by HolAdmin | Oct 20, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Happy Monday! Hello from Boston. Fall leaves are emerging along the Charles River. I’m here this week for a conference. More about...
by HolAdmin | Oct 20, 2026 | American Legal News
“Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.” “A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep...
by HolAdmin | Oct 20, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It is not unusual for named partners to charge more than other partners. And the court is cognizant that rates increase year to year. But not to $3,000 an hour. — U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman,...
by HolAdmin | Oct 20, 2026 | American Legal News
Every so often, the legal profession produces an email screw-up that sends lawyers everywhere back to triple-check the “To” line. And it stings a little bit extra when the person making the snafu is the guy running the firm. Last week, the Financial Times reported...
by HolAdmin | Oct 20, 2026 | American Legal News
Last week, we wondered what our readers thought would scare a lawyer the most. As first seen on Facebook’s Shit Women With Law Degrees Say, there are some phrases that will make lawyers look like they’ve seen a ghost. But which phrases are the scariest of all? As luck...
