by RG | Jan 22, 2026 | Law.com
LeClairRyan’s failed experiment with UnitedLex was a “lifetime” ago, according to one observer. Since then, existential changes to the legal industry have created an environment where firms are ready to take chances. LeClairRyan’s failed...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | Law.com
In a Tuesday report, retired U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, acting as special master, recommended most of the 39 experts should be allowed in the talc multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson. In a Tuesday report, retired U.S. District Judge...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | Law.com
Lindsey Halligan’s expired service as interim U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia raises questions over whether the U.S. Department of Justice has a live case or controversy to continue its pending appeal seeking to revive criminal charges against...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | above the law
Lindsey Halligan has finally done the one thing the Department of Justice steadfastly refused to do for months: acknowledge reality. Following an extended farce of legally illiterate cosplay as the “United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,”...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | above the law
Legal training has long followed a guild system: law schools teach doctrine, then new lawyers learn to practice by working alongside experienced attorneys. This apprenticeship model may have worked well decades ago, but it’s increasingly problematic today. And it...
