Lawyer Ethics

Legal AI Ethics: Competence, Detection, and the New Compliance Expectation

Legal AI Ethics: Competence, Detection, and the New Compliance Expectation

Read how a California ruling reshapes legal AI ethics, signaling that lawyers who overlook AI-driven citation fraud risk financial loss and adverse judicial scrutiny.

AI Reliability and Professional Standards: Lessons from Federal Court Missteps

AI Reliability and Professional Standards: Lessons from Federal Court Missteps

Recent court rulings withdrawn due to AI errors underscore the urgent need for law firms to prioritize AI reliability and professional verification.

Texas Ethics Opinion Clarifies Law Firm Management Service Organizations

Texas Ethics Opinion Clarifies Law Firm Management Service Organizations

Texas Opinion 706 provides guidance on law firm management service organizations (MSOs), marking a key step in clarifying their role in law practice management.

Whistleblower Allegations Put Law Firms Under Scrutiny

Whistleblower Allegations Put Law Firms Under Scrutiny

Read how whistleblower claims against top law firms raise questions about disclosure obligations in high-stakes M&A deals.

Managing the Risk of AI Hallucinations in Legal Practice

Managing the Risk of AI Hallucinations in Legal Practice

Law firms must confront the growing threat of AI hallucinations in court filings with better training and safeguards, not by banning AI outright.

How Big Law Firms Are Handling Trump’s $940M Legal Service Pledges

How Big Law Firms Are Handling $940M in Legal Service Pledges to President Trump

Read how Big Law’s vague legal service pledges to Trump allowed firms to maintain business as usual, minimizing risk while navigating ethics, optics, and political pressure.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Executive Order Targeting WilmerHale

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Executive Order Targeting WilmerHale

Read how a federal judge struck down Trump’s executive order targeting WilmerHale, calling it unconstitutional retaliation against protected legal advocacy.

How Should Biglaw and the Bar Respond to Executive Overreach

How Should Big Law and the Bar Respond to Executive Overreach

Read how law firms face a defining test as executive overreach challenges the profession’s independence. Will they resist or risk compromising the rule of law?

Authenticity In The Modern Law Firm

Hon. Patricia Brown Holmes (Ret.) Talks Mentoring, DEI, and Authenticity in the Modern Law Firm

Read this exclusive Today’s Managing Partner interview in which Hon. Patricia Brown Holmes (Ret.) discusses mentoring talent, DEI, and the importance of authenticity in the modern law firm.

Implications for Law Firms with DOJ's Rule 11 Initiative

Implications for Law Firms with DOJ’s Rule 11 Initiative

Read how the Department of Justice’s Rule 11 initiative targets law firms over alleged frivolous litigation, raising risks for firms challenging the government.

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