by RG | Oct 29, 2026 | above the law
What happens when a Biglaw firm suddenly goes out of business? The partners find new firms, the associates update their résumés, and Spirit Halloween apparently starts measuring for signage. With Weil planning to wind down after nearly a century, it seems the seasonal...
by RG | Oct 29, 2026 | legal matters
BIRMINGHAM, AL—Attorney J. Leland Murphree has joined Thompson Burton, PLLC, as a partner in the firm’s Creditor’s Rights and Bankruptcy practice group, announced Walt Burton, Managing Partner. Based in Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama, Murphree represents debtors,...
by RG | Oct 29, 2026 | above the law
Remember the experimental section? The unscored chunk of the LSAT that every prep book told you to take seriously, and that every test taker spent the whole exam trying to spot anyway? Starting in August 2027, it’s going away. Well, sort of. The Law School Admission...
by RG | Oct 29, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I said, ‘I have an answer to not being able to get it past the Democrats or the Republicans together.’ I would pick Ted Cruz to be the next Supreme Court justice, and I wouldn’t have to worry about it. I...
by RG | Oct 29, 2026 | Law.com
Lead counsel for a class of Zillow investors said the deal—reached in a case over its failed home-flipping business—could be the largest single securities settlement ever reached in the Seattle-based federal court. Lead counsel for a class of Zillow investors...
