by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
If you listened to deal teams in 2025, you’d hear a familiar refrain: contracts are slowing everything down. Too much governance. Too many controls. Too much legal caution layered onto deals that just need to close. That story feels right. It’s also wrong. What...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Olympic gold medalist Alysia Liu’s father, attorney Arthur Liu, is getting a lot of attention in the wake of his daughter’s athletic success. What law school, now known by another name, did he attend?...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
“I’ll Never Forget This” To “An Embarrassment” In A Year’s Time: Trump shamed the hell out of Republican justices that didn’t see it his way. Aileen Cannon Knows Better Than To Go Against Trump: Nothing say “checks and balances” like protecting the president! Law...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | Law.com
Another FOIA lawsuit seeking information on records of the Trump administration’s deals with nine law firms was filed last week. And two other FOIA lawsuits filed last year requesting similar records are proceeding in court. Another FOIA lawsuit seeking...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | Law.com
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the immediate firing of James Hundley as interim U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia after the district’s federal judges unanimously appointed Hundley under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d) to an office previously...