by RG | May 21, 2026 | above the law
The lateral partner market in New York hit a three-year high last quarter according to figures released this month by legal recruiting agency Macrae. A total of 186 partners moved among the Am Law 100 firms and the top 50 UK firms over the first three months of the...
by RG | May 20, 2026 | above the law
“A Culture Of Lawyering That Is Deeply Disturbing”: Quinn Emanuel gets sanctioned over repeatedly spreading misleading statements. Looksmaxxing, Mogging And Banging Gavels: Clavicular’s judge humbled the alligator corpse desecrator in more ways than one. Capitol...
by RG | May 20, 2026 | above the law
For nations, debt spending is not necessarily a bad thing. Whether it is wise or foolhardy for a country to borrow money really depends on what it is being spent on. For example, the last time America’s national debt exceeded America’s gross domestic product was...
by RG | May 20, 2026 | above the law
Foundation, Litera’s knowledge management platform, doesn’t just have customers — it has superfans. These are law firms that continually find new, creative ways to use the platform to boost efficiency and foster cross-departmental collaboration. So passionate is this...
by RG | May 20, 2026 | above the law
There are a lot of problems with Trump’s new $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” from the purely performative total, completely unmoored from any legal justification, to the fact that the DOJ refuses to rule out writing checks to a convicted child molester who...
by RG | May 20, 2026 | above the law
We keep learning more from Biglaw’s insider trading scandal, with the identity of the Wachtell co-conspirator revealed. How did this scheme succeed for so long? The Department of Justice continued its battle to allow Trump to unilaterally rip up national monuments...
