by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which elite Biglaw firm saw its partnership ranks shrink by 8% last year, the most of any top firm? Hint: The firm is now reportedly going out of its way to recognize and promote younger talent in an...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Sane people on the right say that critics of Donald Trump should calm down. Trump says some crazy stuff, they concede, but he’s just kidding. Look at what he does, not what he says. Here’s my question: How do we know when Trump’s kidding? If a Trump supporter can tell...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 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. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! Last week I...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Last week, a majority of Virginia’s supreme court voted to overturn a statewide election approving new congressional maps. Technically, voters were asked to vote on a constitutional amendment allowing the state legislature to create new maps in response to Donald...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The court is not using AI because it would be insecure. So you can trust that our opinions are not AI-generated. — Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in comments given during an appearance at the Crystal Bridges...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Every time we think we have a handle on the scope of the Biglaw insider trading scheme that rocked elite M&A practices last week, it gets a little bigger. First it was Yale Law grad Nicolo Nourafchan and his network of well-placed insiders. Then a cooperating...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Lawyers aren’t the only ones who live their lives by a rule-based system. If you live in a major metropolitian area or went through a breakup within the last decade, you’ve probably heard her hit song “New Rules.” And while the song has great rules for engagement (or...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
It’s an understatement at this point to say that AI will reshape everything in legal, including and perhaps especially, the discipline known as legal operations (legal ops for short). It’s the how that’s the question. The upcoming preeminent legal ops conference will...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Few things capture the current state of constitutional discourse quite like Matt Damon’s Saturday Night Live imagining of Brett Kavanaugh, drunk after ordering a “6-3 decision” (i.e., six Bud Lights and three shots of Jamo), solemnly explaining that Donald Trump can...
by HolAdmin | May 12, 2026 | African Golf News
Jac Morgan has been named in an extended 48-man squad for Wales’ Nations Championship matches in July. The British & Irish Lions flanker missed the entire Six Nations after dislocating his shoulder against Argentina last November, but returned for the Ospreys in...
