by RG | Sep 20, 2026 | above the law
Weil See You Later!: Weil, Gotshal & Manges lost rainmaker Michael Aiello, another big departure for them. But… partners spent the week explaining how they’re actually not all that sad to see him go… meanwhile, Cravath seems excited to get an injection of his...
by RG | Sep 18, 2026 | above the law
LSU nearly got themselves kicked out of the SEC in a legal standoff over signing former NFL players to the roster. The SEC’s argument rested, in part, on the claim that LSU had no institutional control over its big money athletic coaches. And now we hear that LSU...
by RG | Sep 18, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We spend as a nation five cents on civics education and $50 on STEM education per student. That difference is dramatic, and the lack of quality in our teaching of civics education has been proven by every...
by RG | Sep 18, 2026 | above the law
Young lawyers are apparently a disaster. They have to be coddled. They can’t think. They are lazy and don’t want to work. They need constant feedback. We’ve all heard it: if they’re left alone for more than 20 minutes, they will wander into traffic while staring at...
by RG | Sep 18, 2026 | above the law
Everyone in Missouri understands that this game of election map tractor chicken is over. The Supreme Court has told elected officials twice to quit screwing around and run the midterms with the old maps. But the Eighth Circuit is still trying to copulate with that...
