by RG | Apr 16, 2026 | above the law
Let’s talk about the Eric Swalwell situation, because it is, as they say in the legal profession, a whole thing. For the unfamiliar: Swalwell — a California congressman, former presidential candidate, fellow attorney, and cable news fixture who made a cottage industry...
by RG | Apr 16, 2026 | above the law
It is, officially, not a crime to wear an inflatable penis costume to a protest in Alabama. We should not have needed a trial for this, and yet here we are. As Techdirt explained last week, Renea Gamble — a 62-year-old grandmother — was arrested last October at a “No...
by RG | Apr 16, 2026 | Law.com
A new report by legal analytics platform Lex Machina has found that class actions nationwide surged to a 10-year high in 2025 “after nearly a decade of stability,” driven by a dramatic spike in consumer protection claims—particularly those involving data...
by RG | Apr 16, 2026 | above the law
Once upon a time, asking how many schools were in the T14 landed the same as asking for the number to 911. But once strict textualism died and U.S. News ranked 17 schools in the top 14, it became harder to not ask yourself if utility or inertia was the thing keeping...
by RG | Apr 16, 2026 | above the law
Make a move that looks like a win on paper, and you may quietly lose ground where it matters most. Lawyers do this all the time. They take the call from a recruiter, hear a bigger number, see a better title, and convince themselves it is progress. Sometimes it is....
