Above the Law

Sam Alito’s Oil Stocks Finally Get Him Benched From The Big Climate Case

The Court said in May that his recusal wasn't required, but I guess things change.

DOJ’s Newest Brain Drain Fix Is Borrowing Marines For An Immigration Surge That Might Be Coming To A City Near You

The Sovereign District of the United States Marine Corps.

Beyond CLM: The Road To An Agentic Future

Join this CLE-eligible webinar to see where law departments stand — and where they’re headed — when it comes to agentic AI.

In A Marriage Of Two ALSPs, Repario Acquires UnitedLex To Strengthen Its AI Offerings

Repario said that the acquisition will create a technology-led legal services company capable of applying AI across complex legal workflows at enterprise scale.

Politics Is Still Fueling The Law School Admissions Frenzy

The law school Trump Bump is on its second Trump administration.

DC Circuit Panel Upholds Pentagon’s Ban On Anthropic – So What Comes Next?

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael crowed, ‘The hammer of justice has smashed AnthropicAI[’s] arguments.’ The AI titan hinted at an appeal — but they may not be allowed one.

Morning Docket: 09.29.26

* Alito finally recuses from the climate case where we always knew he had a conflict. [Law360]

* Sullivan & Cromwell partnership with OpenAI develops contract analyzer. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Touching: Father and son both get disbarred. [ABA Journal]

* Probe into illegal voting by immigrants turns up empty. [Stateline]

* Jack Smith prepares for hearings claiming he abused his power by investigating crime. [Reuters]

* Lawyer fined for joining hearing from train. [Legal Cheek]

* What’s up with SCOTUSBlog? [Slate]

* Harvey starts making its own commercials. [Artificial Lawyer]

Trump Is Rerunning His 2024 Campaign Ad And Sending Taxpayers The Bill — See Also

Trump’s Newest ‘Public Service Announcement’ Is Just His 2024 Campaign Ad, Now Paid For By You: Ethics lawyers from both parties say that’s the whole problem.

Weil Poaches Cravath’s Private Equity Chief Three Weeks After Cravath Poached Its Corporate Chair: Peter Feist is coming home.

99 Problems, And This Lawsuit Is One: Jay-Z’s accuser now says she never met him. Tony Buzbee may have some explaining to do.

Lawyers Are Increasingly Folding AI Into Routine Processes: What exactly does that mean?

His Supreme Court Confirmation Was So Bitter It Invented The Modern Hearing

is four-month confirmation fight changed how the Senate vets justices, permanently.

AI Will Expose How Little Legal Judgment Companies Have Made Explicit

Humans have been quietly compensating for this gap for years. AI will make it visible.

Checking Trump’s Predictions

His success rate is remarkable.

This Former Federal Judge Went From Three Emails A Day To A Flooded Biglaw Inbox

Welcome back to private practice, Your Honor.

Cravath And Weil Are Just Trading Partners At This Point

Cravath took six Weil partners this month, well, they just got one back.

Thinking Of Mailing It In Because You Fear AI? Keep Dancing

AI and technology are just another challenge we as a profession must step up to. It’s a challenge we can’t walk away from.

Jay-Z Accuser Recants Her Claims, And Now The Lawyers Are Fighting Over Which Story To Believe

Her former attorneys say her stunning declaration is 'bought-and-paid-for.'