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What The 2026 FIFA World Cup Taught Us About Global Events
When I wrote several pieces about the 2026 FIFA World Cup before the tournament began, my point was simple: the biggest sporting event on the planet was also going to be one of the most complicated legal undertakings ever attempted. Now that the final whistle has...
Ep. 67 – Giving with Intention and Impact: Aligning Philanthropy with Values and Legacy
In this episode of Future Focused: Sophisticated Estate Planning, host Michael Clear welcomes Joshua Chadajo, Founder of JEC Philanthropy, for an insightful discussion on how intentional philanthropy can help donors align their charitable giving with their core values...
Digital Assets and Blockchain
OverviewEstate planning has always adapted to new forms of wealth. Historically, planners have focused primarily on real estate, securities, and closely held businesses. Today, an increasing number of clients own digital assets ranging from cryptocurrency to tokenized...
3 Contract Intelligence Use Cases Every Legal Team Should Know
Legal teams everywhere are facing the same issues: contracts stored in too many places, limited visibility into risk, slow review cycles, and critical business terms that are buried or out of sync. These aren’t niche problems. They are systemic. And they are holding...
AALL 2026: An Aloha Keynote For Lasting Impact, Not Glitz
The 119th annual AALL conference kicked off Sunday with a different kind of keynote, offering a remarkable view of things like power and influence within the profession. An Aloha view. Perhaps the fact that the conference has been around for 119 years had something to...
Biglaw May Want To Break Up With The Billable Hour Thanks To AI
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We all need to collectively move on in our thinking to get alternative fee arrangements working in the right way. — Sunny Mann, global chair of Baker McKenzie, in comments given during a recent appearance...
Lawyer charged with allegedly bringing drug-soaked legal paperwork into jail
{mag_summary}A Georgia attorney is at the center of a criminal investigation that involved allegedly smuggling legal documents laced with a dangerous synthetic drug into the…
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether airplane was improperly seized for transporting a six-pack of beer
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added a new case to its oral argument docket for the 2026-27 term. As part of a regularly scheduled summer order list, the justices agreed to review Jouppi v. Alaska, an Alaskan bush pilot’s challenge to the forfeiture of his...
Pentagon identifies 2 of the US soldiers killed in Iranian strike on Jordan base
The Department of Defense identified two of the three U.S. troops killed last week in an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan. The two active duty soldiers were killed when Iranian drones and missiles targeted the base on Friday, July 17. The attack on Muwaffaq Salti...