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Your first decade will not unfold in a straight line. Some years will feel like acceleration. Others will feel like survival. Keep building anyway. The post The First 10: A Young Lawyer’s Blueprint Beyond The Billable Hour appeared first on Above the Law .
Frank Ramos
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When news of the scandal first broke on July 8, the company co-founders claimed that they had just been made aware of the situation. The post Phia Co-Founders Knew The App Was Wrongfully Claiming Sales Credits appeared first on Above the Law .
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DeepJudge, the Zurich-based enterprise search company that describes itself as the institutional intelligence platform for legal AI, today introduced the Agent Handoff Protocol, an open protocol designed to let users move from one AI product into another – and, in some cases, back again – while retaining the full…
Bob Ambrogi
Above the Law
* Jayden Daniels sends cease-and-desist claiming LSU violated his NIL rights by giving his number from three years ago to another player. [ ESPN ] * Journalist Katie Phang's latest filing blasts DOJ's effort to delay Epstein file release. [ Meidas News ] * Immigration enforcement use government databases to stalk…
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Above the Law
Up To $170K In Bonus Bucks! This firm has already handed out three bonuses, while Biglaw associates are waiting to see if they'll maybe get one. Purcell Unprincipled : Alabama held its first primary since the Supreme Court jettisoned the Voting Rights Act, and people mostly didn't vote... which from the Court's…
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Before they ran American foreign policy, they billed hours together. The post Two Brother Left The Same Biglaw Firm And Took Over U.S. Foreign Policy appeared first on Above the Law .
Kathryn Rubino
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Turnabout, as they say, is fair play. The post Ken Paxton Won’t Discuss His Marriage With Thousands Of Strangers. He’ll Just Regulate Yours. appeared first on Above the Law .
Kathryn Rubino
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Judges, lawyers, educators, and higher-ed leaders will examine how legal education is regulated, with an eye toward independence. The post Legal Education In America Is Getting A Fresh Look, Without The ABA Accreditor At The Table appeared first on Above the Law .
Staci Zaretsky
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Give an authoritarian a cookie. The post Former SPLC Expert Arrested On Fraud Charges As Malicious Prosecution Expands appeared first on Above the Law .
Joe Patrice
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Looks like we're about to find out. The post How Much Misconduct Is Jeanine Pirro Willing To Do To Save Her Job? appeared first on Above the Law .
Liz Dye
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Remember when Trump lost the birthright citizenship case? Because he doesn't. The post Biglaw Surrenders Were Worse Than We Thought appeared first on Above the Law .
Joe Patrice
Above the Law
The do-over election hastily thrown together by Republicans proved as chaotic as expected. The post Alabama’s Primary Drew 5 Percent Turnout Thanks To Supreme Court Destroying Voting Rights Act appeared first on Above the Law .
Joe Patrice
LawNext
This week, LexisNexis announced the opening of its Customer Innovation Lab in New York City — a physical space where legal professionals, LexisNexis engineers, and AI companies such as OpenAI and Amazon Web Services sit in the same room and build legal AI together, in real time. The company is calling it a new model…
Bob Ambrogi
Above the Law
Associates are already sitting on six-figure bonuses, and another payout is still ahead. The post Elite Litigation Boutique Is Already On Its Third Round Of Associate Bonuses appeared first on Above the Law .
Staci Zaretsky
LawNext
Relativity today announced Relativity claiR, a conversational AI interface that lets lawyers ask plain-language questions across an entire RelativityOne matter and get back answers with citations to the underlying record. Relativity CEO Phil Saunders calls it a fundamentally new way for lawyers to get straight to the…
Bob Ambrogi
Above the Law
* Elite firms warn that AI spending could impact profits, though most continue to believe they'll be fine. Ahem... then where are the associate raises? [ ABA Journal ] * ICE wants $20 million worth of electric shock gloves, in case you were wondering where we were on the "turning law enforcement into Spider-Man…
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Above the Law
Keeping That Raise On Ice : Ice Miller increases associate pay in New York, but not until 2027. Blame It On The AI : Company tried to pin labor law violation on ChatGPT . The Tech Isn't The Key : Legal AI needs to build a winning user experience if it's going to capture Biglaw . Everyone In MAGA Land Has Notes For…
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Comes complete with a public airing of grievances. The post The Most Infamous SCOTUS Feud appeared first on Above the Law .
Kathryn Rubino
Above the Law
Comfort and adoption with AI are rising faster than judgment maturity. The post Teaching Judgment In The Age Of AI: Building Legal Professionals Who Rely On AI Responsibly appeared first on Above the Law .
Jeremy Barker
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Because justice is apparently what happens when everyone brings a robot lawyer to court. The post Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Everyone Should Have A Superintelligent AI Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law .
Staci Zaretsky
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Company wrote that it fired employee for discussing pay and then tried to claim ChatGPT was responsible for admitting violation. The post Judge Rejects ‘ChatGPT Wrote My Confession’ Defense appeared first on Above the Law .
Joe Patrice
Above the Law
The concern isn't simply that AI creates new cyber threats. It's that organizations may unknowingly introduce risks that fall outside the assumptions underlying their insurance policies. The post Your Cyber Insurance May Not Be Ready For Autonomous AI appeared first on Above the Law .
Michael C. Maschke, Sharon D. Nelson, and John W. Simek
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AI visibility is typically seen as a content problem. But that only helps with a third of the hurdles law firms face in how legal service buyers are using AI search. The post Law Firms Don’t Have One AI Visibility Problem. They Have Three. appeared first on Above the Law .
Josh Anisfeld
Above the Law
Only New York associates are getting the raises, and they’ll have to wait until January. The post Biglaw Firm Joins The Salary Wars, But Keeps Raises On Ice Until 2027 appeared first on Above the Law .
Staci Zaretsky
Above the Law
Bloomberg Law hasn't been the loudest player in legal AI, in part because the company is focused on the parts investors aren't as interested in. The post The AI User Experience Is More Important Than Ever appeared first on Above the Law .
Joe Patrice
LawNext
For ambitious software startups, winning a new customer is only the beginning. The next challenge is getting that customer fully operational before delays, technical complications, or a difficult data migration undermine the relationship. Universal Migrator helps fast-moving startups accelerate onboarding by…
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'Never mention her friggin' name to me.' Jeanine Pirro is taking some hits. The post Peter Navarro Wants A Prosecutor Fired For The Unforgivable Sin Of Prosecuting Him appeared first on Above the Law .
Kathryn Rubino
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Modern patent litigation remains a vibrant and challenging pursuit for both plaintiffs and defendants. The post 3 Takeaways From The Lex Machina 2026 Patent Report appeared first on Above the Law .
Gaston Kroub
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It is a platform that combines lead generation, AI-powered intake and follow-up, and automated client reactivation, all in a single product aimed at flat-fee practices. The post Exclusive: Coming Out Of Stealth, Paravo Launches What It Calls The First AI ‘Revenue Engine’ For Law Firms appeared first on Above the Law .
Robert Ambrogi
Above the Law
* Biglaw firms hit with data breaches. [ Law360 ] * Office of Legal Counsel takes position that executive privilege extends to unofficial, unconfirmed people the president talks to. [ Alternet ] * Court appearance coming up for Luigi. [ Reuters ] * FOIA requests become "Kafkaesque" mess with this administration. […
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We are rapidly approaching budget season and planning for contingencies in 2027. Perhaps open-weight models should be part of your fall planning. Last year, DeepSeek created a scare for the American AI industry when it created a model that cost a fraction to develop relative to its U.S. counterparts. OpenAI alleges…
Ken Crutchfield
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