Burnout in the legal profession is not a passing phase or a buzzword — it is a measurable, widespread occupational hazard. It is not just a personal struggle. In law firms, corporate legal departments, courts, and public agencies, burnout affects productivity, morale, client service, malpractice risk, and ultimately the bottom line.

       

A nonprofit championing tighter financial regulation criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal, saying, "They should not be increasing the odds of market mayhem and investor losses.”

       

"Find people who support you and want you to succeed, and when you do find them, work hard. Put your head down and take the opportunities that come your way. Sometimes it is exhausting but taking on opportunities as they come and then working hard to do well with those assignments will help you stand out."

       

If you want sustainable revenue growth, you cannot treat rainmaking as a personality trait. You must treat it as a professional discipline — one that is intentionally developed through structured partner development based on a proven framework.

       

In this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover discusses the latest leak of confidential memos from the Supreme Court, a major new blockbuster First Amendment case, and this week's hearing about the SEC's power to order disgorgement.        

In this Legal Speak episode, co-host Patrick Smith interviews Harvey legal innovation partner Farrah Pepper live from the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2026 in Chicago.

       

"As to the additional fees defendants argue fall 'outside the scope of the receivership,' it is clear that defendants seek to relitigate the initial appointment of the receivership, which the court determined was definitively necessary," the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said.

       

The retired judges argued the D.C. Circuit relied on faulty precedent to dismiss Federal Circuit Judge Newman's challenge to her suspension.

       

The firm says it has voted to dissolve its current verein structure as it creates a new global LLP, but will maintain its separate profit pools.

       

Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are joining Davis Polk to launch a new practice for the firm.

       

Two figures from the investment world make the case for why the personal injury world is an ideal destination for outside investment.

       

Two co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the Roundup multidistrict litigation filed an injunction motion earlier this month before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in California's Northern District, to intervene in a $7.25 billion class action settlement preliminarily approved last month by 22nd Judicial District Judge Timothy Boyer in St. Louis, Missouri.

       

New legal technology startups, hybrid law firms and “AI-native law firms are sprouting up to challenge the legal industry's existing order, convinced there is a better way to delivery legal services in the AI era.

       

The measures bolster pay transparency, place more restrictions on the use of noncompete agreements and increase the minimum wage.

       

“High-caliber general counsel and senior legal leaders are rarely raising a hand in the current market, said Mary Rombaut of the recruiting firm BarkerGilmore.
       

"It has arguably never been harder in American history than it is today, in 2026, to sue a federal official for money damages if they violate your constitutional rights," Harrison Stark of the University of Wisconsin Law School said.

       

Rare intervention is only the second time Japan has blocked a deal under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act.

       

Miguel Zaldivar, the CEO of the soon-to-be Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, speaks with Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith about the genesis of the deal, the process he and the firm went through to secure the partnership vote, and what comes next.

       

"The state attorneys general aren't backup singers anymore, they are now headliners," an Armstrong Teasdale business litigation partner said after state AGs secured a monopolization jury trial verdict against defendants Live Nation and Ticketmaster, while a California federal judge ruled in favor of state plaintiffs in a case challenging the legality of the Nexstar-Tegna broadcast merger.

       

More than 2,500 fewer 2025 graduates were employed in full-time, long-term bar admission-required/anticipated or J.D. advantage jobs, including school-funded positions, compared to the previous graduating class.