by RG | Aug 21, 2026 | above the law
While The Rest Of Biglaw Waits On Cravath, McKool Smith Just Matched Milbank: The Texas trial powerhouse is raising associate salaries $10K to $20K — effective January 1. The ‘Kool’ kids always come through eventually. Crim Law Lessons Start Early: Penn State frat...
by RG | Aug 21, 2026 | above the law
While The Rest Of Biglaw Waits On Cravath, McKool Smith Just Matched Milbank: The Texas trial powerhouse is raising associate salaries $10K to $20K — effective January 1. The ‘Kool’ kids always come through eventually. Crim Law Lessons Start Early: Penn State frat...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Judge Roy Altman of the Southern District of Florida maintains a side gig using his chambers to hop on podcasts with anti-Islam groups to refer to a keffiyeh as a “terror scarf,” and peddle conspiracy theories about Muslims taking over the media. Now there’s a...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. With that in mind, an attorney in India sought and secured an adjournment following a surprise bar association loss. Shock due to losing bar election is a novel ground for adjournment. We learn something new every day....
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Private Equity’s Law Firm Takeover Isn’t Here, But It Just Got A Lot Closer: The reported $700 million Charlesbank deal for Wood Smith Henning & Berman gives PE a toehold in the industry. Todd Blanche’s Potential Successor Has A Slush Fund Problem Too: The Senate...
by RG | Aug 20, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. He really enjoyed driving, so the restrictions today’s justices are subject to would have frustrated him. — Christopher Scalia, one of the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s nine children, in comments given to the...
