Brian Fitzpatrick, a law professor at Vanderbilt Law School, moderated a panel with Delaware District Court Chief Judge Colm Connolly and SDNY Judges J. Paul Oetken and Arun Subramanian at the NYU Law Review's "Charting the Future of Litigation Finance" event.

       

Average partner rates rose by more than 4% for the fourth straight year, according to LexisNexis. They'd risen by less than 3.5% all of the prior nine years.

       

"Be patient. Stay flexible, stay curious, and welcome challenges—because the curveballs often end up being the opportunities that shape you the most."

       

Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg joined Maria Glover, a professor at Georgetown Law, and Tobey Scharding, a professor at Rutgers Business School, for a keynote conversation Friday at NYU Law's "Charting the Future of Litigation Finance" event in lower Manhattan.

       

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider lowering the threshold for proving a law burdens religious exercise in a case over Colorado's universal preschool program, which bars discrimination against LGBTQ parents and students.

       

Law.com caught up with Jacobs-Perry to discuss the firm's trial strategy and the broader implications of the verdict—which Jenner & Block called "the first litigated ruling of its kind on the enforceability of oral post-termination provisions in artist/manager agreements"—for the music industry.

       

"It's always about, what is the truth? There are so many lawyers who focus on the law, but they don't apply that same rigor to the facts," said Baer, who stepped down in February as general counsel of Sirius XM.

       

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.

       

In the month that U.S. behemoth Latham & Watkins announced $1 billion in London revenues, Law.com charts the continuing rise of U.S. firms in the U.K.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Cedra Mayfield interviews Latitude Legal President Justin Johnson, live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago.

       

The trial, which began on April 15, kicked off as Uber lodged a sanctions motion against a lead plaintiffs' attorney, David Grimes of Levin Simes, who called one of its lawyers a "pedophile" and a "rapist" at a meeting.

       

Professor Deborah R. Farringer, currently associate dean of academic affairs and director of health law studies at Belmont Law, will become dean on Aug. 1.

       

Stanford Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford wrote that repeal of the standard "would signal a craven capitulation to the lawlessness of the Trump administration when the nation desperately needs the legal profession to stand up for the rule of law."

       

Even during Am Law 100 launch week, it's been an eventful time for those that are decidedly not large.

       

Users claims that sports betting platforms intentionally designed their mobile apps to be addictive.

       

“Clients are much more offended by conflicts of interest than law firms and judges give them credit for, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz partner Ronald Minkoff said.

       

The Supreme Court held that Chevron's crude oil refining activities, which allegedly damaged Louisiana's coastline, were related to World War II military contracts and could therefore be defended in federal court.

       

"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.