by HolAdmin | Feb 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Last night, my wife and I did that thing many of you know too well. We sat on the couch with good intentions and six different streaming services at our fingertips. HBO Max first. Scroll. Prime. Scroll. Netflix. Scroll. Plenty of options, nothing compelling. After 10...
by HolAdmin | Feb 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporting by Reuters, which Biglaw firm has set the top of the market for partner billing rates at $4,000 an hour for 2026? Hint: Two litigators at the firm charge that top rate, as one of...
by HolAdmin | Feb 12, 2026 | American Legal News
AI has been taking the “y” out of “your” work product for years now. As courts succumb to the apparent inevitability of AI being used to collaborate on briefs, they’ve shared some pretty reasonable expectations with the lawyers who use ChatGPT or whatever LLM is en...
by HolAdmin | Feb 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Ken Starr spent the 90s and millions of taxpayer dollars investigating a real estate deal that turned up nothing before pivoting to criminalizing an affair between consenting adults. To be clear, Bill Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky raised the sort of...
by HolAdmin | Feb 12, 2026 | American Legal News
As predicted on last week’s episode, Brad Karp left the top post at Paul Weiss following the disclosure of friendly correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. But Karp wasn’t the only Biglaw lawyer in the files, nor were his conversations the most troubling. A former...
by HolAdmin | Feb 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Despite the Biglaw focus of Above the Law, it’s almost strange to refer to George J. Mitchell as merely the former chair of international law firm DLA Piper. While absolutely accurate, Mitchell is also a former senator from Maine, a former Democratic Senate Majority...
