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Issue No. 14Vol. IFriday, May 9, 2026
BILLABLE HOUR · AI-NATIVE FIRMS · OUTSIDE COUNSEL GUIDELINES

$145 billion and $750 million: the two numbers that define BigLaw's 24-month window

The billable hour was always six services bundled under one rate. AI has made the components observable, the AI-native firms have proven the unbundled future works, and BigLaw has twenty-four months to reprice from strength.

ByGleb AlikhverRead37 minFiledApril 30, 2026TopicAI
Courts are writing AI law faster than legislatures.
Editorial premise · 117 cases vs. 40 regulations across 16 jurisdictions · atlas.ctrl-lab.org →
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ESI · WORK PRODUCT DOCTRINE · STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Detecting and discovering opposing party AI use in litigation

Courts are evaluating AI chat logs as ordinary ESI. Here is how to build discovery requests that survive proportionality objections and avoid the Stored Communications Act trap.

ByGleb AlikhverRead15 minDateApr 23
TRADE SECRET DOCTRINE · COPYRIGHT · npm REGISTRY DISCLOSURE

Claude Code's source just leaked. Here is what Anthropic can and cannot do.

The accidental npm publication destroyed Anthropic's trade secret position on the broadly disseminated elements. Copyright survived intact. The asymmetry between those outcomes is forty years of case law.

ByGleb AlikhverRead17 minDateApr 16
By the Numbers · CT/RL Atlas

What the dataset behind the publication looks like, today.

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