Above the Law

Huge Merger Causing A Lot Of Separation — See Also

Perkins Coie Considers Paying Partners To Stay: Will retention bonuses prevent them from bleeding out?

Top Attorney At Goldman Wants To Minimize Epstein Connections: Thousands in gifts and sweet nicknames suggest more than just a professional relationship, no?

Cooley Chills Out The Early Recruitment Frenzy: Law students are thankful!

Thousands Of Law Students Call For The Federal Officer Accountability Act: Strengthening the Constitution takes a lot of support!

FAMU Law Puts The Black Back In Black History Month: They got a little too overzealous with legal compliance and corrected course.

The DOJ Wants To Shuffle Off Its Problems: Blaming it on Congress won’t help!

Rümeysa Öztürk Nets Another Win Against The Government: Another win for free speech!

How You Show Up In The Room Matters More Than You Think

Every interaction is a deposit or a withdrawal.

How Perkins Coie Harnessed Data-Driven Insights And Bolstered Client Service

Litera recently celebrated a group of innovative customers that are utilizing their Foundation platform in transformative and unique ways. Here, we’re profiling how an elite firm is staying on the cutting edge.

Thousands Of Law Students Demand Congress Allow The Constitution To Apply To ICE

Congress could solve the immunity problem... they just don't want to.

FAMU Puts ‘Black’ Back In Black History Month After Clearing Up Bad Legal Interpretation

Black is back, baby!

Merger Mayhem: Perkins Coie ‘Thinking About’ Partner Retention Bonuses Ahead Of Ashurst Tie-Up

As one Perkins partner put it, this merger is a 'monumental f--- up,' and lawyers are heading for the exits.

A GC’s Guide To The Modern Merger: Mastering Complex Transactions In Uncertain Times

Join us to explore how your law department can address emerging issues for today’s dealmakers. CLE credit is available.

Friday Is The Deadline To Vote! Here Are The Current Standings. Vote Now To Pick The 15 Startups That Will Go To Startup Alley At ABA Techshow In March

DEADLINE FOR VOTING IS FRIDAY, FEB. 13, AT 11:45 P.M. ET.

Employers Celebrated PBM Reform. The Reality Is More Complicated.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 and the Department of Labor’s proposed rule implement major PBM reforms for employers, but don’t include everything they want, including a ban on spread pricing.

Morning Docket: 02.10.26

* Maxwell refused to answer questions for Congress, but dangles possibility that she would talk if granted clemency. Surely it wouldn't be an issue that her testimony directly involves the person controlling the clemency decision! [CBS News]

* Research says AI has impacted junior lawyer judgment. The results confirm what we've been telling you! [Legal Cheek]

* Axiom closes its Arizona law firm. [Reuters]

* Jury told social media companies built "addiction machine." [Law360]

* "Gap Appears Within Am Law 50." Pretty sure they mean to say the gap is growing because we've been writing about this gap for a long time. [American Lawyer]

* California law banning ICE agents hiding their faces struck down... but judge says the law could stand if expanded to all law enforcement. [Reuters]

* After actively trolling a lawyer for his clearly AI-slop defense of the hallucinations in his brief, the judge finally issued an order. It was not kind. [Ars Technica]

Top Firm Blames AI For Huge Layoff Wave — See Also

Baker McKenzie Plans To Lay Off Hundreds Of People: Little harder to make the “AI won’t take our jobs” argument.

When Accuracy Doesn’t Go Far Enough: You’ve gotta check for more than hallucinations when using AI.

Adios, Cadwalader!: 5 litigation leaders jump ship after merger.

DHS Can’t Feign Ignorance: Federal judge reminds them that court orders are binding.

Orange Is The New [Redacted]: HBCU chilled out of using the word “Black” for Black History Month events.

Clarence Thomas’s Judicial Legacy

He's doing the most to leave his mark on the federal bench.

The Decision Trap That Slows Every Product Team

Legal does not need to be everywhere. Legal needs to be where reversibility drops.

Federal Judge Reminds DHS That Court Orders Are Not Optional

The ‘Actually We Don’t Have To Pay’ Defense Doesn't Work

Above The Law Is In The Epstein Files, Let Us Explain…

... how contemptuous the DOJ's production really is.