared first on Above the Law.
As chief technology officer at Casetext, Ryan Walker helped build CoCounsel, one of the first and most consequential generative AI legal assistants — a product so significant it led to the company’s $650 million acquisition by Thomson Reuters. But Walker came away unsatisfied. Although the legal tec
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Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: ABA Opines Gov Lawyers Must Report Unlawful Conduct, Toronto Lawyer Suspended Over AI, Senate Bills On Judges’ Finances/FOIA & More appeared f
FOIA makes strange bedfellows... The post Law And Chaos + Heritage Foundation?!?! appeared first on Above the Law.
Atlanta, Georgia’s attempt to erect a law enforcement officer training center in Atlanta was met by months of concerted protests. As the months stretched into years (the center was announced in 2021 but did not complete construction until 2025), opposition efforts ranged from peaceful protests to he
Day in and day out, it is the likes of Germany’s conservative parties, and the Republicans at home, who are assaulting LGBTQ+ rights. The post The Right Seeks to Capitalize on Berlin Pride Attack — Even as It Poses Its Own Existential Threat to Queer Lives appeared first on The Intercept.
Banning things people use in everyday life won’t work. The post Banning Technology: A Balk That Should Be Called appeared first on Above the Law.
Since launching its Clio Work AI product in October 2025, Clio says it has been the fastest-adopted product in the company’s 18-year history. But there was one place where Clio Work was not available — Canada, the country where Clio was founded and is headquartered. Now Clio has brought home the bac
Favorable coverage of U.S. adversaries is constitutionally protected speech. The post House Investigation of BreakThrough News Is an Attack on All Journalism appeared first on The Intercept.
Barely a week goes by without another law firm merger, acquisition or investment deal making the legal headlines. But while much attention is given to the deals themselves what happens to the work that doesn't fit the future business? The post Mergers are booming, but what happens to the work that n
Here comes more Milbank money! The post Summer Surprise: Milbank Announces Special Bonuses Up To $25K appeared first on Above the Law.
Expertise without curiosity becomes brittle. The post Marco Imperiale Is Right: Lawyers Don’t Know Their Clients Nearly As Well As They Think appeared first on Above the Law.
By reducing regulatory burdens, the FCC ‘is taking a critical step in allowing for continued American innovation and space superiority,’ according to the Commercial Space Federation. The post FCC Approves Satellite Spectrum License Streamlining appeared first on Above the Law.
Why is the senator floating the idea of leaving the Democratic Party? Well, Israel, of course. Though he sure loves the media coverage. The post Fetterman Might Leave Democratic Party Because the Only Thing He Loves More Than Israel Is Attention appeared first on The Intercept.
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Earlier this year the Trump administration decided to illegally dismantle the 2021 Digital Equity Act, which was intended to help push internet access into long-neglected parts of the U.S. The Act took very vague aim at digital redlining, or the longstanding practice by telecom giants of refusing to
* One of the architects of Kirkland's rise now sees AI as the profession's future. [WSJ] * Kalshi angrily rails against Wisconsin law making it illegal to gamble on elections as "voter suppression." Because think of all the voters who might come out to the polls if they were bribed by someone wit
AIPAC has spent nearly $30 million against the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, fueling ads that paint him as a terrorist sympathizer. The post Abdul El-Sayed Faces Islamophobic Attacks From GOP and Democratic Establishment appeared first on The Intercept.
The post How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery appeared first on ProPublica.
As the regulatory environment in which you operate becomes more onerous and more complex, it's important that you understand what your obligations regarding client and other third-party data are, in practical terms. The post Risk management guide: client data management and the retention and destruc
This is the central question: should clients expect price cuts from law firms and other legal businesses due to legal AI? Because if there is ...
Welcome to the last edition of the AI Bulletin before the summer break! As Brussels starts emptying for the summer, the risks of frontier AI models continue to capture the attention of policymakers as a key chapter of the AI Act becomes enforceable, and disclosure rules around the use of AI systems
What's The Billing Code For This: A midday park-bench makeout session between a Biglaw partner and associate ends up going viral. $1.2 Billion Worth Of 'Are You Sure This Is Legal?': MV Realty has sued Holland & Knight claiming it sank $156 million into a unique financial product blessed by the f
The collapse of Axiom Ince is set to cost the solicitors’ profession £39m in payouts from the SRA Compensation Fund, most of which have now been made, it has emerged. The post Profession to pay out £39m to Axiom Ince clients appeared first on Legal Futures.