by RG | Sep 7, 2026 | above the law
Can’t Blame AI For This Email Disaster: The NCAA handed its Rhode Island case over to Foley & Lardner after its Holland & Knight lawyers were caught suggesting the judge was “dumb” and referring to the plaintiff as “poop man.” It came out because they cc’d...
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William Pryor seems like a good supervisor to have! Whether you’re a Democratic-appointed judge using your chambers to have sex with a police official whose department routinely shows up in your courthouse or a Republican-appointed judge...
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
Turns Out ‘I Forgot’ Isn’t A Great Discovery Strategy: Just ask Skadden and Kirkland. She Don’t Lie/She Don’t Lie/Cocaine: Missouri legislative candidate arrested for trying to plant cocaine on primary opponent. The Most Forgiving Judge In The World: Chief Judge...
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Long after leaving the White House, by then a sitting congressman, which former president returned to the Supreme Court, not as a party or a spectator but as a lawyer arguing a case, which he’d taken...
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
Two of the most prestigious and most expensive Biglaw firms just got caught doing the kind of thing they tell you not to in professional responsibility class. Earlier this week, Judge Marc T. Treadwell of the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia...
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Supreme Court refuses to put proof-of-citizenship amendment on Michigan...
