by RG | May 5, 2025 | above the law
* Donald Trump goes back to a familiar well for the first judicial nomination of his second term. [Bloomberg Law] * Trade wars are big business for Biglaw. [Reuters] * Turns out the federal judiciary is not a big fan of the slipshod work coming out of the Department...
by RG | May 5, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy First Monday! On the...
by RG | May 4, 2025 | above the law
Perkins Coie Gets A Permanent Injunction Against Trump’s Executive Order: Judge Beryl Howell goes all Shakespearean in slapping back Trump’s Executive Order. Microsoft Gets New Outside Counsel: Swapping Simpson Thacher (a firm that capitulated to Trump) for Jenner...
by RG | May 3, 2025 | above the law
(Image via Getty)Yesterday, Donald Trump signed an executive proclamation in commemoration of Law Day. Though, in ominous fashion, Trump’s statement leaned into the event as “Loyalty Day,” invoking the event’s 1950s Red Scare origins even though the actual holiday set...
by RG | May 3, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity. The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our...
by RG | May 2, 2025 | above the law
From the moment that Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO 14230) targeting Perkins Coie — one of the first Biglaw firms to be on the receiving end of this type of retaliation but far from the last — legal commentators were pointing out all the ways the EO failed...
