by RG | Jan 20, 2026 | above the law
Reagan-appointed, 84-year-old U.S. District Judge William Young has had just about enough of the Trump administration’s First Amendment nonsense and let that displeasure be known with some rhetorical violence. According to reporting from the Washington Post, last week...
by RG | Jan 20, 2026 | above the law
Last week, I presented Part I of my written interview with a former patent litigator turned legal recruiter, Khurram Naik. That column presented his answer to the first of my three questions and focused on the factors that lead to the evergreen demand for elite patent...
by RG | Jan 20, 2026 | above the law
It’s been an eventful year for Willkie Farr & Gallagher. The firm bent the knee to Donald Trump, pledging $100 million in pro bono payola to avoid having to stand up to the administration’s attack on Biglaw. That decision didn’t sit well with the firm’s own...
by RG | Jan 20, 2026 | above the law
When it comes to picking a law school dean the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville had one question that carried a lot of weight in the hiring process: What is your stance on high school student athletes taking hormonal puberty treatment? Not because the law school...
by RG | Jan 20, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Listen up, lawyers, because this could be a business lead for you. If you’re an ICE agent and you violate someone’s constitutional rights, I want to make sure that every New Yorker [has] a private right of...
