by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! A copyright claim against Taylor Swift was dismissed this week by which Donald Trump-appointed judge? Hint: The case, filed by poet Kimberly Marasco, alleged Swift stole themes from the poet’s...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
There has been a lot of buzz around AI token pricing lately, especially as agents create a multiplier effect, using an unpredictably large number of AI resources known as tokens. Uber burned through its 2026 AI budget as it rolled out Claude Code to their...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
For years, law firms have invested heavily in defending against remote cyberattacks. Firewalls, multifactor authentication, endpoint detection, email security, and employee awareness training have become standard components of modern cybersecurity programs. The...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
Folks are just coming out of the woodwork to oppose Donald Trump’s AG nominee. The latest addition to genre is a letter signed by 1200+ former Department of Justice employees — career prosecutors, FBI officials, and former U.S. Attorneys who served under both...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s the splashiness of the announcement. I’ve heard from people at Kirkland’s peer firms in the private equity area that they feel they need to respond somehow. I think some other firm will feel threatened...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Please welcome Howard Rosenberg, head of the Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions practice of Baretz+Brunelle, to the pages of Above the Law. In this new series, he and his colleagues at B+B will share their thoughts on trends they’re seeing across the legal...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
One might say that Blank Rome got hacked. But “hacked” would be doing a lot of heavy lifting in that case. It’s not like anybody cracked the firewall, deployed a zero-day, or spent a month tunneling through the firm’s defenses while taunting the IT team. Someone...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
Auth. note: Though it was certainly tempting, no artificial intelligence technology was used to create this publication. All appearing em dashes were added by the author — just as nature intended. Welcome to the sequel to the Legal Tech-to-English Dictionary (2022)....
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | American Legal News
Pro bono work has taken on an entirely different hue under the Trump II administration, with some Biglaw firms afraid to take on work that may be frowned upon by the White House, and others pledging hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of pro bono payola to...
by HolAdmin | Jul 8, 2026 | African Golf News
Kevin Foote hailed the Junior Springboks’ attacking intent to beat Wales on Tuesday, but flagged defence and ball retention as areas to fix for their knockout clash with England. The head coach also lauded his troops’ resilience in their final Pool A match of the...
