by RG | Aug 21, 2025 | above the law
‘This is such surprising news,’ said nobody.Ever since the Surrendergate Nine capitulated to the Trump administration, pledging nearly a billion dollars worth of free legal work, the firms have bent over backward to shrug it off as no big deal. As the months dragged...
by RG | Aug 21, 2025 | above the law
A few years ago, a programmer went viral — in was 2020, so maybe not the best phrasing — after seeing a job listing requiring “4+ years of experience in FastAPI.” Quite the feat, he noted, since he was the guy who invented FastAPI only 1.5 years earlier. The modern...
by RG | Aug 21, 2025 | above the law
Alina Habba’s tenure as the not-really-U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey reached another predictable milestone today as Judge Matthew Brann disqualified Habba from a criminal prosecution on the grounds that she doesn’t actually have the job in any legal...
by RG | Aug 21, 2025 | above the law
Last week, Rhode Island Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan was arrested and charged with trespassing after an alcohol-fueled incident in front of a restaurant. And that would be bad enough, but the arresting officer’s body cam footage was released...
by RG | Aug 21, 2025 | above the law
Which Biglaw attorneys are most beloved by general counsel for their superior client service? Thanks to a brand new ranking, we’re about to find out. The BTI Consulting Group set out to find which lawyers handled in-house client service with ease, adding them to...
by RG | Aug 21, 2025 | above the law
Judges have gone viral for a litany of reasons: yelling at an elderly man for neglecting his weeds, enslaving children over made-up laws, you get the picture. But far fewer have gone viral for reminding us that authority and care can go hand in hand. Frank Caprio was...
