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Why the lawyers who give more, listen better, and follow through faster win the business everyone else is chasing.
For legal operations professionals, the question is no longer whether AI will change the billable hour model, but whether your department is ready to manage that change.
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.
The American Medical Association is urging Congress to add safeguards for AI mental health chatbots amid safety concerns, while noting their potential to expand access.
* SEC begs Congress for legislative action on crypto regulation. Congress nodded and held a press conference about using taxpayer dollars to build a ballroom instead. [National Law Journal]
* Big day for Milbank as one of its own breaks world record for fastest marathon dressed as a comic character. [LegalCheek]
* Southern University looks to open a new law school. [ABA Journal]
* White House officially endorses renaming ICE as “NICE,” which will absolutely be pronounced “Nice-ee” to sound like Nazi because the White House is incapable of thinking things through. [Mother Jones]
* When it comes to charges against Terry Rozier, hopefully you took the over. [Courthouse News Service]
* Despite a desperate demand letter and a remedial English government filing, the National Trust refuses to drop its ballroom lawsuit. [Law360]
* Sam Altman’s sister loses her legal team in case against her brother. [Reuters]
No Room For Thoughts And Prayers This Time: Bad White House Correspondents’ Dinner optics fan false flag flames.
Did They Forget Other People Would Read This Email?: What’s worse? That a Perkins Coie partner said this or HR’s response time?
Inclusion Matters: Vault ranked the best law firms for inclusion!
You’re Up, SCOTUS: Judges and former clerks ask the Supreme Court to hear Pauline Newman’s case.
Todd Blanche Really Doesn’t Want To Talk About The Epstein Files: Shame people keep bringing it up. Like this.
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Every experienced litigator knows this, even if the profession rarely names it outright.
The topic that will not go away... because the DOJ keeps refusing to comply.
The new generation of AI-related legal issues are inherently cross-disciplinary, implicating corporate law, intellectual property, data privacy, employment, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
As Biglaw firms expand, the equity partnership remains a carefully guarded club.
Could use some clarity, SCOTUS!
Trump, the ultimate cyberbully, is getting out-cyberbullied.
Did your law firm make the cut this time around?
Perkins Coie counsel recounts a series of hostile work environment episodes and describes a flawed HR response.
There's no evidence Saturday's shooting was a false flag, but the tinfoil hat types have fodder.
What you need to know to leverage AI and help your practice succeed.
Always be grifting.
