Instead Of Buying Your Engagement Ring At Costco, Why Don’t You Just Give Her A Lump Of Coal And Tell Her To Sit On It?
Tiffany sues Costco to protect its brand on behalf of people dumb enough to believe anything.
Diamond Makers Sue Over Who’s Best At Parting Fools From Their Money
Apples are nicer than ice...
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Assistants and Holidays: Some Hints on Gift Giving
Still haven't thought about holiday gifts for your assistants? There's still time!
Gradenfreude: Some Holiday Gifts for the Unemployed or Underemployed Law School Graduate
The holiday season is supposed to be full of cheer and happiness, but as an adult, it’s usually full of one thing, and one thing only: stress. Making matters worse is the fact that shopping for those you love can be a bit of a challenge. It’s always hard to tell what someone really needs […]
The Practice: The Ultimate Small Law Gift Guide (Even If You’re Cheap)
Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum has some advice when it comes to buying holiday gifts for clients and other lawyers.
Divorcée Sues Neiman Marcus for Refusal to Accept Return of $1.4M in Gifts From Allegedly Cheating Ex-Husband
What happens when Neiman Marcus allegedly refuses to take a $1.4 million return? A lawsuit, of course...
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Happy Administrative Professionals Week!
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! How is your workplace marking the occasion?
Fun Fact of the Day: That’s a Totally LINsane Deal!
The wife of an Upper West Side lawyer paid $42,388 in an intense online auction so that her husband could meet Jeremy Lin — and take home his game-worn jersey. — the going price for a meet-and-greet session with New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin, along with his game-worn jersey, was noted in a New […]
Moonlighting: Holiday Gifting at the Office (Hint: Ixnay on the Nose Hair Clippers)
‘Tis the season to puzzle over holiday gift etiquette at the office. Every year, a few questions come up about this topic -- what’s appropriate, how much, whether they really have to, etc. In-house columnist Susan Moon has some tips on the unwritten rules of gifting at a company....
California Firm Puts the ‘Ghetto’ Into ‘Re-Gifting’
I’m much more likely to throw away a gift or give it to charity than to regift something I already have or don’t want. I think I’d live in fear of the original gift-giver meeting up with the regift recipient and talking about how I was a bad friend for orchestrating the whole mess. I’d […]
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Holiday Gifts for Your Secretary / Administrative Staff: Open Thread
Over the weekend, I had dinner with a friend of mine who used to work as a paralegal at a small law firm. She told me about how one year, for the holidays, all the lawyers chipped in to get her a gift certificate to a spa, so she could get herself a massage. I […]
Non-Sequiturs: 11.28.11
* Seriously? We’re still deporting gay people who are married? Are there really people who are still in favor of this policy? [Stop the Deportations] * On the upside, these shoppers can now literally say they got somebody a gift over that man’s dead body. [Huffington Post] * When did Jed Rakoff become so godlike? […]
Non-Sequiturs: 11.22.11
* Are Asian American lawyers too nerdy to climb the Biglaw or corporate ladder — or is this just an outdated stereotype? [The Careerist] * Does having your law school sob story featured on national television count as “employed upon graduation”? (Or, more seriously, here’s an opportunity for an unemployed law school grad.) [Inside the […]
Looking for a Post-Bar Exam Present? Enter Our ‘Approach the Bench’ Giveaway!
If you took the bar exam in July, don’t you think you deserve a present? Some of you were dealing with test site disasters, of both the meteorological and technological variety, while others were busy passing out or popping out babies during the test. Above the Law wants to reward you for all of your […]
Above the Law Readers Can Get 50% Off For A Father’s Day Gift
Father’s Day is coming up. This holiday is never as big as the other fake holiday known as Mother’s Day. That’s because fathers, in general, just want the kids to get out of the house long enough for them to have sex and an uninterrupted nap. But, if you have a good Dad who only […]