by RG | Jan 8, 2026 | above the law
FIFA has managed to turn World Cup ticketing into an international spectacle before a single match has even started. In September, the organization said that tickets would begin at around €51 for group-stage games and top out near €5,727 for the final. That was before...
by RG | Jan 8, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [McGlinchey Stafford is a] well-respected firm who hired really good people. [Following the wind-down announcement, they’re] scrambling for jobs. The employees, they still don’t know anything, they don’t even...
by RG | Jan 8, 2026 | above the law
Before 2025, fake U.S. attorneys weren’t a thing. But in his second term in office, Donald Trump has been attempting to circumvent Senate confirmation along with the requirements of 28 USC § 546 for lackeys in various U.S. Attorneys roles and now it’s a full-blown...
by RG | Jan 8, 2026 | above the law
Biglaw firms are ranked in a multitude of ways, from gross revenue to size to quality of life and even prestige. But what about what may actually matter most, the number of people who are searching for these Biglaw firms on Google? Those searching could be associates...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
The Thomson Reuters Institute and Georgetown Law’s Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession released their annual State of the U.S. Legal Market report today, and the good news is that law firms are absolutely crushing it. Profits are up. Rates are up. Demand surged...
by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | above the law
This morning, ICE agents shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. The agents, part of a Minnesota surge designed by the administration to harass the local Somali immigrant population and, by extension, keep media focus on a day care scandal that conservatives recently...
