2025 wasn't the best for these firms.
Normally that would be a disqualifying conflict of interest. In the current DOJ, it's apparently a job requirement.
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Multibillion-Dollar Firm Caught Up On AI Hallucinations: Sullivan & Cromwell needs to up their editing process.
Who Exactly Wrote Kash’s Complaint?: The $250M lawsuit looks like it has AI ink all over it.
Racing To Employment: Law school shifts academic program to the fall to account for Biglaw hiring schedules.
No Longer Optional: Mississippi School of Law now requires that students learn to use AI.
The T10 Of Design: These schools have some of the best law school buildings!
Explore how lawyers can position themselves as trusted advocates before a client ever picks up the phone, in this episode of the "Be That Lawyer" podcast.
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
A handy list of celebrities whose monikers make them natural-born legal tech spokespeople.
Get a roundup of the latest from the Legal Marketing Association.
It's not just a defamation suit; it's a bundle of AI cliches.
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
Used correctly, Elite’s Validate tool could reduce risk and make for a smoother billing process.
BYU Law's Academies Program pivot is the right move. It's also a pretty grim sign of where legal hiring has ended up.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
There is still time to correct course on this absurdity.
HeartFlow, which makes AI tools to analyze cardiac images, sued its rival Cleerly, alleging infringement on six patents. Cleerly is pushing back.
* Research suggests that most clients still expect a lawyer to dress up. [Legal Cheek]
* Legal Eagle describes the present political landscape as “multiple Watergates per week,” which seems a little unfair to Nixon, frankly. [WIRED]
* Emory students want the school to do more about violent threats they’re getting. [WSBTV]
* Appellate courts put more weight on decisions of fellow circuits than you might suspect. [National Law Journal]
* Trump’s Labor Secretary steps down amidst wild scandal. [Law360]
* Tariff refund system launches. [Reuters]
* State fears jury list includes dead people, but have they made sure the jurors weren’t just coming to grips with a 4-week contract breach trial. [ABA Journal]
* Is vibe coding a key skill for lawyers? [Bloomberg Law News]
Kash Sues Atlantic For $250M: I’d say that’s a long shot, but he’s more prone to chugging beers.
The Numbers Seem Off: Does working 69 hours in a day seem weird to you too?
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10 Years Of 4/20?: We observe 10 years of California’s Prop 64.
Damning Shadow Docket Usage Gets Redirected To Blame The Leaker: This is like the Dobbs leak all over again!
Under 8% of partners at the firm are of the equity variety.
One size doesn't fit all.
But Alito's clerk hiring isn't particularly dispositive.
Tl;dr: nothing close to what the naysayers promised would happen.
