Above the Law

The Foxborough Warning: A Legal Fault Line Beneath The 2026 World Cup

The liability question no one wants to discuss...

Legalweek Final Keynote: An Industry Still Whistling Past The Graveyard?

Law firms aren’t robustly training their workforce for AI, they aren’t changing how they bill, and they aren’t changing how they compensate their lawyers.

Client Intake Checklist For Small Law Firms

Our friends at Clio help you ensure nothing is overlooked.

Beavers Are Not Moose: Buc-ee’s Sues Competitor Over Cartoon Moose Branding

From the oh-buc-off dept

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

The week in appellate news.

Morning Docket: 03.13.26

* CFTC considers prediction market regulation. “CFTC failing” already a solid bet. [Law360]

* Government says tariff refund system 40 percent to 80 percent complete which is… quite the spread. Almost a “they’re just making stuff up” kind of estimate. [Reuters]

* In a reminder that everything is discoverable, Live Nation employees messaged each other over Slack to talk about robbing fans. [New York Post]

* Generative AI still occupies legal gray zones. [Legaltech News]

* Judge Pauline Newman appeals to the Supreme Court over her colleagues’ “pocket impeachment” effort to strip her of her life tenured job. [The Hill]

* DOJ spent months repeatedly emailing the wrong address asking for state election data. [Democracy Docket]

Another Nonequity Tier Debut! — See Also

Sidley Austin Takes The Nonequity Plunge: Welcome to the fold, “Partner”!

DLA Piper Abandons The Verein Structure: Will other firms adopt the move?

From Calling It Quits To Running For Office!: Former DOJ attorney Julie Le is running for Congress.

Costco Customers Fight For Savings!: There’s a class action suit for customers to get their share of the potential tariff refund.

Bot’s Not Nice

Exhausted, overwhelmed, and frustrated is the new bewitched, bothered, and bewildered.

AI Legal Research Startup Descrybe Launches ‘Legal Reasoning’ Tool; Says It Outperforms ChatGPT, Claude, And Gemini On Bar Exam Benchmark

DescrybeLM answered all 200 bar exam questions correctly. The general-purpose models each missed between 13 and 23 questions.

Costco Member Starts Class Action To Make Sure Customers Get Their Share Of Tariff Refunds

Gotta fight for those savings!

Why Wasn’t Biglaw Ready For The Epstein Files ‘Bomb’ To Drop?

PR professionals say firms had years to prepare for fallout tied to Jeffrey Epstein -- yet some still seemed caught off guard.

Top Biglaw Firm Debuts Nonequity Partnership Tier, Moving Goalposts Just A Bit Further

Associates who thought equity was the next stop are discovering there’s now another pit stop along the way.

Legalweek’s Annual Judicial Panel: A Clear And Present Danger To Our Judges — And The Rule Of Law

We need to push back on statements by politicians and others denigrating our judges.

Discovery As Truth-Seeking: Win Hard Without Playing Hide-The-Ball

A practical, results-focused tutorial on how litigators can balance expansive discovery rights and privacy concerns without slowing cases down.

Global Biglaw Shakeup: Top Firm To Walk Away From Verein Structure

This is a major structural shift for one of the world’s largest and most profitable law firms.