by RG | May 7, 2026 | above the law
If there’s one thing that Chief Justice John Roberts loves more than stripping Black people of meaningful voting rights, it’s playing the disappointed dad act with the public. Over the last several years, Roberts has fed the media manicured sound bites as a reluctant...
by RG | May 7, 2026 | above the law
A&O Shearman, a firm that completed a major merger just a few short years ago to become one of the largest firms in the world, is continuing its push to streamline operations, and in this case, that means staff members will be losing their jobs. According to a...
by RG | May 7, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Katie Wiley back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. The billable...
by RG | May 7, 2026 | above the law
Well. This is not great for the legal profession. The DOJ announced an indictment yesterday against 30 corporate attorneys and financial professionals in connection with a sweeping insider trading scheme that prosecutors say targeted some of the country’s most...
by RG | May 7, 2026 | above the law
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is a totally relatable guy. He went to Yale and then made hundreds of millions of dollars running hedge funds. Just another working class stiff trying to get through the week, am I right? While speaking to The...
by RG | May 7, 2026 | above the law
If you were planning to get to the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Spirit Airlines, your travel plans didn’t just hit turbulence. They vanished. The airline’s abrupt shutdown on May 2 has stranded millions of passengers and, more importantly, collapsed a piece of the travel...
