Formal requests for proposals for in-house legal work are surging in popularity, but their effectiveness still comes down to whether legal teams are using them strategically — or just filling out spreadsheets.
- January 01, 2026Trudy Knockless
The opinion in the case that upheld New York's algorithmic pricing disclosure law offers a thorough analysis of the issues surrounding regulation of this kind of technology, and it is worth a closer look as the battle is likely to continue in New York and across the country.
January 01, 2026Stephen M. KramarskyFlorida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal revived a defamation lawsuit of a Palm Beach County woman after finding the trial judge had improperly dismissed her case, which accuses a Peacock TV docuseries of falsely depicting her as the “madam” of a prostitution ring, among other crimes.
January 01, 2026Annie MayneLitigation funding, has become a sophisticated big business. These funders expect substantial return for funding litigation costs up front and taking on the risk of low or no recovery. But how should such agreements be structured?
January 01, 2026Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr.Commercial insurance policyholders require nuanced approaches to protect their assets both before and after suffering a loss due to catastrophic weather. With loss severity and increased frequency of catastrophic events being a stark reality, businesses must take a closer look at all the ways they can safeguard their rights.
January 01, 2026Anthony B. Crawford and Arnold MascaliThe Walt Disney Co.’s newly announced, three-year licensing agreement with OpenAI to bring more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars to Sora marks a pivotal moment at the intersection of intellectual property and generative AI. For rights holders, platforms, and brands, the deal illustrates an emerging blueprint for commercializing iconic IP in AI-native formats while attempting to manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.
January 01, 2026Reber “Mitch” Boult and Joshua RojasForward-looking firms have added a powerful tool to their strategic planning: the go-to-market (GTM) plan. For law firms, a GTM plan helps align lawyers, marketing and business development professionals, and firm leaders around clear objectives, research-informed opportunities and measurable outcomes.
January 01, 2026Meg PritchardAfter decades of relatively muted activity, the legal industry has witnessed three major law firm mergers in the space of a single month. So what is going on?
January 01, 2026Paul HodkinsonA New York City court ruled that landlords don’t have a process under the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to serve certain commercial tenants with the 14-day rent demands needed to begin repossessing a property.
January 01, 2026Alyssa AquinoMobile discovery has reached an inflection point. Courts spent 2024 handing out sanctions for two opposite failures: failing to preserve mobile data and collecting far too much of it. Litigants now face a genuine discovery double bind, including being punished for being careless and being punished again for being overly aggressive. That push-pull (collect more vs. collect less) is shaping the 2025 e-discovery landscape more than any technical development or new tool.
January 01, 2026Michael D’Angelo











