by RG | May 22, 2026 | Law.com
This is the first time the State Bar of California has approved a new legal specialization in more than 20 years, making California only the second state, joining North Carolina, to have a certificate in privacy law. This is the first time the State Bar of...
by RG | May 22, 2026 | above the law
In the world of Biglaw, the only thing more exciting than associate bonuses is partner bonuses. As luck would have it, one top 50 Am Law firm just got the memo. According to a new report from the American Lawyer, Debevoise & Plimpton has created a new bonus pool...
by RG | May 22, 2026 | above the law
The slow bleed of litigation talent at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is not slowing down. Two more litigation partners are departing the firm, adding to a string of high-profile exits that has fundamentally reshaped what was once one of Biglaw’s most...
by RG | May 22, 2026 | above the law
Many judges and lawyers have a cadence by which courtroom activities happen in the morning, then court activities stop so that judges and lawyers can have a lunch break and finish their paperwork in the afternoon. Sometimes judges hold sessions in the afternoon, but...
by RG | May 22, 2026 | above the law
Kash Patel took a break from polygraphing everyone in his field of vision to find out who keeps telling journalists about his drinking to triumphantly announce that the Justice Department secured an indictment of a former DOJ lawyer for “allegedly emailed the...
