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Voting is now closed and your votes have been tallied to decide  the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the eighth-annual Startup Alley...

Republicans Endorse Strawman Version Of Affirmative Action If It Means Clarence Thomas Is Okay – See Also – Above the Law Skip to content × Love ATL? Let’s make...

(Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Last night, Donald Trump’s lawyers submitted their reply brief in support of Trump’s right to dismiss his election interference case...

The Year-End Report On The Federal Judiciary Is In: Guess what wasn’t included. The Supreme Court Is A Laughing Matter: Take it away, Roy Wood Jr.! Associated With Money!:...

Anyone who has read this column knows how much importance I place on the growing role of insurance in the IP litigation space. Last year, I had the pleasure...

There’s a lot of talk around AI — in fact, it’s all anyone seems to want to talk about at all anymore: including us, apparently!  But a very lawyerly...

Much like the legal industry, the world of business consulting has wrestled with how best to make use of AI technology, according to the New York Times. The Times’...

The legal industry, like many other things in life, follows cycles — busy, then slow, then back to busy. The holiday season is usually one of the slowest times...

(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out...

Notes to my (legal) self. The post Lawyerly New Year’s Resolutions, Terms And Conditions May Apply appeared first on Above the Law.

It’s the last workday of 2023, so let’s look back at the major stories of the year. Unhinged Judge Handcuffs Crying Child: Our top single story of the year...

Morning Docket: 12.29.23

* The law firms we lost in 2023. Turn up your speakers and hit Sarah MacLachlan’s Angel for this one. * Maine joins Colorado and invokes the Fourteenth...

Can Lawyers Get Sued For Copying A Brief? – See Also – Above the Law Skip to content × Love ATL? Let’s make it official.Sign up for our newsletter....

Turley Gets In Another Disgrace Before The End Of The Year – See Also – Above the Law Skip to content × Love ATL? Let’s make it official.Sign up...

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) While Donald Trump was wishing his supporters a MERRY ROT IN HELL-MAS!!!, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s legal team was busy working to make sure...

A seemingly innocuous Supreme Court case in 2017 looking at the narrow issue of time bars in class action lawsuits saw two giants of Supreme Court advocacy duke it...

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) The Supreme Court just stuffed a giant Christmas present in Donald Trump’s stocking. With no registered dissents, it denied Special Counsel Jack Smith’s petition for certiorari...

A nascent healthcare startup announced an acquisition on Thursday that it believes will advance its mission of accelerating the industry’s transformation to value-based care. Guidehealth — a value-based care...

Law schools must acknowledge and respond to the rise of AI in the legal industry by incorporating relevant training into their curricula, argues research fellow and assistant director of...

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Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her...

New York City (Photo by David Lat) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm’s 20-year lease for 765,000 square feet of...

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Easy Opportunity For Clarence To Look Like He Cares: Best judicial ethics practice would be to stay home. Ken Paxton Thinks Seattle, Washington, Falls...

Pay Up And Get Out: WashU allegedly expects student to cover tuition despite transferring to Georgetown. Giuliani’s Bank Runneth Dry: Guess who just filed for bankruptcy. Irell Bumped Up...

What could be better than a bonus on the Cravath scale? A bonus that’s even better than the Cravath scale! Tensegrity Law Group, a notable IP litigation boutique, continually...

Why Let Reality Stop You?: Donald Trump’s latest punching bags aren’t so much… real. The Fourteenth Amendment… Not Just For Liberals Anymore!: Judge Luttig has thoughts on the Colorado...

Chief Justice Roberts Probably Won’t Be Heading To The 305 Any Time Soon – See Also – Above the Law Skip to content × Love ATL? Let’s make it...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s like wading through treacle to get to the promised land and finding that in the promised land...

The Clarence Gift-Soliciting Saga Continues – See Also – Above the Law Skip to content × Love ATL? Let’s make it official.Sign up for our newsletter. We will never...

Let me start on a happy note: You’re going to be delighted by the Supreme Court’s reaction to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request that the court hear on an...

Olga V. Mack is a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and a Generative AI Editor at law.MIT. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her...

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has a new hobby, and it’s not pickle ball. Instead the New York Republican, who chairs the House Republican Conference, has...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who originated the role of Elle Woods when Legally Blonde debuted on Broadway? Hint: She was nominated...

Republicans Are Big Mad: That Elon Musk didn’t get exactly what he wanted when he wanted it. Speaking Of Angry Republicans: Elise Stefanik is making a mountain out of...