by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Forty years of billing hours prepares an attorney for a lot of things. Monday morning with nowhere to be isn’t one of them. The accounts look good. The projections hold up. By every measure that’s visible, retirement should feel within reach. And yet the office is...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Many law firms try to get invoices out to clients as soon as possible since they believe that the sooner a client gets an invoice, the sooner the client will remit payment. Indeed, many law firms have deadlines for attorneys to submit time entries so that...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Spirit Airlines was the poster child for customer frustration — an airline that charged passengers for everything except oxygen. Social media and mainstream outlets were filled with jokes and cringeworthy videos about the airline,...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined nearly 800 runners in the annual Capital Challenge three-mile road race in Washington on Wednesday, placing sixth among federal judges and 277th overall. Top judicial honors went to U.S. Tax Court Judge Jeffrey Arbeit...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Troy McKenzie, dean of NYU School of Law since 2022, announced yesterday that he’ll step down in 2027. In a letter to the NYU Law community, McKenzie explained that “[t]he classroom has always been my first love, and it is where I will return.” Though not before...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Mere days after the United States Supreme Court declared that the Voting Rights Act cannot be invoked to bar racially discriminatory gerrymandering as long as state legislators make a halfway plausible claim that the new districts were drawn for purely political...
