by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
Brad Karp is back in law school. The former Paul, Weiss chair, you’ll recall, became notorious in the world of Biglaw when, under Karp’s leadership, the firm became the first to cut a deal with the Trump administration, agreeing to eliminate DEI programs and pledge...
by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
One of the odder threads in the ABA being attacked as part of political theatre saga has been the antitrust accusations. It makes sense that there would be pushback for stances like “the rule of law is good and worth defending” at a time when the collective shrugs off...
by RG | May 4, 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. Hello First Monday! What...
by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche had quite the Meet the Press appearance over the weekend. In between giving James Comey’s legal team a lot to look at, the Acting Attorney General of the United States offered a defense of voter ID laws, which, um, maybe didn’t go as well as he planned....
by RG | May 4, 2026 | above the law
It is May the 4th, which means that every social media intern is straining to make a half-relevant Star Wars reference. Sadly, the Department of Justice has joined this trend, with an entry that encapsulates the once-venerable institution’s precipitous fall from grace...
