by RG | Aug 17, 2026 | above the law
Paramount+ has handed out a straight-to-series order for Discretion, an eight-episode legal thriller from A24 with Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning starring and executive producing. Kidman plays Sharon, the commanding senior partner. Fanning plays Lenny, the summer...
by RG | Aug 17, 2026 | above the law
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by RG | Aug 17, 2026 | above the law
* Trump’s legal team at S&C just keeps shrinking. [Politico] * Armed men claiming to be ICE agents try to bust into immigration law firm. [Sacramento Bee] * Already facing ethical questions, the Chicago US Attorney’s Office now revealed to have been running...
by RG | Aug 16, 2026 | above the law
A court employee in Connecticut noticed an unusual stretch of white space in a filing. Upon closer inspection, the “nothing” turned out to be 3-point, white-on-white text. It would be invisible to any human casually reading reading the page, but perfectly legible to...
by RG | Aug 16, 2026 | above the law
Luigi Mangione walked into a Manhattan federal courtroom earlier today to plead guilty to interstate stalking charges. In the process, he admitted that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, stating “on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in...
by RG | Aug 16, 2026 | above the law
Yale Law Cool Kids’ Chat: JD and Usha Vance’s law school classmates have kept a private Signal chat running for years to gossip about the couple’s improbable turn from Yale liberals to MAGA royalty. Mangione Tries For Double Jeopardy Where The Scores Can Really...
