by RG | Apr 26, 2026 | above the law
There’s a lot of nuance to the practice of criminal law, but all those fuzzy, creative, ingenious aspects rest atop a straightforward foundation. A lot goes down over the course of a prosecution, but from jump, the government takes the elements of a crime and engages...
by RG | Apr 26, 2026 | above the law
The Streisand Effect Finds Its Spirit Animal: The Atlantic published an article based on multiple insider accounts of Kash Patel’s drinking prompting the FBI Director to promise swift legal retaliation. He made good on that pledge with a flimsy $250 million defamation...
by RG | Apr 24, 2026 | above the law
Well, readers, the Paul, Weiss litigation exodus just claimed a major name. Kannon Shanmugam — one of the most prominent Supreme Court litigators in private practice, a man who has argued 39 cases before the High Court — is leaving Paul, Weiss for Davis Polk &...
by RG | Apr 24, 2026 | above the law
On Wednesday, Jeanine Pirro defiantly insisted that her investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was ongoing. “This investigation continues,” the US Attorney for DC huffed at a press conference. “I am in the legal lane. There are others who are in the...
by RG | Apr 24, 2026 | above the law
Politeness is a one-way street. You can openly mock some of the most prominent jurists in the nation if you’re on the right team, but playing for the other side opens you up to all sorts of nitpicking about the proper way to do things. It is a nonsense rule that...
by RG | Apr 24, 2026 | above the law
The Biglaw executive order saga has a new twist, and it’s a good one, or at least as good as things can get when you’re heading into an appellate court knowing one of three judges is going to vote against you no matter what argument you make, because she has a Supreme...
