by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
Attorneys can do a lot with new generative AI tools beyond earn sanctions for faking citations. But despite the AI industry’s curiously apocalyptic advertising claims — like Anthropic’s World Cup ad that sort of implied AI would kill us all? — the fact of the matter...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
The Trump administration is staffed almost exclusively by guys who saw Full Metal Jacket and decided to root for the drill sergeant. Obviously, that describes Pete Hegseth, whose whole persona is “Gunnery Sergeant Hartman attitude and Private Pyle physique,” but it...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
Judge VanDyke Has Taken To Asking The Supreme Court For Favors: Of the benchslap variety. Full Metal Briefing: Todd Blanche feared DOJ would get “skullfucked” by the courts. The Tortured Logic Of John Yoo: Yoo tells Fox News that the DOJ should probe Zohran Mamdani...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
Linklaters has spent years talking about its international growth strategy. This year, the numbers suggest it’s paying off. The Magic Circle firm reported revenue of £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) for fiscal 2026, a 6.8% increase over the previous year. Pre-tax profit...
by RG | Jul 21, 2026 | above the law
It’s 11 p.m. Sunday night. You are a young lawyer trying your first case that starts tomorrow. You have prepared and carefully thought through how to present your case. Then it hits you. You have to get a complex set of documents introduced into evidence. Your case...
