by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2026 BigHand Finance Report, which surveyed more than 800 senior finance and legal professionals in large law firms, what percentage of respondents saw an increase in client demand for...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
From law firms to in-house legal teams, the rules of value are being rewritten. The question is: Who’s ready to lead the change? In the first episode of 2026 for the UpLevel View podcast, Stephanie Corey and Ken Callander sit down with Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
It’s time for an update on Above the Law’s favorite famous-for-the-wrong-reasons attorney: Crystal Clanton! Clanton is, on paper, exactly the kind of young lawyer who is supposed to represent the best of the profession. She landed a series of extraordinarily...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Tom Goldstein’s life was almost a TV show. Now, with his wild trial is in its second week, the drama just unveiled a First Amendment subplot. As Politico’s Josh Gerstein flagged, the government apparently subpoenaed Jeffrey Toobin and fact-checker Rudy Lee seeking...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
2026 is not a great time to be a government lawyer. They’re just getting HAMMERED by judges — over and over and over and over and over again — for shoddy litigation practices and outlandish legal arguments. And maybe this is hard to believe, but it’s happening again!...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Law school closures are a sad thing. Even when they have low bar passage rates, seeing them close their doors is a somber occasion. One way for a struggling law school to save face is to merge with another school to alleviate their need for funding, student head...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
I had a permit to carry some years ago. I let it expire. In this jurisdiction, they are only good for five years, and I’m not the kind of person who thinks armed thugs who want to murder my family are lurking around every corner. It seemed like an unnecessary expense....
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Harmeet Dhillon ascended to head the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division off a career backing election denialism and fronting Trump’s most nonsensical defamation suits. Ed Whelan is a conservative legal movement darling who spent the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Editor’s note: First in a series. The Litera Foundation knowledge management platform doesn’t just have customers. It has innovators — law firms continually using the system in new ways to enhance client value. These ground-breaking firms were recently honored in...
by HolAdmin | Jan 29, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I am extremely pleased by the outcome of this process, which facilitated creditor recoveries substantially exceeding those usually achieved in a law firm liquidation. The dedication of Stroock’s winddown team,...
