by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Imagine Being Mad That The State Can’t Kill Someone After Destroying Evidence: Don’t try too hard — you may end up agreeing with Clarence Thomas. ATL Does Its Part To Make Law Great Again!: Enter our contest super serious bulletin request or else! DOJ Is Really Mad...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
One factoid that should be in every antitrust outline is that both the FTC and the DOJ can bust up monopolies. The DOJ tends to handle the criminal side of antitrust while the FTC handles civil, but there is some undeniable overlap in the work that they do. So why...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Image via Getty)I haven’t written about my state bar for some time, figuring I would give it a break after the Tom Girardi FUBAR. (And give my editor a break as well.) However, I can’t resist writing about the California State Bar’s latest snafu: the February bar...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
If the DOJ thought they were going to intimidate Judge Ana Reyes by asking to speak to her manager, they seem to have seriously miscalculated. Last week, AG Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle fired off a nastygram to Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan at the DC Circuit...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I just don’t think other professionals get paid really anything like what lawyers are getting paid. Every year [the industry] gets stronger and bigger and more profitable, but can you keep doing that forever? I...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Good morning. As some of you may be aware, last night President Trump signed an Executive Order designating Above the Law as a new agency to stamp out waste in the legal industry. Our new designation, the Bureau of Inefficient Legal Levies or BILL, will act along with...
