"Take initiative! Just as clients don't want you simply to issue spot, but to come with solutions, so too does firm leadership. The earlier you start proposing and owning solutions, the earlier you'll find yourself at the table."

To remain protected, legal teams must move away from ad hoc usage and toward a structured, tiered strategy that elevates AI-assisted work to ensure the widest privilege protection possible.

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates to associate jobs at Am Law 200 firms.

“If finally approved, the amendment should significantly benefit judges in making decisions about whether their financial interests require recusal, said U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance.

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Effective meetings are not incidental to law practice, they are integral to it. Structured meetings produce clear decisions, defined accountability, efficient client service, and alignment with professional responsibility.

A new report by legal analytics platform Lex Machina has found that class actions nationwide surged to a 10-year high in 2025 "after nearly a decade of stability," driven by a dramatic spike in consumer protection claims—particularly those involving data breaches.

Dentons, Fasken and McMillan say demand for legal services has already increased, just months after China and Canada announced a "new strategic partnership."

The social media giant spells out its dealings with Wilmer annually to comply with Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure rules in instances of potential conflicts of interest. Those rules kick in for Meta because its lead independent director is a Wilmer attorney.

Rather than make what he called an "aesthetic change" to the language, Justice Adam Tanenbaum said he wants to see the Florida Supreme Court “consider scrapping" the rules that require The Florida Bar fund programs supporting attorneys, judges and law students who struggle with substance use and mental health challenges.

The vast majority of commenters opposed the repeal of a DEI standard required for law school accreditation. Only two supported the repeal.

A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a proposed class action this week alleging Abbott Laboratories hid heavy metals in its Similac infant formula after determining the product's label was not deceptive for the average consumer.

The federal appellate court affirmed a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana requiring an adult plaintiff accused of sexual misconduct in a university Title IX proceeding to litigate under his real name rather than a pseudonym.

The law firm alleges Hunter Biden went to Democratic Party donors to get his outstanding legal fees with the firm paid off, but now is refusing to turn over those communications during discovery.

If the committee got its way and a disputed settlement agreement were vacated, not only would the parties have to redo mediation and potentially risk going to trial, but a favorable ruling would expand the IOLTA Committee's ability to contest settlements.

The Federal Trade Commission hopes its enforcement action has a chilling effect on the pest-control industry, where such agreements are common.

Litigators should look past the usual suspects for BIPA claims, like fingerprint scanners for employers, and expect to see more developments with other biometric identifiers, like voiceprints and facial recognition, while keeping on eye on how artificial intelligence programs comply with the statute, experts say.

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