by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
On Friday, a federal judge ordered MAGA weirdo Patrick Byrne to pay Hunter Biden $1.7 million in punitive damages, ending a deranged carnival of chaotic lawyering that lasted almost three years. The defamatory statement was relatively tame, at least when compared to...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
In 2022, Larry David broke a decades-long refusal to do ads and starred in an FTX Super Bowl spot as a time-traveling grouch who sneers at every advance in human history — the wheel, the fork, the toilet, democracy — before landing on a pitch for Sam Bankman-Fried’s...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Prospective law students, current law students, and law school alumni have seen the historic 2026 edition of the U.S. News Law School Rankings, and they’re wondering what could possibly happen next. As a quick recap, Yale was kicked out of the top spot for the first...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! Law...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing was already shaping up to be a genuine fight. Now that there’s a Lindsey Graham-sized hole on the Judiciary Committee, well, that math’s gotten tighter. Lindsey Graham died Saturday, removing from the...
