by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche has been Attorney General for two weeks and already the DOJ’s next confirmation battle is taking shape… and it has a very familiar problem at its center. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter is reportedly the frontrunner for Blanche’s old job,...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Start With the Question That Matters Most Many lawyers tell me they want to write a book. Fewer actually write one. Fewer still stop before they begin and ask the question that probably matters most: Why do I want to do this? If the answer is money, I would...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
The post Law Practice Management Company Smokeball Unveils New Global Brand Built Around ‘Powering People-Law’ appeared first on Above the Law.Did you know that the law practice management company Smokeball is named for a famous court case — Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche and Donald Trump (Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)Would it make sense for law schools to teach the basics of neuroscience? Why not? Or a required course for lawyers to satisfy the CLE competency requirement? Since much of what lawyers do in...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! A U.S. Senator from Nebraska took to the airwaves in 1970 to defend which Supreme Court nominee that critics had branded intellectually undistinguished? The strategy, such as it was, was to concede the...
