by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | Law.com
At a Wednesday hearing, Uber attorney Michael Huston, of Perkins Coie, told U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett at a downtown Los Angeles hearing that the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which protects lawyers under the First Amendment from being sued because they...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Four years ago today, the Supreme Court upended 50 years of established legal precedent and overturned the Constitutional protections for abortion care, however, they didn’t end the practice. Indeed,...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
FBI Arrests Eric Adams’s Former Chief Of Staff: Frank Carone arrested on federal bribery charges. Computer For Counsel?: Perplexity has a fix for the administrative grunt work you didn’t go to law school to do. Winston Taylor: New (merged) firm, fewer Texas partners....
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
On June 18, 2026, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that comedian Carlos Mencia (aka Ned Arnel Holness) has been charged with 12 counts of failing to file tax returns between 2019 and 2024. Last Thursday morning, Mencia was arrested at his...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to ex-Mayor Eric Adams and one of the most connected lawyers in Brooklyn Democratic politics, was arrested this morning by the FBI on federal bribery charges. He was taken into custody at his Manhattan home, and he and the other...
