Above the Law

How Litera Is Turning Lawyers Into Legends

Chief Product Officer Adam Ryan shares the latest in AI tools at ILTACON 2025.

Lawyering In The Age Of AI: Why Artificial Intelligence Might Make Lawyers More Human

AI could rehumanize the legal profession.

Industry Groups Warn CMS’ 2026 Fee Schedule Could Undermine Value-Based Care

Healthcare groups are pushing back on CMS’ proposed physician fee schedule for next year, raising concerns over payment cuts, administrative burdens and mandatory participation in a new value-based model.

Morning Docket: 09.16.25

* D.C. Circuit blocks attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor. [NBC News]

* Trump files $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times for malicious reporting of stuff he doesn't like. [CNN]

* Two different people claim to be Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft and no one could figure out the correct answer. This is what happens when you run on Microsoft Teams. [Corporate Counsel]

* Brett Kavanaugh's getting protested in Waco, if you want a sense of how unpopular this Court has gotten. [Texas Lawyer]

* Prosecutors argue that Tom Goldstein can't pay his fees with his house since his house is the subject of one of the charges. [Law360]

* Trump administration calling its politically motivated federal cuts as contract breaches in order to shunt them into the Court of Claims where litigants can't get equitable relief. If you're wondering, yes, this is the bonkers baby-splitting solution Justice Barrett recently pitched. [Bloomberg Law News]

* China accuses Nvdia of antitrust violations. [Investopedia]

Biglaw Firm Fires Employee Over Charlie Kirk Post — See Also

Feelings Matter More Than Facts To The Right: Can you point out where the associate said anything inaccurate in the post?

Sorry Kilmeade, You Can’t Just Kill Homeless People: Makes you wonder how far the Supreme Court is from changing that.

Whoa There, Partner!: Biglaw partner gets benchslapped due to entitlement.

Maureen Comey Is Fighting To Get Her Job Back: Best of luck to her.

It Really Pays To Be At The Top Of The Legal Department

General Counsel compensation is trending up!

Biglaw Firm’s Active Shooter ‘False Alarm’ Highlights The Scary Reality Of 2025

Fear, concern, and confusion in the wake of an active shooter alert.

Midlevel Biglaw Associates Are Really Concerned About Donald Trump

A threat to the rule of law is a threat to all lawyers.

Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47’s Firing Her

Or at least 47's administration firing her... which is significant to the claim.

Biglaw Partner Benchslapped Over Unchecked ‘Entitlement’

The judge is not pleased.

Perkins Coie Fires Lawyer Over This Charlie Kirk Post

Why would the firm choose to terminate a valued associate over something so benign?

Data-Driven Law Firm Resource Allocation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Even though data-driven resource allocation reduces attrition, reduces cost, and may lead to better partners, firms are slow to embrace it.

Legal Ethics Roundup: Bullying Ban, Upsolve Overturned, Lawyers Denied In ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Limits On DC Judges, Hallucination Sanctions & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

Fox And Friends Talking Head Blurted Out The Grants Pass v. Johnson End Game

Strange way for censorship and ethics to play out.

AI Governance Starts With Contract Governance, Says Christine Uri

The question isn’t whether you’re exposed. It’s whether you know where the exposure lives.