by RG | Oct 5, 2026 | above the law
Last August, the FBI reinstated agent Stephen Friend, who left the bureau in 2023, and awarded him a lump sum settlement of $61,430, plus “hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay.” In December, FBI Director Kash Patel personally fired him for “unprofessional...
by RG | Oct 5, 2026 | above the law
The post DoD Demo Contract Takes A Step Closer To Beaming Solar Power From Space appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — Virginia-based startup Overview Energy has been contracted by the Pentagon’s Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) to...
by RG | Oct 5, 2026 | above the law
* Justice Alito went public with vague plan to retire in the near future, which is surely genuine and not at all an instance of a deeply cynical actor making a last ditch bid to rally Republican midterm hopes. [Law360] * Supreme Court opens its new Term. Here’s a...
by RG | Oct 4, 2026 | above the law
Three Time Losers: The Supreme Court shut down the third attempt to impose Missouri’s gerrymandered map for this election in direct violation of applicable law. Along the way, the Court directed significant shade toward the Eighth Circuit, noting that the panel’s...
by RG | Oct 2, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What attorney was crowned “the King of Torts” by Life magazine in 1954, this flamboyant San Francisco trial lawyer transformed personal-injury law by wheeling scale models, films, and even a client’s...
by RG | Oct 2, 2026 | above the law
And You Get $180K! And You Get $180K! Another litigation powerhouse is offering market-leading clerkship bonuses. So What Is White & Case Planning, Exactly? The firm’s new job posting is telling a tale. Schrödinger’s U.S. Attorney: The Trump administration and the...
