by RG | Apr 11, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)Earlier today, we reported that additional Biglaw firms were in talks with the Trump administration to avoid becoming victims of his far-reaching and likely unconstitutional executive orders. We now know that Kirkland &...
by RG | Apr 11, 2025 | above the law
During Trump 1.0, his captured FCC took at absolute hatchet to what was left of media ownership limits. Those limits, built on the back of decades of bipartisan collaboration, prohibited local broadcasters and media from growing too large, trampling smaller (and more...
by RG | Apr 11, 2025 | above the law
Earlier today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent around an internal email providing guidance on how agency employees should (or should not) interact with certain Biglaw firms — Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, and Jenner & Block — given that they’re targets...
by RG | Apr 11, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s 2025 Best Law Firms ranking, which Biglaw firm scored best for selectivity? Hint: The firm moved up from #3 on last year’s selectivity rankings to take the #1 spot. See the answer...
by RG | Apr 11, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)The Trump administration boasted that they’re about to have a $1 billion war chest in pro bono payola (that Donald Trump, at least, believes can be used for legal costs at his sole discretion). But only $340 million in deals has been...
by RG | Apr 11, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “141. Abrego Garcia and the Presumption of Regularity: How one reads...
