Gleb Alikhver

Co-Founder, CTRL Lab

J.D. Candidate at UGA School of Law. Co-Founder, CTRL Lab. Writes on AI litigation, IP, government-tech relations, and legal billing.

Education

J.D. Candidate, University of Georgia School of Law

Role

Co-Founder, CTRL LabEditorial: IP, AI, Tech

Location

Athens, GAUnited States

Contact

gleb@ctrl-lab.orgLinkedIn →

Recent Analysis

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.

Read37 minDateApr 30, 2026

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.

Read15 minDateApr 23, 2026

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.

Read17 minDateApr 16, 2026

The billable hour is not the unit of legal work. It is the unit of legal accounting.
Gleb Alikhver