Above the Law

Adversaries Can Make Great Referral Sources

Just watch out for the ethical issues that may come with accepting referrals from an adversary.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Top Outside Counsel Quiz Results

How many readers successfully matched the firm to the feedback in our "Name That Firm" game?

AI Is Killing The Billable Hour. The Real Question Is What Comes Next.

Moving beyond the billable hour requires more than negotiating new fee structures with outside counsel.

The Inevitable Commoditization Of GenAI: What Will It Mean For Legal?

Law firms must pay attention to what is going on in the marketplace and what vendors are doing.

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

State Department Threatens UK Over Grok Investigation, Because Only The US Is Allowed To Ban Foreign Apps

From the fighting-csam-is-censorship? dept

Morning Docket: 01.16.26

* ICE detaining Native Americans and then telling their tribes that they will only release information about the people they’ve illegally detained if the tribes agree to sign over sovereignty to assist in immigration sweeps. [Washington Post]

* Massive college basketball point shaving scheme charged. I guess this is why you always take the under. [NBC News]

* Speaking of gambling, Tom Goldstein trial began yesterday. [National Law Journal]

* Florida follows Texas in dropping ABA accreditation. Smart law students should follow their friends to out of state schools. [Inside Higher Ed]

* Judge suspended for giving defendant a dollar to cover her bond. [ABA Journal]

* Appeals court decides along party lines that federal judges can’t stop deportations even if they’re unconstitutional until the immigration adjudication process is complete. Anything to make constitutional rights more difficult to exercise! [ACLU]

Lawyer Of The Year Stays In Good Trouble — See Also

Rachel Cohen Keeps Pushing Against Authoritarianism: Somebody has to take these 10-year-old phone thieves to task.

Bonus Dollars And A Nonequity Partner Track: Check out Sullivan & Cromwell’s new bonus program!

Who Needs TV When You Can Read Complaints?: Kyrsten Sinema sued for alienation of affection.

Time To Make GenAI Competency Mandatory?: It’s a bold opinion for bold times.

UMaine Law School Preps Community Against ICE: Know your rights and stay safe!

No Longer The Baby Among Law Schools

Move over.

AI Startup AlphaLit Raises $3.2M Seed Round To Screen And Score Smaller Cases And Route Them To Lawyers

Already, the company has created some 80 cases through its platform. It is operating only in California for now.

I Didn’t Set Out To Write A Series And Yet It Happened

When merely making it to the end of the week becomes the goal, something has already gone wrong.

Law School Arms Students With Anti-ICE Hotline To Protect The Community

Which law schools will follow suit?

The Supreme Court’s Favorite Time To Drop Bombshells Is Friday Afternoons

Transparency matters. SCOTUS needs to stop trying to bury the nation's most important legal news.

Former Senator Turned Biglaw Lawyer Sued For Breaking Up Bodyguard’s Marriage

This complaint reads like a soap opera.

Writing Like A Lawyer Without Sounding Like A Lawyer

Writing isn’t a talent. It’s a skill. And skills respond to the same cure as every other skill: reps.