“When firms are trying to be all things to all people, they're going to suffer, because the market is facing disruption, said legal consultant Kristin Stark.

       

Allowing defense counsel to review the transcript and audio recordings of the grand jury proceedings would allow indicted former FBI Director James Comey to learn whether interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan of the Eastern District of Virginia used a "tainted agent's testimony" to secure the indictment, Comey's attorneys wrote in court documents.

       

IRS crackdown on charitable donations drives litigation.

       

"I would tell my younger self to build and expand solid, meaningful relationships. (...) You don't need to go to networking events to meet potential clients. Instead, potential clients might be your next-door neighbor, a parent at your child's school, or the person you see every month to cut your hair."

       

“My clients, who are going to spend millions of dollars for an AI solution—they're skeptical that what people are putting in front of them is all going to fly, and they're waiting to see what's really going to work, what's going to create value for the buck," said Gregory Ramos, a partner at Armstrong Teasdale.

       

In today's climate of rising interest rates, stretched borrower balance sheets, and starkly uneven recovery across asset classes, defaulted loans have emerged as a prime hunting ground for investors with legal acumen. Capturing this opportunity requires more than a blunt foreclosure “hammer — it demands a surgical enforcement playbook.

       

AI has seen demand for data centres spike—and Kirkland is riding the wave.

       

Big Law's emphasis on improving the billing and collections process is confronting challenges and variance in practice area performance.

       

Fears that a lengthy government shutdown could grind the civil docket to a halt or cause the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to demand more information from merging parties have not materialized, according to Big Law antitrust litigators.

       

The District of Columbia has postponed registration for the February bar exam due to the government shutdown and Maryland is restricting seating to 400, with priority being given to those retaking the UBE.

       

"Technology has essentially erased the relevancy in most instances of geographical borders in business transactions," said Alan Rosenberg, a partner at Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog who is an expert not involved in the matter.

       

On Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Monsanto over PCB exposure at a school near Seattle.

       

Contracts that once were perfunctory now are getting parsed and recast.

       

Law professor Dan Epps joins the Supreme Court Brief podcast to discuss why he thinks the case over President Donald Trump's tariffs is a test of jurisprudential consistency for the conservative majority.        

“When you have so many organizations depending on a single provider, the risk is high, said F. Paul Greene, a partner at Harter Secrest & Emery.

       

Some of today's midlevel associates are lagging in personal and professional skills, but midlevels say their firms aren't invested enough in their success.

       

Law firms Honigman and Stradley Ronon have developed their own methods for giving in-house teams guidance on how to adopt and use gen AI.

       

A U.S. District Court Judge in Long Island, Gary Brown discovered magic as a child. He says learning about the ‘art of deception' has made it easier to uncover the truth.

       

At least five of the nine law firms that reached deals with Trump could fulfill their pro bono pledges within a year, according to a Law.com analysis.

       

One chief legal officer said her strategy is to control what she can while scenario-planning for the unexpected.