by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
After a blockbuster year for law firm combinations in 2025, the merger chatter in Biglaw isn’t slowing down anytime soon. If anything, more firm leaders are saying the quiet part out loud: they’re open to deals, or at least open to talking about them. In interviews...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
“Eagle” Ed Martin has done a lot of crazy stuff in his career, but fighting a bar complaint by demanding to speak to the judges of the DC Circuit mano a mano may be the craziest! This is a guy who refused to comply with the state’s Sunshine laws and cost Missouri...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
I’ll be the first to say that rap lyrics should not be heavily relied on as evidence in criminal matters. The art form is prone to grandiose fibbing, the exact sort of thing you’d want to keep out of courtrooms in matters of life, death, and beyond a reasonable doubt...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I never signed off on that. — President Donald Trump, in comments reportedly given in the Oval Office during an “angry outburst,”concerning the Justice Department withdrawing from its defense of his executive...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
Assistant US attorney Rudy Renfer recently came under fire for a series of blunders. Not only did he manage to file a response that was replete with AI-generated quotes and faulty case holdings, a judge held that he made false or misleading statements about how they...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
A jury delivered a verdict that brings a nearly decade‑long pattern of abuse into stark relief and sets the stage for what could be multiple life sentences for a once‑trusted legal professional. On March 2, 2026, jurors convicted Jonathan Dean Bishop, 51, a former...
